No Vested Interest
No Vested Interest's JournalRE milk delivery - The milk was not homogenized;
The cream was at the top and you had to shake it to get the cream spread throughout the milk. The bottles were glass and were rinsed and put back out side the back door for the milkman to take back.
Peanut butter also was not homogenized, as most is today, although it's still possible to buy in some places the peanut butter with th oil on the top. My kids never liked the oil-on-top kind, so I never bought it.
When oleo-margarine was first introduced, the dairy farmer industry was opposed to the introduction of this "fake" product. So the earliest oleo-margarine was whitish in a soft plastic bag, with a small capsule of yellow coloring in it. You had to break the capsule inside the plastic bag and massage the yellow coloring all throughout the white product to make it resemble butter, which it was supposed to replace.
In grade school we were taught to write with straight pens with changeable nibs
on them. We had ink wells in the upper right hand corner of our school desk. We replaced the nibs when the tips lost their sharpness. We also had ink/pen cleaners, which were sort of like little pieces of cloth.
(As an aside, about 20+ yrs ago, I bought my husband a fountain pen for an anniversary gift; paid over 3 figures for it. He apparently didn't think much of it; don't think he ever used it.)
SOMEBODY has the power in the family.
I think those boys with the fig leaves are hating it and will throw it back at the parents in a matter of years.
Spouse and I volunteered as ushers at the large theatre where Broadway shows
were presented. Wonderful way to see latest live performances without paying.
Ushers at various theatres - live shows, as well as symphonies, are frequently needed.
We also volunteered at at our city's floral conservatory for their annual butterfly show. Fairly hot, but we were also given some free tickets for our family members.
Also, our city had a large outdoor garden show where we volunteered.
We found that volunteering for special occasion fit better with our living schedules, though that might not be the same for everyone.
In my town, those who deliver Meals on Wheels are given one
of the meals.
I have a friend who delivered Meals on wheels for at least 15 years. sometimes his wife went along and they got meals on those days. He went to one large senior living complex, so it was relatively easy, but a commitment, of course.
They could well afford food, but it was nice to have those meals available in the freezer.
Crosstown rivalry: Xavier beat Univ. of Cincinnati tonight in basketball!
I don't remember the score, but it wasn't close.
UC has hard a hard day today, in that Gov. Kasich spoke at their graduation today.
Listening to Kasich would be a real downer in and of itself.
From what you say, she sounds like a good possibility.
Guess we'll let Ed FitzGerald figure it out.
Ah - so that is how the problem of a dead friend is handled?
I didn't know you could have someone memorialized.
And the family has to do it?
I have one dead friend - she died this past spring, a real loss to me and my family.
I've noticed that my brother, who hardly uses FB, has a friend who has been dead for several years.
Because of these two, I have wondered how many on FB have died, as that artificially raises their count.
Does FB have any way of knowing and/or deleting dead people?
I also wonder how many fake accounts FB has.
I notice it in the Letters to the Editor section of my digital newspaper, and it ticks me off.
When I was first married, early 60's, living in a 4-unit apartment,
the landlady had in the basement for tenant's and her own use an implement similar to the Ironer.
Only we called it a mangle, and it was not an unusual item at the time.
It did approximately the same thing as this "ironer", and I was foolish enough to iron my husband's underwear - boxers and tee-shirts, as well as sheets, which were mostly all cotton at that time and did wrinkle and were softer when ironed on the "mangle.
That all ended with the arrival of first child, 10 months after marriage.
Everything old is new again.
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