Doug Have you checked with your local fire dept to see if they need a training day? Just a thought... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Crim" <ddcrim@gmail.com> To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [ML] Another weekend at da ranch... > Eventually, I would love to do a controlled burn over this entire portion > of > the ranch in an effort to control weeds and prickly pear but right now, > there isn't enough grass/weeds for a burn to be very effective. A > controlled burn requires a permit and enough people on site to make > certain > the burn doesn't get out of control. I can't afford such nonsense. No > doubt my controlled burn will be in small portions until I get the entire > field burned.... I also have another 35 acre tract that needs a good grass > fire... No doubt I'll have more to write about as these events take place. > lol > > :-)** > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:42 PM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > >> I can remember helping Daddy burn off a field that hadn't been planted in >> several years, judging by the bushes....We very young weren't expected to >> do much work, so it was fun for us....Spent most of our time hunting down >> the snakes and watching them keep squirming on the fire. We were in the >> habit of killing ALL snakes because they'd scared us with stories about >> the dreaded stinging snake..... >> >> After Dad died we were burning off a field and Mama said " I smell cloth >> burning !You kids check your clothes !!! " Turns out she was wearing an >> old pair of daddy's overalls and her rolled up pants leg was on >> fire....Women didn't have pants/slacks of their own back then..dresses >> all the way. Young girls could wear pants to school but I was told in the >> 7th grade that I was too old for that. I pled cold weather and walking to >> the bus...Didn't work... Jeannie T >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:15:55 -0600 Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> writes: >> > Last Friday morning, as we drove to the ranch, it was obvious that the >> burn ban had been lifted. Everywhere we looked, for miles around, we saw >> large plumes of smoke, which indicated that many ranches had one thing >> on their minds... burning brush piles! The Dougster >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ____________________________________________________________ >> 1 Simple Form: Up to 4 offers! >> Refi to low APR before rates rise: $225,000 for $964/mo >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d3fbd5e936d0b0f6em06duc >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 >

Hello. Do we have any listers who own a business of Solar Power Cell's? We need some 1/2 volt solar cells badly???? Thank you. Viola.

Sully, are you having heart problems? Are you feeling any better? Barb tipperboo12@msn.com > From: antique1931@saber.net > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:44:31 -0800 > Subject: [ML] rf. Sully > > Sully, You really led a city life didn't you. > I know my dad growing up the deer hunting was mostly for food. It is sad looking into a deers eyes that has been shot. Kind of like "what did I do?" > I would rather eat the meat from the store, no matter what it is fed. > Like my one daughter when asked in school what the four seasons were, she said fishing, deer season,. phesant and duck season. I guess that is what she heard at home. > Any way hope you continue to feel better. Not an easy thing after the heart thing. I know my husband has good and bad days. Of course he is older than you are and had his bypass surgery in 1984. So look how long he has been going. > You just take it easy, if you feel like doing you do and if not just do a little. > Heck, I am 79 and there are days I don't feel like doing any thing, just tired. Oh well, as long as we wake up on this side of the grass then go for it. > think of you often. > Louise > > > > > > 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

Hi Annette, Thanks for worrying about me-it is snowing like crazy here-I am so sick of snow and ice! It is my birthday and we cancelled plans we had and my grandson and his fiancé just left-they brought me pizza and a strawberry cheesecake for dinner to celebrate. I don't like to go out in the slippery weather for fear of falling so we will go out to casino and dinner tomorrow or another day depending on weather! You know that the plows and sanders keep up with all of the snow but after awhile there is no place to pile the snow up and now we have had over forty four inches in January it is piled high! Hard to see when pulling out to a road or in parking lots! Spring can't get here soon enough for me! Helen

Our area of Connecticut got about 6 inches. And there is a rumor that more is to come tonight. We are lucky that our son-in-law has a snow-plowing business!! He will be by sometime tonight and plow us out. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [ML] This year started with a bang. But, at least you don’t have snow, unlike much of the rest of the country! I’ll take cool and rainy over cold and snowy almost any time!!! (The poor NorthEast – socked again – for the fifth time since Christmas – and they weren’t just dustings either! Donna Peachtree City, GA I feel rather sorry for the vistitors who have come to Florida during the months of December and January as the weather here has not been exactly warm and sunny. Even today it has rained this morning and is still cool outside and we have our heat on this afternoon. Annette. 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

