Posted on 11/26/2021 5:17:57 AM PST by sodpoodle
When I was 3 almost 4 years old I was in my Grandmother’s basement and figured out how to turn on the Ringer to her old washing machine.
I was finding little pieces of paper to put through the Ringer.
One piece of paper I hung on to it with my 2 fingers as it got rolled in and didn’t let go in time.
Yep, sure enough, I got my arm stuck in the Ringer…….Grandma can bolting down and screamed something in Catholic (Mary, Joseph, Jesus or something) and pulled the plug.
I feel sorry for her. It must have looked awful.
I was banned from the basement.
#DearDiary
Milk delivery at your doorstep? That was for rich folks. There was powdered milk in a box in the cupboard, if you wanted to mix it up.
My bike had 3 speeds, although I abused it so bad only one worked.
Fasy food? Only rarely but I remember riding that (formerly) three-speed bike to Griff's, the last place in town that still sold 15 cent hamburgers. What a treat!
My first car had only an AM radio, but I saved up and upgraded it to an AM-FM 8-track player. My dad helped me put it in.
Pulling in to a gas station and asking an actual attendant for $2 worth and getting my tank filled half full for that $2
The day the local market got automatic doors — high tech, talk of the town
I’m surprised I never licked a frozen flag pole to be honest.
I pee’d on an Electrified Farm fence before.
On my Aunt’s Horse Farm.
Oh man! That’s a one and done activity……..
But I hear you licked little Sally Rottencrotch. Which probly explains your strange attraction to vaccines.
#IReadYourDiary
“”” ‘What was your favourite ‘fast food’ when you were growing up?”””
This reminds me of the stupid security questions the credit card companies come up with when they want you to validate your password.
Like, “what was the name of your 4th grade English teacher?”
Heck, I can barely remember even going to school, much less remember the teacher’s names.
Lol... That is pretty good. :)
Plus it took the radio a few seconds to get warmed up before you got any sound. An uncle bought a new car one year that had a transistor radio - instant sound when you turned it on. We youngsters were amazed.
Oh yes, party lines and phones with no dials.
“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
Will Rogers
Yep, tube radios... Had to let the tubes warm up.
😆🤣😂🤪 True!
I learned how that small weak looking fence kept the Horses in.
Throwing your car in neutral and revving up the engine to make your headlights brighter...
And tube TVs. Heading down to the local Radio Shack or something similar to use their tube tester to find out what to replace to get the TV working.
Yep, Even before Radio Shack about every hardware store had a tester and tubes. TV and radio “repair shops” actually existed too. Before the “throw away culture” came along.
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