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Watermelons Everywhere in St. Bernard Parish
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| Dec 22, 2005, 07:00 PM CST
| Jim Shannon
Posted on 12/23/2005 10:14:27 AM PST by CajunConservative
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To: moog
They are really pretty good. It doesn't take too many to get enough, but my grandmother made them, and a lot of other people back then. Folks didn't waste much in those days. I was a boy growing up in the late thirties and the forties. Somehow I got to be thirteen in 1950 and had those golden teens in the midsouth listening to Elvis and all the other country and R&B greats of that period. Of course, all the while I was eating watermelon.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:13:32 PM PST
by
billhilly
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To: BnBlFlag
Well, it was removed by moderator, so won't post it...
maybe it was not so funny, but I had just finished scanning the article and got to the comment in question and nearly fell over backwards - i did spill my cider!
To: billhilly
"They are really pretty good. It doesn't take too many to get enough, but my grandmother made them, and a lot of other people back then. Folks didn't waste much in those days. " My parents made them too when we were kids. Some here still do. It was good.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:16:10 PM PST
by
blam
To: CajunConservative
Given the makeup of the population of New Orleans, there is a joke here somewhere!
To: SALChamps03
to wit: the removed comment
To: billhilly
They are really pretty good. It doesn't take too many to get enough, but my grandmother made them, and a lot of other people back then. Folks didn't waste much in those days. I was a boy growing up in the late thirties and the forties. Somehow I got to be thirteen in 1950 and had those golden teens in the midsouth listening to Elvis and all the other country and R&B greats of that period. Of course, all the while I was eating watermelon. I love neat old guys like you. I grew up much later, but still have the same memories of eating good watermelon.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:28:35 PM PST
by
moog
To: jjmcgo
You're right and was was passed through my head reading the article -- though I didn't think about the mustard, hadn't heard that one... but, Mother Nature is amazing if people would just step back and look at it...
To: moog
Down where I comes from, EVERY watermelon grown wit a load o' sh!t on'em. And dis fertilizer wuz free! Don't people know dat's what growed 'em thataway?
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:42:28 PM PST
by
Great Caesars Ghost
(The enemy gives no quarter, they should be shown none.)
To: Arizona Carolyn
Mother Nature is amazing if people would just step back and look at it...
I sure got that when my brother took my other brother and I in a Cessna on a cross country trip. We were nothing against those clouds.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:42:54 PM PST
by
moog
To: Great Caesars Ghost
Down where I comes from, EVERY watermelon grown wit a load o' sh!t on'em. And dis fertilizer wuz free! Don't people know dat's what growed 'em thataway?
You're right. Sometimes the more crap you give something, the better it is. It makes things more manureable too.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:44:53 PM PST
by
moog
To: moog
Life has been good, after a hard start. Everyone had it pretty rough back when I was born. It was soon after the depression, but for some of us who grew up in rural areas, it was not so bad. We could hunt, fish, and raise plenty of food. I wouldn't have wanted to have been born at any other period of history. The accomplishments of the United States and her citizens have been nothing short of miraculous.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:44:55 PM PST
by
billhilly
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To: billhilly
The facts are, both southern blacks and whites enjoyed watermelon equally.Everybody like chicken fry chicken too.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:46:01 PM PST
by
Great Caesars Ghost
(The enemy gives no quarter, they should be shown none.)
To: billhilly
Life has been good, after a hard start. Everyone had it pretty rough back when I was born. It was soon after the depression, but for some of us who grew up in rural areas, it was not so bad. We could hunt, fish, and raise plenty of food. I wouldn't have wanted to have been born at any other period of history. The accomplishments of the United States and her citizens have been nothing short of miraculous. Many of us "younger" people don't realize what we have nowadays. We had 8 kids and 2 parents in about a 2000 square foot house. A lot of people nowadays (here at least) move if every child does not have his/her own room. I NEVER had my own room. We need to really be thankful for what we have sometimes rather than complaining about what we don't.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:47:58 PM PST
by
moog
To: Gazoo
You messed wit Lola, you get sometin Bab-o never washed off.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:50:04 PM PST
by
Great Caesars Ghost
(The enemy gives no quarter, they should be shown none.)
To: Great Caesars Ghost
Everybody like chicken fry chicken too.
In Korea, there was a chain called Donkey Fried Chicken. Despite the name, it was pretty good.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:52:09 PM PST
by
moog
To: moog
btw, as a long time transplanted southerner, I've always thought the watermelon and fried chicken jokes were quite harmless. It's silly to go all PC on them, because as was pointed out, everybody loves fried chicken and watermelon. It's about as offensive as saying cops like donuts.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:52:53 PM PST
by
Great Caesars Ghost
(The enemy gives no quarter, they should be shown none.)
To: Great Caesars Ghost
It's about as offensive as saying cops like donuts.
I always joke that if my community ever does become dangerous, I will always be able to go to convenience stores and fast food joints because the cops do a good job making sure they're safe here (actually it's quite true here:).
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:54:23 PM PST
by
moog
To: moog
You too were fortunate. You had one more than we did, but a lot more room. In the forties and fifties I think the average house was about 800-900 sq ft. Of course, we didn't spend too much time indoors. It was plenty big outside, and the best part of our lives.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:54:53 PM PST
by
billhilly
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To: billhilly
You too were fortunate. You had one more than we did, but a lot more room. In the forties and fifties I think the average house was about 800-900 sq ft. Of course, we didn't spend too much time indoors. It was plenty big outside, and the best part of our lives. My dad's house in the 50's and 60's was decent sized.
I've seen some of those old frontier homes. Many of them didn't have much room at all.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:56:43 PM PST
by
moog
To: Arizona Carolyn
My momma said when she was a little girl her momma would send the kids out to pick the wild greens for dinner.
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posted on
12/23/2005 12:58:05 PM PST
by
Great Caesars Ghost
(The enemy gives no quarter, they should be shown none.)
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