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Post by deyana on Jun 13, 2015 21:56:02 GMT -5
Is it a device you would use when cooking?
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Post by kronks on Jun 13, 2015 22:25:42 GMT -5
Is it a device you would use when cooking? No it is something you might use in a shop or office type environment
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Post by kronks on Jun 19, 2015 21:14:31 GMT -5
No it is something you might use in a shop or office type environment is it a paper cutter smiley-shocked032 Not paper cutter no. But it does cut something
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2015 10:03:05 GMT -5
A tape dispenser with the cutting edge where the tape is separated showing.
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Post by kronks on Jun 20, 2015 12:29:48 GMT -5
Correct it is a sticky tape cutter greenstars However it seems a bit different from a normal selotape cutter, the rounded metal bit is unusual (I have not seen the expended picture)/ Think menatol got it first but I guess whoever has a good picture to post should go. Actually this is the expanded picture the real one.
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Post by deyana on Jun 20, 2015 21:41:04 GMT -5
Well done,@menantol. You can post a pictures for us to guess now
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Post by deyana on Jun 22, 2015 21:52:56 GMT -5
Well, I guess while @menantol is deciding what to post - I'll do one shall I? 4chsmu1 Can you guess what this is?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2015 0:19:45 GMT -5
It looks like a very close up picture of a flower with the darker red moving toward the outer edge of the petal.
It makes me think of a certain type of flower but I can't think of what kind right now.
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Post by kronks on Jun 23, 2015 19:38:53 GMT -5
if it was a flower it could be a pansy.
Maybe it a picture of the sun over some mountains?
Looks like there is some sort of bright light there maybe reflecting off something?
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Post by deyana on Jun 23, 2015 20:13:46 GMT -5
@menantol has it, it is a flower.
Can anyone guess what kind it is?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 22:31:52 GMT -5
Oh NO! I'm embarrassed! Haha .. We only had an "icebox" until I was 10 years old. That's when rural electric service finally reached us, when I was a lad on the farm in southwestern Oklahoma. It was a hefty, insulated wooden cabinet, with two compartments, upper and lower. The top compartment held a large block of ice, delivered by the "ice-man," and the lower compartment was the cooling space for perishables. Since heat rises, the cooler air given off by the ice-block fell, keeping the goods nice and cool until the ice melted, but not as cool as an electric refrigerator, which is a nice 40 degrees on average. We finally bought one, a used Frigidaire, with a small freezer compartment in 1957, hence the nickname we still commonly use,"fridge," as that brand was most popular. Other 'firsts' were Kelvinator, General Electric, and Westinghouse refrigerator/freezers, with the child hazard, locking door handles! Occasionally a child would crawl into an old one at the junkyard or dump, locking himself in, thus suffocating. That's why they all close with magnetized door gaskets now. In the days before that, folks just had to pickle, can, cure, smoke, and otherwise preserve. We did a lot of that, as well. There was no way to keep anything icy cold, except in Winter! gigglesmile Peace, OHD I just love hearing about your childhood and how it was back then OHD. And each time I am surprised at the similarities to how India still is in some areas. Many people do have fridges now, but many still do not. Was it a really hard life back then for folk? Or do you have just good memories of that time?I have realistic memories, though I do enjoy reminiscing. We never had so much as an electric fan either, since we didn't have rural cooperative electricity until 1957. Some of the summers there were brutally hot, but, as I'm sure you're aware, it's never quite as hot in the rural areas because there is no "heat island effect." No sidewalks or concrete highways, no substantial granite or brick buildings, no asphalt streets, etc. to retain the heat of the sun, or even intensify it. We had a artesian, spring fed creek on our farm, and a small water shed pond for our milk cows and other creatures. My brothers and I spent a lot of time threshing about in the water during the hot Summers, between and after the rigorous chores of the day. I can only recall being miserably hot on one occasion. It was in July, 1955. Our house had burnt to the ground and we were temporarily living near an active oil field with huge, diesel fueled pump engines running continuously. We lived over the vast "Anadarko Petroleum Basin." The oil fields were crisscrossed with black asphalt roads, and they held in a lot of heat overnight. I remember nearly falling through the screened window, trying to get at some cooler air! Adding to the misery index was the fact that wind speed was ZERO! Not a breath of cooler air, or any kind of draft coming through the windows. But, it's all relative. As a very young lad, I had no idea that real life for most was much different from what I was experiencing. You can't miss it if you never had it. However, we were never without food or shelter and many creature comforts, and my mother and father, though eccentric in their several ways, were very loving, caring and affectionate. In that regard, it was an ideal family. Looking back, I would not change a thing. 99% of all my vivid memories are positive and happy. I think I would forfeit an entire year of my life, just to relive one Summer there, at age 15 or so. I associate fond memories with pop music of the time, also. My mother absolutely loved Rock and Roll music and played it LOUD on our old big RCA Console Radio with high fidelity, or "HiFi." FM Stereophonic radio was not widely available yet. Here's a song that reminds me very much of those times when we only had energy from a 12 Volt battery energized by a "wind-charger" or windmill, as they're more commonly known. My dad had converted the RCA radio from AC ONLY, to AC and 12 VOLT DC. He built the "aerial" antenna, and the wind generator himself out of salvaged parts, including a car engine 12 Volt generator, powered by the wind. I've never seen another like it. Fun song from age 12, or so. Peace, OHD
