HayDay Friends Off-Topic

[Chumleyboo]

Does anybody remember when the milk was delivered by horse drawn wagons? They were still doing it until the early 1960's where I live. Back then we also had home bread delivery and travelling salesmen.

I don't miss the travelling salesmen! We bought a set of encyclopaedias from one and I used them for years for school projects.

I like home bread delivery. Sadly, we are about to lose daily post deliveries here.

 

[Chumleyboo]

I liked it back in the olden days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and you could go to a restaurant and not have a mobile phone in front of everyone, or clamped to everyone's ear. You know, when people actually had a conversation over dinner. Although of course, this is all hearsay to me, as I am also of Nancy's vintage, about to turn 28 next month, and worried about getting old.

 

[Chumleyboo]

I miss getting letters in the mail. Nobody writes anymore! Now the most exciting thing is a coupon circular for Walgreens

Totally, totally agree!! I used to love writing letters too.

 

[Blondeone]

Totally, totally agree!! I used to love writing letters too.

What does that mean..."Writing letters"? Lol!

 

[pristoph]

I liked it back in the olden days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and you could go to a restaurant and not have a mobile phone in front of everyone, or clamped to everyone's ear. You know, when people actually had a conversation over dinner. Although of course, this is all hearsay to me, as I am also of Nancy's vintage, about to turn 28 next month, and worried about getting old.

Ah yes, those cells are a blessing and a curse.

 

[pristoph]

I miss getting letters in the mail. Nobody writes anymore! Now the most exciting thing is a coupon circular for Walgreens

Aw, I'll write you a letter Sam. I used to correspond with my Gram (another one I dearly miss). The most exciting thing I get in the mail is an order from Etsy....Amazon orders usually come UPS.

 

[pristoph]

Does anybody remember when the milk was delivered by horse drawn wagons? They were still doing it until the early 1960's where I live. Back then we also had home bread delivery and travelling salesmen.

I wish I had both, Sci. Well, maybe not the horse poo in my driveway!

 

[Blondeone]

Hey Off-Topic Gang! Its time for QUOTABLE QUOTES! Pick an old favorite or a new one that you just discovered and share it.

"Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, thus it overflows upon the outward world." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

 

[Chumleyboo]

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Mead

 

[narab1]

I have two:
Beau Burroughs (Rumor Has It ...):
"Life has to be a little nuts sometimes. Otherwise it's just a bunch of Thursdays strung together."

"Do or do not. There is no try."
- Yoda

 

[pristoph]

Longfellow said
- Be still sad heart and cease repining;
Behind the clouds the sun is shining,
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life a little rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.

The rain was over the curb and the sidewalk and it was still raining when I took this pic. That's a bag of garbage floating down the street (yes, I picked it up).

 

[scifan57]

Longfellow said
- Be still sad heart and cease repining;
Behind the clouds the sun is shining,
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life a little rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.

The rain was over the curb and the sidewalk and it was still raining when I took this pic. That's a bag of garbage floating down the street (yes, I picked it up).
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Look on the bright side, at least the water isn't deep enough to go canoeing.

 

[narab1]

Today's trailering....this was taken at about 11 this morning...there's at least 4 inches on the truck now. Sad, and cold, day in September.

And yes, I will start whining about the weather now.

 

[pristoph]

Today's trailering....this was taken at about 11 this morning...there's at least 4 inches on the truck now. Sad, and cold, day in September.

And yes, I will start whining about the weather now.

Sorry Nancy. That is very sad.

 

[pristoph]

Look on the bright side, at least the water isn't deep enough to go canoeing.

...and the house is dry, so far.