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re: What’s the small things that remind you of your grandparents
Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:56 am to bonescanner
Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:56 am to bonescanner
Picking out your own cereal and eating it out of wooden bowls she had. Little things that stay with you for a lifetime.
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Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:56 am to bonescanner
McDonald’s hot cakes and sausage. I ate this every morning when I was at my grandpas and I gave him my sausage
Posted on 2/14/21 at 10:59 am to cuyahoga tiger
quote:Come va, amico mio?
Every time I cook red gravy, it reminds me of Sundays "in the country" at MawMaws house in Independence.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:04 am to soccerfüt
quote:
Come va, amico mio?
Mi sto congelando il culo quassù, amico
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:05 am to NOSTRODAMUS
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There were distinct smells that I can still smell
My grandfather farmed cotton in the Cottonport area, and when the ground gets turned in the spring, or cotton plants start blooming, brings me back to the ‘70’s
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:08 am to jamiegla1
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Steen's Pure Cane Syrup
good one. I forgot about that
Still the one, and only, syrup I use today...
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:15 am to bonescanner
Glass of coca cola over ice.
The smell of lavendar.
Pipe tobacco.
Handed down christmas decorations.
The smell of lavendar.
Pipe tobacco.
Handed down christmas decorations.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:17 am to dukke v
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When I was in elementary school my grandparents lived two blocks from school and almost everyday I would go get a P&J sandwich.... then walk home 6 blocks away.
Wuss. I had to walk 6 miles. And it was uphill both ways.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:20 am to bonescanner
My grandad called anything that was squeezed from a bottle or tube (glue, toothpaste, antibiotic ointment, etc.) "jism."
As a a kid, I snickered every time he said that. He was pretty damn square, so I doubt he really knew why it was so funny...or maybe he was a master comedian, continually playing a gag on my grandmother, who was even more the square, schoolmarm Sunday-school-teacher type, and was laughing all along, silently. After all, he was known to respond to her frequent nagging by telling her to "shut up and eat your biscuit."
Anyway, I've passed the tradition along to my family, where it's taken on a whole new life during this pandemic, with the dispensing of sanitizer becoming a "shot of jism." Makes my wife bitch every time I or my son say it, which is funny enough in its own right.
One more story about granddaddy, unrelated to the topic -- He was an elementary school principal for like 40 years. When I was in high school my PE class was inside one day because of rain and the coach was sitting around reading the paper and talking to us when for some reason the fact that Mr. Soandso was my grandfather came up.
Turns out, my grandfather had given the coach his first teaching job, years ago, and he proceeds to tell me about the job interview. He asked granddaddy what kind of PE equipment they had at the school and granddaddy looked him dead in the eyes and said, "well, the fellow that was here before you had some pretty big balls. He let the kids kick them all around the playground. We can get you some big balls, too, if you need them."
As a a kid, I snickered every time he said that. He was pretty damn square, so I doubt he really knew why it was so funny...or maybe he was a master comedian, continually playing a gag on my grandmother, who was even more the square, schoolmarm Sunday-school-teacher type, and was laughing all along, silently. After all, he was known to respond to her frequent nagging by telling her to "shut up and eat your biscuit."
Anyway, I've passed the tradition along to my family, where it's taken on a whole new life during this pandemic, with the dispensing of sanitizer becoming a "shot of jism." Makes my wife bitch every time I or my son say it, which is funny enough in its own right.
One more story about granddaddy, unrelated to the topic -- He was an elementary school principal for like 40 years. When I was in high school my PE class was inside one day because of rain and the coach was sitting around reading the paper and talking to us when for some reason the fact that Mr. Soandso was my grandfather came up.
Turns out, my grandfather had given the coach his first teaching job, years ago, and he proceeds to tell me about the job interview. He asked granddaddy what kind of PE equipment they had at the school and granddaddy looked him dead in the eyes and said, "well, the fellow that was here before you had some pretty big balls. He let the kids kick them all around the playground. We can get you some big balls, too, if you need them."
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:21 am to bonescanner
Beer and cigarettes.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:21 am to kook
Those were excellent bathroom heaters.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:25 am to jamiegla1
quote:Mine had a pair with a fancy metal buckle on the front for dress-up occasions.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:27 am to bonescanner
Nilla wafers, also Underwood Deviled Ham with crackers. The Greatest Generation sure did seem to love them some potted meat.
This post was edited on 2/14/21 at 11:30 am
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:29 am to PacoPicopiedra
Coffee milk and Prince Albert cans.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:31 am to bonescanner
LSU baseball reminds me of my grandpa. He took me to games during the Ben McDonald days as a kid. Miss him. My grandma is still alive and I don’t talk to her as much as I should. I’ll call her today.
My other grandparents lived at Toledo Bend, so every time I go by there, hear about it, etc I think of them. My grandpa had satellite and we watched Cubs and Braves games when I went up there for try summer, so that also reminds me of them.
My other grandparents lived at Toledo Bend, so every time I go by there, hear about it, etc I think of them. My grandpa had satellite and we watched Cubs and Braves games when I went up there for try summer, so that also reminds me of them.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:31 am to cuyahoga tiger
Ha! Stai al caldo. Brave persone a Independence!
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:34 am to bonescanner
Leather belts
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:37 am to bonescanner
Gambling
Pain Pills
Chewing Tobacco
Redfish
Deer meat
Computers
Wearing no shirt
Large or small, I just listed the things that most of my Maternal Grandfather.
Pain Pills
Chewing Tobacco
Redfish
Deer meat
Computers
Wearing no shirt
Large or small, I just listed the things that most of my Maternal Grandfather.
This post was edited on 2/14/21 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:38 am to bonescanner
I have the salt and pepper shaker that came from my maternal grandmothers house. Maw Maw.
I think about her every time I use it.
Also, I cooked a gumbo yesterday and I still use her gumbo pot. Just yesterday I was thinking that any rational thought would be to get a new pot as this one is 80 years old, is roundish on the bottom due to her gas stove and doesn’t conduct heat worth a shite.
I will not get another gumbo pot amd will struggle with this one until the day I die. The two things above made me think of my maw maw and paw paw all day and that invaluable.
Plus, I put a rabbit in the gumbo. Eating rabbit always makes me think of a specific hunting trip with my paw paw where I killed 6 squirrels and a rabbit one morning. I’ll never forget that morning.
I think about her every time I use it.
Also, I cooked a gumbo yesterday and I still use her gumbo pot. Just yesterday I was thinking that any rational thought would be to get a new pot as this one is 80 years old, is roundish on the bottom due to her gas stove and doesn’t conduct heat worth a shite.
I will not get another gumbo pot amd will struggle with this one until the day I die. The two things above made me think of my maw maw and paw paw all day and that invaluable.
Plus, I put a rabbit in the gumbo. Eating rabbit always makes me think of a specific hunting trip with my paw paw where I killed 6 squirrels and a rabbit one morning. I’ll never forget that morning.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:44 am to supadave3
Japanese people, Grandpa killed a lot of them
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