Geeserhood ..... (Page 2 of 3)

Hey  GSE  We still have a full service station here in Lake City Mi.  But only from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, then it's self serve.

I had one of those subs, it cost two cereal box tops and 25 cents.  You put about 1 teaspoon of baking soda in the bottom set it in the water. Sinks to the bottom and then the baking soda would make a bubble, sub goes to the surface where the air bubble escapes, sub sinks.. LOL...it would surface five or six times....

   Hey   Russel   talk about coming from the poor side of town-- our running water came from a 2 inch pipe next to the sink, that ran down thru the counter-top and straight down about 3o feet . The faster you pumped the handle the sooner ya filled the sink 

  does any one remember heating there water with a gizmo that had a coil on one end in the water and plugged the other end in the wall?  You just had to remember to unplug before removing the coil from the water YEEEOOWWW.

  Mom always says I'm a hillbilly. And today one of the guys at work asked me if I wanted an opposum sp. .. I said --What for? He says-- to EAT!!  I said-- Jerry.. just because I eat  turtles and frogs don't mean I'll eat a opposum .   Anyone have a good recipe?

Russell -

My college room mate cooked hotdogs like that, except he used forks instead of nails. 

aabb -

There are no GOOD recipes for 'possum.  They're edible and will keep you from dying of starvation, but there's no way to make them good.  Worst hillbilly recipe I've ever heard of is squirrel brain gravy.  No thank you.  A couple fellows I know love the stuff.  I'll pass. 

- Zurf

I remember minimum wage of $1,45 an hour.  The Catholic mass done in Latin, Gas for 25 cents.
PF Flyer sneakers with the "wedge" that could make you run faster.

on the subject of the old 78's, my mother [my father didn't like music, or maybe music didn't like my dad?] had a big box full of 78's, so in the 60's when 45's came in, i took them down the field and used them as frizbies, don't they fly good? but they don't land well most broke, songs like 16 tons, davey crocket and rock around the clock etc. i wish i hadn't done that as they're worth a fortune now!

ever the bread head

phill

I gave all my Hockey and Baseball cards to my little bro, He used them for making noise on
his bicycle tire. He would clip em on the forks with a big clothespin and they would hit the spokes and make a noise.  Oh well kept him amused I guess.

badeye  ..

Jonny Quest, Space Ghost, The Herculoids and the 60's cartoon version of the Lone Ranger were my favorites.  Good adventure toon's that make anime look pale and weak.  IMHO 

Mighty Mouse, Deputy Dawg, were all up there too for me!

Muffin the mule no Roger it never made it but there was one show I remember it was called "queen for a day" talk about sad these women would come on before a live audience and tell there stories of how miserable there lives were and the one with the most pitiful life was made "queen for a day" and given a washing machine or some jewelry and the other non queens went home and lamented because they were not miserable enough that was early TV at its worst

Topdown,

  I just read your acceptance speech into the club to my wife, she got a good laugh out of it, your a good sport for an old geezer, thanks for the laugh.

    Cam

Ps...We sure would like to see a picture of the black socks, sneakers, and shorts.

Topdown,

  That sounds great my wife and I would love to do that, it's about time we met anyway, thanks a lot!

   Cam

Cool crow story.

The first time I was trying to learn guitar, I was in college.  My parents had moved to Michigan from Pennsylvania, and I attended college in Virginia.  So, when I went "home", I knew no one.  That worked out well for trying to learn chords.  So I had my girlfriends old guitar that she never played, and I had a couple of books and I tried to work my way through them.  My parent's home was beautifully situated and my mother had done a terrific job of landscaping the back yard.  There was a big sun room that looked out over the back yard, with a big picture window and sliding glass door.  In the window well hidden behind some shrubs in the landscaping lived a groundhog.  My dad tried traps.  He tried to shoot it (he is certified by the NRA as a sharpshooter).  He tried poison.  He tried filling in it's hole with gravel.  He tried everything he could to get rid of the groundhog.  Nothing worked.  So instead we named it Penny and figured it was a pet.  Now, Penny had a curious habit.  Whenever I'd pull out my guitar, which was often, Penny would get up on the stoop for the sliding glass door and sit.  When I played the chords right, and followed the progressions in the book, Penny would stand up on her back legs and lean on the screen.  When I played a chord "sour" or hit a "sour" note, Penny would cower down into a ball and cover her ears with her paws.  Sometimes she'd run away and wouldn't come back until I got it right.  For inspiration, I've got a picture of her near where I practice.  I'll see if I can scan it and put it up on my picture website.  My first group of jamm buddies called ourselves "Penny's Troubadours."  You have no idea how humbling it is to have a groundhog as a guitar instructor.

I have no idea what this has to do with Geeserhood.  This story ought to be in the "random" thread.  Sorry for the hijack. 

Suffice to say that I'm not in college any more, and haven't been for a long time.  I stopped guitar about the time I graduated and didn't come back for a long time - just about two or three years ago.  I graduated in '87.   

- Zurf

I have been a geezer long enough to relax with it. I was born in 1941. My King tuba is one year older than I am. It looks really beat up. So do I.
Warning signs of approaching geezerhood are:
1. You and your teeth don't sleep together.
2.You try to straighten out the wrinkles in your socks and discover you're not wearing any.
3. At the breakfast table you hear snap, crackle, pop and you're not eating cereal.
4. Your back goes out but you stay home.
5. It takes two tries to get up from the couch.
6. Your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio.
7. All you want for your birthday is not to be reminded of your age.
8. It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired.
9. Getting lucky means you found your car in the parking lot.
10. It takes twice as long to look half as good.
11. You sink your teeth into a steak and they stay there.
12. You give up all your bad habits and still don't feel good.
13. You confuse having a clear concience with a bad memory.
14. You finally start getting your head together and your body starts falling apart.
15 You wonder how you could be over the hill when you don't even remember being on top of it.

I bet you guys can think of some more.
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