Hey, wonder if that was the fashion regarding the feather bed ..as my grannie had one in the front "parlor" as well and thats the one I slept in with the fireplace right close by.. I don't remember the starched everything but I do remember her front yard had no grass it was covered in sand ..which she raked everyday and she had old tires painted white and inside those tires she planted her posies..? I remember one time going to the well to get a drink and there coiled up on the part where the dipper was ..was a BIG BLACK SNAKE!? I screamed my head off and took off faster that a rabbit can run! LOL Shirley H -----Original Message----- From: Virginia Beams <hippsters11@msn.com> To: down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:19 am Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know I would get my fanny busted every so often...I'd either jump on Mamma's feather bed or pick her flowers one....She ironed and starched every piece of clothing she washed...Sheets and all...Had that feather bed in the front room, living room...Made it up specially every day but it was so comfy...I coulden't resist...Jenny "If God is for you", Who can be against you"? ----- Original Message ----- From: Virginia Beams<mailto:hippsters11@msn.com> To: down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know Boy ,diden't the food taste good cooked on those stoves....Mamma made lye soap....When she made her sour-karut she washed it in lye first.....Made the best home made butter and butter milk....Had a cellar she filled with karut, pickles beans etc that she had caned.....Me and several other grandkids would go down there and open the jars of karut and pickles ...Eat till we busted....Love those days.....Jenny "If God is for you", Who can be against you"? ----- Original Message ----- From: makekaus@aol.com<mailto:makekaus@aol.com<mailto:makekaus@aol.com%3Cmailto:makekaus@aol.com>> To: down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know Wasn't that the mode of transportation way back in our olden days when life was simpler than it is today in our space age days.. I can remember my McCartha grandmother on her farm way back yonder days outside?with a huge kettle full of hot water,boiling her clothes and stirring them with a long stick.? And my stepmom had the modern convience of a washing machine..the wringer type.? And that same grandmother used a long wooden box to store blocks of ice as her refrigeration.? She had a well right next to her back porch and an outhouse as well.. I hated that smelly outhouse!? Thought my fanny was too good to sit on that wooden potty when I was visiting her.? I sure did love her feather bed though!? She had a big cast iron stove as well. Shirley H -----Original Message----- From: Dorothy Bowles <dotjo1@suddenlink.net<mailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net<mailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net%3Cmailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net>>> To: down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 7:32 pm Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know if it's good enough for them it's good enough for me. dot jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "donrickman" <mdrick@centurytel.net<mailto:mdrick@centurytel.net<mailto:mdrick@centurytel.net%3Cmailto:mdrick@centurytel.net>>> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com>>> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know > > The Amish around us have that mode of transportation. They seem to do > very > good getting around even in this freezing weather. The family that lives > just up the road from us take their kids to the Amish school which is 20 > miles from us & they do it every day. Marilyn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dorothy Bowles" <dotjo1@suddenlink.net<mailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net<mailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net%3Cmailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net>>> > To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com>>> > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 8:31 PM > Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know > > >> Bobbie, you are right GAS was the major problem for everyone and every >> thing. with out it nothing could move so we had to pay the piper!!! if >> prices start going up I'm ordering me a horse and buggy. other than the >> exhaust there isn't much to them. LOL dot Jo >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bobbie Ivey-Lewallen" <tngirl45@bellsouth.net<mailto:tngirl45@bellsouth.net<mailto:tngirl45@bellsouth.net%3Cmailto:tngirl45@bellsouth.net>>> >> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com<mailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com>>> >> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 9:01 PM >> Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] important to know >> >> >>> From: "Dorothy Bowles" <dotjo1@suddenlink.net<mailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net<mailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net%3Cmailto:dotjo1@suddenlink.net>>> >>> OR WISHFUL THINKING BOBBIE. DOT JO >>> >>> >>> LOL More like it, Dot Jo. Sure would be nice to get an extra check this >>> year. >>> >>> I think the reason most everything went up last year had to do with the >>> gas >>> prices. It takes gas or diesel to deliver everything, so the high gas >>> prices >>> made the haulers go up on their delivery fees, which in turn was passed >>> on >>> to us. Gas has finally started increasing in price again. 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