now you see those in the antique stores. We had one when we were first married. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emma Roses" <roses4831@msn.com> To: "memory-lane" <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [ML] Cups and saucers > > When I was in Junior High, I would walk up to the corner at the highway to > wait for the schoolbus. A girl lived there right on the corner, and > sometimes I would wait for her in the kitchen while she finished getting > ready. Her mother used a curling iron to curl her hair. I do remember > she put the ends of the curling iron in the flame on the stove, then > curled her hair, but her hair always looked nice. Maybe she knew how long > to leave it in the flame (gas stove) so it didn't get too hot to burn her > hair.Another item they had on the table was a toaster where you put the > bread on the side, flipped the cover up to hold the bread in, then when > one side was done, you flipped the bread over and toasted the other side. > We didn't have a toaster and I was fascinated with that toaster, I thought > that was so neat. <g>Emma > >> From: helenware@comcast.net >> To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com >> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:44:00 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [ML] Cups and saucers >> >> I remember that cooking a turkey was an all night thing-hours and hours! >> You would think those curling irons right into the flames would have >> burned >> their hair! >> Helen >> >> >> > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jane Russell died yesterday. She was 89 yrs old. Emma

I found the attached article to be very interesting. At the present time there are only three cameras in operation, all East of the Mississippi River. NASA hopes to eventually have 15 or more up and running. Click on the link and check out the two photos included on the homepage. You can click on the link for the video of a streaking object in the sky. It is very brief (only a second or three) and not as bright as the still photo shown on the page. Makes me wonder if the still photo is enhanced. Probably! Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter From: snglist@snglist.msfc.nasa.gov To: snglist@snglist.msfc.nasa.gov Subject: What's Hitting Earth? Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 00:18:44 -0600 NASA Science News for March 1, 2011 Have you ever seen a fireball streak through the night sky and gone to bed wondering, "What was that?" NASA is deploying a network of smart cameras that could have an answer waiting for you when you wake up. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/01mar_meteornetwork/ To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.msfc.nasa.gov/u?id=133594N&n=T&l=snglist or send a blank email to leave-snglist-133594N@lyris.msfc.nasa.gov

I hear you both! My husband retired in 1995 (and I quit working in 1994), and has had several physical problems since then (2 joint replacements and 2 separate cancers), and I despaired of ever getting alone time. Fast forward to mid-2010 and up until now ... I am a full-time caretaker for him since his problems have become so much worse. We're hoping surgery Friday ... putting cement in his 3 compression fractures in his back, will put him finally on the road to recovery, except right now his rheumatoid arthritis is the worst it's ever been. To me, excitement is going to the store. Connie > > After hubby retired, I'm like you, I would get tired of him being > underfoot all day. Finally I would tell him "Go see Larry" (his buddy), > or someone else, but anything to get him out of the house. Not that I was > going to do anything exciting, I just got tired of him always being > there.Emma > >> To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com >> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 00:17:43 -0600 >> From: askgranny@juno.com >> Subject: Re: [ML] a day's work/retiring >> >> I hope you have many years of retirement...Hubby has been hanging around >> bugging me full time for more than 10 years now.........and has finally >> settled into getting enough' make work' to keep him fairly busy....I had >> a horrible time getting used to not having any alone time at all...and >> THAT still bothers me....I have my own room, so can spend all the time I >> want to in here...Going to bed any old time, getting up when I want , and >> lying down for a nap as needed are the perks....Jeannie T >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3475 - Release Date: 03/01/11 >