But, at least you don’t have snow, unlike much of the rest of the country! I’ll take cool and rainy over cold and snowy almost any time!!! (The poor NorthEast – socked again – for the fifth time since Christmas – and they weren’t just dustings either! Donna Peachtree City, GA I feel rather sorry for the vistitors who have come to Florida during the months of December and January as the weather here has not been exactly warm and sunny. Even today it has rained this morning and is still cool outside and we have our heat on this afternoon. Annette. 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

Donna I  have watched the television news and boy are they ever getting it up where I was born and raised.  I was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts and then went to highschool(ten of them in three years) and they were mostly small towns around Boston and Worcester.  I have emailed one of my classmates to see how she is doing and also Helen as she lives near the town where I lived when I was a senior.  Like you said they were socked several times this year. Do you have any snow in Georgia?  I just feel sorry for the tourists that spent a lot of money to come to Florrida for Sun and Warmth. Annette. ________________________________ From: Donna <dlk.chocolatelover@gmail.com> To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 5:12:53 PM Subject: Re: [ML] This year started with a bang. But, at least you don’t have snow, unlike much of the rest of the country!  I’ll take cool and rainy over cold and snowy almost any time!!!  (The poor NorthEast – socked again – for the fifth time since Christmas – and they weren’t just dustings either! Donna Peachtree City, GA I feel rather sorry for the vistitors who have come to Florida during the  months of December and January as the weather here has not been exactly warm and sunny.  Even today it has rained this morning and is still cool outside and we have our heat on this afternoon.  Annette.       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

Well Bob and I took the cruise I talked about after Christmas and we had a wonderful time but three days after getting home I came down with Bacterial Pneumonia and I  am over that.  I sat down to send an email to my friends and found out that Herby had croaked again.(Herby of course is my computer) Well we hae him fixed up and now I can send a few words.  There were so many emails that it was just impossible to answer them all or even to read most of them. The cruise was cooler than we had expected and for two days we had a monsoon however this did discourage us as we just enjoyed the luxary of the ship and being treated like Queen Elizabeth.  The food was wonderful and the entertainment good. I am better now so I have no complaints except that my energy level is not what it should be but then I have always been impatient. I feel rather sorry for the vistitors who have come to Florida during the  months of December and January as the weather here has not been exactly warm and sunny.  Even today it has rained this morning and is still cool outside and we have our heat on this afternoon.  Annette.

We walked what I thought was a very long way to grade school as a young child. When I was in the 5th grade my father bought me a used bike so I rode that until I started high school and back to walking to catch the school bus stop in the middle of town. I learned later it was a little over a mile. This was in all kinds of weather. Now they have a school bus that picks up the students in the area where I grew up in Va. to take to the grade school I attended. Audrey C. a message dated 1/26/2011 7:07:43 A.M. Central Standard Time, ddcrim@gmail.com writes: For the first few years, I and my siblings walked about a mile and a half to school... of course it was in three feet of snow and uphill both ways <grin>... I remember many fun times, as you said, playing along the way... It must have been cold and wet some days but I don't have memories of that... when I was in about the 3rd grade, my folks bought a house about three blocks from school. I always hated being saddled with a coat during the day and after we moved, would usually walk to school without wearing a coat... Mom used to give me hell about that. lol :-)* On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:52 PM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > I've never heard of any critter eating asparagus...Sounds like you need a > Rabbit gum ! They can be trapped and released from those....Wouldn't be > surprised if you could get a diagram of how to build one on the > Internet.......Rabbits are eating the hazel nut seeds ? I've heard of > planting bulbs in tin cans that have an x shape cut in the bottom so the > roots can get out......OR plant the nuts in a pot till the plants get a > little size on them??? > > Who walked to school ? We ran and played nearly all the way...Played till > school started, played at first recess, after we choked down out lunch, > and again at second recess...Play all the way home, do all the chores, > happily eat whatever Mama had fixed for supper and slept like little > angels...Different from today...By the way, I measured that distance on > my car after I grew up.... > > Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:53:22 -0600 "samuels" <dwsbgs@centurytel.net> > writes: > > Oh Jeanie; We never did a possum but live traps we still use today. > > Don > > then hauls the catch to a conservation area for release. The possums > > love > > our out building and the neighbors horse corral. So do the feral > > cats. > > Rabbits got wise, they love the raised asparagus bed, tunneled in > > from the > > bottom, hard on the asparagus. And the little brats eat the Hazel > > nuts as > > often as we replant. > > And I thought my one mile walk to school was long!!!!! Bud. > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 1 Simple Form: Up to 4 offers! > Refi to low APR before rates rise: $225,000 for $964/mo > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d3fbd5edea1ab0f73m06duc > > > > > > 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

