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[ruger9]

The world is as it always was—as simple or complex as we chose to make it. Blaming devices or others for our own choices is a delusion of our own making. That’s the worst kind.

Loving people live in a loving world,
Hostile people live in a hostile world.
Same world.

-Dr. Wayne Dyer

 

[ruger9]

Trimming the grass. I was more than happy to mow, even when all we had was a push mower, but there were no weedeaters back then. ALL the trimming was done with "garden sheers" so you went around the house and the flowerbeds and the driveway and the mailbox and the trees and the .... well you get it, for over an hour using large scissors to trim the grass away from everything! That one, I wasn't fond of.

OMG YES YES YES!!! I HATED those things!! That's how we had to cut all the grass under/between our hedgerow bushes (IDK if weed wackers had been invented yet or not, but we didn't own one!). Misery. And KILLED your hands!!

 

[Lola]

We just couldn’t do Halloween this year. The first time ever in 35 years. With hubby on his knee scooter and three dogs thinking their Dobermans with the least provocation. They could hear the trick or treaters walking on the road and laughing.

We made a list of all the kids in the neighborhood and then we bought them some really nice cloth loot bags and filled them up and then I hand delivered them to each child. As soon as I walked into each house those kids were shocked. We over killed on the candy(my husband does things in a big over the top manner) they certainly benefited the advantages of his mistakes. And we had a new neighbour so we wanted to welcome them to the neighborhood for their very first Halloween. She was almost in tears and was grateful.

 

[Lola]

I really liked using a push mower. My dad would sharpen those blades by hand. They were almost surgical they were so sharp. We never had anything electric. My father would never allow that. We did everything the old fashioned way whatever that may be.

We had our milk delivered up until the middle 70’s in glass bottles. You could see the best part had risen to the top. It was my job to go to the milk cupboard attached to the house and get the 4 bottles. As soon as it was opened my mother would pour herself a bit of cream and me too. What a beautiful treat.

And do you remember the Fuller Brush man? The vacuum cleaner salesman. My mom would always invite them in for a piece of pie and a coffee. My mom was a born sucker for door to door salesmen. Or, the Avon lady. That was good for the whole afternoon and what mischief I could create by myself. Lol

 

[Daryl Jones]

I really liked using a push mower. My dad would sharpen those blades by hand. They were almost surgical they were so sharp. We never had anything electric. My father would never allow that. We did everything the old fashioned way whatever that may be.

We had our milk delivered up until the middle 70’s in glass bottles. You could see the best part had risen to the top. It was my job to go to the milk cupboard attached to the house and get the 4 bottles. As soon as it was opened my mother would pour herself a bit of cream and me too. What a beautiful treat.

And do you remember the Fuller Brush man? The vacuum cleaner salesman. My mom would always invite them in for a piece of pie and a coffee. My mom was a born sucker for door to door salesmen. Or, the Avon lady. That was good for the whole afternoon and what mischief I could create by myself. Lol

I was the mower guy, unless my oldest brother came home from college, then nothing else was good enough for him. So I went and rode my bicycle!
Our milk deliveries stopped in about 1962 when I started school. But I do remember the glass bottles sitting on the back step. About once a month or two, we got a treat of a quart of chocolate, that was soooo special. Otherwise we had a can of cocoa and some sugar to sweeten the mix, cocoa was always so bitter!
My Mom was the Avon lady! Before my school days I had to go with her on her rounds and was stuck in the car during calls, couldn't have a youngster disrupting things y'know.
Never had a Fuller Brush man until we moved to another town, and he was a complete jerk. Pushy, rude, and obnoxious. But Mom was the kind soul and had to be polite. Dad or my brother, meh, fergit that! He got the cold shoulder and went on his way. I went to school with one of his daughters, she was a real prize too. Some apples don't fall far from the tree.

 

[Daryl Jones]

It's amazing to witness the change in neighborhoods. I moved into my house in 1991 and for the first 5 years or so you'd think it was the baby boom years all over. Kids were everywhere. Slowly started winding down after a while and I'd get maybe 10 kids max on Halloween for years.

When covid hit in 2020, only three kids came to my door. That was sad because I've always enjoyed Halloween. Big kid at heart here!

Most we've had here in our village was 27, quite a few years ago though. 13 total this year. But they were all so cute and polite, was a pleasure to see them all happy and excited. Some really cool costumes too!
Mom and Dad's place in town 200 wasn't out of the question back in the 70's. Good thing we ran a store a few years...we send Dad down for more candy quite often. The local Hutterites would show up with three or four van loads, pure chaos!

 

[Lola]

I honestly have a hard time adapting to new things but when I think about the evolution we have gone through. From rotary phone with a party line to these soul sucking smart phones.

