RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Aah the old days,reading of your adventures sounds about the way it was everywhere. Reminded me that kids were not allowed to talk at the table and we had to ask "can I be excused" when we finished eating. I remember a lot of bike riding,get home in time for supper. no questions asked.
Brutus, really enjoyed our talk,and we will be doing it again,for sure....S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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lionroar88 wrote: Jack,One summer, think we were 12 or 13 we decided we would ride our bikes from our neighborhood out to a strip mall about 12 miles away. We started out around 7am and didn't get home till after 7pm. We made it out to the mall, but were too tired to ride back so we had to call our parents! I'll never forget that because we had spent all our money on drinks and food so we couldn't even call from the pay phone... we had to call collect!Never forget that...Operator: "Sir, this is the operator. I have a collect call from Brent. Will you accept the charges?"Dad: "Yes."PauseDad: "Where are you?"Me: "Cranberry Mall"Dad: "Where?"Me: "Cranberry Mall"Dad: "How did you get there?"Me: "I rode my bike. Me, X, Y, and Z rode out here this morning, we are too tired to ride back."Dad: "Well I'm too tired to come get you. Guess you are staying there."Me: "WHAT!?!?! Dad, I'm really too tired, and X's bike blew a tire. We really need a ride."Dad: "Let me talk it over with your Mother. What number are you at?"Me: - gave him the pay phone numberDad: "OK, I'll call you back at that number."2 hours laterOperator: "Sir, this is the operator. I have a collect call from Brent. Will you accept the charges?"Dad: "Yes."Me: "You didn't call back."Dad: "I know I can't find your mother. Guess you're stuck."Me: "Dad, please... we really need a ride."Dad: "OK, but the four of you have to mow the backyard tomorrow. Then you have to wash the cars, and you have to mow the rest of the yard. I'll talk it over with their fathers and see if there is anything you can do for them."I told the guys and they all agreed.Me: "OK, we'll do it."I think we ended up mowing each others' lawns the rest of the summer, washed all our parents' cars for the rest of the summer, painted 2 houses, split somewhere around 10 cords of wood, and I can't remember what else.Never got yelled at for the ride, but we paid for our stupidity for that entire summer. And we NEVER thought we would get hurt or someone would kidnap us...
Jack,One summer, think we were 12 or 13 we decided we would ride our bikes from our neighborhood out to a strip mall about 12 miles away. We started out around 7am and didn't get home till after 7pm. We made it out to the mall, but were too tired to ride back so we had to call our parents! I'll never forget that because we had spent all our money on drinks and food so we couldn't even call from the pay phone... we had to call collect!Never forget that...Operator: "Sir, this is the operator. I have a collect call from Brent. Will you accept the charges?"Dad: "Yes."PauseDad: "Where are you?"Me: "Cranberry Mall"Dad: "Where?"Me: "Cranberry Mall"Dad: "How did you get there?"Me: "I rode my bike. Me, X, Y, and Z rode out here this morning, we are too tired to ride back."Dad: "Well I'm too tired to come get you. Guess you are staying there."Me: "WHAT!?!?! Dad, I'm really too tired, and X's bike blew a tire. We really need a ride."Dad: "Let me talk it over with your Mother. What number are you at?"Me: - gave him the pay phone numberDad: "OK, I'll call you back at that number."2 hours laterOperator: "Sir, this is the operator. I have a collect call from Brent. Will you accept the charges?"Dad: "Yes."Me: "You didn't call back."Dad: "I know I can't find your mother. Guess you're stuck."Me: "Dad, please... we really need a ride."Dad: "OK, but the four of you have to mow the backyard tomorrow. Then you have to wash the cars, and you have to mow the rest of the yard. I'll talk it over with their fathers and see if there is anything you can do for them."I told the guys and they all agreed.Me: "OK, we'll do it."I think we ended up mowing each others' lawns the rest of the summer, washed all our parents' cars for the rest of the summer, painted 2 houses, split somewhere around 10 cords of wood, and I can't remember what else.Never got yelled at for the ride, but we paid for our stupidity for that entire summer. And we NEVER thought we would get hurt or someone would kidnap us...
