Posted on 02/03/2015 6:27:08 AM PST by MasterMason
As I was growing up, we were too poor to afford gum. But I didn’t know the reason...
I just knew that pianos and four-poster beds were for rich kids.
An as adult, I got over a lot of that. But I still see Dad’s Rootbeer as an absolute treat!
We had a piano for a couple of years in the 70s.
Looking back, I can identify the times when we were less-well-off by what we had to eat.
Had it not been for our enormous vegetable garden, the barter system that gave us beef, pork and fruit, I’m sure that my four sibs and I would have been begging for food.
We lived in a farming community where barter was the norm, and I am grateful for that.
Got a link? :-)
That’s how it was when my father was growing up. My grandfather was a doctor, but there wasn’t much money to pay him, only food. He used to say that if he’d accept all the offers of land for medical care, he’d have owned half the county.
Sorry, no ... but if you google “Vanessa Hudgens nude,” I’m sure you’ll find them.
I am going to take my ugly self to bed because I can’t stands no more!
You’re doing good! I’ll talk to you tomorrow.
While I did chew bubble gum, the thin brittle card size gum included with the trading cards were tossed after getting the five cards. Nasty stuff, kind of grainy and not good for blowing bubbles.
Bazooka was best for bubbles.
“Double Bubble” rings a bell in my memory.
Mom thought it was tacky.
Alice handled her issues.... lol
The story somewhat reminds me of the treatment of the holographic doctor on “Voyager” (the Star Trek spin-off series).
The “doctor” was urged to try to understand humans better by having a “home life”, so he programmed a holographic family to be his home life.
When he showed his crewmates how that family interacted, he was told it seemed a little unrealistic.
Trying for a bit more accuracy, he introduced a little randomness.
...
What can I say? Shenanigans ensued.
I will have to dig out a bit of stuff from my abortive collection The Book of Foreshadowed Sorrows.
That story short Heron put up would be perfect for it.
When chaining your OS it is a good idea to get a new hard drive to put it on. That you can go back to the old one if needed. And if want to get crazy try going duel boot. You could decide when turn your computer on if you want windows or Linux. My XP machine is duel boot with Linux,
Wow.
We were all so cool 10 years ago!
Ten years ago, Darks was half my age.
Pretty soon, he's going to pass me.
Not as easy on a laptop TT...
Of course it can be done but I don’t think Face can finance a laptop drive..
Now if you were to, say, visit Searchlight - you know, to sell HorribleHarry a new exercise machine that won’t punch his lights out - and take a miniscule detour to Face’s Place and help her out with tech expertise.. ;-)
No laptop just a drive
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