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Re: O/TMaking money growing up
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Posted by farmerjohninpa on February 03, 2007 at 23:13:19 from (64.136.27.227):
In Reply to: O/TMaking money growing up posted by 37 chief on February 03, 2007 at 22:26:55:
things were tight for use also back then, remember many a cold night walking down to the railroad siding with a burlap feed bag to bring coal home to heat the house,,,didn`t do it cause it was there, did it for there was no money to buy coal and thats the only time as far as money, used to walk down the tracks a miles or so to a alloy foundry with a bag and a wire mesh sieve, and shovel and shake for hours to get cut-offs and splinters of brass or aluminum from thier dump pile of casting sand that heaped up like a small hill near the tracks. pop would split it with me cause he hauled to town, always had him to get me 22 bullets with my share,,had to have my plinking ammo.
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