Brent, that is a great story. Did the same thing, but carried a spare tire tube! I don't think we ever needed it. My parents live on the top of a long hill. It takes about 1 minute to climb it at 55 MPH in a car. We would pedal for 15 minutes, standing the whole way, and were exhausted. We always kept some energy in reserve, knowing we had to climb that hill. I didn't wear a helmet, and I rode on the highway. We would go down that same hill and not touch the breaks. It only took two minutes to get to the bottom, and cars barely passed us! It's a wonder we didn't wreck and die. Those were the days!Wes
Kids in my neighborhood don't pedal much. Their scooters have little battery powered motors on them. It wouldn't matter anyhow because they play football right in the street in front of their house. Footballs banging off of parked cars and mis-kicks landing on people's roofs. A distance of about 120 feet is a touchdown, just so you don't have to run as much. They look at you funny when you try to drive through their game to get to your house. Pay no attention to the football field sized park just 600 feet away, one street over.
Wes
Brutus wrote: How did we survive childhood without video games?
How did we survive childhood without video games?
Any of you (older) guys have a speedometer with an odometer on your bicycles? During the Summers we used to have contests to see who could put on the most miles in a given time frame. We'd be up at dawn riding our brains out, trying to get a leg up on the others, and rode until the parental threats around bedtime required a cessation of activity.
Then it was off to start a pickup baseball game in the 98 degree broiling sun. Yup, it was uphill against the wind all the way to the ball field and back, fighting flat tires and bad roads in the process. Racked up thousands of miles on that bike......
Supervision? Nearly none. The parental threat of physical bodily harm kept us fairly straight. Organization, that was left up to us.
Jack
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ChiefEagles wrote:Morning. Rock brought it up so I will mention this. How many of you Vets have gotten a framable certificate of appreciation signed by the Secretary of the Army and the Commander of the Army for past service?[68-69] I got one yesterday. Strange. Later
Chief, sounds like they're buttering you up to get you to re-up for another tour.
Brutus wrote: lionroar88 wrote:We survived because our parents told us, 'Go outside and play.' If you didn't it was usually followed by a smack on the rump. I remember when we got our C64. My Dad told me he didn't mind me playing games, but when it was nice outside I was to be outside. He didn't buy the baseball mitt, balls, and bats for them to sit in the garage and rot. Of course my Dad would also go outside and play ball with the kids too. We had a lot of neighborhood softball, flag football, etc games when I was growing up... don't see much of that any more.Yep - that's about right. We were outside playing or playing board games or in the basement playing with the other kids or something. I remember being bored maybe once or twice a year, usually followed by some chores - LOL
lionroar88 wrote:We survived because our parents told us, 'Go outside and play.' If you didn't it was usually followed by a smack on the rump. I remember when we got our C64. My Dad told me he didn't mind me playing games, but when it was nice outside I was to be outside. He didn't buy the baseball mitt, balls, and bats for them to sit in the garage and rot. Of course my Dad would also go outside and play ball with the kids too. We had a lot of neighborhood softball, flag football, etc games when I was growing up... don't see much of that any more.
Yep - that's about right. We were outside playing or playing board games or in the basement playing with the other kids or something. I remember being bored maybe once or twice a year, usually followed by some chores - LOL
Hi all, Been working away over the weekend just catching up on the pot.
I read with intrest about the certificates for past service. My Grandfather was in the Army Air Corp and then USAF. I think he was "in" from 1930 to 1960. Not long before he passed away he got a Cold War service certificate.
I had a ZX Spectrum +3 computer but I also got told to go out. "We" (The local kids) used to clear off on our bikes and try and do jumps and stunts.
Have a good day all
Nick
Yes I agree, today it has to be "organized and structured" with boards overseeing rather than letting the kids just have fun and work out the issues on their own. And heaven forbid that someone would get hurt while playing in someones field. Fear of a lawsuit has folks barring kids from having a pick up game in a big yard. Too bad, I can't remember the last time I saw a kid climbing a tree, or playing army, cowboys and Indians, or capture the flag. I believe a near future generation will be lacking in life skills learned through play and person to person interaction.
When our grandkids are here, we stress manners, work before play, respect for one another, and responsibility for one's actions, (i.e. you will get spanked if you misbehave). We intentionally leave the TV off. Computer games are not played. If it is nice out we play and or work outside. If we are inside they read or play board games, or do things that you could still do without electricity.