My future husband and I hadn't been dating long in 1943 in Washington, D. C. when he came with his friend from New Orleans, La. who's ship was docked in Maryland. The three of us spent the day together, his nick-name was "Cotton". I didn't see Cotton again for over two years, my husband and I were married by that time. He was sent to D. C for the last 6 months until he was discharged. We saw a lot of him during that time, we even took him to my parents home in Va. on week-ends. When we came to live in New Orleans he was there to greet us, his parents were so good to me and I met his future wife soon after I arrived here. The four of us have been good friends all these years. They had six children, we had two. They lived close by for many years then moved about 45 miles away to Slidell, La. we still saw them often, after we all retired we traveled all over the U. S. and Canada in a motor home. In 2005 their home was destroyed in Slidell, by Katrina. They came and stayed with us as we were so fortunate not to have flooded. They bought a house just four blocks from us, 3 of their children live nearby also. Two weeks ago "Cotton" was watching a basketball game, he told his wife he couldn't see, she wanted to call one of their sons he said he wanted to go to sleep, he fell, she did call a son and finally they decided to call 911 after he couldn't see, hear and was paralyzed on his right side. The Dr. admonished them for not getting him to the hospital immediately. Quick treatment can help limit the damage to the brain and increase the chance of full recovery. He is now in stroke rehab, knows everyone, but can't put his words together, he can feed himself but can't stand. He is getting better, just have to wait and see. If this message helps one person, please if you think someone is having a stroke get them to the hospital immediately. Audrey C.

Take Heart ! it's not too late to live LeRoi > From: sullysoil66@msn.com > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:14:51 -0800 > Subject: [ML] Eating Vermin !!!! > > All this talk about eating squirrels, and other animal oddities, just takes my appetite away. We think of squirrels as just rats with big furry tails. I must be very picky, but we never ate any wild animals, or vermin of any kind. My favorite was to eat at Clifton's cafeteria, my choice was between a hamburger patty, or sliced turkey, with mashed potatoes, and than red Jell-O cut in little squares, with whip cream on top, in a very fancy dish. I didn't even know people went out and shot animals to eat, till I was in junior high, and than I thought they were joking. The only outdoors I knew, was when we went on the 4th of July picnic to Griffith Park [ a big park, like central park in New York] and a few of us kids went up hiking and found pollywogs and salamanders, and a few small frogs, and we didn't eat any of those. I grew up close to Hollywood, never knew any man who hunted, my father didn't hunt animals ever, nether did my uncle, or any close men neighbors. I had never ! > seen a dead deer till I was in my forties, we were backpacking up in the San Jacinto Mountains with some senior girl scouts, we were hiking on some dirty rock [crumbled rock] on some switchback trails. Coming down the trail were three men, carrying a dead deer, they had him tied to a pole, and a man was holding each end of the stick, looked real heavy. Some of our girls started yelling murder, I told them to stop that, they did quiet down, but they told me this was private land, leased to the girl scouts, there was no hunting allowed. I must say I felt sorry for the deer, I have never eaten deer meat, I don't even like lamb, or liver from any animal. All of my life I have been picky, nothing out of the ordinary for me. It has only been in the last twenty years that I like vegetables other than corn, green beans or peas. I am a big salad eater, I love salad, but it needs a good dressing, that's where I get my calories, from the salad dressing. I love home made salad dressing! > , especially Ranch dressing made with buttermilk and Blue cheese dress > ing. The only wild thing I can say I tried was rabbit, I didn't like it, no matter how my mother tried to fix it and say it was chicken, I wouldn't eat it. Needless to say I was very thin growing up, when I turned 17, I was 5 foot 7 and 1/2 inches tall, and weighed 115 pounds, weighed that till I got pregnant with my first son. I think when I was young, I only ate when I had to, never really enjoyed any food, till I got in my forties, by than I had learned to cook, and enjoyed cooking for my family, especially big family dinners. My mother was a poor cook, but she worked most of her life, and never had a chance to learn how to cook. > > Now I love to eat, and it shows!!! Funny how life changes, wish I was a picky eater now, it would be a lot easier for me to stay at a healthy weight. I go up and down with my weight, I am not to heavy right now, but with me getting stronger every day, that means I will be back to cooking big meals. This heart attack threw me for a loop, never felt so tired in my life. Some morning I didn't even want to get dressed, but I forced myself, didn't want to get in the habit of staying in my bed clothes all day. I am feeling better, well some days are better than others. > > But no matter how well I get, you can bet I wouldn't be eating any squirrel !!! Sully > > > > > > 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