Thinking about how we used to fix our hair, my sister and I used Psyllium seed - same fiber in Metamucil. My mother put it in a small amount of water and heated it on the kitchen stove until it turned to a jelly-like substance. We used it as waving lotion on our hair and rolled our hair on soft rolls of something....can't remember what we called those except "hair rollers". When I was in the 5th grade my school teacher embarassed me in front of everyone by asking what ever happened to my hair.....it was a hot, windy Kansas day and I'd walked to school and my hair probably was a mess. I told mom that evening what the teacher said and she promptly decided she'd take me to a beauty shop and let me have my first permanent ..... one that was a mess of big fat curls. I remember mom saying "we'll show that teacher". Mom was feisty little woman. When I went back to school I was the subject of conversation..... juanita You would think those curling irons right into the flames would > have burned their hair! Helen > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not long ago while having lunch with friends, someone asked Sherry what she was going to do with herself and joked about having to be around me all day. She replied that she would send me out on my tractor and as soon as I left, she was going to watch her "chick flicks", which I absolutely hate.. Of course she was half joking but it's going to be interesting. Today, her first day of retirement, we will make a run to the lumber company so that we can begin repairs to the small house our hunters stay in. The hunters have offered to help us scrape and paint the house and there are repairs to be made before that happens. While shopping for lumber, we will pick up whatever it takes to build the chicken coop Sherry wants. Day two of retirement, we will hook up the trailer and drive to Comanche, Tx to pick up a load of bentonite that I will spread in the bottom of our stock tank to keep it from leaking. I talked to the company yesterday and they want $350 to deliver it. A seventy mile trip for them.... Being the cheepskate that I am, I told them I'd come get it. Between the lumber/building projects and the spreading of bentonite, I'd say our first couple of weeks oof Sherry's retirement is planed out. lol :-)* On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:22 AM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > I used to scurry around and get stuff done while hubby went on his rare > errands, but now I just sit and read in peace and tranquility...Wish your > friend 'Larry' lived close to us...would be glad to send hubby out with > him. MY hubby only goes to Masonic meetings...I always drive when we go > anywhere in town...I would dearly love for him to have a friend he could > go fishing with, hunting...ANYTHING! I know he worked very hard for many > years to make a living and retirement funds, but just can't figure him > not wanting to go places.....Oh well, when the weather fairs up he'll be > outside more....Sigh....He's a mixed blessing...Aint we all ? *grin* > Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` > On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:29:22 -0800 Emma Roses <roses4831@msn.com> writes: > > > > After hubby retired, I'm like you, I would get tired of him being > > underfoot all day. Finally I would tell him "Go see Larry" (his > > buddy), or someone else, but anything to get him out of the house. > > Not that I was going to do anything exciting, I just got tired of > > him always being there.Emma > > > ____________________________________________________________ > $65/Hr Job - 25 Openings > Part-Time job ($20-$65/hr). Requirements: Home Internet Access > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d6c9d05c4a5e38e12m06duc > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Being a hunter, I have had gallons of camp fire coffee and absolutely loved it. No, it wasn't as consistent as the coffee made in coffee brewers we have today but maybe that was part of the fun. Perhaps it was, as you suggest, the camp fire smoke and ashes that enhanced the flavor, I can't say but I do know I loved the coffee... Excellent memories.... :-)* On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Louise Valine <antique1931@saber.net>wrote: > I think the coffee being boiled on the wood stove was hotter than the elec. > coffee pots now. I know camp fire coffe is hotter than here at home. No > wonder they poured it in the saucers to cool.I know my dad used to make the > coffee over the camp fire. Was so good. Maybe it is the smoke and a > little > dust or ashes blowing in it. I guess we are to modern now. > going with son and wife to the coast with the trailer. I will be glad to > be > inside as it isn't supposed to be very good weather, so will be alot warmer > than a tent or the old trailer. But should be fun. Don't think it will > rain all the time. We have been there before when it rained and it kind of > came and went. > Louise > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerrian" <jerrian@mchsi.com> > To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 9:52 AM > Subject: [ML] Cups and saucers > > > >I too, remember my grandfather in Iowa, pouring his coffee into the saucer > > to cool off. I learned how to make boiled coffee in the big coffee pot > > (wish > > I had one today) from my grandma, who also preferred her wood cookstove > to > > her electric one. She very seldom used it. Couldn't put her iron on it, > > nor > > her little curling iron for her hair. Only the wood cook stove would do. > > Besides, it added heat to the old kitchen. Now, those women had to really > > know how to cook. The old recipes never had a time or a temperature on > > them. > > Just 'in a moderate oven until done". > > I have many stacks of saucers, that go with the cups with the modern > > handles. They hardly ever get used. Just take up space. Don't want to get > > rid of them however, because they go with the dishes. Men, in particular > > do > > not like those handles as their fingers are bigger and they get stuck in > > them, so mugs in a variety of colors and styles, are the thing, in my > > kitchen, for everyday, anyway. :0) That boiled coffee WAS HOT, and oh, > so > > good!! Jerrian > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I used to scurry around and get stuff done while hubby went on his rare errands, but now I just sit and read in peace and tranquility...Wish your friend 'Larry' lived close to us...would be glad to send hubby out with him. MY hubby only goes to Masonic meetings...I always drive when we go anywhere in town...I would dearly love for him to have a friend he could go fishing with, hunting...ANYTHING! I know he worked very hard for many years to make a living and retirement funds, but just can't figure him not wanting to go places.....Oh well, when the weather fairs up he'll be outside more....Sigh....He's a mixed blessing...Aint we all ? *grin* Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:29:22 -0800 Emma Roses <roses4831@msn.com> writes: > > After hubby retired, I'm like you, I would get tired of him being > underfoot all day. Finally I would tell him "Go see Larry" (his > buddy), or someone else, but anything to get him out of the house. > Not that I was going to do anything exciting, I just got tired of > him always being there.Emma > ____________________________________________________________ $65/Hr Job - 25 Openings Part-Time job ($20-$65/hr). Requirements: Home Internet Access http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d6c9d05c4a5e38e12m06duc

