Lew Hodgett wrote:
> jo4hn wrote:
>
> > Interesting. My mother's social security number was 5. (She died
> > recently at age 98). Tough old broad. Loved her.
>
>
> If my mother makes it till mid April, she'll be 102.
>
> A true red head of German parents, there is still fire in the belly.
>
> Not as bright as it once was, but get out of line and she will still rip
> you a new one.
>
> Was living alone until January when she fell and suffered a compound
> fracture of the lower right leg.
>
> Had to put her in a nursing home and sell her house trailer which had
> been home for almost 45 years.
>
> She has all her marbles, it's just her body that is shot.
>
> BTW, she hates the place, which I understand is quite common.
>
>
> Lew
My mother hated her place too. Said it was full of old people and
cripples...
ah memories,
jo4hn
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:54:07 -0400, Renata <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Can you go back in time, as well as forward? :-)
>
>Renata
>
>On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:15:37 -0400, Tom Watson <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Tom Watson
>>
>>tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>>
>>http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/
I want to send a phone message back in time, to 1953 - to tell my
grandfather where invest his $2400 in poker winnings (instead of
buying a new car ;-)
And I still remember the phone number...
John
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:51:45 -0700, jo4hn <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Lew Hodgett wrote:
>> jo4hn wrote:
>>
>> > Interesting. My mother's social security number was 5. (She died
>> > recently at age 98). Tough old broad. Loved her.
>>
>>
>> If my mother makes it till mid April, she'll be 102.
>>
>> A true red head of German parents, there is still fire in the belly.
>>
>> Not as bright as it once was, but get out of line and she will still rip
>> you a new one.
>>
>> Was living alone until January when she fell and suffered a compound
>> fracture of the lower right leg.
>>
>> Had to put her in a nursing home and sell her house trailer which had
>> been home for almost 45 years.
>>
>> She has all her marbles, it's just her body that is shot.
>>
>> BTW, she hates the place, which I understand is quite common.
>>
>>
>> Lew
>My mother hated her place too. Said it was full of old people and
>cripples...
> ah memories,
> jo4hn
Until her (unexpected) death this month, my 86-year-old mother-in-law
lived alone, drove (daytime only, her choice) to church and store,
planted a large flower garden (2 years ago, she set out 300 pansies -
don't have a count for last year). She had had both hips replaced,
one knee, and had a pacemaker. She didn't much care for "old people"
(i.e., anyone who didn't manage as well as she did).
John
Well, Tom - Your reign of fame is about over. It's the 29th and tomorrow
this message will be begin to fade into memory.
Sad. I've had one of these over at rec.outdoors.rv-travel for most of a
month.
RonB
"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Watson
>
> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/
jo4hn wrote:
> Interesting. My mother's social security number was 5. (She died
> recently at age 98). Tough old broad. Loved her.
If my mother makes it till mid April, she'll be 102.
A true red head of German parents, there is still fire in the belly.
Not as bright as it once was, but get out of line and she will still rip
you a new one.
Was living alone until January when she fell and suffered a compound
fracture of the lower right leg.
Had to put her in a nursing home and sell her house trailer which had
been home for almost 45 years.
She has all her marbles, it's just her body that is shot.
BTW, she hates the place, which I understand is quite common.
Lew
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> "John" wrote in message
>
>> I want to send a phone message back in time, to 1953 - to tell my
>> grandfather where invest his $2400 in poker winnings (instead of
>> buying a new car ;-)
>>
>> And I still remember the phone number...
>
> Funny ... was just talking at lunch about my grandparents first 8
> party line telephone circa 1948, and I also still remember the phone
> number: "3458" in rural Eunice, La.
>
> Talk about a less complicated world back then ... that's all there was
> to it!
>
I prefer the more complicated ways these days. It was quite hard to
arrange a phone call to my parents in the early 70's, since it had to go
through an operator at a time the phone company decided was good. And it
was expensive! But we did get the crate of furniture over here,
eventually. Of course these days, we need a medium to get to talk to the
parents ...
--
Best regards
Han
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"John" wrote in message
> I want to send a phone message back in time, to 1953 - to tell my
> grandfather where invest his $2400 in poker winnings (instead of
> buying a new car ;-)
>
> And I still remember the phone number...
Funny ... was just talking at lunch about my grandparents first 8 party line
telephone circa 1948, and I also still remember the phone number: "3458" in
rural Eunice, La.
Talk about a less complicated world back then ... that's all there was to
it!
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Can you go back in time, as well as forward? :-)
Renata
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:15:37 -0400, Tom Watson <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>Regards,
>
>Tom Watson
>
>tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>
>http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/
"Renata" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can you go back in time, as well as forward? :-)
He can at least send messages back in time since he sent that message from
the future. ;-)
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "John" wrote in message
>
>> I want to send a phone message back in time, to 1953 - to tell my
>> grandfather where invest his $2400 in poker winnings (instead of
>> buying a new car ;-)
>>
>> And I still remember the phone number...
>
> Funny ... was just talking at lunch about my grandparents first 8 party
> line
> telephone circa 1948, and I also still remember the phone number: "3458"
> in
> rural Eunice, La.
>
> Talk about a less complicated world back then ... that's all there was to
> it!
My grandmothers phone number was 4 digits up until the early to mid 60's. I
recall being told not to answer if it rang, it may not be a call for my
grandmother. Seemed confusing to me and you hoped that none of the people
on the party line ever got a call late in the night.
"Lew Hodgett" wrote in
> My mother has had the same phone number for over 40 years.
>
> Before speed dial, I knew the number.
>
> Today, if somebody asked, "What's your mother's phone number?", the
> answer would be, "Star 9".
The hell you say! I tried that and got my mother ... how you doing,
brother!?
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Somebody wrote:
> I want to send a phone message back in time, to 1953 - to tell my
> grandfather where invest his $2400 in poker winnings (instead of
> buying a new car ;-)
>
> And I still remember the phone number...
My mother has had the same phone number for over 40 years.
Before speed dial, I knew the number.
Today, if somebody asked, "What's your mother's phone number?", the
answer would be, "Star 9".
Lew