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Mary Ann · November 23, 2019, 02:03:41 PM

Sasha, thank you for the story about Fiji, the Picton Castle cat. Fiji probably wondered what was going on since her shipmates were not around. If animals could only talk to tell us of their adventures.

Mary Ann

MarsGal · November 23, 2019, 02:14:20 PM

Thanks Sasha, lovely article about Fiji.

Jenny, I am glad you are enjoying your visit. I really feel bad for Michelle, though. That is one very obstinate cancer. It just doesn't seem to want to let go. I hope she and the family have a lovely time in Florida.

Marilyne · November 23, 2019, 02:26:44 PM

Sasha - Thanks for posting that very interesting story about Fiji, and her life on the Picton Castle. She is so cute, and looks like Puff, one of my cats, from long, long ago. Calicos are always smart and resourceful.

Jenny - so sorry to hear that bad news about Michele. I Know she will keep on fighting that relentless, evil cancer! We will keep on praying for her, and holding her in our hearts. I'm sure this sad news has put somewhat of a damper on your visit to your family in Rancho Cordova, but I'm glad you are there, and that you are having such a good time with your dear little Jonah. Your latest picture of him is just adorable.

Mary Ann · November 23, 2019, 02:53:52 PM

Jenny, I am so sorry to hear about Michele's new trouble. It seems like she takes a step forward, then something causes her to take two steps back. She is a fighter.

Tom and I seem to be in the same place at the same time recently. I added to the grocery list a couple days ago and when I went to go out, I lost the whole list. I was able to add what I had just added, but did not know what Tom had put on the list. It turned out that he checked out at the same moment and everything that was "lost" was not lost. I had to delete what I put in afterward, so no problem. He has now picked up that list. I am making a layered salad for Thanksgiving and we only need one more thing next week - milk, mostly for me.

This morning we both took showers at the same time. I knew he was showering but thought he might be using the washer instead. As I washed my hair, I realized the water was getting cooler so I made a quick job of rinsing. He laughed when he came upstairs because I think we have never done that before.

We have a overcast day today and the temperature is about 40 degrees.

I'm wearing my new hearing aids today to see how things go and I'll tell you they pick up all sorts of noises. I have to find the sources of the noises and turn them down - if I can. I am anxious to try them out at church to see how well I hear - or don't.

Mary Ann

Amy · November 23, 2019, 03:19:30 PM

Sasha, thank you for that.Fiji sure is a pretty cat!!

MaryAnn, are the new ones that don't need batteries? My husband just got one that all you do is put them in a case and they charge up!! M

Mary Ann · November 23, 2019, 05:00:03 PM

Amy, M, no, we talked about the aids that need no batteries and she said they have now gotten them perfected so they charged well, but I decided on ones similar to what I had. These are much smaller and I have to get used to wearing them because of the size. I like them so far (3 days!).

I just got up from a nap and I slept hard. I went on the bed alone but when I woke up, my buddy was there and he still is. He'll be back in this room soon. Tom is out but will be back soon.

I'm hunting for stories that my dad, grandmother, Tom's aunt wrote that I typed up. Since I typed them and ran them off, much as been moved. I can't find the book they may be in, nor can I find where I saved them. It could be I typed them so long ago it was on 3 1/2 floppies and I haven't seen them in ages. Project - put all of my genealogy stuff in one area. When I lived alone, that was no problem, but when Tom came (also Annie) in 2013, things were moved and I don't know where anything is. I'm the only one interested in family history so it is like pulling teeth to get any help. Tom wants me to wait until Robin is here and have her help me. I have to go downstairs to see if I can find anything and isolate it. No fun.

PS Kendrick just came in to this room; he gets lonely.

Mary Ann

Marilyne · November 24, 2019, 12:49:31 PM

Looks like everyone who usually posts here is busy today, getting ready for the upcoming holiday?

