When i was young, we were sooo poor......

JohnnyRingo

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Thu Nov-25-04 02:48 AM
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When i was young, we were sooo poor......

...On Thanksgiving my mom would bake a 5 lb spam.
The natural greasy glaze made a mouth watering sight coming out of the old Kenmore.

Me and my brother would fight over the can key.
Ahhhh those were the days.

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the Princess

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Thu Nov-25-04 02:50 AM
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1. We were so poor

My bedroom was the largest closet in the house. Seriously.

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JohnnyRingo

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Thu Nov-25-04 02:53 AM
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2. Hahaha...Good thing you didn't have another sister

Your folks may have had to use the kitchen drawer.

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the Princess

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Thu Nov-25-04 02:56 AM
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3. Actually that wasn't a joke it's a true story

I was the younger sister and it was a 6 room house so my sister got the small bedroom and I got the biggest closet - it was a walk-in and it was about 5ft by 7ft. It was turned into my bedroom because my sister and I couldn't stand each other and my parents wanted to sepreate us. So I got the closet.

So anyway - I am thankful that hubby and I own our own home.

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JohnnyRingo

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Thu Nov-25-04 03:16 AM
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7. I believed you....I was hopeful that we can all look back and soften

the memories of a working class childhood with humor.
At least that's what I do.

And I wouldn't have traded my humble upbringing with anyone.

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Nicole

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Thu Nov-25-04 02:59 AM
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4. you got a key with your spam?

Damn! Y'all were stepping in high cotton!

Our spam had no key, we had to open it with our tooth.

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JohnnyRingo

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Thu Nov-25-04 03:19 AM
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8. Pop off the key....Insert it in the tab

And twist until the top was separated.

It left a nice fifteen inch strip of razor blade wrapped around the key......Here ya go kids, have fun.

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Nicole

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Thu Nov-25-04 03:41 AM
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10. we were robbed!

we missed all the key fun.

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Historic NY

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Thu Nov-25-04 04:52 AM
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12. I remember the key thing very well!!!

Cock-full-of-Nuts Coffee
Spam of course
Canned hams

My it seems like there was so many things then. Don't laugh I think I still have a key or two somewhere. We used to make springy things from them.

Anyone remember evaporated milk (condensed)(sweet) it was just lovely over strawberries. My father GR-HS used it in everything. He used to make a little slit in the can with a hand can opener or one of those military WWII k-ration openers.

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Tom Kitten

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Thu Nov-25-04 03:00 AM
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5. well when I was young

we lived in a large cardboard box in the middle of the highway...And for Thanksgiving we used to eat crow!

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JohnnyRingo

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Thu Nov-25-04 03:20 AM
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9. Ya learn to appreciate a sunny morning like that....

....Nobody likes cold road kill.

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baldguy

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Thu Nov-25-04 03:01 AM
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6. ...we had to get up at 5am in the morning

and lick the road clean with our tongues!

And we were Thankful!

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MercutioATC

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Thu Nov-25-04 04:41 AM
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11. You had a Kenmore??

We had to use Sterno cans...after Uncle Bob drank from them....

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CanuckAmok

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Thu Nov-25-04 04:56 AM
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13. Luxury!

When I was a lad, we had to make our own transatlantic vessels out of leather and tar, and sail to the New World by the Grace of God, invariably ending up in Nova Scotia or Greenland by miscalculation.

There weren't any friendly natives to greet us, and our meagre rations wouldn't take root in the barren, rocky soil.

There' wasn't much to be thankful about in those days, but we were happy...

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