What is something you remember

There is a lot of truth in this. I remember my mother telling me that about everything from ice cream to bologna.

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My mom was a great cook , on top of the stove. But she just couldn't bake things. She was also cheap. Sugar was expensive, so she skimped on recipes. I remember she made cookies. They were hard slabs of this glassy stuff. I'm not talking "crunchy", I'm talking hard, like ceramic tile. And really, how many cookies reflect light like a mirror? Nobody ate them. NASA uses them for heat shields, and they never wear out. No matter what went into the oven, it came out not so good- like Thanksgiving turkeys. They were always a tad overdone, like this side of charcoal. My mom was cheap. She made Kool Aid, skimping on the 'expensive' sugar. Kool Aid, with out the sugar is sour as hell. So, as a kid ,I avoided Kool Aid, till I tasted other's drink, and it was sweet.
 
A pilot never forgets his or her very first solo flight. I had flown with my instructor for 23 hours before taking it up by myself. It wasn't fear that bothered me, instead it was pure nervousness. My mouth was so dry, I couldn't have spitted even if I had wanted to. The last words my instructor gave me was to remember my training.

On the day of my solo and at my instructor's suggestion, I had gotten to the airport earlier than usual to take a kind of test flight in the simulator It did help because the flight in the sim went well and gave me a boost of confidence. Thank you, Mr. Traber.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Fountain pen.
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I was my sister's Maid of Honor. Had to sign a marriage form afterwards with Pastor's fountain pen. He was not a happy camper when I did, because in my struggle to hold my hand steady to sign my name I had to press down hard as I wrote--and I split the tip of the pen. :( The Pastor managed to say nothing about it at the time. (While I "died" of embarrassment.)

Thank goodness for ballpoint pens. :)
 
Packerjohn said:
Hey! I had a couple of these View-Masters over the years when I was young. I remember having pictures of the Grand Canyon and also photos of Hollywood stars. I seem to remember Marilyn Monroe and Jane Mansfield. As a little country boy, I was pretty impressed. You pulled the lever down and a new picture appeared. Pretty big deal in the 1950s for a country kid.
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Yeah, I had a View Master and 2 discs. I mean how often can you look at the same 8 pics.
 
I remember gas was 13¢ a gallon at my dad's station in the early late '40s & '50s He had the glass top hand pump on the side then let it drain down into the car's tank. It was a full-service station where we washed all windows, checked oil & tire pressure along with radiator fluid.

Course being almost 86 I have lots of good & bad memories of times gone by.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Yeah, I had a View Master and 2 discs. I mean how often can you look at the same 8 pics.
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2 pics and 8 pics? Boy, did you ever get jipped! :giggle:

Two discs should have rewarded you with 28 images to gaze in wonder over. :)

28 images... WOW! We couldn't even count that high! LOL!
 

What is something you remember?​


Always, always, always to make sure I'd turned the tap (faucet) off in the kitchen, my wife, when we were 200miles away from home and she'd say, "Did you turn the tap in the kitchen off, Tim?" :)
 
timoc said:

What is something you remember?​


Always, always, always to make sure I'd turned the tap (faucet) off in the kitchen, my wife, when we were 200miles away from home and she'd say, "Did you turn the tap in the kitchen off, Tim?" :)
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Did you reply, "what tap, dear, you don't allow me in the kitchen". :giggle:
 
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