Hi Wes , I do remember my mother leaving the want list in the
empty milk
bottles , and eating the cream that froze up out of the milk bottle neck ,
or
sometimes shattered the bottle ! As a small child on double runner ice
skates ,
I remember the men sawing ice with long saw blades ......... THAT to me
seems
to be the most old fashioned thing that I can recall . I sure can
recall how the
toast would burn in those old " flip down side " toasters if you didn' t
keep an eye
on them ........ and helping my father put chains on his tires in the winter
..........
I recall the roar of Thunderbolts , Hellcats , and other warbirds of the
40s .
My dad also took me one time to watch Admiral Byrd' s convoy of Arctic type
vehicles pass by on their way to Boston to load onto the expedition ships
........
some were HUGE orange tracked snow cats ! But the very best memories
from the 30s and 40s are of the TRAINS , and STEAM ENGINES of all
kinds,
from little yard switchers to the huge engines that ran out on the high iron
, the
main line where the passenger trains roared by at 80 or 90 mph , and some
freight trains were so long they had to doublehead , or triplehead , the
engines
on them ........ I still have a couple of squashed out pennies that went
under
those wheels over 55 years ago ! I have so many recollections from the
war years ........ all part of becoming a geezer , I would imagine . I
won' t
bore you with any more of my ramblings ......... we ALL accumulate these
memories as we roll on through life , and it sure is funny how the older we
get,
and the more we see, learn, and experience .......... we then start to
realize
how VERY LITTLE we know of the ENTIRE BIG PICTURE ............
VERY HUMBLING .............. akin to seeing a sunrise or sunset on the salt
flats of western Utah ............. sure makes you wonder ...................
too nostalgic , too often , Bruce
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