Mary Ann - You're probably at church and then the Cholesterol Pit, with Dot. Your new hearing aids will get a good testing, at both places. I hope they work out well for you. AJ got new ones at the VA, a couple of months ago, and he likes them a lot. They are new kind that fit way inside the ear canal. I don't think I would like that, but he's easy going and calm, and got used to them right away.

I hope we hear from Jenny, again today?
Also, it's been a long time since Jean and Beverly, have been here? Maybe both are busy with Thanksgiving. Also wish we would hear from all others who used to post regularly?

Joy · November 24, 2019, 01:52:05 PM

Since it is very slow here today, I just wanted to keep Marilyne company. LOL

It started out very messy this morning, but the sun is out now. Still cold, tho.

I have been huddled up with my fleece blanket and I did have a short nap. Just got done lunch and am waiting for my DIL to stop by.

My youngest son and I will be going to my oldest son's for THanksgiving. Took a while to finally decide what to do. My middle son and his wife usually go to her sister's. She told me they are expecting around 30 people. I am always included but I don't like going and leaving my son with no place to go. He is invited too, but hw doesn't know anybody and he won't go. Some of my DIL's family be be at my son's. And, we know them very well. Always a lot of food. I only have to take some homemade cranberry sauce and I am going to make a chocolate cake. I have been hungry for some homemade cake. I think I can handle both of those things. Can be made the day before.

I guess Mary Ann and Dot are enjoying their lunch. I sure would like a piece of one of their pies that they always get. I have been thinking about a lemon merangue pie for a while. And, I hope somebody brings a pumpkin pie on THansgiving. I might just get one for myself.

I hope everyone is just busy today Hopefully, just being busy and not any big problems.

Have a great afternoon. It seems funny that I don't have a football game to watch, but our Ravens are playing tomorrow night.

Joy

Mary Ann · November 24, 2019, 01:53:12 PM

I'm glad you opened the door, Marilyn. I stopped by once after church etc and there were no posts at all in S&F, not just here. My new ears worked fine, but I've got to read up on what they do. Noises are quite sharp and I'd like to soften them a bit but that may not be possible. I find I've got to put the aids quite far into the ear and it does not bother me because if I do not, the aid comes out.

The Cholesterol Pit lost out today. Because Norm died four years ago today, Tom suggested that he, Dot and I eat together to celebrate Norm's life. Tom is not too fond of the Cholesterol Pit because it is quite noisy and suggested New Beginnings, a place near there, but a sit-down restaurant where you are served. And that is where we went.

One snag was that Tom could not meet us as planned because his car died last night. Tom bought a used Toyota Camry in 2016 after using my car for about a year. That allowed me to sell my car and that is why I no longer drive. When he bought it, the car had close to 150,000 miles on it and now has about 280,000. He loves to drive and he loves the car; it doesn't owe him a cent. Tom thinks either the alternator or belt is the problem but he can go nowhere until the car is fixed. Fortunately, he got the groceries needed for the week yesterday, except I will want him to get some milk. I am sure I can borrow () some from Dot (does anyone borrow food from a neighbor any more, like a cup of sugar). Why do these things always happen on weekends? Anyway, we stopped and picked up Tom to get to the restaurant.

Mary Ann

Joy · November 24, 2019, 02:02:49 PM

Hi Mary Ann, you and I were posting at the same time. Within a minute of each other.

Sorry your plans changed because of Tom's car problems. That was a nice gesture to go out to celebrate Norm's life. I have a friend who does that with her family. I am assuming that you and Dot still went? Glad the hearing aids are working out.

Joy

Marilyne · November 24, 2019, 02:55:12 PM

Hi Joy and Mary Ann!
Joy - Looks like you have a nice Thanksgiving to look forward to -spending the day with your oldest and youngest son's. Things are going to be fairly quiet here, compared to past years. Our son and dil, will be going to her sister's house at the beach for a couple of days, and the two grand kids are going with them. My dil has three sisters, all married with children, plus a brother, who is unmarried, but comes to all holidays. Her parents will also be there, so it is quite a gathering. By contrast, AJ and I will be here with just our two daughters, and one granddaughter. That's okay by me, as I don't do well anymore around lots of people. Our daughters will do the cooking, and some of the shopping, so I won't have to do much.

