Wow I was just an habitual collector from old radios, art and marbles to stamps, rocks and trinkets. I came by it naturally as mom was a collector of sorts as well. We always were having to pick up rocks for her gardens, rock gardens. I also collected coins and candy. I would buy Life Savers too and had a cigar box full of them. I didn't like to open the wrappers since they were so fun to collect so I just wouldn't eat the candy inside, they were only a nickel a roll. When I went on my mission I had left them in the box on a shelf in my room and after returning was cleaning out my stuff when I was getting ready to be married and move away when I found the box. I knew what was in it but couldn't believe haw light it had gotten. I couldn't understand how even when the candy would sugar over time that it could get lighter. Well it wasn't due to the chemical change but rather the ease which it provided the ants to go in a make a small hole in the wrapper and then carry away the sugar granules. Every single wrapper was empty and so I did something pretty dumb for a collector and threw them away. I now wish I had them even tough I could repeat the process and get more I would not have the wrapper from the era of the 60's in which they were made.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Oct 24, 2010
If you had a watch tell about it.
I had several watches. One pocket watch and then several that I would put on a leather band around my wrist. I hated them though and didn't like having things on my wrists so eventually I stopped wearing them and would just guess at the time or ask someone else. Now I just use my phone.
Oct 23, 2010
Did you ever pick apples?
So why did she have to stop with apples? I picked apples pretty much every fall by the bushels since we had several trees on the farm . Apples bear usually every other year but there are always some each year so we had to pick them as well. I asked why she had to stop with apples since we also picked cherries, plums, apricots, pears and peaches of the big fruits and then gooseberries, raspberries and strawberries of the smaller fruits. Mother loved trees and planted a lot of trees and bushes so we also had walnut and a couple of other nut trees.
Oct 22, 2010
What is the farthest you have ever ran or walked?
In one day probably 20 miles. That was for scouts and was a part of a camp. Other than that I mostly rode a bike to get around and didn't have to walk except for when I was in training for cross country and track.
Oct 21, 2010
Do you have a story about standing up against odds for something that you really believed in?
That would probably be the same story that I have told about being kicked out of English class to take photos for the yearbook. I did not have the reputation for causing trouble but I had yo meet a deadline for the yearbook and had no choice in the decision.
10-20-2010 (Oct 20, 2010)
Share a favorite fall memory?
I guess my favorite fall memories would have to include returning to school and seeing Marie again on a daily basis. She always looked so good as she walked to the school from her house and I loved to sit on the planter box in the hall in front of the doors and watch her come.
Oct 19, 2010
Was an injustice ever done to you?
Not that I can remember or at least that mattered in the long run and so I forgot about it.
Oct 18, 2010
Did you ever lose or break something that belonged to someone else?
Dad and mom's new car. The salesman had brought a new car over to Duchesne for mom and dad to look at and had parked it behind the car that was in the garage. I had just gotten my license and asked if I could use the car to go to town. The answer was yes and as I backed out of the garage I didn't see the new car and hit the bumper. It didn't do too much damage but it did do some and felt pretty bad. I went back into the house and the salesman just laughed. He took it home, had it repaired and as far as I know paid for it then brought it back over and dad bought it. I may remember wrong but I think that was the car that they gave to us a couple of years after we had been married.
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