Sorry for the rant, but it is a hot button what we are doing to our kids, and in reality our future.
Jim
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Just had a very nice talk with Sir James! Snow is coming down thick and heavy and apparently it's everywhere from Michigan to MO, although not Florida! Wish I could move to Florida, but OTOH, I like having a basement! I would call Doug Murphy next, but a little bird tells me he is sick at home with a flu bug :( Might try to call my buddy who retired to SC next. TTYL
We survived because our parents told us, 'Go outside and play.' If you didn't it was usually followed by a smack on the rump. I remember when we got our C64. My Dad told me he didn't mind me playing games, but when it was nice outside I was to be outside. He didn't buy the baseball mitt, balls, and bats for them to sit in the garage and rot. Of course my Dad would also go outside and play ball with the kids too. We had a lot of neighborhood softball, flag football, etc games when I was growing up... don't see much of that any more.
It's a beautiful sunny day - punctuated by the gentle sounds of RAPIDLY MELTING SNOWHIZO!
Yes it is 9:30 am and almost all of it is gone!
Should get to 55 or so today.
Well - gotta go vote - for what/who I am still not sure - but I'm gonna vote.
Have a great day all!
Regards, Roy
We had a TV with a giant 10-12 inch screen and trains in the basement. The trains won. Jack.
Good morning from an icy St. Louis where it is snowing like crazy, even though they now say that we won't get the giant piles of snow previously predicted (quell suprise!). Mrs. Brutus went in late to work, waiting for some sunlight and to hear if other cars were making it up the hill out front. Kids are chilling out with video games and tv shows ABOUT video games, LOL Got an email from my friend in Orlando - it has been 82 there, but some cool weather showed up and they are at about 70 now. Brrrr....
Got a couple calls to make and then maybe time for choo-choos, so ttyl
Morning all
The weather is quite different today from yesterday. Yesterday sunny and warm, today wet and cool. Actually studied on the garage porch in shirtsleeves yesterday. I hope the weather cooperates Thursday as I'm going to be helping a friend move to a new house. Nasty weather just makes it more difficult.
Still trying to determine who I'm going to vote for today. I pray for guidence and do research.
I made a "temporary could be permenant" extension to the back of the layout. I want to try and incorporate the 790 Trainarama I recently aquired. One of the more pricy things I've bought and would be a shame to have it stay folded up.
Chief-Congrats on the battery sales! Like with so many volenteer positions you haveto keep your "day job" to live.
Need to get homework done for class this weekend, developing a presentation and finals on Saturday for this quarter, then off for a month.
May God bless
I Heard on the news today that American car makers are shrinking their factories, just as Audi is talking of building cars in America (either a new plant, or have Volkswagon build the Audi cars). Most domestic car companies reported double digit sales declines, while Toyota lost only single digits. Honda actually went up 1%. I just don't want to live in a world where Ford, Chevy, and Dodge do not exist. The big three have really been creating some good designs as of late. I think the shrinking of US goods is just slow enough that most people, especially younger people like me, just don't see the effects of our shopping habits. People hear that the dollar is loosing value, but don't have a clue what to do about it. I know I don't. I try to buy american, if I can find anything. For the record, I own a used 2004 Chrysler and an 11 year old civic. Only new car I have ever purchased was a different civic, picked up right after college in 2000.
Good Morning,
I was not involved in yesterdays shooting down here in West Palm Beach FL, happened about 9 miles from my house but in another part of town.
A man walked into the Wendy's hamburger store on Military Trail and Cherry street and started shooting at people, two dead including the shooter, seven others injured or shot.
Now the Florida mayors of many cities are talking about ways to control illegal gun sales or purchases. Seems like south Florida has become "Al Capone's Chicago" of the 1920's, violence everywhere! Can't forget the Boca Raton 'Town Mall killings' as well, four killed and one more taken hostage but escaped.
Lee F.
Good Morning All
The sun is shining in but the forecast for overnite is dire. Wed. morn. could be nasty. A warm Sun. and Mon. got rid of the snow but it just won't stay away yet. This could be a train day or a do some more cleaning one,havn't decided yet. My wife is not back from sending the kids off to school but waffles were promised before she left, hope she remembers.
