tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post2822617368743106501..comments2023-12-27T16:41:07.438-05:00Comments on Suldog: Finding StuffSuldoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-33223486923860917732011-08-30T00:11:00.374-04:002011-08-30T00:11:00.374-04:00HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I did the stamp thing too!! I'v...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I did the stamp thing too!! I've never met anyone else who's ordered from the pack of matches...Michhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456803425068822920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-26178619010738205842011-08-18T14:33:53.857-04:002011-08-18T14:33:53.857-04:00Clare - Thanks! Always a pleasure to see that you&...Clare - Thanks! Always a pleasure to see that you've been here!<br /><br />Kat - Yikes! Your finds are more gruesome than mine! I mean, Hawk Taylor's stats are pretty gruesome, but nothing compared to cat and coon skulls!Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-14588604295213599522011-08-18T13:52:00.895-04:002011-08-18T13:52:00.895-04:00Welp, I found a cat's skull right after I was ...Welp, I found a cat's skull right after I was writing about finding a cat's skull in my novel - in the novel the cat was named Mr. Shitters, so now I have a Mr. Shitter skull hanging up on the outside of my little log house -- and joining it now is Coon Skull which may have been old Boo BoO the coon, or it could have been the skull of the coon whose head sat on the side of the road with a cap of jaunty snow on its head.<br /><br />Huhn. The wonders of life.<br /><br />TeeheheeKathryn Magendiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863595228298349863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-15492952215172575142011-08-18T09:55:36.448-04:002011-08-18T09:55:36.448-04:00It always makes me happy to drop in here and read ...It always makes me happy to drop in here and read your 'stuff'.<br /><br />Thanks, Sul!<br /><br />xoxoxo, cdClare Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422392312516321935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-64795463465329695522011-08-17T13:32:55.791-04:002011-08-17T13:32:55.791-04:00Mom - All guilt you feel is strictly unintended on...Mom - All guilt you feel is strictly unintended on this author's part. Trust me on that.<br /><br />(I didn't tell about the "fallout candy". Do you remember that? Another story to tell...)<br /><br />Congrats on the lottery ticket! All of them I look at - including those I buy - are worthless.<br /><br />(No, I take that back. I remember you buying me one when one year I was short of Christmas cash, and it was worth $100! A true blessing, and I thank you again!)Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-79891490081788057342011-08-17T13:29:26.387-04:002011-08-17T13:29:26.387-04:00Jeni - Jeni - You've reminded me of my time se...Jeni - Jeni - You've reminded me of my time selling greeting cards door-to-door (and maybe for the same firm you worked for? I can't recall the name - maybe "Cheerful Greeting Card Co.", which is ever so much nicer than the "Extremely Gloomy Greeting Card Co.")<br /><br />I do believe you've given me my next writing assignment! Thanks!Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-31447074968874015452011-08-17T13:29:15.050-04:002011-08-17T13:29:15.050-04:00(Not My) Uncle Skip - That was absolutely the best...(Not My) Uncle Skip - That was absolutely the best time of year to be a paperboy! Getting the Christmas tips - and the folks in Milton were not parsimonious - was great!Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-6315269235557485072011-08-17T13:20:33.004-04:002011-08-17T13:20:33.004-04:00Thanks, Jim. I just finished the last of my guilt...Thanks, Jim. I just finished the last of my guilt sessions. Now I'll have to sign up for more!!!<br /><br />When we were little Aunt Jeanne and I found a huge box of jelly doughnuts behind a bakery. We brought them home and kept them under our bed and had a midnight snack every day for over a week. We were lucky I guess. They could have been thrown out because a container of rat poison spilled into them or something.<br /><br />As an adult, just recently I picked up a lottery ticket, on a whim, in the parking lot of Rite Aid. It had not been fully scratched and when I scratched it it was worth $50. Top that one!!!connie/momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-72347716265507203392011-08-17T12:37:15.619-04:002011-08-17T12:37:15.619-04:00Hmmm. One thing I never gave much thought to as a ...Hmmm. One thing I never gave much thought to as a kid was delivering newspapers -probably because two families here in town kind of seemed to have claimed the rights to selling/delivering the local newspaper and also The Grit! But I was heavily involved in other sales -Cloverine Brand Salve was one and the other was selling greeting cards and stationery products!<br />As to collecting, when I had a bit of cash (very rare) I was into buying mallo cups though -for two reasons -I liked 'em a lot and also, to collect those coins and redeem them after what seemed an interminable length of time to acquire the amount needed for that!