Mary Ann - That's too bad about Tom's car! Toyota's are wonderful, reliable cars, and I hope Tom gets it fixed and running again fairly soon. Do you remember what year it is? We each have a Toyota. AJ's is a 2015 sedan, and mine is a 2001 small SUV. Mine has about 150,000 miles on it, and is still running smoothly. (Knocking on wood here!). I'm glad you have all your groceries to tide you over, so so won't have to worry about shopping.

Hoping others join us here for some Holiday conversation?

CallieOK · November 24, 2019, 03:36:15 PM

A sunny actually-warm Good Afternoon,

I have a 2006 Toyota Camry with such low mileage that the place I take it for oil changes/etc. only has me come every six months.
I don't even know what some of the buttons are for and have never needed to find out. Do wish I had the big back-up screen on the -do we still call it a "dashboard"? - rather than a small insert in the rear-view mirror but that's better than nothing.

Thanksgiving and December are coming at me way too fast!! Have the usual assignment for Thanksgiving dinner - chocolate dessert and cornbread dressing - and need to get the dessert made and the ingredients for the dressing together before "somebody" picks me up on Wednesday to go to son's house. I'll mix and bake the dressing there since I'm spending the night.
Hope I remember to have "whomever" brings me home get the tub of Christmas house decorations into the house from the garage.

Will need to make the dreaded trip to Walmart to get items for the church Giving Tree (gifts go to mothers and/or children in a shelter because of domestic abuse) and canned goods, etc. for the church mission for the needy.
We're given an Advent calendar with a different grocery item listed each day. Of course, we have to get them in before the end of Advent but I think it's a clever way to make it a "seasonal" family project and also provide items that are needed the most.

I baked some small loaves of Orange Marmalade bread yesterday and want to make the same of Lemon Bread before my Bridge Club meets.

And, of course, I have to prepare for the family trip to Wisconsin to see Miss Ellen perform and share Christmas with her. As far as I can tell, all is going well with the Christmas program.

Off to make a grocery list for Me and also for Church.

MarsGal · November 24, 2019, 04:57:45 PM

I've been peaking in, but haven't had anything interesting to report. This morning it was rainy and at one point I saw some big, white, wet flakes mixed in before everything cleared out.

Spent much of my day reading. Yesterday afternoon was the same, but in the morning I did some shopping at BJ's Wholesale for snacks and a few needed items. Tomorrow I might take a run over to the grocery store for the few things I am out of like cereal, pickles and tomatoes. I hate going into the grocery store for just a few items; I always come back with more than was on my list (like BJ's yesterday).

Once again, we will be meeting over at the Red Lion Inn in Harrisburg for their Thanksgiving Buffet.

Amy · November 24, 2019, 05:35:29 PM

You ladies are making me hungry with all your talk of TG food!!! Think I could make a meal out of the dressing alone!

MaryAnn, my neighbour and I do that when ever we need a bit of something and town in 15 min away.

Mary Ann · November 24, 2019, 06:50:03 PM

Callie, Tom's car may be the same model as yours - it is a 2006 4-door. I know nothing about models but it has several bells and whistles, however, nothing like your attachment to your mirror for backup information. He's planning on having the car fixed early in the week because he told Annie he would pick up her grandmother in Sheridan Wednesday to bring her back to Grand Rapids to Annie's house. I hope he will give me time to make the salad Wednesday because with that salad, you want to let the flavors get to know each other. I know we will eat dinner Thursday late because Robin must work that day and doesn't get off until 3 pm. She is a phlebotomist at one of our hospitals. Callie, I had my oil changed every six months because I was a low-mileage driver. My last car was a 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS; I liked sports cars!