My German friend in Chicago wore her hair kinda like one of the movie stars.[.Veronica Lake ?]...in a kind of drape ..and she put a wave in it... She was probably the only woman in Chicago that had curly toilet paper..used to test the curling iron, you see.... We used to ride to church with neighbors and got over there early one time...Instead of having us sit on the porch she allowed us to watch her finish getting ready for church. She had a lamp lit, and had some big nails hanging down in the chimney's top. A narrow strand of hair was wound around a nail and became a long skinny coil of hair. These were put together to make a kinda puff in the front...Only time I ever saw THAT ! My Granddaughter lost the curl form her hair as she got grown, but kept enough to make her hair lay pretty...Now, she straightens it every day ! Go figure...you got curly hair you want straight hair, and vicey versa...Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:36:55 -0800 Emma Roses <roses4831@msn.com> writes: > Her mother used a curling iron to curl her hair. I do remember she put the ends of the curling iron in the > flame on the stove, then curled her hair, but her hair always looked nice. Emma> ____________________________________________________________ $65/Hr Job - 25 Openings Part-Time job ($20-$65/hr). Requirements: Home Internet Access http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d6c9d05bfb9a38e11m06duc

But the saucers used in my husband's family were not matching cups and saucers, they were fancy cut glass saucers set aside specifically for coffee. What did others use? I grew up with cups and saucers and not mugs but we also served tea and not just coffee. I think mugs came into being as more and more people went to work in offices,. Elaine Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. --Henry Ford (1863-1947) Hello Doug On Monday, February 28, 2011, you wrote > My Grandad saucered his coffee, which in itself > wasn't a big deal in those > days, but this subject got me to thinking... > what ever happened to saucers? > Growing p, we always, always served coffee > with a cup and saucer... I > couldn;t tell you the last time I used a saucer. lol > :-)* > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:25 PM, helenware > <helenware@comcast.net> wrote: >> Guess I was real lucky to have had all my grandparents until I was married >> and had all my children. I also had all four great-grandfather's and they >> would pour the hot tea or coffee into the deep saucer their cup fit in-a >> sip >> the cooled liquid---the most interesting was my g.grandfather Peter, he was >> red headed and Irish-he had a huge handlebar moustache-he always had a >> napkin to dry the moustache after he drank-it was waxed and stiff as can >> be! >> I remember the cups as off white and quite large with a good size handle >> and >> deep saucer. >> Another of my great-grandfathers never ate a big meal at night-he always >> had >> "milk toast" toast mashed up with warm butter milk poured over it-he ate a >> big breakfast and the noon meal was called dinner and was his main meal of >> the day. >> I love hearing all of peoples memories-such wonderful things to remember >> and >> talk about! >> Helen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message

