Posts: DonB | Ugly Hedgehog

Rural for sure. We didn't have electric until '44 either That includes no indoor plumbing til after that. We did have a phone, the old single line which often hung on fence posts along with probably 20 people on the line. If we wanted to listen to the radio, Dad had to get the battery out of the car for power. However we enjoyed life and didn't really {us kids anyway}know we had a hard life. I'm afraid that hard times are coming again, however, and worse than we experienced.

I feel that way too. It'll be so much harder because, I feel, we have lost or forgotten so many of the skills that our parents used everyday. How many folks know how to skin a deer, scale a fish, or grow a garden? Much less how to preserve that food for the winter. Also, modern medical practices have so many of use living day to day dependent on drugs that will in short supply or impossible to get. JMHO

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Jan 14, 2017 15:01:47 #

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im young

Kmgw9v wrote:

An armature is the rotating spindle in an engine.

I think an armature is a rotating spindle in an electric motor. In an engine the same spindle is called a shaft. At least it was 65 years ago when I was in school!

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Jul 11, 2016 10:28:42 #

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Alaskan Panoramas.

I worked at the A.F. hospital in the early 70's and and about twice a year the word would go out that "that McKinley is out!" Everybody would go up to the roof of the hospital and cameras would be everywhere. Got a few slides of it taken from there and more from the mts around Anchorage. Thats about 220 air miles. Wonder if the air pollution allows that to happen today? Have to say, every time I see the word Alaska in the title on this site I know I'm in for some great photos and this group did not disappoint! Thanks for posting them and helping keep great memories alive!

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Jun 28, 2016 10:11:02 #

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Hello from Tennessee

Welcome from Clarksville area!

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May 16, 2016 11:18:51 #

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When Businesses Move to Mexico

I read this entire thread. It went to president bashing and union bashing in a hurry. Is it Congress, or is it one man? Please, lets look at the tax structure first. Who makes it? What part of offshoring does it play? Second, look at yourself, do you pay the best price you can get for that widget. or do you support your local store even if you have to pay more? The Mom and Pop owned stores are being driven out because of the president? Or unions? Or our built in desire or need to save a few of our hard earned dollars? If you feel it is Congress, perhaps the time is here to look at the people WE (You and I) put there. Or do you just vote (you do vote right?) for the incumbent because they are already there?

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May 13, 2016 10:46:55 #

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Cover Comes Off Jet Engine at 28,000 Feet

jerryc41 wrote:

This had to be a bit unnerving for passengers.

http://mashable.com/2016/05/09/delta-plane-engine-cover/#Yd_jnXH.x5qo

How unnerving for the person on the ground? Do I have a whole airplane coming down or just parts of it?? Wonder if it was over a city or just where did the cowling land? "News" here never reported on where, just that it happened.

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Apr 17, 2016 14:04:34 #

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Trip to Florida, post #18 southern Georgia to northern Florida

No.4, I not sure what those are, but all the peanuts I know grow underground, like potatoes.
I've enjoyed traveling along with you guys, brings back a lot of road trips, once you got to St.Louis.

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Apr 2, 2016 21:10:07 #

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Painted churches of Texas.

Always wanted to go back and tour these. In 2009 PBS aired a great show on these (www.klru.org/paintedchurches).

Thanks for sharing these with us.

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Feb 24, 2016 09:10:02 #

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American Wanderings

American Flag overlaid with backroad photos from your trip.
DonB

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Jun 23, 2015 22:15:01 #