This one I did. The iceman's name was Hoppy and we would all yell Hoppy give me some ice. He always gave us a nice junk. Of course, when we went to an electric refrigerator that stopped. Pat, When we waited for the horse and milk wagon with our little cans (milk) we always got a piece of ice from the driver. We gals seemed to do the same things, wasn't the country grand and our hick towns? Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: Dorothy Borne <dotbnj@earthlink.net> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:06 PM Subject: [NJ-Memories] hot tar Amazing what things we can remember and wonder why we ever did it. I still > love the smell of hot tar. We used to get a little hunk from the street > guys or roofers and chew it. Anybody else do this? > > Dot ----- Original Message ----- From: franor <franor@atmc.net> To: Dorothy Borne <dotbnj@earthlink.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:01 AM Subject: Re: The Wisdom of Will Rogers > Dot, > I chewed tar, with all the stuff in it wonder we lived. Smoked corn silk > too. We were country folks and did strange things. Running thru the tar > was another favorite after they tared and stoned the road. The feet were > tough as we didn't wear shoes. Loved to run in the rain and the lightening > flashed funny as I got a little older I was afraid of it and used to sit in > the steps in the house the wall were on both sides so like a tunnel and I > felt safe. We ought to put this on memories and see if others were nuts > like us. LOL. > Norma > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dorothy Borne <dotbnj@earthlink.net> > To: franor <franor@atmc.net> > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:02 AM > Subject: Re: The Wisdom of Will Rogers > > > > Amazing what things we can remember and wonder why we ever did it. I > still > > love the smell of hot tar. We used to get a little hunk from the street > > guys or roofers and chew it. > > Dot > > ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo > > by > > ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "franor" <franor@atmc.net> > > To: "Dorothy Borne" <dotbnj@earthlink.net> > > Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 11:10 PM > > Subject: Re: The Wisdom of Will Rogers > > > > > > > Dot > > > I liked the one > "Never kick a cow chip on a hot day." because it > > reminded > > > me as a child we used to run thru the meadow and squash around in the > > chips, > > > and they were soft. I can;t believe I did that and had fun doing it. > > > Norma