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Skriven 2011-06-06 09:23:02 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: pantry                                                   [1]
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Hiya Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  hn> here) 10 acres of peach, 10acres of pecan,
-> ->  hn> less than an acre of apple, same for pear...
-> 
-> -> Is it still intact or has the land been split up and sold off?
-> 
->  hn> Long and sad story...When my grandmother
->  hn> passed away (being preceded by my grandfather)
->  hn> it was her wish that all my aunts and uncles sell
->  hn> their shares of the farm to my oldest uncle( the one
->  hn> who was actually still working the farm). Which they
->  hn> all did. He prospered for a number of years and then
->  hn> sometime in the early 70's he fell upon hard times and
->  hn> ended up going bankrupt and losing the farm. It got
->  hn> sold to some "investors" from New England, who
->  hn> turned out to be buyers of hardwood for several
->  hn> New England furniture makers...they harvested
->  hn> the Pecan trees, walnuts, and fruit trees...they
->  hn> doubled their money in just that alone.They then
->  hn> sold the property to someone else who put up a
->  hn> trailer park where the Pecan trees used to be.
->  hn> First time I drove by it I cried.
-> 
-> I think I would be too; it's a shame. Scalliwags!
-> 
One of my aunts called them the most foul thing
she could think of (my aunts all being good 
church going ladies). She called them Yankee
Carpetbaggers.

-> ->  hn> real big ones around the house. The house
-> ->  hn> was rebuilt on the orginal foundation of the
-> ->  hn> Plantation house that was destroyed during
-> ->  hn> the "recent unpleasantness with the north" as
-> ->  hn> my grandmother used to say (grin). The kitchen
-> 
-> -> I've used that expression before. Mostly to educate that the war was
-> -> anything but civil.
-> 
->  hn> It was Everything but civil...and
->  hn> Reconstruction was not that nice
->  hn> either!
-> 
-> Not to a lot of people, that's for sure. Don't know of too many people
-> who benefitted by either one.
-> 
Oh the carpetbaggers did very well for themselves
during reconstruction. Much of the wealth of the
South was taken by them. 

-> ->  hn> and a series of long benches on the "wall"
-> ->  hn> side..where we kids all packed in.  There
-> 
-> -> That's right, shove in all the kids and the left handed ones throw
-> -> everyone off. (G)
-> 
->  hn> LOL the lefties all sat at one end!!
-> 
-> All the other cousins forced them to? Probably not a problem over all,
-> especially if there was a decent age assortment. Older ones could help
-> the younger ones learn how to use a knife and fork better. We were
-> trying to teach Robert how to cut meat with a knife and encouraging
-> Sarah to use fork and spoon more than fingers. She does quite well
-> overall but like all kids, finds that fingers work more efficiently than
-> fork and spoon at times.
-> 
-> ->  hn> was also in the center of the kitchen a
-> ->  hn> big wooden "butcher block" table where
-> ->  hn> meats would be cut and such. There was
-> ->  hn> a gas stove and a big old woodburning
-> ->  hn> stove as well. Double sinks AND a pump
-> ->  hn> right out of the counter!! The sinks did
-> 
-> -> Nice! The other night as I was cleaning up, I was thinking about how
-> -> nice a big old farm sink would be. Then I realised--by the time we're
-> -> able to (if ever) build or buy our dream house and put in all the "toys"
-> -> we want, we'll be too old to appreciate them. So, just have to be
-> -> content with such as I have and work around problems like lack of 
space.
-> 
->  hn> Yep...we're in the same boat!
-> 
-> Problem around here is how to get around without bumping into book
-> shelves. (G)
-> 
That's funny! We have the same problem...
including stacks of books NEAR the bookshelves!
-> 
-> ->  hn> Memorial Day, and when I got home
-> ->  hn> Anne made dinner for me! Hamburger
-> ->  hn> patty and brussels sprouts!  boy was
-> ->  hn> it Goooood!
-> 
-> -> Early evening for a change?
-> 
->  hn> Day game...starts at 1:10 and
->  hn> I get home in time for a "late"
->  hn> dinner!!
-> 
-> I meant as in you got to get home relatively early in the evening. Nice
-> to have dinner at a reasonable hour for a change.
->
Well I get home on day games about
the time the game would start on night
games...

-> ->  hn> I have today off from the ballpark and
-> ->  hn> will go back for a day game tomorrow
-> ->  hn> and have thursday off then work straight
-> ->  hn> through tull 5 june, being boss two of
-> ->  hn> those games.
-> 
-> -> But you're still enjoying it and that's what counts.
-> 
->  hn> YEP!
-> 
-> Even with dumber'n dirt folks. (G) Some of them really make you
-> wonder...........
->
There are great folks as well, and they 
greatly outnumber the idiots on most 
games. Yesterday was a "Little League
Appreciation Day" so LOTS of families
and kids, had a GREAT time!
 chat with you soon!
hap 
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