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re: I really wish I had listened more to the stories the old folks told, Let’s share some
Posted on 5/31/22 at 11:30 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 5/31/22 at 11:30 pm to fr33manator
quote:rings a bell....Like desperados waitin for a train
I remember my old neighbor, Mr. Ray. He had a glass eye and a ragged scar from where he parachuted into a tree in France during WWII. His wife was Evelyn and she made awesome banana pudding with nilla wafers.
He had an old black and white TV and would play solitaire with a worn deck of cards and watch westerns. He called me Tater and I loved that old man. I remember how much it hurt when he got to the end and didn’t remember me.
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Posted on 5/31/22 at 11:33 pm to White Bear
Solitaire=moon and 42
Tater=sidekick
Tater=sidekick
Posted on 5/31/22 at 11:35 pm to fr33manator
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If I’m not being quick witted I’m morose and severe. You are either in for a quick cheap chuckle, or I’m giving you heavy shite that’s not easy to digest. I’m either a light snack I’m a seven course meal. There’s no consistency to me, other than inconsistency.
I enjoy it for the most part, rhyme, poetry and all, your uncanny ability and all, so thank you
This post was edited on 5/31/22 at 11:36 pm
Posted on 5/31/22 at 11:35 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Posted on 5/31/22 at 11:41 pm to fr33manator
A lot of the stories I heard from old people just sounded like bullshite.
As I got older, I realized I was right. They exaggerated a lot of shite for the same dramatic effect people still do the same thing today.
As I got older, I realized I was right. They exaggerated a lot of shite for the same dramatic effect people still do the same thing today.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 11:56 pm to fr33manator
I lost my last grandparent late last year.
I've have often thought about making a post in regards to their lives. The upbringings,the experiences, accomplishments, the stories. All make our lives today seem boring and dull. If I ever get an alone bourbon night maybe I will post it.
I've have often thought about making a post in regards to their lives. The upbringings,the experiences, accomplishments, the stories. All make our lives today seem boring and dull. If I ever get an alone bourbon night maybe I will post it.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 12:02 am to fr33manator
One of my grandma’s stories was that she and her six siblings could not take a bath often during prohibition because her dad made beer in the tub
He was also put in jail a few times during WWII for yelling in German at the radio
He was also put in jail a few times during WWII for yelling in German at the radio
Posted on 6/1/22 at 12:11 am to White Bear
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Like desperados waitin for a train
Thank you for this.
I’m weeping now remembering that old man. My friend.
A mentor. A man who shaped me more than I realized
But the song
Had a friend I made on this godforsaken place send me this one night
Said it reminded me of him
Death of An Unpopular Poet
Meant a lot
This post was edited on 6/1/22 at 12:18 am
Posted on 6/1/22 at 12:12 am to GREENHEAD22
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I have noticed fr33 catches a lot of flack lately, someone want to fill me in as to what everyone's issue is?
There seem to be mostly two types of people on the OT. The first type are just miserable old bastards who are generally pissed at the world. The second type are like a young raccoon, what they can't frick or eat they shite on.
Those are the types who love to hate on a fr33 thread.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 12:21 am to LegendInMyMind
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The first type are just miserable old bastards who are generally pissed at the world. The second type are like a young raccoon, what they can't frick or eat they shite on.
Can you Blame them? We’ll all be both eventually
I just happened to turn from one to the other in this place and put in on display.
12 goddamn years of living and lord knows I’m not the same man I entered as.
“All hope abandon, ye who enter here.”
I wish i would have heeded Chicken’s advice
Posted on 6/1/22 at 12:58 am to fr33manator
My mother grew up with out a father, I didn't meet him until I was 14 years old. He was in the airforce in WWII and I don't know much about him other than he was a tail gunner.
He'd come home long enough to make a baby with my grandmother and off he'd go again. After the last one, my aunt, he never came back. That left my grandmother raising 5 kids by herself. They lived with my great grandparents in a house in the middle of the woods. No AC and a wood burning stove.
My uncles walked over 5 miles to town trying to find work to help support the family. They scratched by until the three oldest left the house and my grandmother remarried.
They had some pretty rough times but they had successful lives. The only one left now is my oldest uncle.
