Places and things

Recently I received an e-mail asking about things I have done, seen, and experienced.  I decided to make my own list and see how many people can relate.  Here is my list.

Born at home in a borrowed bed on a national holiday

Used an outdoor John on a regular basis.

Kicked over a chamber pot while fighting with my brother

Spent several years being educated in a one room country school

Getting a bath in a galvanized wash tub in the same water used to bathe my brother.

Sat around a pot bellied stove to keep warm

Thought that hot water only came from a teakettle.

Watched my mother cook on a woodstove.

Brought water in the house from an outside pump.

Used a common dipper to drink that water.

Milked a goat.

Painted a barn roof.

Painted that same barn

Hauled manure

Harnessed a horse

Baled hay

Goosed a peacock

Joined the Army

Went to Juarez Mexico and drank tequila.

Watched a bullfight.

Went to a “house of ill fame” and ran out the door after realizing it wasn’t just a bar.

Never used a cell phone.

Owned three motorcycles.

Met the best girl in the world, married her, and stayed with her over 50 years.

Know a felow that is 104 years old.

Been spit at.

Never knew my grandparents.

Worked for the same company for over 40 years.

Retired at 59

Own a tricked out golf cart.

Restored seven tractors

Created a starting system for crank type tractors

Smashed the same thumb two years in a row.

Raised two kids that both have good jobs.

Experienced many other uninteresting things