We have a new employee at the job I work at. I was talking to her yesterday and I found out a disturbing fact. I had been working there 9 years before she was born. Man, were did the time go? It gives me a good idea how that guy in the mirror got to look so rough. The painter has the bed parts to get painted. Truck work is at a standstill. The weather has turned wet but it is warmer.
Funny how that happens! I thought about that the other day. If i don't get my smarta$$ fired by August, I'll have 30 years with this company. I remember looking at some of the people when i first got here and would say to myself "Damn, they're old"! Now I are one! But in the immortal words of Richard Pryor: "You don't get old being no fool" I think that's why i love working on these trucks; it keeps me forever young and let's me re-live the good times!
I Hear THAT ! I have a buddy whom I need to kick occasionally as we'll be swapping lies , er talking shop and he'll interrupt to say ' you know of course that you did that before I was born ? ' much to the merriment of the rest of the young pup new hires..... What the hell happened ? I remember where I was when J.F.K. got shot and when the lights went out on the Eastern Seaboard.... (that was a BIG story !)
Funny you guys should bring this up today, the 38th anniversary of my getting into the computer business. I work with mostly thrity-somethings and my protege is 26, sharp as a tack and of the softer gender.
Youth I must put in my 3 cents worth here, and that't about all it's worth. I know everyone needs an opportunity to start somewhere, but in my experiance, youth is NOT the time to be in law enforcement. The young bucks have not yet gained control of that tuff guy phenomenon that so relentlously pursues boys into manhood. It is an almost hopeless attempt to convince young officers that not everyone needs to go to jail and that not everyone we deal with is a criminal. Needless to say we all do some rather stupid things, but that is what people do, they make mistakes... I often think... I'm glad they weren't the police when I was a kid The next subject is as pastor. When I was young I thought I knew almost everything, if you didn't believe it, just ask me.. Now, I know how dumb I was, I was even to dumb to keep my mouth shut... What do people say? It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt Fifty is fast approaching and I'm just beginning to learn a little about life, Sometimes though, I wish I knew as much as I used to think I knew,,, tounge twister... Just my three cents, maybe I need to re-learn the "KEEP THY MOUTH SHUT" THING... TB'sD
Wow very funny and wise to the Boopster must be getting up in the glory yr's Lets see now 3 cents then is how much now? hummmm
3 cents in my day... would buy enough candy to give you a good stomach ache, but don't tell grandma 'cause she'd get out the Castor Oil and make you drink it
Lets see three cents in my time. Well not that long ago so probably about as useless as it is today. Won't buy much. Thought I'd make you guys feel real old. Just kidding guys. I actually get along much better with people that aren't my age. People my age have no appreciation (for the most part) of things that they have. Oh yeah, I'm about to leave for paducah in a few minutes. Gonna spend some QT with that old truck of mine all weekend. Also I'm trailoring in my motorcycle for a potential buyer. You know what that will mean. Crate motor here I come!!!!!!
Who remembers 3 cents? Here's a blast from the past for all of us "baby-boomers". (1) "Wheat pennies". When is the last time you got one of those in change? I still look at every penny I get to see if it's a wheat. (2) Steel pennies minted in the '40's. Copper was a precious commodity during the war, so they started making them out of steel. And the rarest of them all: (3) the 1909 S-VDB penny. How many boomers had the tri-fold penny collector (blue cardboard with silver embossed lettering) with every coin from 1909 thru 1964 in it, except the elusive S-VBD?
Busted ! Now , you KNOW I bought those damned things for my 7 Y.O. son (21 years ago) and tought him to look at all his change..... IIRC , steel pennies were only made in 1943 and I still get the occasional wheat penny in change . I got a nice all silver Kennedy half dollar at the Kwiicki-Mart when the welfare queen stumbled in to buy her ciggies with her last change and the teenaged clerk didn't even have .50 CENTS so I asked for it in my change...
Nate, you are priceless! I bet SWMBO a dollar that you'd be the first one to respond to the penny post. You've never let me down Oh, and BTW, 1943 was the only year that they made the steel penny!
Steel pennies and no civilian Chevy trucks in 1943. One year after my Daddy joined the Navy and toured the South Pacific.
Hey, Thunder54 I had an uncle that served in the Navy in WWII. Port Arthur, eh? That's about as coon-ass as you can get without crossing the Sabine? Did you know Ms. Joplin and her family? We need to get together!
A little Penny info During World War II, there were Massive shortages of Copper. Copper was the main ingredient for Shell Casings, Bullets, Bombs and Guns for the war! The US Government was forced to forgo the copper they typically used for coins until they could find more elsewhere! The copper saved by making pennies out of Steel (rather than copper) was enough to meet the combined needs of "two cruisers, two destroyers, 1242 flying fortresses, 120 field guns and 120 howitzers" or enough for 1 and 1/4 million shells for Big Field Guns! Inquireing readers want to know
I hope that we never forget! Excellent editorial! I hope that we, as a nation, never forget the sacrifices that our fathers, grandfathers, uncles and gradnuncles made to make us what we are today! I get teary-eyed every time i look at Uncle TC's discharge papers from '45 and read that he got 3 bronze stars from June '44 to April '45 in the army. (Actually a bronze star with 2 leafs). Normandy to Berlin. What really sucks about this is that in another 5 years, you won't be able to pic up a history book in school and read more than a paragraph about world war II. I apologize to those in my age group for this rant but challenge those here on this forum who read two chapters about it to think and thank a vet for you having the right to come on this forum and voice your opinion.
Wheat pennies... bein' a Kanzan, yer bringin' a tear ta my eye... By the way- HAPPY B-DAY BOOP!!! Look at that truck of yours, then look at that proud papa of yours, then look up and say, "May you always be with me." (And of course they both will.) Enjoy your day little one. I'm proud of your attitude about learning. It is your ticket to ride! I hope you get something you like for a present on your birthday...
The first guys big fish tale doesn't stand a chance so here goes: I can remember when WW11 STARTED. A few recollections of that era which, I think did America proud. Ration stamps and coupons--without them no amount of money could buy gas, sugar, etc. Every tin can had both ends cut off, placed inside, and flattened so they could be picked up for the war effort. Tire tubes were patched so many times the patches overlapped and many make do repairs like Prince Albert cans used for bearing shims and leather used in places that came with rubber. We filled our bike tires with oats and taped them to the rim with old timey friction tape, then CARRIED them to town to ride them on smooth streets. Smokers rolled thir own so ready mades could go to the troups and we had "drives" of many sorts to gather materials for the effort, like milkweed down for lifejackets. I wonder how much the existing generation would do before complaining and demanding the courts or politicians "do something". OK, an end to the rambling.
Of the one hundred or so people who worked with me when I first started,there are only about seven or eight of us left out of the original group. On my shift only two of the originals remain. I remembered a funny story about one of the oldtimers a few days ago,looked around and there was no one who would remember him.