He'd come home long enough to make a baby with my grandmother and off he'd go again. After the last one, my aunt, he never came back. That left my grandmother raising 5 kids by herself. They lived with my great grandparents in a house in the middle of the woods. No AC and a wood burning stove.
My uncles walked over 5 miles to town trying to find work to help support the family. They scratched by until the three oldest left the house and my grandmother remarried.
They had some pretty rough times but they had successful lives. The only one left now is my oldest uncle.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 1:04 am to offshoretrash
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he was a tail gunner.
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He'd come home long enough to make a baby with my grandmother and off he'd go again
Your story checks out
Posted on 6/1/22 at 1:13 am to fr33manator
Good stuff man. So many stories I’ve heard and been told along the way.
Sturgill simpsons song, “pan bowl”, really captures the spirit of the folk arts and tales of older times. Highly recommend it if you haven’t given it a listen before.
Sturgill simpsons song, “pan bowl”, really captures the spirit of the folk arts and tales of older times. Highly recommend it if you haven’t given it a listen before.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 1:22 am to fr33manator
Posted on 6/1/22 at 2:14 am to fr33manator
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fr33manator
You’re alright, baw.
Carry on. You add to this place.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 2:20 am to fr33manator
My grandpa always told me: "When I was your age, I had four mules pulling my middle buster."
My Grandmother was born on a boat that had cattle... And they would load the cattle on the boat and float to greener pastures...
Cotton anyone? They say it's a good crop...
My Grandmother was born on a boat that had cattle... And they would load the cattle on the boat and float to greener pastures...
Cotton anyone? They say it's a good crop...
Posted on 6/1/22 at 3:04 am to WWII Collector
My maternal grandfather was raised with 4-5 brothers in western LA. They were still small children for WWI. they farmed, had a few barnyard animals, and hunted those big deer, hogs, rabbits and squirrels. They had a lot of land, going back to the early 1800's, but were not especially wealthy. The depression hit them too, but farmers and hunters did better than most. Neighbors traded beans for potatoes, and shared the meat from their kills.
They all seemed to keep jobs, either for the gubmint, in forestry, or at paper mills. The land was taken by the US Army, who claimed they had to have it.
They all seemed to keep jobs, either for the gubmint, in forestry, or at paper mills. The land was taken by the US Army, who claimed they had to have it.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 3:56 am to GREENHEAD22
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I have noticed fr33 catches a lot of flack lately, someone want to fill me in as to what everyone's issue is?
They are jealous of his talent.
Dude is the legit Official Poet Laureate of the OT.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 4:46 am to fr33manator
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I really wish I had listened more to the stories the old folks told
I once asked my grandpa when I was a wee kid about his experiences in WW2.
He told me with a serious face to ask when I was older, when I was ready to understand.
I never got the chance. He took his tales to the grave when I was in my early teens.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 6:01 am to fr33manator
I'm gen x, my parents were very self consumed and did not believe in family. It's not been til the last 10 years or so that I've been getting information...usually sideways, like my father will tell me of my maternal grandfather, my cousin will tell of my paternal grandfather, etc
things I learned:
my great grandfather on my father's side was crushed by a derailed train while herding goats.
In WWII my maternal grandfather was shot in the leg, he used all the morphine (because everyone else was killed) and crawled for a surprising distance. he spent two years in traction in the hospital because he refused to let them take his leg. When he got back state side, he married his best friend's widow as promised. I've heard some things of this man now, I wish I had known him not just met him from time to time. He was hard but each story I pry out of my family just fills me with respect.
i think passing on stories of the family line is important. It's something to know what you're made of but, also, to get flat out humbled...and get some perspective.
I keep hearing that phrase "now more than ever"....I don't believe that sick mantra could be used if we maintained visceral history
things I learned:
my great grandfather on my father's side was crushed by a derailed train while herding goats.
In WWII my maternal grandfather was shot in the leg, he used all the morphine (because everyone else was killed) and crawled for a surprising distance. he spent two years in traction in the hospital because he refused to let them take his leg. When he got back state side, he married his best friend's widow as promised. I've heard some things of this man now, I wish I had known him not just met him from time to time. He was hard but each story I pry out of my family just fills me with respect.
i think passing on stories of the family line is important. It's something to know what you're made of but, also, to get flat out humbled...and get some perspective.
I keep hearing that phrase "now more than ever"....I don't believe that sick mantra could be used if we maintained visceral history
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