Isn't This Fun, Grandpa?
Snake River, July 25An Old Cold Spot
My brother Mike emailed me this photo last night. He said this was a goodbye salute that he snapped today in his garage where this old freezer has been chugging away since 1988. That was the year our mama decided she was tired of bending over and digging through it. Besides, she no longer needed the capacity and hadn't for several years. Mike and my sister-in-law spent the next 25 years "digging" through this old freezer. My sis-in-law was very good at keeping it and the cupboards stocked. The two of them kept promising each other that "It is going to die soon, so we will just keep it until that day." Twenty-five years may seem like a very long life for a freezer. It is MUCH older than that. Sears only sold Coldspot through 1976. I thought that my parent's purchased this freezer in the sixties. My brother said he put the serial number 'on-line' and it matched a 1953 manufacturing date. Here is a close up of...
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I like how the water makes a zigzag pattern behind them.
you;ll love my WV - playwses
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I want a ride! (even in the boat!)
:)
Hugs and blessings,
I thought of you yesterday evening I thought it's a long time I haven't heard from you and this morning I found your comment ! do you believe in telepathy ??
Yo got *wasped* too huh?? Ouch! I was out weeding, leaned onto the deck where the clematis vines are and one of those pesky buggers was in it. Ooh did it stink and, like you, the welt took a few days to go down! That will teach me to do any yard work won't it! *laugh*
Love,
Sue
xoxo,
Connie
Wooo hooooooooooooooooooooo!