Sully, You really led a city life didn't you. I know my dad growing up the deer hunting was mostly for food. It is sad looking into a deers eyes that has been shot. Kind of like "what did I do?" I would rather eat the meat from the store, no matter what it is fed. Like my one daughter when asked in school what the four seasons were, she said fishing, deer season,. phesant and duck season. I guess that is what she heard at home. Any way hope you continue to feel better. Not an easy thing after the heart thing. I know my husband has good and bad days. Of course he is older than you are and had his bypass surgery in 1984. So look how long he has been going. You just take it easy, if you feel like doing you do and if not just do a little. Heck, I am 79 and there are days I don't feel like doing any thing, just tired. Oh well, as long as we wake up on this side of the grass then go for it. think of you often. Louise

Very good advice, Audrey. Connie The Dr. admonished > them for not getting him to the hospital immediately. Quick > treatment can help limit the damage to the brain and increase the > chance of full recovery. He is now in stroke rehab, knows everyone, > but can't put his words together, he can feed himself but can't stand. > He is getting better, just have to wait and see. If this message > helps one person, please if you think someone is having a stroke > get them to the hospital immediately. > > Audrey C.

You are too funny Sully... The difference was that you grew up in the city and some of us grew in a rural setting. As Jeannie pointed out, our eating of rabbits and squirrels was more out of necessity... I was born towards the end of WW II. My folks already had two children before me. Immediately after the war there was little housing and for a while, we lived in a tent. It had a wooden floor but still, it was a tent. Later, my family shared a house with another family. No doubt, the rabbits, venison and squirrel were more to supplement the food supplies. My folks grew up eating those things and thought nothing of it. We kids continued those attitudes. Mom continued having kids at two year intervals until there were five of us, which prevented her from working. Dad was a mechanic and anything to curb expenses was necessary. I too was a picky eater but thought nothing of eating what you call vermin. As previously stated, fried squirrel continues to be one of my favorite meats. Like you, I never acquired a taste for internal meats. I cannot stand the taste of liver... that is something that hasn't changed over the years... Ewwwww lol Doug :-)** On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Sully <sullysoil66@msn.com> wrote: > All this talk about eating squirrels, and other animal oddities, just takes > my appetite away. We think of squirrels as just rats with big furry tails. I > must be very picky, but we never ate any wild animals, or vermin of any > kind. My favorite was to eat at Clifton's cafeteria, my choice was between a > hamburger patty, or sliced turkey, with mashed potatoes, and than red Jell-O > cut in little squares, with whip cream on top, in a very fancy dish. I > didn't even know people went out and shot animals to eat, till I was in > junior high, and than I thought they were joking. The only outdoors I knew, > was when we went on the 4th of July picnic to Griffith Park [ a big park, > like central park in New York] and a few of us kids went up hiking and found > pollywogs and salamanders, and a few small frogs, and we didn't eat any of > those. I grew up close to Hollywood, never knew any man who hunted, my > father didn't hunt animals ever, nether did my uncle, or any close men > neighbors. I had never ! > seen a dead deer till I was in my forties, we were backpacking up in the > San Jacinto Mountains with some senior girl scouts, we were hiking on some > dirty rock [crumbled rock] on some switchback trails. Coming down the trail > were three men, carrying a dead deer, they had him tied to a pole, and a man > was holding each end of the stick, looked real heavy. Some of our girls > started yelling murder, I told them to stop that, they did quiet down, but > they told me this was private land, leased to the girl scouts, there was no > hunting allowed. I must say I felt sorry for the deer, I have never eaten > deer meat, I don't even like lamb, or liver from any animal. All of my life > I have been picky, nothing out of the ordinary for me. It has only been in > the last twenty years that I like vegetables other than corn, green beans or > peas. I am a big salad eater, I love salad, but it needs a good dressing, > that's where I get my calories, from the salad dressing. I love home made > salad dressing! > , especially Ranch dressing made with buttermilk and Blue cheese dress > ing. The only wild thing I can say I tried was rabbit, I didn't like it, no > matter how my mother tried to fix it and say it was chicken, I wouldn't eat > it. Needless to say I was very thin growing up, when I turned 17, I was 5 > foot 7 and 1/2 inches tall, and weighed 115 pounds, weighed that till I got > pregnant with my first son. I think when I was young, I only ate when I had > to, never really enjoyed any food, till I got in my forties, by than I had > learned to cook, and enjoyed cooking for my family, especially big family > dinners. My mother was a poor cook, but she worked most of her life, and > never had a chance to learn how to cook. > > Now I love to eat, and it shows!!! Funny how life changes, wish I was a > picky eater now, it would be a lot easier for me to stay at a healthy > weight. I go up and down with my weight, I am not to heavy right now, but > with me getting stronger every day, that means I will be back to cooking big > meals. This heart attack threw me for a loop, never felt so tired in my > life. Some morning I didn't even want to get dressed, but I forced myself, > didn't want to get in the habit of staying in my bed clothes all day. I am > feeling better, well some days are better than others. > > But no matter how well I get, you can bet I > wouldn't be eating any squirrel !!! Sully > > > > > > 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 >

