Archive for June, 2009

Another senior doing what they like

Katie Watson is still hunting the land she grew up on and hopes to be doing more of the same when she turns 94 in September.
Her most recent addition was a 19-pound turkey she got about a half mile from her home near Richfield in Stanly County while hunting with her grand-nephew, Kevin Barringer, [...]

June 30, 2009   Posted in: General  No Comments

this heat is killing me

We have had August temperatures for all of June with high humidity and no rain…
The official NWS station in Victiora TX recorded only .01 of rain for June…
With my emphysema it is hard to breath when I go outside…

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June 30, 2009   Posted in: General  No Comments

Rachel and her Mercury Comet Chariot

This is an unusual love story involving an 89-year-old woman and her beloved Chariot. The two have been together for decades and traveled more than 540,000 miles across this nation’s highways and side streets.
I was impressed by her knowledge of her car and the way she has taken care of with records to show each [...]

June 28, 2009   Posted in: Videos  No Comments

My Dad

My dad and mom got divorced when I was just a kid, I only saw him 4 times after I became an adult…
When I visited him in 1960 we went salmon fishing on the Columbia river, and later elk hunting…
I did not know him very well but I always missed him…
He died in 1995 at [...]

June 27, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Life in the US 100 ago!

The average life expectancy was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower
The average wage in [...]

June 9, 2009   Posted in: Currents Events  No Comments