Crippled Caddis Posted June 20, 2007 Posted June 20, 2007 < No more walking to town on Saturday after choring was done.> Was it uphill in both directions?;o) "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." ---Charles Austin Beard
gonefishin Posted June 20, 2007 Posted June 20, 2007 You guys had TV! Yep. We were right up town. We had a little black and white TV. We lived in a 2 bedroom house. MOM and Dad had one room, my three sisters had the other. My brother and I slept on a hideaway bed in the living room. Now days my parents would be accused of abuse or something because us kids didn't all have our own private bedrooms and bathrooms. I would rather be fishin'. "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin, 1759
Wayne SW/MO Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 I was 12 when we got our first TV, but we were 100 miles from the station and somewhere in the transport a lot of snow entered the picture. I saw my first color TV at the American Royal in KC, it wasn't to good so I knew it wouldn't catch on. Radio was the big thing when I was a kid, well until I learned girls weren't all as worthless as my little sister. Sky King, The Shadow, Superman, and its seems like there was another. Of course there were also some crank telephones still around also. I was too young, but the big thing on Halloween was setting an outhouse in the middle of the junction of 5 streets up town. Those were the good old days, the bottoms were full of marijuana and nobody cared, didn't need it. Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.
Terry Beeson Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 You had an outhouse? Uptown livin'!!! And 5 streets? We had NO streets... just dirt roads... (that part is true...) TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
gonefishin Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 Ahhh yes the crank telephone. We had one that sat on a desk and was hooked to a brown paper dry cell battery that sat underneath. Receiver was cast iron and weighed a ton. Party line of course. When someone called everyone on the party line knew cause everyones phone rang. Our ring was 2 long rings followed by two short rings. I would rather be fishin'. "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin, 1759
Chief Grey Bear Posted June 21, 2007 Author Posted June 21, 2007 < No more walking to town on Saturday after choring was done.> Was it uphill in both directions?;o) How did you know? Have you been there? There was hollar twixed our house and town. So to get to town you had to go down in the hollar and then back up the other side. Then he same thing going home. Do you smell something? Chief Grey Bear Living is dangerous to your health Owner Ozark Fishing Expeditions Co-Owner, Chief Executive Product Development Team Jerm Werm Executive Pro Staff Team Agnew Executive Pro Staff Paul Dallas Productions Executive Pro Staff Team Heddon, River Division Chief Primary Consultant Missouri Smallmouth Alliance Executive Vice President Ronnie Moore Outdoors
Wayne SW/MO Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 You had an outhouse? Uptown living'!!! No, I never lived where we didn't have indoor plumbing. Not everyone in town did however, and none of the farms did. Everyone had electricity, but I know of one area in Oklahoma that still didn't have it in the very early 70's. My childhood might have predated some of yours. Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.
fishinwrench Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 There was hollar twixed our house and town. You had Holler's ?
Terry Beeson Posted June 21, 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 There was hollar twixed our house and town. You had a house? (Excuse me... I must put my chest waders on now... it's REALLY gettin' DEEP in here... ) TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Chief Grey Bear Posted June 21, 2007 Author Posted June 21, 2007 (Excuse me... I must put my chest waders on now... it's REALLY gettin' DEEP in here... ) Yes it is. Chief Grey Bear Living is dangerous to your health Owner Ozark Fishing Expeditions Co-Owner, Chief Executive Product Development Team Jerm Werm Executive Pro Staff Team Agnew Executive Pro Staff Paul Dallas Productions Executive Pro Staff Team Heddon, River Division Chief Primary Consultant Missouri Smallmouth Alliance Executive Vice President Ronnie Moore Outdoors
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