My mother standing their with a ringer washer. My mother warned us to keep our hands away from the rollers.

Look at how the formats of music have changed through the years. From 8 tracks to cassette tapes, to dvd and now it accessible instantly on your phone.

I have adapted without even realizing it.

 

[Mike J.]

I honestly have a hard time adapting to new things but when I think about the evolution we have gone through. From rotary phone with a party line to these soul sucking smart phones.

My mother standing their with a ringer washer. My mother warned us to keep our hands away from the rollers.

Look at how the formats of music have changed through the years. From 8 tracks to cassette tapes, to dvd and now it accessible instantly on your phone.

I have adapted without even realizing it.

My oldest grandson who's 16 once asked me what things were like when I was growing up. Told him what we had, what we didn't compared to now and even showed him pictures of how things looked back then. TV's, cars, cameras, fashions, appliances....when he saw a rotary phone he asked me "what's that?" He said he wished he could find a time machine to go back to experience that simpler time. There's a lot about "today" that he sees and doesn't like or agree with at all.

I summed it up with "I'm not saying life was perfect, but it was life as we knew it."

 

[Lola]

I find that when I was growing up my parents were so social. Inviting neighbours over for our annual harvest dinner in September. Having huge dinners with the extended family for no reason at all. My mom had a coffee circle. Friday mornings the neighborhood women would take turns having coffee at there house. Mom had the luxury of not having to work. The most important job to her was being a mom. My mom and dad used to go dancing religiously every Friday night. They were so dressed up for the occasion that you thought they were going to the Academy awards. I remember my mom wearing a beautiful high heels, full make up looking perfect doing the house work.

My mom was Jack of all trades and master of all.

In between dancing on Broadway she was a hand and glove model. My mom was as amazing with so many diverse talents that no one really gave her credit for.

 

[Mike J.]

I find that when I was growing up my parents were so social. Inviting neighbours over for our annual harvest dinner in September. Having huge dinners with the extended family for no reason at all. My mom had a coffee circle. Friday mornings the neighborhood women would take turns having coffee at there house. Mom had the luxury of not having to work. The most important job to her was being a mom. My mom and dad used to go dancing religiously every Friday night. They were so dressed up for the occasion that you thought they were going to the Academy awards. I remember my mom wearing a beautiful high heels, full make up looking perfect doing the house work.

My mom was Jack of all trades and master of all.

In between dancing on Broadway she was a hand and glove model. My mom was as amazing with so many diverse talents that no one really gave her credit for.

The whole social aspect is something I also told my grandson about. Hearing about that is what makes him wish he could go back to experience.

Great pic of your mom!

 

[Lola]

I just want to thank the ppl who have served in the war effort. Today is Remembrance Day in Canada. I give great thx today. My dad was a Sargent in the Army WW2, Nova Scotia.

 

[dmatthews]

I just want to thank the ppl who have served in the war effort. Today is Remembrance Day in Canada. I give great thx today. My dad was a Sargent in the Army WW2, Nova Scotia.

Thanks to all of those who have and do serve...

 

[RC Mike]

I had an interesting interaction this morning. I was out with my son, walking the dog and with my son on his bike. A trash truck barreled by at about 35-40mph, which is way too fast to be going in our neighborhood. I motioned for him to slow down and he acted like he didn’t see me.

A few minutes later, he’s made his pickup and is driving by again. I motioned to him again and he made eye contact but didn’t slow. I gave him an earful as he went by. Apparently he cared about that, as he stopped the truck and hopped out as I walked up.

He was pretty fired up and was posturing like he wanted to fight. I had a few inches and probably 40lbs on him, so I just laughed and suggested he calm down, right now. He kept huffing on about being disrespected. I told him driving like he was is the disrespectful act, and if he wants any respect he’d better slow down. He seemed a bit put out that I didn’t care whether or not he disrespected me. He didn’t like that his opinion wasn’t worth anything to me.

I told him if I saw him driving like that again I’d call both his boss and the cops. He told me he didn’t care about his job, got in his truck, and pulled up 50 feet to where my son was at on his bike. Said something to him, but Vince said he couldn’t hear him.

I wasn’t ok with that. Called the company and had a chat with the driver supervisor. He was kind and listened. I told him I didn’t care about any outcome other than the driver slowing down and not talking to my kid.

Fun way to start the day.

 

[Daryl Jones]

I had an interesting interaction this morning. I was out with my son, walking the dog and with my son on his bike. A trash truck barreled by at about 35-40mph, which is way too fast to be going in our neighborhood. I motioned for him to slow down and he acted like he didn’t see me.

