ODDS & ENDS: Before Tackless carpet strip, carpet tacks were hammered through the carpet at all edges, Quarter round was then nailed over it. You HAD to shower before entering the pool. (Who actually does that?) Girls / women HAD to wear a swimming cap....some had weird shaped heads that were not so becoming. (sorry bout dat.) A large empty coffee can with a paper towel in it used as a Spittoon. Fire flies in a mason jar. A refrigerator with the motor on top. Electrical plugs that were not polarized as todays plugs. A Dads Tool Shed. Fish on Fridays. Dont pee-pee in the pool...there is a chemical that will turn the water around you blue....I dont think so! Speaking of BLUE....Blue Laws. The raw oyster bar at the SE corner of S. Dale Mabry & Gandy Blvd. Pony Tails. Only ONE earring in each ear. Mens jeans with the cuff rolled-up ONCE and ironed to stay in place. If you could not afford Levis...you would buy Foremost jeans at J C Penny. People opening the glove compartment with their head....splain dat! Mood rings. Dimmer switch on the floor board. Steering wheel knobs hitting your elbow. Hitting your funny bone. That redish rubber bag with the hose on it hanging in the shower. Clearasil in the med. cab. Dad mistook it for toothpaste....only once. Lava Soap. Pumice powder for tooth paste. No beer before one PM on Sundays (Buy it Saturday night fool!) Bourbon & Coke. Throwing-up on same. Vinegar and baking soda explosions. Duck & Cover. Polio & then its drinkable vaccine. Dont go in the water right after eating. Getting spined by a Catfish. First Aid classes. Syphoning someones gas at night. Putting a worm on your hook....for your girlfriend too. (YEEEWWWW!) The crazy lady up the street. Everyones dog running the streets...no tag, no leash. Theres Eddies dog!. Shorthand classes. In-grown toenails. Biting your fingernails. Sucking you thumb. Thumb-sucking deterrent liquid you put on the thumb....Question: Why didnt the little ones just suck ANOTHER finger? (I know...the thumb is not a finger!) Hitch-hiking. Picking Buggers while at a stoplight...e on guys...you may still do it. Coleman lanterns hanging over the side of the pier while fishing. Standing right in the middle of a massive Sting Ray migration. Petting a Manatee. The little green & red turtles as pets....(understood they carried some type of disease.) Pulling ticks off the dog right behind their neck. A dog was often under the front porch. Crawling under the house to play Hide & Seek. Sandspurs in your feet. Your first pair of those Chinese shoes....todays Flip Flops. Concrete bus benches with Commissioner Nick Nuccios name embedded in same. Later hes the cigar-smoking Mayor! Sand boxes. Tire swings. Passing gas on purpose.... I know.....its a guy thing. Putting a weed in a friends mouth...then pulling it sideways....leaving all those seeds in his mouth. Spanish Fly.....(Never understood that...). Some one who could wiggle their ears. Making a HUT in the woods or vacant lot. Cutting through any ones yard to get to your friends house on the next street. Hitting their cloths line neck high. Writing your name in wet concrete. Going Steady. Sour Cream & Liptons onion soup mix. The mail man (now Person) walking to your door-mounted mail box. Home made ice cream that YOU churned. Snow cones. Dingle berries. Potatos baked in the bonfire ash. The Rosin pot for cooking potatos. Hibachi grills. Slip the dog a bone. Running out of hot water. A tub bath. Leaving the seat up. McGee & Ollie. BB guns. Cap guns. Dont climb a Monkey Tree. Grass itch. Sand Lot baseball. Sling shots. Playing marbles. (Thumbsies?) Jaw breakers. Cracker Jacks. Wax lips. The first tongue in your mouth. (Really?) Have one fine week dear reader! Talk to you soon. Lanny
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:04:45 +0000
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