Annie came for supper tonight and we learned more about her new job and what goes on. It is different from her SO who has different responsibilities than previously. He has not fully realized he's not the boss any more and feels they are not doing things right, Makes life interesting. She did the pots and pans afterward. Thanks, Annie.

Marilyn, I don't do crowds well, either. I often choose a restaurant where I know it will not be noisy or too crowded. It is so hard to talk in a crowded restaurant. A quiet T-Day would be fine with me but I know there will be about a dozen people at Robin's for dinner and I will know maybe three or four of them. I'm not too outgoing so I may not know more by the time we leave.

Joy, instead of meeting Tom at the restaurant, we picked him up here so the three of us were able to eat together.

MarsGal, I've heard other mention BJ's; we have only Trader Joe's that I know of and it's in the south end of town, maybe about 20 miles from here, so we don't go there. Tom has gone there with Robin, who thinks nothing of having him take her to Ann Arbor to Whole Foods. The closest we have is Ken's Farm Market and I never think to go there but I have been happy with the produce I get from my online shopping.

Amy, I'm glad to hear that people still borrow from each other. Some "old ways" are better and more friendly. My mother and our neighbor used to "talk" through two kitchen windows, using kind of a sign language since they could not hear. Those were the days!

Mary Ann

Vanilla-Jackie · November 25, 2019, 01:42:55 AM

Mary Ann...
...one thing that always sticks in my mind of our days gone past, our childhood days was..." I know who your father is, i know where you live.." often was said by our more elderly street neighbours if they saw us, thought us children were misbehaving ( up to no good ) when out and about playing in the streets, that was enough to know that " eyes were everywhere"...

Mary Ann · November 25, 2019, 05:55:28 AM

Jackie, I don't know that it was that bad on our street, but with 14 kids playing outside there were always parents home. Few women worked in those days and those at home went back and forth to each other's homes just to chat. My mother and a neighbor across the street used to get together and make donuts. Only three neighbor ladies drove, so it was a "stay at home" neighborhood. I don't recall it being a "men wore the pants" neighborhood and all got along together. I think I lived in a kinder, gentler era. We didn't have all the conveniences we have today, but we got along and we did know our neighbors. I now live in a condo complex of approximately 100 people and I know hardly any of them. That is progress???

Mary Ann

MarsGal · November 25, 2019, 06:17:35 AM

Jackie, you reminded me of our trip to Wales, so long ago, and visited with my Grandmother, two uncles and a great uncle who still lived in the town where Mom grew up. We were not strangers walking down the street. Everyone knew who we were and greeted us even though we did not know them. Mom had wanted Sue and me to stay in Cardiff with another aunt and uncle because she didn't think we would like Merthyr Tydfil, but we nixed that idea right away. I am so glad we went. It must have been a very big deal for us to visit.

Vanilla-Jackie · November 25, 2019, 06:51:26 AM

MarsGal...
...you mention Merthyr Tydfil...do you - your family remember the Aberfan tragedy 1966 on the tv news, i would have been 15 and can remember it well for all the innocent children's lives that were lost whilst they were at school on that fateful day...it was a coalmine that had collapsed and engulfed the children and their school...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-150d11df-c541-44a9-9332-560a19828c47

Vanilla-Jackie · November 25, 2019, 07:17:20 AM

Mary Ann...
...and those were the days one could leave our front door open, on a jar, or as my father often done, left the key over the top rim of the outside front door, i of course had to wait till i grew up and was tall enough ( on tip-toes ) to reach it to let myself in and out...

Mary Ann · November 25, 2019, 09:13:46 AM

Jackie, you're right, we could leave the front door unlocked and the only time it was locked was when we left or at night. We kids could walk right into our friends' homes without knocking. I'd say we were one big happy family then. My mother would tie a key to a corner of a handkerchief (not Kleenex) and put it at the top of a corner pillar on the porch. The handkerchief would hang down where Norm or I could reach it, but it was in sight to anyone who stepped on our porch.