For the first few years, I and my siblings walked about a mile and a half to school... of course it was in three feet of snow and uphill both ways <grin>... I remember many fun times, as you said, playing along the way... It must have been cold and wet some days but I don't have memories of that... when I was in about the 3rd grade, my folks bought a house about three blocks from school. I always hated being saddled with a coat during the day and after we moved, would usually walk to school without wearing a coat... Mom used to give me hell about that. lol :-)* On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:52 PM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > I've never heard of any critter eating asparagus...Sounds like you need a > Rabbit gum ! They can be trapped and released from those....Wouldn't be > surprised if you could get a diagram of how to build one on the > Internet.......Rabbits are eating the hazel nut seeds ? I've heard of > planting bulbs in tin cans that have an x shape cut in the bottom so the > roots can get out......OR plant the nuts in a pot till the plants get a > little size on them??? > > Who walked to school ? We ran and played nearly all the way...Played till > school started, played at first recess, after we choked down out lunch, > and again at second recess...Play all the way home, do all the chores, > happily eat whatever Mama had fixed for supper and slept like little > angels...Different from today...By the way, I measured that distance on > my car after I grew up.... > > Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:53:22 -0600 "samuels" <dwsbgs@centurytel.net> > writes: > > Oh Jeanie; We never did a possum but live traps we still use today. > > Don > > then hauls the catch to a conservation area for release. The possums > > love > > our out building and the neighbors horse corral. So do the feral > > cats. > > Rabbits got wise, they love the raised asparagus bed, tunneled in > > from the > > bottom, hard on the asparagus. And the little brats eat the Hazel > > nuts as > > often as we replant. > > And I thought my one mile walk to school was long!!!!! Bud. > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 1 Simple Form: Up to 4 offers! > Refi to low APR before rates rise: $225,000 for $964/mo > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d3fbd5edea1ab0f73m06duc > > > > > > 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 >

Eventually, I would love to do a controlled burn over this entire portion of the ranch in an effort to control weeds and prickly pear but right now, there isn't enough grass/weeds for a burn to be very effective. A controlled burn requires a permit and enough people on site to make certain the burn doesn't get out of control. I can't afford such nonsense. No doubt my controlled burn will be in small portions until I get the entire field burned.... I also have another 35 acre tract that needs a good grass fire... No doubt I'll have more to write about as these events take place. lol :-)** On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:42 PM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > I can remember helping Daddy burn off a field that hadn't been planted in > several years, judging by the bushes....We very young weren't expected to > do much work, so it was fun for us....Spent most of our time hunting down > the snakes and watching them keep squirming on the fire. We were in the > habit of killing ALL snakes because they'd scared us with stories about > the dreaded stinging snake..... > > After Dad died we were burning off a field and Mama said " I smell cloth > burning !You kids check your clothes !!! " Turns out she was wearing an > old pair of daddy's overalls and her rolled up pants leg was on > fire....Women didn't have pants/slacks of their own back then..dresses > all the way. Young girls could wear pants to school but I was told in the > 7th grade that I was too old for that. I pled cold weather and walking to > the bus...Didn't work... Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:15:55 -0600 Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> writes: > > Last Friday morning, as we drove to the ranch, it was obvious that the > burn ban had been lifted. Everywhere we looked, for miles around, we saw > large plumes of smoke, which indicated that many ranches had one thing > on their minds... burning brush piles! The Dougster > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 1 Simple Form: Up to 4 offers! > Refi to low APR before rates rise: $225,000 for $964/mo > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d3fbd5e936d0b0f6em06duc > > > > > > 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 >