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 23:10:50 GMT -5
Well, I guess while @menantol is deciding what to post - I'll do one shall I? 4chsmu1 Can you guess what this is? Chrysant .. krysanth ...chrissan ... a rose? 4chsmu1 Seriously, Impatiens? Peace, OHD
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 23:27:11 GMT -5
What's this odd looking instrument, setting in my den? View Attachment< Click to enlarge.Is that a ukulele? Still looks in good shape! Yeah,it's in very nice condition. My apologies to you folks. It's not a uke, deyana. I thought I knew what it was, but after double-checking, I do not. I play quite a few types of stringed instruments, but I was just flat out wrong about what I thought this one was. I'll make a point of identifying it, and I'll come back with an answer! I found it in the loft of an old abandoned, wood frame, 3 storey house, built circa 1910, after the quake and fire of 1906, in San Francisco. Peace, OHD
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 23:48:43 GMT -5
I think older folks are more likely to be able to identify this. This sets in my den too, so please pardon its dustiness. Peace, OHD
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 1:00:14 GMT -5
OHD, that looks like a seal used on legal documents.
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Post by deyana on Jun 25, 2015 3:47:17 GMT -5
It was a rose! I liked the way the light shone it, made it look different.
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Post by deyana on Jun 25, 2015 3:53:38 GMT -5
I just love hearing about your childhood and how it was back then OHD. And each time I am surprised at the similarities to how India still is in some areas. Many people do have fridges now, but many still do not. Was it a really hard life back then for folk? Or do you have just good memories of that time?I have realistic memories, though I do enjoy reminiscing. We never had so much as an electric fan either, since we didn't have rural cooperative electricity until 1957. Some of the summers there were brutally hot, but, as I'm sure you're aware, it's never quite as hot in the rural areas because there is no "heat island effect." No sidewalks or concrete highways, no substantial granite or brick buildings, no asphalt streets, etc. to retain the heat of the sun, or even intensify it. We had a artesian, spring fed creek on our farm, and a small water shed pond for our milk cows and other creatures. My brothers and I spent a lot of time threshing about in the water during the hot Summers, between and after the rigorous chores of the day. I can only recall being miserably hot on one occasion. It was in July, 1955. Our house had burnt to the ground and we were temporarily living near an active oil field with huge, diesel fueled pump engines running continuously. We lived over the vast "Anadarko Petroleum Basin." The oil fields were crisscrossed with black asphalt roads, and they held in a lot of heat overnight. I remember nearly falling through the screened window, trying to get at some cooler air! Adding to the misery index was the fact that wind speed was ZERO! Not a breath of cooler air, or any kind of draft coming through the windows. But, it's all relative. As a very young lad, I had no idea that real life for most was much different from what I was experiencing. You can't miss it if you never had it. However, we were never without food or shelter and many creature comforts, and my mother and father, though eccentric in their several ways, were very loving, caring and affectionate. In that regard, it was an ideal family. Looking back, I would not change a thing. 99% of all my vivid memories are positive and happy. I think I would forfeit an entire year of my life, just to relive one Summer there, at age 15 or so. I associate fond memories with pop music of the time, also. My mother absolutely loved Rock and Roll music and played it LOUD on our old big RCA Console Radio with high fidelity, or "HiFi." FM Stereophonic radio was not widely available yet. Here's a song that reminds me very much of those times when we only had energy from a 12 Volt battery energized by a "wind-charger" or windmill, as they're more commonly known. My dad had converted the RCA radio from AC ONLY, to AC and 12 VOLT DC. He built the "aerial" antenna, and the wind generator himself out of salvaged parts, including a car engine 12 Volt generator, powered by the wind. I've never seen another like it. Fun song from age 12, or so. Peace, OHD Great memories, OHD! I so enjoy reading about your childhood. You should write it all down in a book.( Or let me do it lol). I am still amazed about the fact that electricity came so late for you and your family. Just goes to show how we take such simple things for granted nowadays. You had a loving family, regardless of the hardships and that's all that matters children, if you have that, it's good as gold. Isn't it great that no matter what song, we can always find it on youtube? Thanks again for sharing with us.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 19:12:39 GMT -5
I can understand how many today find the family memories of OHD more than a little interesting if not strange. However, there are many of us who have similar memories.
