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Subject: Re: Sunday Rockin'
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 16:39:06 -0500


Oh, I gues I'm telling my age when I say I remember all of those
things...
But what the Hay...
Mollie
On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 08:26:45 -0400 "ace1125" <> writes:
>Morning Folks!
>Jan and I had some fun with these... see if you can't add to our
>list...
>Do ya remember....When the ice man made his rounds?
>When you rode the mail truck to Dover?
>When no woman was "dressed" for church without gloves and a bonnet?
>When children NEVER EVER called an adult by a first name, and
>alwayssaid
>"yes sir" and "yes mam"? When even younger adults never called
>anelder by
>a first name?When elders always referred to a young girl as "Miss So
>and
>so"....
>MissKathy, Miss Emma, etc.? (used to thrill me to no end to have a
>statelyold
>gentleman refer to me respectfully as "Miss Jan" or
>"MissyJan"....<vbg>
>made me FEEL like a grown-up lady!)
>When a handshake was good as a signed contract ? (when Daddy looked
>aman in
>the eye and offered him a handshake after a conversation, I KNEW
>thatwas
>serious business and Daddy meant it).
>When a gentleman rose from his seat when a lady entered the room?
>When men always ate in the first round at the table?
>When your dresses were made from colorful feed sacks?
>When if you got in trouble at school you were in worse trouble at
>home?
>When a school day was always opened with a prayer and pledge to
>theflag?
>When tables featured starched doilies?
>When a woman could look at another and make a dress to fit her with no
>pattern, or examine a bit of embroidery or crochet and go home
>andrepeat it
>from memory?
>When men gathered round the courthouse on Saturdays to play checkers,
>whittle, and shoot the breeze?When court day was reason to go to
>town?
>When the Farmer's Almanac was an indispensable tool that every
>farmerhad
>tohave?
>When the banks gave away calendars that featured the "signs" and were
>obviously designed with farmers in mind?
>When you had those fans with religious scenes on them for
>keepingyourself
>cool in church?When people carried cloth hankies instead of a pack of
>kleenex?
>When most of your food was home grown?
>When children played barefoot in the shade of a big oak tree, or
>madea
>fort or tent with two chairs and a quilt?
>When little girls had doll furniture made from Kitchen match boxes
>When boys tied sewing thread to a June bugs leg for it to fly and be
>atoy
>When the main meal was early afternoon...
>When the food was left on the table and covered with a table cloth
>When Sunday was the day folks sat around and visited... didnt have
>towatch
>tv or video... just having company was enough..
>The day you decided some things might just be better now...but best
>notto
>throw the baby out with the bath water!!! <vbg>Hope you enjoyed the
>memories!
>jan & Cher
>
>
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