I remember all that tube tv stuff,not only grew up as tv progressed but I also worked for an electronics parts co. we sold parts to the tv repairmen. I learned enough to repair many myself. also became manager of the store. Glad I got out as all that changed as you known.
Brutus and Chewy I expect to be home today,,A good day to all,,,S.J.
After what seems like years, the field of candidates for president may be down to two today with Ohio and Texas on the forefront. Always wondered why is PA so late in the primaries? Vote early and vote often.
Re those Leno on screen interviews asking people simple history questions whose answers they should know or be reasonably close......while my SIL knows the answers or is close on many questions, many of his friends are amazingly clueless. The people they have on Leno may be plants whose job it is to act stupid, but I don't think so.
Chief, you'd be amazed how many guys for one reason or another never received their WW II, Korea, and Vietnam medals, nor did they pursue them. I know some. The signed Cerificate of Appreciation from the Armed Services that you mentioned is really nice, signed as you point out, and includes a lot of interesting details like dates of service, ranks, medals and awards....etc. We got a framed one for my FIL and he was pleasantly surprised, more than he let on. But it must have been important to him because he put it on the wall.......he hates it when he has to put a hole in his precious drywall for anything. My wife took his to a professional frame shop and quite frankly it came out fantastic. Looks great framed on the wall. It's easy to get over the net. And it's a keepsake that might encourage descendants to ask questions and learn about their roots, and I mean roots where they come to understand the sacrifice behind the certificate.
CSXect, you da man. That's quite an accomplishment. Also expensive when the wardrobe needs replacement. Sometimes it gives the wifey the wrong impression that she gets new stuff too. Keep hammering away and keep an eye on the charge cards.
Roy, I actually used a leaf blower about every 30 minutesduring one particularly bad snowstorm to keep the rear deck clear, dogs needed access to the yard (potty zone).
Brutus, Chewey isn't alone. One of our dogs had the same thing this week, saw her scraping away the snow and eating the grass. The nervous pacing kept me up all night (on the sofa in case an emergency potty trip required). These episodes always follows the consumption of some mysterious and unknown substance. Glad your mom continues to make progress.
Wes,Thanks, I'll inspect them when I go look at them this afternoon.---Can't stay long... issues at work that need to be dealt with... sometimes I wish I had a stack of signs to hand out. There is one lady here that when she opens her mouth I feel like and chanting 'We're not worthy. We're not worthy.'
wrmcclellan wrote:Lightly snohizoing now - no accumulation
lionroar88 wrote:Wes,This is the one I am looking at: http://www.dewalt.com/us/products/tool_detail.asp?productID=8949 is this one you have?Not sure what a 'bottom alignment bearing' is.
That looks like it, or at least the current version. Mine is probably 2 years old now. It was $99, if I remember correctly. The bottom bearing is probably the biggest improvement in jigsaw design ever. Bosch was the first saw I had ever seen deploy it, but it's a split bearing just above the footplate that holds the back of the blade 90 degrees from the cutting surface, pretty much eleminating most of the blade flex, giving you a much better cut. Whatever you get, get one with a bearing.
It also has a push button blade release, instead of using a allen wrench. Huge time saver. It doesn't have a pivoting "scroll saw" ability, but I had one of those already and never used it. It also doesn't have a light, which many of the craftsman series do. The dewalt and the Bosch just have a high quality heavy feel to them. They use cast metal where most would use sheet metal. There is a difference.
Good Morning........
Chief.....Never have gotten a certificate for Army ( 61 - 63 )
Raining. 38 and snow tonite. Busy today.
Later, Chuck
Good morning all,
Lots of rain (so far) in SE Indiana with temps in the 30s. Suppose to change over to SNOWOHIZONE later today. Great weather for the primaries, right, Buckeye? I did 30 minutes of trackwork last night. It was a good run, not a great one. Lucas and his girlfriend went thermo-nuclear on each other when he thought she spent too much on her prom dress. Turned out it was all a misunderstanding. I just hope the makeup session is not as intense. I also worked on the Lego building while watching "Deal or No Deal". I had the regular fare for breakfast before sending it to "Points East". I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Here comes the rain, it's that storm that Roy sent our way. If I'm to believe the weather reports I better start building an ark and tying down every thing thats not anchored down.
On the train front work continues on adding the partially hiden loop and construction, scratch building, of a western style saloon with rooms upstairs.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
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