Random Obs

A farmer's market in Weatherford Texas in 1939. I would love to know what that basket of fresh yard eggs would have cost?



The farmer in the white shirt kind of resembles Buddy Ebsen from "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Barnaby Jones" TV shows.

 

Some of the Yellow Pine trees pulled out of the virgin East Texas forests around Nacogdoches? Assuming average rain and normal growth, the 62-inch pine would be roughly 200 years old. The bark on these trees reminds me of Loblolly Pine.

 

Modern Math...

 

Time flies by..... I was 6 years old when my Dad took me to the indoor movie theater to see this picture show.

Shown here: John Wayne and cast members of "The Alamo" in front of the Alamo on October 24, 1960. To Wayne's left are Linda Crystal, Frankie Avalon, Richard Boone and Pat Wayne.

 

A guy that used to go to our church wore sandals every Sunday. Didn't matter if it was 90 or 20, raining or sunny. He worked with me in the parking lot directing traffic and parking cars.

 

This sums up my life pretty well...

 

How come the time you find out that a new windshield wiper blade is needed, it's raining?

Yup... driving yesterday a wiper was streaky. It was the rear one on the minivan, fortunately,

Thinking it just needed to be wiped down, I grabbed a couple of napkins. As soon as I touched it, the thin rubber edgr was separated from the wiper. Wiping isn't going to fix it.

I stopped and got a replacement at a NAPA store. Youtube video indicates a quick easy swap. We'll see. Would be nice if the rain stops, though.

 

If corner posts could tell stories, I’d listen.

 

Dawned on me that we dont see commercials for television sets now? No Zenith comparing their color tv with others lined up- and you were watching on a black and white?

not to mention you werent cool without a Quasar. A lot of homes in my town has the big RCA, tv with radio and turntable. They were made in our city , so employees got them with employee discount. If you had one in your house, they were made here.

 

All have been replaced by drug company commercials!

 

From one mind control technique to the next.

 

Full service at gas stations is a thing of the past, good luck with finding that today.

 

And........think of this.

What was the price of gas when that picture was taken? How much profit was made at those prices?

And there are 4 attendants to be paid out of that profit! Plus uniforms!

 

I count 5 attendants, the one cleaning the windshield is hard to make out. Sadly, the days of personal service and pride of ownership have faded away forever.