I never did get the hang of fountain pens--big globs of ink plagued any work I attempted with a fountain pen. I am in awe of people who write smoothly and evenly with them. Ball point pens came just in time to rescue me.
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I never did get the hang of fountain pens--big globs of ink plagued any work I attempted with a fountain pen. I am in awe of people who write smoothly and evenly with them. Ball point pens came just in time to rescue me.
I remember those trays, too! Thank God for my icemaker!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs-M
Fountain pens--when I went to Catholic school we HAD to write with cartridge pens (fountain pen lite). I have good memories of that, too.
Well, I have a new one, based on the news report I saw of the pedestrian getting hit by a Cash Cab in Vancouver. The person who wrote the report on cnn.com said that "the cab hit an elderly pedestrian. The pedestrian was 61." Wow. I'm 59. So, I guess I'm so old, at my age, I'm nearly elderly!
Really, I just hope the reporter was 16--it would make me feel so much better!
Ahile ago we had SEVERAL reports of an "Elderly" female robber who was assualting people at their cars with a handgun. The media speculated that she was so old and frail that it was probably a way for her to make ends meet in this tough economy. When they caught the "elderly" woman and showed her pic on TV I was flaggergasted - she was 51 and didn't look at all frail or elderly. Seem to see alot of people - even middle aged people - refuring to anyone over 50 as "elderly". I think of elderly as an 80 year old white haired person using a cane or walker to get around.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
Florence. Nasty, unforgiving things they were, at least that's my opinion of them. I was in elementary school at the time and a teacher (just for fun) handed out fountain pens along with a tiny bottle of ink to all of us so we could try our hand at writing with one. I know the more modern versions had actual ink cartridges, but still, thank heavens for modern ballpoint pens! :)
Catherine. You are a riot! I agree, the reporter better have been a bubble-gummer! :laff: On the ice cube side of things, I am forever grateful for the fridge we bought year before last! Reverse osmosis water filtration and ice! No messing around.
Spartana. Yes indeed, my definition of an "elderly" person would the same as yours. 80 plus years of age, anyway!
I'm so old I've ridden in the back boxes of trucks (as a kid) when seatbelts and safety wasn't important. Anyone else remember the old days of riding in the back of truck boxes as a kid?
To add, riding in the back of pickup trucks (back in the day) wasn't even an option, it was the standard! As kids we wouldn't even ask if we could ride in the back, we just filled in and took up residence.
I was in high school at the time, earlier grades, but I remember a bunch of kids leaving for lunch in a pickup truck, the back box full of teens, and by the end of lunch hour, one of the teens in the back was dead. The driver rolled the truck.
My parents had several big old station wagons with seats built into the back, in the cargo area. They folded out of the floor. I LOVED riding back there, especially on the long drive back in the summer from somewhere fun, maybe with a friend, as it was away from my pesky brother *and* my parents, lol! The back window would be down a bit and it was lovely!
I remember once going to a beach with a friend's family. It was a long (2-3 hour) drive away. The parents were in the cab of the pickup truck. There was a big couch in the bed of the pickup, the bed covered with one of those caps with windows in it. My friend and I were back there with her two brothers. We even crossed the border between the US and Canada at the Ambassador Bridge with us back there! This was in the mid-80s. You can't imagine that happening now!:0!
I remember that too, Tradd, that, and riding in the back of an aunts station wagon where there were no seats at all. We owned/drove a station wagon during the time our first three kids were little and it definitely had it's pluses!
Family picnics with the station wagon were classic! Lots of room to spread everything out in the way of food and drink! Then, when someone (one of the kids) got tired, the back turned into an instant bed.
hose, not panty hose, but hose held up by garters. And, fishnet tights in every color you can think of. Older girls wearing girdles to school. We only had 3 channels on TV and I spent lots of time as a pre-teen listening to the radio. Does anyone remember those little velvetine bows ladies wore on the front of their treased hair?
YES! I had almost forgotten that! I think there is even a picture of me as a child with one in my hair, I think on the side. Or, it could have been in front where the bangs parted away from the rest of the hair. Can't remember exactly, but yes I do remember the little bows. They came in lots of colors didn't they?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tenngal