Island Of Misfits

[Kindbud]

Mostly these crazy bastards are growing Hemorrhoids

Im in Zone 8b

Yea Googled it saw the pic I'm in 8 to idk about the letter Pic didn't have that NC/SC stateline

 

[Unca Walt]

Listen ..1st grade was the longest three years of my life ....But I did it .

I remember my first day at school: My father said, "Walt, run on down to the barber shop and get a shave -- you're starting kindergarten today."

 

[Kindbud]

I remember my first day at school: My father said, "Walt, run on down to the barber shop and get a shave -- you're starting kindergarten today."

Yea ok I bet he threw you the keys to the car to huh lmao

 

[Unca Walt]

My mother loved my white-blond hair when I was a kid. She never let it be cut. She could give me a bath, and hang me by my hair on the clothesline out back. I never had to wear a shirt until the fourth grade.

 

[Unca Walt]

Yea ok I bet he threw you the keys to the car to huh lmao

Car?

 

[Kindbud]

Car?

What you jumped on the back of a horse and cowboyed it into kindergarten lol??

 

[WeedHopper]

Walt,,I heard you got caught stump breaking your milk cow.

 

[Kindbud]

My mother loved my white-blond hair when I was a kid. She never let it be cut. She could give me a bath, and hang me by my hair on the clothesline out back. I never had to wear a shirt until the fourth grade.

I had really long blonde hair until around 5 it turned brown

 

[Kindbud]

Walt,,I heard you got caught stump breaking your milk cow.

Awesome this guys a moderator I can see the sites been running great since I left lol great stuff

 

[Unca Walt]

The above car mention triggered a wartime memory:

My Daddy was having a hard time starting the Ford. (Late Add: The FORD cabochon on the radiator front looked like jewelry to a little kid.)

BTW -- The handle to crank the engine was ALWAYS left in that hole in the bottom of the radiator front, unlike the pic above which no have.

He pulled up the wooden trap door on the passenger's side to check the 6V battery... it could make a little spark, so it wasn't shorted. When the trap door was open, you could see all the way to the ground through the hole. The battery was in a sorta open box.

Then he fussed with advancing the spark thingy on the steering wheel.

Went and pulled the crank a few more times... He opened up one side of the motor room, and THEN he noticed that the spark plug being held together with rubber tape had fallen into two pieces.

Taped the sparkie back together with more tape, pulled again on the crank... and YAY!! The car started.

We went for a ride with me in the back. The seats were stuffed with Spanish moss. TINS.

When running boards went out of style, I think cars lost some charm.

And as long as I am thinking 75+ years ago, do you know a quick-and-dirty method to stop a radiator leak? Crack an egg or two into the radiator.

Won't last long, but it will last longer that driving with a dry radiator. Daddy did that.

 

[Unca Walt]

Walt,,I heard you got caught stump breaking your milk cow.

Ever try a milking machine? Think about it, you innocent.

 

[Hippie420]

he speaked with fork tongue I tell you !

Yeah, and sheep lie!

Ever try a milking machine? Think about it, you innocent.

Don't EVER try it. They don't quit 'til they get at least a gallon.

 

[Unca Walt]

More about Daddy's old Ford: It had wooden spokes in the wheels. TINS.

OH!! And I remember the guy coming by who sharpened knives and stuff. His truck had solid rubber tires, and it was chain-driven like a ginormous bicycle.

It looked EXACTLY like this -- I remember him coming by one day when it was raining. The knife-sharpener guy could not drive very fast, because there was simply no protection from weather:

 

[joeb631a]

Now thats fking funny bro. Looks like your going to fit right in.

Yep !

 

[joeb631a]

My mother loved my white-blond hair when I was a kid. She never let it be cut. She could give me a bath, and hang me by my hair on the clothesline out back. I never had to wear a shirt until the fourth grade.

any pictures on the internet?

 

[Hippie420]

More about Daddy's old Ford: It had wooden spokes in the wheels. TINS.

Old friend of mine sold a lathe that came out of the Ford (Dearborn?) plant that was used to make the wooden spokes.

 

[RosterMan]

Old friend of mine sold a lathe that came out of the Ford (Dearborn?) plant that was used to make the wooden spokes.

Walt Owns it now I would put money on it.

 

[Unca Walt]

any pictures on the internet?

1943 My third birthday. I got a second-hand monkey and I loved it. Holding it here.

 

[joeb631a]

1943 My third birthday. I got a second-hand monkey and I loved it. Holding it here.

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handsome !

 

[Unca Walt]

That pic was taken the day he taught me how to swim. We got in a canoe, and he paddled us out in our lake. Then he threw me in.

The hard part was getting out of the sack.