• what we remember before a

    From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to JOE MACKEY on Thu Dec 10 17:00:00 2020
    12-09-20 07:29 JOE MACKEY wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS about what we remember before
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    Howdy! Joe,

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    Aug wrote --

    real and happening at that moment somewhere in town.

    Ok.. Pre-age 4 might be reasonable to think stuff is "live" on
    tv. I had the impression that you were much older when you
    still thought that.

    I may be slow at times, but not that slow. :)

    I don't remember much pre-age 4 except when I was being washed
    in the sink and my head would hit the faucet.

    I have some vague pre age four memories. One being in the car with
    my father (whom I adored), backing out the drive way, onto the street,
    and driving off. No idea where we were going or why. Just that
    snippet.
    We had a large black housekeeper who had a bandana around her head.
    I recall walking into the kitchen with her washing dishes, looking out
    the window and singing gospel songs. She was always so happy.
    Another housekeeper after the one above, Sarah. I used to con her
    into taking a walk with my pulling a little red wagon I had. After
    some distance I would be "tired" and she had her pull me home, up a
    hill, while I rode in the wagon. :)

    When I was 4 Years Old the front room of the house I lived in had a couch
    that Me and My younger Brother would kneel on to look out the window to see
    if anyone walked by.

    I remember occasionally seeing someone walking on the sidewalk pass our house and seeing My older Brother coming home from Elementary School with books in his arms.

    73 de Ed W9ODR . .


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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Thu Dec 10 16:37:00 2020
    Joe,

    I may be slow at times, but not that slow. :)

    I'm not slow, and not fast...so that makes me half-fast. <G>

    I have some vague pre age four memories. One being in the car with
    my father (whom I adored), backing out the drive way, onto the street,
    and driving off. No idea where we were going or why. Just that
    snippet.

    I remember back to first grade.

    Daryl

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Fri Dec 11 08:18:06 2020
    Daryl wrote --

    I may be slow at times, but not that slow. :)

    I'm not slow, and not fast...so that makes me half-fast. <G>

    I often use a line from here in Memories years ago, when someone said
    they "weren't a slow driver nor a fast drive, but a half fast driver".
    That has stuck in my mind all these years.

    I remember back to first grade.

    I have memories of my kindergarten teacher. A somewhat large woman, who smelled of perfume I think she bathed in.
    And her dark blue early '50s Buick with the starter button under the gas pedal and her starting it up, pressing down the gas with the engine coming
    to life with a deep growl and rumble.
    Another around that time was being fascinated by windshield wipers.
    I would get on the hood and push and pull them back and forth.
    One time my mother came to the door telling me to stop that, I was going
    to break them. I scurried off the hood at once. (You didn't mess with my mama. Her word was law!)
    Time passes, and we are going down a street in a pouring rain and the drivers wiper is going back and forth then suddenly it flew off the car. My mother looked at me and said "I told you where going to break it". Never
    said anything about that again.
    Going back to Charles' post about memories, that was burned into my mind
    but years later asking my mother about it she had no memory of it.
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Tue Dec 15 14:11:00 2020
    Joe,

    I often use a line from here in Memories years ago, when someone said they "weren't a slow driver nor a fast drive, but a half fast driver".
    That has stuck in my mind all these years.

    And, it all depends where people's minds are, or where they go.

    I have memories of my kindergarten teacher. A somewhat large woman,
    who smelled of perfume I think she bathed in.

    I have wondered about that sometimes...the perfume or cologne is so
    pungent.

    And her dark blue early '50s Buick with the starter button under the
    gas pedal and her starting it up, pressing down the gas with the engine coming to life with a deep growl and rumble.

    That's nostalgia!!

    Another around that time was being fascinated by windshield wipers.
    I would get on the hood and push and pull them back and forth.
    One time my mother came to the door telling me to stop that, I was
    going to break them. I scurried off the hood at once. (You didn't
    mess with my mama. Her word was law!)

    That's not the case today with parents...the kids just ignore them,
    cuss them out, or "give them the bird".

    Time passes, and we are going down a street in a pouring rain and
    the drivers wiper is going back and forth then suddenly it flew off the car. My mother looked at me and said "I told you where going to break it". Never said anything about that again.

    I'll bet you felt like crap.

    Going back to Charles' post about memories, that was burned into my
    mind but years later asking my mother about it she had no memory of it.

    See the tagline below. <G>

    Daryl


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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Wed Dec 16 06:18:30 2020
    Daryl wrote --

    I would get on the hood and push and pull them back and forth.
    One time my mother came to the door telling me to stop that, I was
    going to break them. I scurried off the hood at once. (You didn't
    mess with my mama. Her word was law!)

    That's not the case today with parents...the kids just ignore them,
    cuss them out, or "give them the bird".

    If I did something really bad I wasn't able to sit down for a couple of
    days.
    Of course I was a perfect child. Well, 99.9999 per cent of the time...
    Joe (adjusting halo).
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Sat Dec 19 11:33:00 2020
    Joe,

    If I did something really bad I wasn't able to sit down for a couple
    of days.
    Of course I was a perfect child. Well, 99.9999 per cent of the
    time...
    Joe (adjusting halo).

    To better fit on the horns?? <g,d,r>

    Daryl

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Tue Dec 22 05:49:28 2020
    Daryl wrote --

    Joe (adjusting halo).

    To better fit on the horns?? <g,d,r>

    The halo rests on the horns, rather than floating above my head.
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Wed Dec 23 23:02:00 2020
    Joe,

    Joe (adjusting halo).

    To better fit on the horns?? <g,d,r>

    The halo rests on the horns, rather than floating above my head.

    I thought you had to glue it to them, so it would stay in place. <g,d,r>

    Daryl

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