I hope you have many years of retirement...Hubby has been hanging around bugging me full time for more than 10 years now.........and has finally settled into getting enough' make work' to keep him fairly busy....I had a horrible time getting used to not having any alone time at all...and THAT still bothers me....I have my own room, so can spend all the time I want to in here...Going to bed any old time, getting up when I want , and lying down for a nap as needed are the perks....Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:09:39 -0600 Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> writes: > My bride is on her last day on the job. By close of business today, she will be retired... Oh yes, we have our jobs lined up but there ain't nothing or nobody to tell us we can't quit when we get tired... That's the joy of being retired... lol ____________________________________________________________ $65/Hr Job - 25 Openings Part-Time job ($20-$65/hr). Requirements: Home Internet Access http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d6c8eb86f46038db8m06duc

I remember that cooking a turkey was an all night thing-hours and hours! You would think those curling irons right into the flames would have burned their hair! My g.grandma boiled the coffee grounds with an egg shell and salt--the coffee was hot and delicious! She had a huge old stove that had a hot water heater attached to the back-never knew how that worked. Helen

When I was in Junior High, I would walk up to the corner at the highway to wait for the schoolbus. A girl lived there right on the corner, and sometimes I would wait for her in the kitchen while she finished getting ready. Her mother used a curling iron to curl her hair. I do remember she put the ends of the curling iron in the flame on the stove, then curled her hair, but her hair always looked nice. Maybe she knew how long to leave it in the flame (gas stove) so it didn't get too hot to burn her hair.Another item they had on the table was a toaster where you put the bread on the side, flipped the cover up to hold the bread in, then when one side was done, you flipped the bread over and toasted the other side. We didn't have a toaster and I was fascinated with that toaster, I thought that was so neat. <g>Emma > From: helenware@comcast.net > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:44:00 -0500 > Subject: Re: [ML] Cups and saucers > > I remember that cooking a turkey was an all night thing-hours and hours! > You would think those curling irons right into the flames would have burned > their hair! > Helen > > >

