OT: The Gud ol' Daze

[Guest guest]

Hi Butch & Effie,

 

But the memories are cherished ones.

 

Cheryl

--- Butch Owen <butchbsi wrote:

> Hey Smilin' Effie,

>

> > Not to change the subject--Butch, you are

> right about going back to

> > the 'old days'. Damn, that outside two

> holler got mighty cold in the

> > winter.

>

> Danged betcha on that .. and I was always a

> little concerned about what

> might be hiding down in there .. a spider or

> two. ;-p

>

> > Also the Penny's catalogue was very rough on

> my rear end!!!

>

> Better'n corn cobs I reckon. I could always

> tell when our hired man was

> heading to the outhouse cause the feller would

> have the Sears & Roebuck

> Catalogue with him .. and he couldn't read a

> lick. ;-)

>

> > I used to dress under the covers in the

> winter and couldn't wait to

> > get to the barn to milk cows cuz it was

> always warmer there than in

> > the house.

>

> I hear you on that. My Great Aunt Nannie was a

> widow so my folks would

> make me stay at her house a couple of weekends

> a month in order to do

> this and that repair or whatever .. and milk

> her Jersey cow. Didn't

> much bother me cause the hunting on her land

> was real good. I slept in

> a big ol' feather bed that you could get lost

> in .. in a room that was

> so danged cold you could see your breath. Only

> place in the house that

> was warm was right in front of the living room

> fireplace .. get 4-5 ft

> away from that and it was still cold.

>

> My parents had to force Aunt Nannie to get

> electricity hooked up in her

> house .. she didn't like it at all. She had

> one of the old party-line

> telephones .. had to crank the handle to raise

> the operator .. but she

> wouldn't answer it .. was afraid it would

> electrocute her. ;-p

>

> She was around 4 foot high and 4 foot wide,

> could shoot the eyes out of

> a pissant at 50 yards with her 32. pistol and

> spit a stream of Days Work

> into an anti-freeze ten feet away without ever

> missing.

>

> Hated folks whut drank alcohol she did. Always

> wanted the Labor Day

> Family Reunion at her house cause she wouldn't

> go nowhere else. Great

> Aunt Cora .. married to one of Aunt Nannie's

> brothers, was a clown

> extraordinare, so she'd get her an empty pint

> whiskey bottle, fill it up

> with iced tea and walk around the reunion

> sucking on it .. Aunt Nannie

> refused to speak with her and the two of them

> were great entertainment.

>

> Aunt Nannie was a sorta card herself in her

> younger days. Uncle Phil

> was known to take a drink now and then .. he'd

> walk down the railroad to

> Guthrie and buy a pint or so and walk back ..

> 12 miles one way it was

> but back then that was a kuntry stroll. Folks

> tell about a time when

> Uncle Phil had gone to Guthrie but it was

> already dark and he wasn't

> home yet. So Aunt Nannie takes herself down

> the tracks looking for

> him. She comes up on a feller sitting on the

> side of the track and

> starts yelling at him to get his sorry ass

> home. Feller jumps up and

> runs off and then she sees it ain't Uncle Phil.

> ;-p

>

> > Ain't life grand!!!!!

>

> Better'n it used to be. ;-p

>

> > Smilin Effie

>

> Y'all keep smiling, Butch

> http://www.AV-AT.com

>

> > >With progress come change and with change

> comes progress .. its not a

> > >matter of right or wrong .. just a matter of

> fact. With modernity comes

> > >a loss of social structure .. and many of us

> miss the idea of family

> > >being more than it is today .. of neighbors

> being more than folks who

> > >lived on the same street .. and many other

> aspects of " good old days " we

> > >remember or read about. But few folks

> would return to the days of old

> > >if they had to accept the entire ball of wax

> .. if they had to live in a

> > >world where modern conveniences were

> missing.

> > >

> > >Y'all keep smiling, Butch

>

 

 

=====

Cheryl Smith

Anchorage AK

 

 

 

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