When the doorbell rang 20 years ago

[Bill Huson]

got that right . . .

lots old farts on this page

I'm so old I fart dust.

[krazy karl]

Lawns

Used to mow lawns in the mornings to buy gas for the outboard which was at that time .20 a gal, Grand Dad worked for Gulf Oil and brought me home 5 gal cans of plain 30 weight oil , Dad gave me all the parts that wasnt leagle or good enough for racing so I had plenty of KG-7's and lightnings to wear out. Spent every afternoon playing in the creek with a hydro. Those were the days.

I also mowed lawns in the mornings to buy gas for my KG7 which I ran on a Jinx. The average lawn paid a buck and a quarter. Raking was another 50 cents. I now wonder what the heck has happened in this country. If kids were as ambitious as we were there wouldn't be all the lawn care companies we have now. Us kids competed for lawn customers and had a lawn mowing route so to speak and shoveled those customers driveways in the winter. I am not so sure my step kids would know which end of the shovel to hold. That's alright though, mowing and shoveling keeps me young.

I also used plain 30 weight which was the norm in those days and tore down that Hurricane every winter to de-carbonize and unstick the rings. I also bought a Michigan Wheel custom made for my setup for $25 from a dealer in Essex Ct. Those were the days.

kk

[Dr. Thunder]

I remember the milk man, bread man, ice man and later the jewel T man and the fuller brush man. The doctor comming to the house but dont remember Columbus landing on Plymouth Rock

That's cuz Columbus didn't ... It was the Pilgrims ...1641 at the foot of Carver Street ..I remember cuz I was there