After hubby retired, I'm like you, I would get tired of him being underfoot all day. Finally I would tell him "Go see Larry" (his buddy), or someone else, but anything to get him out of the house. Not that I was going to do anything exciting, I just got tired of him always being there.Emma > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 00:17:43 -0600 > From: askgranny@juno.com > Subject: Re: [ML] a day's work/retiring > > I hope you have many years of retirement...Hubby has been hanging around > bugging me full time for more than 10 years now.........and has finally > settled into getting enough' make work' to keep him fairly busy....I had > a horrible time getting used to not having any alone time at all...and > THAT still bothers me....I have my own room, so can spend all the time I > want to in here...Going to bed any old time, getting up when I want , and > lying down for a nap as needed are the perks....Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Try www.abderdeennews.com Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:55:10 -0600 > From: lolav@arvig.net > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ML] ABERDEEN,S.D. NEWS PAPER > > > Gday. Would some one know the url for the Aberdeen, S.D. News Paper > > please? > > Thanks. > > Viola. > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Helen, I remember as a child when living in Little Rock, AR, the house we rented had a big, farmhouse kitchen. The water heater was in a corner of the kitchen near the sink. The base of it was just above the countertop. The heater itself was a cast iron coil, three or four feet tall. The gas burner was at the bottom. You had to open a little door for access to light the burner. The flame and heat went up the middle of the coil. The water was inside the hollow coil which spiraled nearly all the way to the top. I know my mother would light the burner first thing in the morning to have hot water for bathing and such. I don't remember if there was a storage tank for the hot water but suspect there must have been somewhere. I don't remember ever seeing it. Perhaps your gmother'a was something like that. Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter > From: helenware@comcast.net > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:44:00 -0500 > Subject: Re: [ML] Cups and saucers > > I remember that cooking a turkey was an all night thing-hours and hours! > You would think those curling irons right into the flames would have burned > their hair! > My g.grandma boiled the coffee grounds with an egg shell and salt--the > coffee was hot and delicious! > She had a huge old stove that had a hot water heater attached to the > back-never knew how that worked. > Helen > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Viola, When we were little kids(in the 1940's) my grandmother's aged cousin lived in several upstairs rooms in our house-her son was overseas and her husband was dead. She drank from her saucer and every morning we would run upstairs to watch her break a raw egg into tomato juice and drink it straight down! We would gag but loved to watch her drink it! She had dentures and would stick out the bottom ones and make them clack at us---we loved it! She also had long and tin snow white hair down to her behind--she would brush her hair and put an old curling iron into the old black top stove to heat it and roll her hair on it-then she put her hair up in a bun with hairpins-also fascinating! We just loved old Aggie so much and in a way she was watching us while Mama got some work done! I remember the mailman bringing a big package and it was pillows with fringes all around them that her son sent from overseas! When I say elderly, she was probably my age or younger!!!But to little children she was very old! She let us drink hot, sweet tea and she used canned milk in it so it tasted extra rich and good! She also made us Jello and put canned milk and sprinkled sugar over it-----I love these memories!! Helen

> Gday. Would some one know the url for the Aberdeen, S.D. News Paper > please? > Thanks. > Viola.

> Thanks Helen. I love grand parent stories > plus oddity people when you are a child. There was a man who stayed with my grand parents on Goat Ranch Road and he chewed glass and swallowed a sword. One day my two brothers got a little loud and friskey and he took his finger and made that finger move for them to come to him then he would look at his sword slyly laugh and point to the wood shed. My brothers knew what he meant so they both sat behind moms chair the rest of the time we were there.One morning it was not yet day lite and my oldest little brother had to go to the can. He had to go all the way to because it was not allowed by the house because there was a young girl crawling around out side and dad said big boys do not do that to their little sisters. Any way when he opened the can door there sat that big sword swallorer and my aunt came home from school that day and said the teacher heard his scream way across St Clair lake. So mom said well if he never gets any thing else we know he has good lungs. Viola.

I started thinking why we don't drink out of cups and saucers any more, I think my mother drank her coffee out of a mug. I remember she drank instant coffee in a mug, it was just us three girls, my Mom and us, [her two daughters], so she couldn't see why she should make a pot of coffee for just herself. After I first got married I didn't drink coffee, my husband didn't drink coffee ether, I didn't start drinking coffee till I was in my thirties, I don't think we owned a coffee pot till than ether. Now I like a great big mug, enough that holds at least two big cups of coffee. I have a Cuisinart Automatic drip coffee maker, stainless steel thermal pot. Once the coffee is made, the machine turns off, and the coffee stays hot in the Thermal coffee pot. Sometimes when I am feeling out of energy, I will have a cup of coffee while making dinner. If it's not hot enough, I warm it up in the micro, still tastes good. I do use cups and saucers at thanks giving, and at christmas, because my good china, has cups and saucers, also my Christmas dishes, also comes with cups and saucers. When I use them, I think to myself these are so small, but they do match my dishes, and so I use them. But I do prefer my big big mug for morning coffee. Sully