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Hi Elaine,
I don't remember seeing you on here before. Where do you live (I see
you
spelled colour with a 'u' in it). Are you from Canada or the UK? And what
is your flying background.
See my comments throughout your message below....*****
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> THANKS Bob for the very enjoyable trip down the old beaten path to
> memory lane. Those were good times and I remember them well too. GUESS I
> am older than dirt too, lol.
> I remember learning to fly with by dead reckoning, and there was no
> GPS at the time. And our tv set at home was a black and white model too,
> and i don't it was until after i went off to college that my parents got
> a colour tv. i guess I was supposed to feel denied but we didn't.
*****We didn't have a TV (even B&W), just a radio that I enjoyed listening
to The Shadow, Tom Mix, True Detective Mysteries, Amos & Andy, etc. And
the
Saturday morning Matinee at the theater cost 6 cents to get into and see
that weeks cowboy serial.
> WE SURE were good at making up our own fun though. i remember me and
> my friend Betty having the time of our lives rolling down her backyard
> hill in an old drum from a DISCARDED clothes dryer one cold winter day.
*****We did the same thing only we'd never heard of an electric clothes
drier, we used an old car tire. One of us would get into it and the others
would push us around. We didn't have a hill near our house. We used to
walk about a block to the train tracks and pick up what ever we could find
that had been dropped by whomever was walking along and catching rides on
the train. Sometimes we'd put a penny on the tracks and let the train mash
it for us.
There was a 'hobo' village about half a mile from my home and I used
to
hang out there and talk to the hobo's who travelled all over the country
on
trains. What great stories they had to tell. They called themselve
'Knights
of the Road'. I knew one guy who had a really good job in New York and he
took a month off every summer, donned his 'hobo' clothes and travelled the
USA for that month and lived as a hobo. He used to bring me some small
gift
when he came through our town and once he remembered me the following year
with a souvenier from NY.
Hanging around 'Hobo Jungle' is where I learned how to make 'stone
soup'. Have you ever heard of that? I think it was 'Bananza' or maybe
'Little House on the Prairie' that had an episode many years ago about
hobos
and they included 'stone soup' in the story. I was surprised that any
'non-hobo' knew about it. I guess they did some pretty thorough research
to
make that episode because they got it right.
> Wonder how many kids would find that amusing these days? We really had
> it so much bettter than kids do now.
*****Yes, and youngsters then showed respect to their parents and didn't
get
into so much trouble because they knew they'd get a lickin' when they got
home. I still believe that old saying, "spare the rod and spoil the
child".
It's a good thing I don't have young kids now or I'd probably be in
jail
because I'd spank them when they diserved it and praise them when they did
something good. That would make the spankings few and far between.
> GUess we didn't turn out so bad Too bad it is illegal now to spank
> your kids TO SHOW a LITTLE discipline, maybe society wouldn't have so
> many problems if the kids were taught a little self=restraint besides a
> TIME-OUT! wELL,THANKS FOR THE MUCH NEEDED CHUCKLES AND FOND MEMORIES, ;
)
> ELANE
*****Gotta go now, nice talking with you.
Bob Saville
N3396H 415C
Eugene, OR
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