Daily Chuckle

[Magicman]

 

[dlsmith]

I have to wonder what the young man with the brace and bit is up to! ?

He's drilling for oil!

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

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Back when I was a kid I was doing exactly that, Running a full gravel and sand pit in the front yard with all my trucks and tractors.
We lived on 10 acres so plenty of room to dig.
Well wouldn't you know I picked the exact wrong spot to dig and hit the phone line.
Cut that sucker clean in half.
Amazing what Tonka toys could do!

 

[bmblank]

Back when I was a kid I was doing exactly that, Running a full gravel and sand pit in the front yard with all my trucks and tractors.
We lived on 10 acres so plenty of room to dig.
Well wouldn't you know I picked the exact wrong spot to dig and hit the phone line.
Cut that sucker clean in half.
Amazing what Tonka toys could do!

Yeah, now remember that they can also do that to fingers!

 

[Magicman]

Well wouldn't you know I picked the exact wrong spot to dig and hit the phone line.
Cut that sucker clean in half.

My "Tonka" toys were various sizes and shapes of wooden block, but that did not diminish my fun because I did not know any different. There was no phone line to cut because there was no phone at my home place until I was over 30 years old. My parents were in their 60's before they finally got a phone.

 

[Magicman]

 

[fried1765]

My "Tonka" toys were various sizes and shapes of wooden block, but that did not diminish my fun because I did not know any different. There was no phone line to cut because there was no phone at my home place until I was over 30 years old. My parents were in their 60's before they finally got a phone.

Similar here:
We had a kerosene refrigerator (same principle as gas refrigerator), an outhouse (COLD!), and did not get electricity until I was 7.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

I still have my Tonka Dragline....needs new tracks though....

 

[6feettogo]

Yep the good old days.

 

[Daylight]

 

[Magicman]

and did not get electricity until I was 7.

We got electricity when I was 6. Before that is was the "Iceman" that came every few days. Even so, my Mother cooked breakfast for us every morning and lunch was usually some of the breakfast in a couple of biscuits. I don't remember ever being hungry. I grew up never having a bicycle. There were 7 in my first grade class, and 5 in the grade higher.

 

[Fordtech86]

 

[fried1765]

We got electricity when I was 6. Before that is was the "Iceman" that came every few days. Even so, my Mother cooked breakfast for us every morning and lunch was usually some of the breakfast in a couple of biscuits. I don't remember ever being hungry. I grew up never having a bicycle. There were 7 in my first grade class, and 5 in the grade higher.

We had 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades in the same room.
Less than 20 total.

After my 2nd year, they hired a new teacher, and grades became....
1+2
3+4
5+6
7+8
The new teacher was my MOTHER!
I had her for 3rd + 4th.....UGH !!!

 

[Fordtech86]

Back when I was a kid I was doing exactly that, Running a full gravel and sand pit in the front yard with all my trucks and tractors.
We lived on 10 acres so plenty of room to dig.
Well wouldn't you know I picked the exact wrong spot to dig and hit the phone line.
Cut that sucker clean in half.
Amazing what Tonka toys could do!

Kids these days are spoiled

 

[Magicman]

Oh No fried !!

We always had 2 grades per room in grades 1 through 6. After that you moved across the hall where they had a study hall and you went to a different room for each subject. I suppose that is still the way it is now. The only time I ever returned to that school since 1961 was when my sister graduated in 1965. Dat was a looong time ago.

 

[Magicman]

That kind of "playing" is spot on Ford.

 

[85Hokie]

Oh No fried !!

We always had 2 grades per room in grades 1 through 6. After that you moved across the hall where they had a study hall and you went to a different room for each subject. I suppose that is still the way it is now. The only time I ever returned to that school since 1961 was when my sister graduated in 1965. Dat was a looong time ago.

As a teacher for a long while - we gave up a long time ago with study halls - covid was invented to replace that study hall - poor kids have never recovered !!!

 

[D2Cat]

 

[Daren Todd]

Oh No fried !!

We always had 2 grades per room in grades 1 through 6. After that you moved across the hall where they had a study hall and you went to a different room for each subject. I suppose that is still the way it is now. The only time I ever returned to that school since 1961 was when my sister graduated in 1965. Dat was a looong time ago.

We had 3 grades in my first school and one classroom.

My class (first grade) was the biggest in the school in years with 11 kids. 2nd grade had one kid, and third grade had 2 kids

After 3rd grade, they got bussed to the elementary school in another town.

 

[Magicman]