Archive for the ‘Long Ago’ Category
Where were you on this day
This is where I lived on July 20th 1969 when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon… Click for Large Image… Where were you on this day?…
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July 20, 2009
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coping with high temperatures
The south half of Texas is going thru a killer heat period, some parts have been breaking records from the 20s and 30s. This got me to wondering how we coped back in the 40s and 50s with out air conditioning. Cooling your home was something that everyone did not have the luxury of doing [...]
July 16, 2009
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Gitmo and WWII POWS
I had forgotten that when I was a kid in grade school the town I lived in had German POWs confined in the city limits. The were housed in a building on fair grounds and during the summer my buds and I would sneak over to get a look at the POWs. Sometimes they would [...]
May 31, 2009
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my birthday
Monday the 16th of March at 11:40 pm I will celebrate my 71st birthday… It all started in this humble abode, and it’s still standing today… doing some quick math I will have been around for 37,343,520 minutes.. a little tune on how I lived my life…
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March 14, 2009
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Back in the 40′s
I became aware of my lack of spelling abilities back in the 3rd grade (1940′s). When we were going to have a spelling test the teacher would write the 10 or 12 words on the black board and we would write them on our Big Chief tablet. This was so we could learn to spell [...]
July 22, 2008
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