Yesterday marked the end of the penny, the one cent coin that has been legal tender in Canada since 1858. You can’t buy much (anything) for a penny anymore but when I was younger it was a different story. I remember riding my bike to the “corner store” with a dime and coming back with
Category: The Good Ol’ Days
Scenario 1: Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck’s gun rack. 1957 – Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack. 2012 – School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack
I was born in 1964 and am still alive today to tell you about it: First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank alcohol while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs
I don’t typically put anything in this blog that is not based on personal experience or opinion. My father sent me an email today which I read and thought it was interesting enough to share. Keep in mind that this was broadcast on the radio 47 years ago. April 3, 1965. An amazing prediction. It