Those born during or soon after World War II have experienced things that our children and grandchildren would think are silly or unimportant. Our generation has always been mostly optimistic but grounded in the knowledge that we grew up with few things that were not required to get by. That […]
Good Ole Days
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Many of us “old-timers” learned to drive in cars with standard shift transmissions, not cars with automatic transmissions. Back in the 1950s, most cars on the roads did not have automatic transmissions because most makes were not sold with them, and those cost more than the standard. Also, automatic transmissions […]
When we lived in the Heights, our only radio was an old tube-type radio in a wooden box with a dial on the front for locating one of the few radio stations. It had a small speaker below the dial, but the tubes were weak, and the speaker was old, […]
Must have a sense of humor. Willing to listen to stories of the “Ole times” (sometimes more than once). Willing to hear facts you never thought about (no need). Like to watch movies (sometimes tear jerkers and sometimes westerns). No smokin, dipin, cussin, or woke talkin. Did I mention – […]
When I saw the post on Facebook about Sears being torn down, it brought back a lot of memories of that store and that area. Eva and I lived in an apartment not far from that store and she would park her car there and ride the bus to work […]
When we still lived in the Heights, one of the jobs I remember my brother having was as a soda jerk working at the Duggan Pharmacy. It was located in the building at the corner of 19th and Ashland St., next to the Heights Hospital. The term was used to […]
A couple of days ago I watched a movie on Up Faith & Family Steaming, titled “Though None Go With Me”. I did not see anything on Xfinity TV that looked like something I wanted to watch. As I was scanning the options on Up Faith & Family, that title […]
During the last few days after the “storm of 2024”, with the whole area around here without power, I spent much time just sitting and thinking. My generator powers my entire house, so I had electricity; however, Comcast was out until yesterday afternoon, so I had no internet or TV. […]
As we go about living our lives each day, we do a lot of different things without much thought given. Most of our decisions are short-term and require no serious evaluation of options. We are going through our daily routine. As we get older, we tend to remember the bigger […]
It was July or August, and the year was around 1971 to 72. I was working for First Continental Mortgage Company in charge of the Computer Services Department. Some of the other department heads wanted to get as many of the employees as possible to go on a fishing trip […]