MarsGal, we weren't fortunate enough to travel to a different country then, but each summer we'd go to Illinois to visit my mother's sister and family. We'd stay two or three weeks and we'd play in the neighborhood with our cousins and knew all of the neighbors.

One year my older cousin and I took off on his bike for a ride and my unmarried aunt (Mother's other sister from Wisconsin) cautioned us to be careful. Guess who got her foot mixed up with the wheel of the bike and down we went. A man saw us walking back to the house and I probably was crying; the man offered to take me back and we let him. He got me back safely and the unmarried aunt had a fit that I would let a stranger take me home. Well, it was wrong, but it turned out OK. I had hurt both knees and I had scars on them for years and years. I don't know what my poor cousin did about his bike - if he had it repaired or replaced; I didn't do it any good, as I remember. I probably was 10 or so and he was four years older. Memories!!!

Tom's car just left for the dealership/repair shop. I did not know they took most cars on a flat bed, but that is how it left here.

It's going to be a busy week, even if we are not hosts for anything. Tomorrow Jan is coming here to cut my toenails and have lunch. Wednesday Tom and I will drive to pick up his former MIL at Sheridan to deliver her to Annie's for the T-Day dinner we will not be attending. Somewhere I'll make my layered salad. Thursday afternoon Tom and I will go to Robin's for T-Day dinner. Sunday we will go to Holland for dinner with James and family. We are in hopes that Annie and her SO will be there too.

Kendrick has a new place to hide, but it is well within sight of anyone in the dining area. While we ate, he occupied a place beside the china cabinet and behind a chair. He's not underfoot in any way.

Mary Ann

Marilyne · November 25, 2019, 10:49:40 AM

MARY ANN - Our neighborhood when I was growing up, sounds almost exactly like yours, so it must have been the norm across the country at that time. The mothers were home all day, and chatted back and forth with each other. There was only one car to a family at that time, and the men drove it to work every day. On Saturday, my Mother, Dad and my brother and I, would drive to the one large supermarket in the area, (small by today's standards), and do the grocery shopping for the coming week. In between Saturdays, we walked to a small "Mom andPop" market for one or two items, and that was all. We got our milk from the milkman, who came once a day and walked right into the kitchen, and put the milk in the icebox! We thought nothing of it! He would knock a couple of times on the back door, then open it up and call out, "Milkman!", before he came in. Wow, those were the days of trust and kindness.

Like your neighborhood, there were children in every house, and we played outside year round. Being as it was Southern California, the weather was always mild, so we came home from school, changed clothes and went out to play, until called in for dinner. Oh how I would love to go back, for just one day, and see those friends and families that I remember so well!

JACKIE - interesting that you should mention the Aberfan tragedy! It was the featured story, on Season #3, episode #3, of the TV series, The Crown. We watched the depiction Aberfan last night, and I think it was very well done, showing the collapse and the avalanche into town, and the Junior school being engulfed. It was shocking to watch. Then showed Prince Philip, visiting the site of the tragedy, and the Queen, going later to a memorial service. I hope you are able to watch, The Crown? I think you would you would like it a lot.

CallieOK · November 25, 2019, 11:25:21 AM

Merry Monday,

Marilyne and Jackie, I was just going to mention the episode on "The Crown" about Aberfan. It was, indeed, a tragedy to watch. An end note said that not going earlier is the one thing Queen Elizabeth most regrets about her reign.

Marilyne, how do you like the change of actors in this season? I don't like the darker interior sets and wonder if Queen Elizabeth really looked that "sour" during that time period.

The comments on neighborhoods reminded me of ours in Leadville. There were about 15 kids on our half of the block. Only three were girls (who held their own! ) I could stick my head out the door and tell where they all were by the noise coming from the yard where they were playing (often ours, of course).