In my case I was born prior to World War II and on our family farm were many of the same experiences. I can remember when electricity came to the area and even after that period we used kerosene lamps and candles at night. Food was cooked on a wood fired iron granite stove and hot water came from a reservoir hooked to that stove. And yes (as with OHD) there was an ice-box. House water came from a cistern under the house and was hand pumped into the kitchen. For washing their hair the women used rain water collect in barrels. Water for the animals was by a wind driven pump.
Keep in mind, prior to the electricity there was no radio and this was obviously all prior to television. We did have a tractor but did most farming by horse teams. Crops were many and rotated from field to field with some fields allowed to be fallow for a season and other crops plowed back into the ground. The only thing put into the ground was manure and lime. We had hedge rows between fields that might have been as thick as ten feet with trees and stone piles and tree stumps.
Corn was hand picked (I still have a picking glove with its steel knife hook) and thrown into wagons with bang-boards, the corn stalks were cut and put into piles similar to little teepees and then was collected and stored (fermenting) in a silo. The corn ears were store in corn cribs (to dry). Hay was cut with a horse drawn cutter, dried on the field, then with horse drawn rakes put into rows, then hay wagons (horse drawn) would come between the rows and men would hand fork the hay, first into the wagon and then hand fork the hay from the wagon into the hay loft of the barn. When in the late fifties we got a tractor pulled hay baler things got easier.
In the fence rows there were grape plants and in the middle of every field was at least one apple tree. There were also apple and plum groves.
There was a wide range of animals besides the horses, there were cows (with the periodic borrowed bull), pigs, chickens,(a neighbor ran sheep and another goats and such were traded back and forth.), Ginnie hens and geese and turkeys. And of course dogs and a number of cats.
We had what would be considered today a very large garden with all sorts of plants, and of course all of this led to canning (including meat) and we did all of our own slaughter. We also had forest area with maple trees where maple sap was collect and cooked down into syrup (often traded with neighbors who raised honey bees) and when there was snow on the ground made snow candy. From our own forest came the wood to build the new house in the late 1950s.
During the summer on Saturday we would travel to the nearest small town (about ten miles) and among other things I could get a triple dip vanilla ice cream cone for a nickle and when it got dark there would be a free show on the side of one of the buildings. There were also gatherings of neighbors such as threshing parties and shivarees, and every year there was always the county fair.
Before the new house we didn't have a bathroom and the outhouse was the primary place, but there was also the bed pots (thunder bowls to some) which I had the job to empty each morning.
During the winter heat came the cook stove and from a heater in the living room (initially both with wood but eventually to gas) and on the door of the heater in the living room it ha little windows made from mica as very thin sheets called isinglass. As a child I can remember setting in front of it watching the colors change and imagining new shapes. From this heat on the first floor it would rise through ceiling vents into the upstairs bedrooms. It was still cold I guess because in the morning when it was really cold, you could breath out and your breath would turn to frost falling on the bed quilt.
Yes, there were clothes made from floor sacks and most of our clothes had patches and we resoled our own shoes.
I suppose that to many today, those days seem strange but they really are not that long ago and to some of us, they are still right there when we wake up.
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Post by deyana on Jun 25, 2015 21:54:50 GMT -5
Just amazing reading all this @menantol. I am surprised, your story and memories remind me of the show 'Little House on the Prairie' and yet that was a different time and place. How did things stay so the same for so long?
How did you study in the evenings without electric light? By lamp-light?
I wonder was this only happening in America? Would England and Europe have been more developed by then? Again I am reminded of what could be found in India back when I was a kid. And yes, it all seems just like yesterday, and it was not that long ago.
I was born on a farm, we had cows and chickens and cats and dogs and in our farm we grew cotton and sugar cane and wheat and probably much more. There was no electricity, so no T.V., or radio or electric light. All of that came much later on and even now it's all hit and miss. Electricity still comes and goes. I remember my older brother and sister going to school each day with a slate under their arms and chalk. There was no paper, pencils or pens even. Transport was horse and cart or bull and cart! There was no cement on the roads, but the village being in what is desert, there was plenty of sand. I still remember stepping out and touching beautiful warm sand under my feet.
Such simple times... I think kids who grow up on farms and deserts and rural areas use their imagination a lot more. They explore, they roam and they think.
Maybe it is an ideal way for a child to be?
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Post by deyana on Jun 25, 2015 22:10:09 GMT -5
I think older folks are more likely to be able to identify this. This sets in my den too, so please pardon its dustiness. View AttachmentPeace, OHD hmm... is it a kind of tap for water or something else? confused0006
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