When I was in High School, they said we lived just inside the district that we couldn't ride the school bus, so we had to walk. I was friends with a girl that lived just across the street from me aso we always walked together. As we got closer to school, we met other friends along the way so we would have quite a group of us by the time we got to school.I always thought we walked at least two miles, maybe more when I was walking it. But like you, I measured it later by the car and it was just over a mile. We never thought too much about the distance when we were walking it because of meeting so many friends along the way. After the first short distance, we had sidewalks to walk on so it wasn't like walking in the country. Yep, we walked it in the rain too. We put a bandanna on our heads and carried our books in our arms and never thought anything about it. That was before backpacks.Emma > To: dwsbgs@centurytel.net; memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:52:37 -0600 > From: askgranny@juno.com > Subject: Re: [ML] Rabbit 'gums', etc.. > > Who walked to school ? We ran and played nearly all the way...Played till > school started, played at first recess, after we choked down out lunch, > and again at second recess...Play all the way home, do all the chores, > happily eat whatever Mama had fixed for supper and slept like little > angels...Different from today...By the way, I measured that distance on > my car after I grew up.... > > Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

I think our feet get round on the bottom when we age a bit...MUST be the reason I dottle along sometimes....My Sister and I came up with that one after she'd had a brain aneurysm and was having trouble walking straight....Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:59:48 -0800 Emma Roses <roses4831@msn.com> writes: > > Hi,Did I kinow about this latest heart attack?" Yes, sometimes it > takes it's toll on us. Even that minor one I had the first of Dec > has taken something out of me. Especially my walking. I HAVE to > have my walker close to me to move around in my apt and as for > walking, I'm afraid to take very many steps without it. I'm too > unsure on my feet.Love you,Emma ____________________________________________________________ 1 Simple Form: Up to 4 offers! Refi to low APR before rates rise: $225,000 for $964/mo http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d3fc44767c92b0fa7m06duc

Most people who grew up eating 'vermin' as you called it, would have rather had steak, hamburgers or beef roast...We ate it because we had to , and if fixed right it's all very tasty.....Deer were re introduced in TN about 1954 , and now they are terrible pests..If hunters didn't bag thousands of them each year we couldn't have gardens, flowers or food crops....So many wrecks are caused each year by deer...Some clubs hunt them and donate the meat to the poor ...Each year thousand of doves are bagged...It's all controlled as to what you can hunt and when....Jeannie T PS: SO glad you're feeling better.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:14:51 -0800 "Sully" <sullysoil66@msn.com> writes: > All this talk about eating squirrels, and other animal oddities, just takes my appetite away. We think of squirrels as just rats with big furry tails. I must be very picky, but we never ate any wild animals, or vermin of any kind. But no matter how well I get, you can bet I wouldn't be eating any squirrel !!! Sully > > > ____________________________________________________________ 1 Simple Form: Up to 4 offers! Refi to low APR before rates rise: $225,000 for $964/mo http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d3fbffdeb565b0f8am06duc

Here in Tennessee we have big red/fox squirrels, and smaller gray ones...Mama either fried them or boiled them and made dumplings...We have been alerted not to eat the squirrel brains because it can cause mad cow disease....Glad I didn't know that back in the day ! And over near Kenton , TN they have the cutest solid white ones you ever saw....My Uncle was hunting down in the river bottom and killed a squirrel that was yellow and white mottled. He skinned and stuffed it.....White squirrels are also famous up in Olney, Illinois....Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:06:47 -0800 "Louise Valine" <antique1931@saber.net> writes: > What kind of squirrel's do you have back there? Out here in Ca. the only ones I have seen are the big gray squirrels, have the big tale, and the ground squirrels we have in the mountains and different places. ____________________________________________________________ Home Refinance 3.8% FIXED No Hidden Fees, Easy Approvals & Better Terms-Free Quotes-3.9% APR! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d3fbd5f2baadb0f77m06duc