Each family had a son the same age as our oldest and one the same age as our youngest. One summer, the little brothers had some kind of a squabble and the older brothers decided to organize a "settling". By the time they had their plans made, the little brothers had forgotten all about it and weren't the least bit interested. I think the older ones were disappointed.

I also remember the year a chipmunk got into our wood pile and catching it became The Project for everyone. They were never successful but it kept them all occupied in those weeks right before school starts when summer activities have stopped.

Good memories.

Mary Ann, your comments about Kendrick reminded me of a friend who kept the cabinet over the refrigerator open because the cat wanted an out-of-the-way place to sleep.

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere an Enjoyable Day.

MarsGal · November 25, 2019, 11:33:16 AM

Jackie, thank you so much for the link I am going to forward it to my sisters. I don't remember seeing most of those pictures, and didn't realize the slide got right down into the housing too. Somehow we missed the Life Magazine cover story.

We took the train up from Cardiff and went right by Aberfan about three years after the disaster. It is a narrow valley. The train was on the opposite side of the valley and gave us a good look at the hillside. By then it was greened over and there were rows and rows of crosses on the hill. Very moving. I have not seen any photos of those crosses, just the memorial that they replaced them with. None of our family were involved, but friends of the family were. I don't remember if they lost anyone or not.

Every time George and I went up through coal country here in PA, I remembered Aberfan. Like Aberfan, some of the slag heaps were piled atop the ridge beside the expressway. We could have stopped the car and walked a few yards in to touch them. I never got a look at how extensive they were, though, and never heard of any slides involving them. For all I know they could have been rather small piles atop the hill where I couldn't see past the shrubs and trees to see how tall they actually were. Nevertheless, they always disturbed me.

Mary Ann · November 25, 2019, 11:35:21 AM

Marilyn, I forgot to mention the milkman - only ours put our milk in an insulated box on the front steps. I am sure my mother was on the lookout for him in warm weather. We had an ice box (not refrigerator) in the back hall and my mother would put a card in the dining room window to let the ice man know how much ice we needed and he'd bring the ice in the back door and put it in the ice box. If we kids were lucky, the iceman would give us a chip of ice to suck on. We also had a Colonial man who came around with baked goods and Mother often would get something from him. He came to the funeral home when my mother died and that always impressed me.

For us kids, those really were the "good old days"; maybe not for our parents, but we had it good. I'm the only one left of the kids in our neighborhood. I think there still are plenty of kids there now, but I really don't know. Where we used to play in fields now has houses, but the neighborhood has a reputation of being a good one, so when the kids are gone, the parents stay. I'd love to have our old house back (almost 92 years old) but the bedrooms are upstairs and I don't do stairs!

We'd play in the fields next door and across the street. At mealtime, mothers (usually) would go to the front door and call for their kids. No worries like today. I do think we were brought up in the best times of this country.

Mary Ann

Vanilla-Jackie · November 25, 2019, 11:50:11 AM

We had silver grey metal dustbins with handled lids, and the dustmen had a long walk through the alleyways to each persons back garden, then they were carried singly over their back, and they also had to walk and carry each one back again... no plastic wheelie bins back then, and no putting the bins out on the roadside curb, these men really did earn their wages...

...We also had an outside coal shed where i was told to hide indoors and count each sack that went in just in-case they gave us a bag or two less that what my parents had paid for, as far as i am aware, we got our paid for sacks of coal...The coal-men carried the heavy sack of coal over their shoulders...sometimes there was just the one, some times there were two men, and when one has dozen or so sacks of coal delivered at anyone time, and you are not there only customer of the day...

...We had two milk deliveries, two different milk companies which delivered to our neighbouring roads, one was a lady who pulled the cart by a long black handle-lever, the other one was motorised where if i got ready for school very early i sometimes got a ride up to the top of my road after he had delivered the crates of milk to my school, the milk float as they were known, went very slowly, and the bottles of milk would rattle...my school was opposite my house...

