jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:20 pm
Some old. Some current. Some don't exist anymore. A cornucopia of things past. Let's see 'em all.
My mother used one just like this up until August of 1965. How can I be so precise? Because I went down to Sears while I was home on leave on my way to Viet Nam and bought her a new automatic washer & dryer. She no longer needed to hang clothes outside on the clothesline. (but sometimes she did anyway).
I have two that work. We still use them for horse blankets and pet towels and such.
Bill
While this isn't something that would be considered a household item, it is from a bygone era. I bought it about 30 years ago from a woman who used it working in one of the downtown banks. These mechanical change machines were called Brandt Automatic Cashiers. They had 100 buttons for giving correct change at the bank, plus other buttons for giving change for a dollar, fifty cent piece, quarter, dime, and nickel. She told me they went out of use about 1960 when electric models replaced them. I paid $4 for it at the garage sale.
jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:48 am
Watched Grandpa, Dad and an Uncle dig a small pond down at the end of the horse lot with one of these (horse drawn).
Heck ole Jar! We got one of dem things hanging round the ole farm, dad tells many stories of when him and gedo dug many a hole round the farm.
"Never, never, never give up."
Winston Churchill
"He has given you the spirit of repentance, a soul that longs for redemption.
He is quick to forgive, and kind in His mercy toward you, a lowly sinner."
Dang, I was hoping some one would post a picture of a MONKEY WRENCH! Many of todays youngsters are totally ignorant to the MONKEY WRENCH!! They think it is a pipe wrench, or an adjustable (Crescent) wrench.
Some of my Grandparents crocks & a jug. I remember beans being pickled in one of the large crocks & sauerkraut being made in another. I also helped churn milk in one. The small crock still smells like lye soap & molasses came in the small jug:
Grandparent's 20 gallon iron washpot. It was also used to boil water when we killed a calf, hog or chickens. I used it for 40 or 50 years to cook Brunswick stew or chili when I had a party:
My grandfathers short hand pad holder. I have a photo of him sitting at his law office desk circa 1920 with it on the desk. Many memories of him typing court recordings and work the lever to move the steno pad upwards.
jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:48 am
This is a simpler change device that was worn on the belt of bus drivers, ticket sellers, etc.
Change Maker.jpg
Watched Grandpa, Dad and an Uncle dig a small pond down at the end of the horse lot with one of these (horse drawn).
Cuz, I’ve seen lots of those, but here’s a slightly updated model that I use in my old tractor that doesn’t have a front end loader. You can hook to it from either end so that you can push for loading loose material, or pull for digging.
In this photo I was moving wood chips to put on the garden.
“There are things in the old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.”
Robert E. Lee
geocash wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:31 pm
Grandparent's 20 gallon iron washpot. It was also used to boil water when we killed a calf, hog or chickens. I used it for 40 or 50 years to cook Brunswick stew or chili when I had a party:Washpot.jpg
I had my Grandma's but I gave it to my younger cousin. Grandma heated wash water in it year around but in the fall when it came time for hog killin', she rendered lard in it.
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:39 pm
Here’s what my grandpa drove. I still drive it occasionally.
Ken
Scha-weeet ride Ken! Nothing on this planet like a good ole model T.
"Never, never, never give up."
Winston Churchill
"He has given you the spirit of repentance, a soul that longs for redemption.
He is quick to forgive, and kind in His mercy toward you, a lowly sinner."
The new labelmakers are a little confusing with basically being a little computer. Granddad had a red one with the rotary dial, which he used to label toolboxes and the like. I broke it as a kid. I need something to label the storage cases my various collections are in; but I can't read my own handwriting, so Sharpies are out. The new Dymos most stores carry are overkill for what I need; and expensive for something that won't be used a whole lot. I have several hundred, if not a thousand or more diecast cars, and finding what is where can be a headache and a messy proposition.
My printer can take label sheets, and I can make the labels using the Excel spreadsheets (which I already am using).
jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 7:09 pm
The original car phone 1964. Notice it has a rotary dial. Keep your eyes on the road.
Man, that was waaaaay ahead of it's time Jerry. Got to give it to the sixties, they had imagination back then .
"Never, never, never give up."
Winston Churchill
"He has given you the spirit of repentance, a soul that longs for redemption.
He is quick to forgive, and kind in His mercy toward you, a lowly sinner."
I remember all of those. I used to love it when momma got her “green stamp” book full and we went to the green stamp store.
“There are things in the old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.”
Robert E. Lee
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