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1 pair of shoes before school started, unless i got a hand me down sometime during the year, most of the summer went barefoot, still have a hole in my foot to prove it, 16penny nail right through my arch one year
try having to beat your shoes on the porch every morning to get the cockroaches out before you went to school, so they didn't crawl out in class
quote:Originally posted by Topkick
I spent most of my youth barefoot.
I had to wear shoes in school, but barefoot for play and all weekend.
My shoes lasted until I outgrew them and my brother then got them.
Yep, and my brother was 6 years older. Could be a tense situation sometimes. Sometimes you had to stand up for yourself on the school bus when somebody made a crack about your wardrobe.
Growin' up out here meant that somebody always had something newer, better, faster or fancier. The Scientists from the Manhattan Project, the Professors at the Colleges, the Airmen at the bases, all had jobs and made lots more than we did.
Pops worked his butt off to keep us under a roof, sometimes a tarp, sometimes just an old billboard; but it kept most of the rain off us. My Mom did whatever she could to keep us occupied when we were younger; count the birds, what does that cloud remind you of, how many folks walking by were wearing hats, stuff like that. She also taught us how to read, so by 4 years old, us kids were at the library every chance we got; soaking up a free education.
When it came time to go to real school, they almost didn't enroll us due to not having a "real" address.
The 50's were tough times in the Old West; I feel that we are all a little wiser for having gone without for so many years, and truly appreciate what our folks did for us back then.
I didn't have a color TV until after college, my sister didn't have a vehicle until she was 25, and my older brother didn't have a good-paying, regular job until he was almost 30; but we pulled together, made an effort, and we are fairly successful in our respective fields of endeavor today.
I just hope that there are no long-term effects to eating all that Elmer's Glue.
I agree with jgreen !
I can remember while in grade school , we needed a new pair of "gym shoes" each year , my mom took me the the local 'P N Hursch(?)' store and threw a fit cause the converse tenns where $5.00 !!!
and , We never went on any type of walfare !!!
But , we survived and now we know !!!
Thanks !!!
d.a.stearns ............ a.k.a. ............. SKEEZIX ...............
Gunsmith / LEO
Athens , Tn
We weren't poor. Dad always had a job at a funeral home in a city. We didn't have anything fancy. After food,the housepayment, utilities, and a few other things there wasn't much left. He was always trying to get me to wear shoes he brought home. They were always to small or too large but always DEAD MAN'S SHOES.
He bought 40A and a small trailer. To cut costs dad decided to build a set of bunk beds for the kids. He was saving up for some plywood to put the matresses on. I suggested rope so hes used that. My surprise came when he decided to use old casket matresses!
We had a small farm, and we worked hard,,but we were money poor..very much so,,,probably more than 99% of you guys. And I did not like it...I have dedicated my life to get MY 2 kids an education and hopefully good jobs,,,so far one down and one on his way with a partial golf scholarship this next year. Being really poor was not a good thing but that was the way it was.[:I]
quote:Originally posted by NOSLEEP
Yes. We were poor but we didn't know it. The poor were always worse off...
Bingo!!!!
My mother could make a meal for 4 out of a can of hash. Make a skillet of brown gravy, add can of hash. Cook grits and biscuits. That's supper. Syrup and biscuit if you wanted dessert.
She did lot's of other "cheap" meals.
Summer time was fresh veggies from the garden. Meat was for Sunday dinner.
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try having to beat your shoes on the porch every morning to get the cockroaches out before you went to school, so they didn't crawl out in class
I spent most of my youth barefoot.
I had to wear shoes in school, but barefoot for play and all weekend.
My shoes lasted until I outgrew them and my brother then got them.
Yep, and my brother was 6 years older. Could be a tense situation sometimes. Sometimes you had to stand up for yourself on the school bus when somebody made a crack about your wardrobe.
Pops worked his butt off to keep us under a roof, sometimes a tarp, sometimes just an old billboard; but it kept most of the rain off us. My Mom did whatever she could to keep us occupied when we were younger; count the birds, what does that cloud remind you of, how many folks walking by were wearing hats, stuff like that. She also taught us how to read, so by 4 years old, us kids were at the library every chance we got; soaking up a free education.
When it came time to go to real school, they almost didn't enroll us due to not having a "real" address.
The 50's were tough times in the Old West; I feel that we are all a little wiser for having gone without for so many years, and truly appreciate what our folks did for us back then.
I didn't have a color TV until after college, my sister didn't have a vehicle until she was 25, and my older brother didn't have a good-paying, regular job until he was almost 30; but we pulled together, made an effort, and we are fairly successful in our respective fields of endeavor today.
I just hope that there are no long-term effects to eating all that Elmer's Glue.
I can remember while in grade school , we needed a new pair of "gym shoes" each year , my mom took me the the local 'P N Hursch(?)' store and threw a fit cause the converse tenns where $5.00 !!!
and , We never went on any type of walfare !!!
But , we survived and now we know !!!
Thanks !!!
d.a.stearns ............ a.k.a. ............. SKEEZIX ...............
Gunsmith / LEO
Athens , Tn
www.allamericangunshop.com
Clouder..
I got a pet turtle once.....it was a painted rock.
I believe that rock was stolen out of the yard our rental was in. Where do you live? [8)]
He bought 40A and a small trailer. To cut costs dad decided to build a set of bunk beds for the kids. He was saving up for some plywood to put the matresses on. I suggested rope so hes used that. My surprise came when he decided to use old casket matresses!
We made it though, and I promised myself that someday I'd live on the other side of town, in a nice house and have nice things.
I made it, and when someone asked who my parents are and where I was from, I would give a sheepish, but true answer.
One of the richest men I know talked to me about that, he said "never be ashamed of where you are from; it was just where you got started".
He was from a poorer side of town than I was.
After that, I took what he said to heart and was never ashamed again.
Yes. We were poor but we didn't know it. The poor were always worse off...
Bingo!!!!
My mother could make a meal for 4 out of a can of hash. Make a skillet of brown gravy, add can of hash. Cook grits and biscuits. That's supper. Syrup and biscuit if you wanted dessert.
She did lot's of other "cheap" meals.
Summer time was fresh veggies from the garden. Meat was for Sunday dinner.