...the gas man would come and read our metere, our metre was in a cupboard, way to the back under the stairs, and on one time our-my fathers Alsatian dog had bit his backside tearing a hole in his trousers.....

angelface555 · November 25, 2019, 11:50:46 AM

MaryAnn, my mother if she had lived, 1923-2000; would be a year older than you. She was the middle child with a brother and a sister and grew up on a Kansas farm. They had a stillroom for making medicine, and a place dug under the house for cold storage. Large milk cans set ready for use in a small room off the kitchen. The farm grew hay and alfafa and raised milk cows, chickens and hogs. They also had horses and mules.

Jackie, I don't remember hearing about the disaster before. However, while reading it today, I was struck by the quote that they wanted to keep the amount of compensation low. Because the people who had lost children were working-class and not used to large sums of money!

Mary Ann · November 25, 2019, 12:52:35 PM

Patricia and Jackie, it interests me how different customs were in various locations and ways of life. Our garbage cans were at our back doors and the garbage men would go around the back and pick the cans up, empty them and return them. I don't know when, maybe during the war, but we eventually took the cans to the curb. Jackie, I cannot imagine delivering milk as it was delivered to you. Our truck were refrigerated or at least insulated to keep the milk cold. In the winter, the milk would freeze and rise over the top of the bottle. This was before milk was homogenized. Patricia, I had heard about farm cold storage but it was foreign to me because no one in our area had anything like that, nor was it necessary.

I often wonder what my mother would think of today's conveniences and things that are considered necessary today but were not heard of in her day (1893-1941). Dad used the microwave and Tom does. Mother did have a spin-dry washer because Dad was afraid she'd get her arm caught in a wringer. Tom does the wash now, a front-loader. We had an elevated oven stove where the oven control did not work until I was in my teens. As I worked in the appliance department for the electric utility, I bought an electric range in 1955 and have had one ever since. Dad loved it. I don't know about Tom, but it is my range and he uses it. He does OK.

All of the above was normal for the times, we were not deprived. My folks may have been poor but we didn't know it. Our lives were no different than anyone else's on our street and probably no different than any other middle-class families. It is fun reminiscing and there are things I'd like to bring back, but I'm happy they way things are here, especially being retired!

Mary Ann

angelface555 · November 25, 2019, 01:38:36 PM

When I was growing up, the trash cans and or more likely city supplied green garbage bags were set weekly at the curb. Since my father, who had started as a welder, was foreman of public works, our pickup was never an issue. We had no home deliveries of milk, food, or ice but we did have a monthly coal delivery into a basement room through an outside upper wall scoop door. When I was eight, we converted to a broiler, and the coal room became storage.

When I lived in Anchorage in the late seventies/eighties, we subscribed to a twice-weekly service that delivered dairy and other foods except meats. Each Tuesday, you would post a form on your porch and see the foods delivered on the following Thursday and Tuesday. You paid either monthly or every three months by mail. This service stopped in 1986, I don't remember why.

Marilyne · November 25, 2019, 02:32:42 PM

In the 1930's and 40's, we had twice weekly garbage pickup. The workers did go into the backyard, and empty the container into a truck, and then return it to the backyard. The cans were metal, and very small. The rest of the trash, was burned in what we called an incinerator, in the back yard. Everyone had one in their yard. It was made of black corrugated metal of some kind. I don't recall what happened to the ashes, when the container got full? Probably picked up by a truck of some sort. Of course, incinerators were outlawed by the early 50's, and then all trash and garbage was picked up.
We now have three separate trucks that pick up three plastic containers once a week. Kitchen garbage, recycling, and yard waste.

Callie - I commented on The Crown, in the Books folder, and I have a lot more to say, which I plan to do ASAP. I haven't gotten used to the "new" Queen yet - not sure that I will? More on that later. I'm expecting older daughter and granddaughter any minute, so will sign out for a while. They'll be here until Friday, so things will be busy around here.

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