GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS

A REMEMBERAMBLE for November 13, 2025

Better late than never, they say! Here we are at last. So far the Coronal Mass Ejection has not destroyed our power grid. That is fine with me because I do not pine for a life free of power, running water, and the nice things we have today.

I enjoy reminiscing about "the good ole days," but I am not at all interested living as we did long ago. We will touch upon several topics this morning, so hang on to your hat. Speaking of things from the past, I want to mention the classic or golden era for radio.

It was the pioneer of in-home entertainment, There was music, all sorts of music, orchestral performances, classical, bluegrass, emerging country music, gospel, a little of it all.

There were comedies with legendary performers, scary stories, dramatics, continuing sagas, mystery programs, crime, and much more. Radio was free, it was out there for anyone who could save for and buy one.

There were times during World War II, when almost every set in America was on and listened to in dead silence, somber and serious were to be trifled with, and it seems on the hour of many momentous aspects of that war, it seemed inappropriate to talk, or to disturb the peace between a family and their radio.

People then "watched" the radio, just as we do when we watch television today. Someone asked a few days ago, why jellied cranberry sauce labels were "bottom side uppards" (upside downupside down.

It helps facilitate the emptying of the can with sauce intact. There is an air bubble that stays above the contents and makes it easy to empty. If it was filled and labelled like other canned products, the bubble would be on the bottom and be of no benefit at all.

Another topic, hog slops. Have you ever slopped the hogs? A slop bucket...(not to be confused with a slop jar)...was kept in the kitchen, and anything and everything went into the slop bucket.

There were not many things hogs wouldn't eat. "I wonder if the hogs will eat it," was hardly ever spoken. Okay, here is another thought, In the past, no one sited their home in a particular spot simply because it was scenic.

They took none of that into consideration, they wanted their house and farm buildings to be in a compact area, not set back in a scenic spot, for folks to ooh and ahh over it.

The same was true of manmade lakes and ponds. Ponds were built using the same criteria, it was not built as a thing of beauty, they were built with mules and scoops, and hands-on labor. They were built for water power to grind grain and saw lumber.

Well, let us part ways for the day and hope to see you here on the morrow.

..... NUMBERS 6: 24-26, KJV

..... we boyz three, babee conway, lil merle, & me