A few minutes later, he’s made his pickup and is driving by again. I motioned to him again and he made eye contact but didn’t slow. I gave him an earful as he went by. Apparently he cared about that, as he stopped the truck and hopped out as I walked up.

He was pretty fired up and was posturing like he wanted to fight. I had a few inches and probably 40lbs on him, so I just laughed and suggested he calm down, right now. He kept huffing on about being disrespected. I told him driving like he was is the disrespectful act, and if he wants any respect he’d better slow down. He seemed a bit put out that I didn’t care whether or not he disrespected me. He didn’t like that his opinion wasn’t worth anything to me.

I told him if I saw him driving like that again I’d call both his boss and the cops. He told me he didn’t care about his job, got in his truck, and pulled up 50 feet to where my son was at on his bike. Said something to him, but Vince said he couldn’t hear him.

I wasn’t ok with that. Called the company and had a chat with the driver supervisor. He was kind and listened. I told him I didn’t care about any outcome other than the driver slowing down and not talking to my kid.

Fun way to start the day.

Some folks just don't get it. Maybe his day was bad or worse, but operating a huge vehicle like that requires some respect on the road. On his part, not yours.

 

[Lola]

Ppl with all due respect I know I ask a lot of questions but I have been looking at wireless transmitting systems. I know someone mentioned them before. I need to be budget conscious. Maybe around $100-200. I need to buy another busking amp too. The DA5 Vox is only a 5 watts. More power is what I need. I need something that can be battery powered for all the places I want to play at this coming summer.

 

[Daryl Jones]

The lake was starting to freeze over during the time since Halloween. But the mild days have melted most of it off. Out in the wild, there's some frozen patches in the low spots, but not like usual. Pretty wet for walking and no snow to track with (yes, I'm a hunter/harvester) so it's tough going right now.
I remember a year like this around 40 years ago out at our bush camp. Very mild and wet. 3rd night out it started to snow and you could feel the temperature dropping fast. We had a large outfitter tent with a wood heater, but mid way through the night the fire went out. We woke up to a foot high/deep snowdrift in the doorway of the tent and it was terribly cold outside the sleeping bag (I have an arctic rated bag). The thermometer on the tree outside read 25 below f! Our 3 wheeled ATC axle's were frozen solid and we had to break them loose with the blunt end of the camp axe. Thank god they started! That day on the way back to our trucks, I slipped off a log bridge and fell into a pond and was trapped/pinned under my trike. My buddy pulled me out, but not before he stood there laughing and taking pictures of my predicament!
Was a very long cold winter that year.
Supposedly, the indications are when it does hit we're supposed to get that kind of weather this year. Not sure how they can say that, they can't seem to get a two day forecast right...

 

[Daryl Jones]

Ppl with all due respect I know I ask a lot of questions but I have been looking at wireless transmitting systems. I know someone mentioned them before. I need to be budget conscious. Maybe around $100-200. I need to buy another busking amp too. The DA5 Vox is only a 5 watts. More power is what I need. I need something that can be battery powered for all the places I want to play at this coming summer.

I've got an "el cheapo" 5.8 ghz set that work OK for what I do, but there are much better ones out there. I just wanted to experiment with them. The good ones seem to run in the $100-$200 range

 

[aamefford]

I got the setup below from Amazon. They have been fine, with a big caveat. My usage is being in the same room with them. They are unobtrusive, haven’t had dropout issues or anything. I have no idea the range, how they would do with 500 cell phones around or their durability. They seem a little brighter than a 10’ cable. A little less treble seems to fix it. My suspicion is they would work fine until they didn’t. Two sets would be under $125 though so you could carry a spare. That’s probably the cheapest option. I suspect others will chime in with more roadworthy options.

LEKATO Wireless Guitar System 5.8 Wireless Guitar Transmitter Receiver Rechargeable Audio Wireless Transmitter Receiver 4 Channels Transmission Range for Electric Guitar Bass (Black)
https://a.co/d/4aoKXHQ

 

[dmatthews]

Ppl with all due respect I know I ask a lot of questions but I have been looking at wireless transmitting systems. I know someone mentioned them before. I need to be budget conscious. Maybe around $100-200. I need to buy another busking amp too. The DA5 Vox is only a 5 watts. More power is what I need. I need something that can be battery powered for all the places I want to play at this coming summer.

I know it's a tad over budget, but these have been awesome for me so far...

Amazon.ca

 

[aamefford]

Spark has some interesting options for busking. The Spark Edge looks like their offering in the space. They also have their Sparklink wireless set up for a bit over $100. I think the Edge is like $450. I’ve no experience with the Spark stuff. I’d get option paralysis from all the models available. Just throwing it out there since you mentioned needing an amp as well.