In yesterday's post the item about our local telephone company, yesteryear in Sinai, reference was made to the telephone operator sending out announcements via a general ring to all phones. Occasionally the announcement was for a public bridal shower. (Are there still public bridal showers here? I need to inquire.) During one of those public bridal showers many years ago I was staying with my mother. She returned from the shower with a story to tell.
At the shower she was seated with two women who were in conversation with each other. When one of the women commented that the bride was pregnant it elicited an interesting response from the second woman. In reply to the assertion that the bride was pregnant she said "Yes, but isn't it good that they caught it in time?" That tickled my mother's funny bone. 😁 Arrested development???
Ah, yes, the good old days. Our one room school didn't have a phone, we were lucky to have electricity. Through my 4th grade year the school was heated by a coal stove. During the summer after that year the school was fitted with an oil burning stove. The oil burner was allowed to burn overnight at a low setting so there was a modicum of heat when the teacher arrived in the morning. All she had to do was turn up the heat rather than fire up the coal. About the same time our farmhouse replaced its coal stove with an oil burner. Progress came in small steps.
Takk for alt,
Al
Just for fun...Joanne never asked me to accompany her to a fabric store, maybe it was my looks.
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