<br />My best friend and I did go through a period when we gathered up stones to make up what we thought to be a fantastic rock collection -which in retrospect, I think was more a collection of different sized pieces of gravel -and another summer, we were into collecting insects for a project I think that was with our 4-H group. That was probably the last time I willingly tried to catch and actually TOUCH any insect that was alive at the time! ICK!Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-740703204901084062011-08-17T11:53:48.306-04:002011-08-17T11:53:48.306-04:00Gee - I might make a similar claim about deliverin...Gee - I might make a similar claim about delivering newspapers in a different community from where I lived. The irony is that all I had to do was cross the street that runs by the house... about 40 feet. The downside was that the kids over there wanted to know why I didn't deliver in my own neighborhood... they were assweasels. The parents weren't so bad, though. I made out like gangbusters at Christmas.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-37938357054309971032011-08-17T09:37:56.907-04:002011-08-17T09:37:56.907-04:00I think it's the Overlord who might have those...I think it's the Overlord who might have those abilities. On days where she is happy, things are good. On days where she is upset, things aren't so good.<br /><br />Case in point: I took her to get her 6-month vaccinations. She was cranky, tired and upset from the shots and long wait. I went to pick up a prescription from the store, thought I stuck the money in my pocket, and walked out. The money fell out somewhere.Michelle H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10117937124348728578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-10250436291371431562011-08-17T09:31:53.188-04:002011-08-17T09:31:53.188-04:00Michelle - You got gypped!
(That's what we ca...Michelle - You got gypped!<br /><br />(That's what we called it in our neighborhood when you were supposed to get something and didn't. We also said you got rooked. As we became older, the expressions took on a more scatological nature, as you might imagine.)<br /><br />The Overlord is off to a great start. I'd save that pacifier. It might have magic money-finding abilities!Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-34284075284840864862011-08-17T09:14:41.565-04:002011-08-17T09:14:41.565-04:00The Overlord found a quarter on the street just th...The Overlord found a quarter on the street just the other day. We were walking from the Dollar store. She spat out her pacifier on the street. I bent over to pick it up and there was a quarter sitting right there. <br /><br />I remember the Sunday comics and the part where it was sort of a science section. Kids would send in their questions, and the comic science expert would tell you how it worked or what it was made of. <br /><br />Anyway, I sent in a bunch of questions with my sister, and one of ours was picked. They were suppose to send us something through the mail, something like a t-shirt or baseball cap. We never did get it. Seems you had better luck with the matchbook and stamps.<br /><br />Bazooka Joe gum did the same thing, but offered only if you collected enough bubble gum wrappers and sent them in. Did that and asked for... I forget. They sent me a letter, saying the item was out of stock and they would send a replacement gift. Never got that too. I always wondered what they did with those wrappers. Probably reused them.Michelle H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10117937124348728578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-50154582279726637482011-08-17T08:47:53.071-04:002011-08-17T08:47:53.071-04:00Ethel Mae - Hah! Very true. They were even more al...Ethel Mae - Hah! Very true. They were even more alike when I was growing up. They've gained some small measure of individuality as the years have passed. To the best of my knowledge, the whole street was carved out of some woods in about 1953, with identical housing built primarily for returning Korean War vets. Each house is a duplex - two families having one side of the house apiece (which meant two bedrooms, living room, kitchen.) That's why I suggested looking at the surrounding streets, as they contain much older buildings in various states of disrepair (and some charm in that, too!)<br /><br />Thanks so much for stopping by and thinking!Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-7994190584033501222011-08-17T08:47:04.833-04:002011-08-17T08:47:04.833-04:00Mimi, Lime - Thanks for the kind words. I don'...Mimi, Lime - Thanks for the kind words. I don't have anything of value to add, but I'd feel bad if I didn't acknowledge your visits!<br /><br />(I'm in the mood to answer comments these days. You've been coming here for a long time, so you know how haphazard I can be in that respect. Enjoy it while you can!)Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-41273610883772023872011-08-17T08:40:19.909-04:002011-08-17T08:40:19.909-04:00Anonymous - I hope you didn't take offense. An...Anonymous - I hope you didn't take offense. Anyone who lived in my area, or in yours, would obviously know that not every single person in Milton was/is rich. I exaggerated for some comic effect, of course. Thanks for stopping by!Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-42005689977333068212011-08-17T08:37:34.021-04:002011-08-17T08:37:34.021-04:00Hamster - You reminded me of when I had a job with...Hamster - You reminded me of when I had a job with the City Of Boston Department of Public Works. I swept three alleys and the surrounding main streets for one summer. In one alley I was sweeping - and I mean literally sweeping, with a push broom - I looked over at a trash can and saw something gleaming. I walked over, and there was a set of 1969 coins - penny to half-dollar - enclosed in plastic, sitting on top of the rubbish. The plastic has a crack in it, but the coins were still there. Only in a rich section of the city of Boston would people throw out money because the container it was in was cracked! I took it home; still have it.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-74437068788709000352011-08-17T01:06:48.505-04:002011-08-17T01:06:48.505-04:00Know what I found? All the houses on Caddy Road w...Know what I found? All the houses on Caddy Road were pretty much just alike. Yeah. I not only zoomed, but I also took the street tour.<br /><br />We found a dead mama bat one time, with babies under her wings. Our neighbor made us go home while he "took care of it." I was so naive, I actually thought he was going to bring the mama back to life and set them free.<br /><br />We never had to find kittens, though - they always found us. Honestly, I think cats have some sort of secret network and know where they can go for a warm bed and free meals...for the rest of their lives.<br /><br />I liked this post. Made me think.ethelmaepotter!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10626030604752269356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-68757742118932006502011-08-16T22:32:55.200-04:002011-08-16T22:32:55.200-04:00For the record, I grew up in Milton, and several o...For the record, I grew up in Milton, and several of my friends were paperboys and our paperboys when times were good enough to afford to have the paper delivered were always local.<br /><br />Then again, we lived in the two-family houses section of town right down the street from Mattapan Square.<br /><br />Many was the time that I walked home from The Ten Pin rather than to Fields Corner for lack of the quarter fare to get to Ashmont and the 'free' trolley. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-48238942951932820712011-08-16T20:57:34.664-04:002011-08-16T20:57:34.664-04:00another fun remembrance of times gone by. i don&#...another fun remembrance of times gone by. i don't remember specifically going looking for stuff or any particularly great finds but i have a child who was a looker/finder. from toddlerhood until about age 9 any time we went out she'd come back with pockets stuffed full of what she referred to as her "treasure." it usually consisted of price tags that had fallen off garments or an occasional button bag. one find she was terrifically excited about was a flip chart of numbers used for price displays.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-79187586159534520762011-08-16T20:38:36.873-04:002011-08-16T20:38:36.873-04:00When I was little, every city block was bisected b...When I was little, every city block was bisected by an alley...those alleys were marvelous places to find "stuff". On trash day, my best girlfriend and I would make our way down several blocks of alleys, picking through everyone's trash. <br /><br />One time we found a big, gleaming half-shell of an abalone. We thought it was a gorgeous, exotic treasure; our mothers thought the shell had been someone's disgusting ashtray. I'm sure I would be appalled today by some of the "stuff" we dragged home from our neighbor's trash barrels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-31859747839311754252011-08-16T19:54:18.019-04:002011-08-16T19:54:18.019-04:00Ah, the things we should have kept, had we but kno...Ah, the things we should have kept, had we but known.<br /><br />Great post.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-1336028644470017062011-08-16T16:22:36.633-04:002011-08-16T16:22:36.633-04:00i beati - No, we didn't have that, at least th...i beati - No, we didn't have that, at least that I know of. But we did have "lay away" plans at places like Gilchrist's, where you picked out something from the shelves, brought it up to a service desk, and had them hold it for you while you made small weekly payments. Once you paid it off, you took it home!Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-66414810130136672282011-08-16T16:19:11.480-04:002011-08-16T16:19:11.480-04:00Did your mother ever hear of the GRace Shopping pl...Did your mother ever hear of the GRace Shopping plan - $1.00 per week to buy something great like a pressure cooker, pots and pans, mixer?i beatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09898046178398533410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-49865619666854000262011-08-16T16:01:55.403-04:002011-08-16T16:01:55.403-04:00Kat - I had trouble writing while I was thinking o...Kat - I had trouble <i>writing</i> while I was thinking of the Mallo Cups!Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.com