Posted by Jim H SW-PA on October 16, 2008 at 10:47:03 from (75.88.187.195):
In Reply to: How lucky I am posted by northener on October 16, 2008 at 07:32:06:
I know dern well what your saying, Sometimes it's only after an obituary do you wish you may have talked to someone to get to know something of their past. [ You may have knew of them but didn,t know them] I today at 63, wonder how they did what they did, without the technics we have now. I just found out about a year ago that it was possible to weld with a fordge and anvil.
My brothers, Father in law was a blacksmith, He even made a model of the 20 muelteam Borax wagons, compleate with harness. Wooden wheels were so detailed that they had the hub bands, and steel tires.He also made the buckles on the harness, and the chain links. [I was 14 when He died, now I wish I would have talked to hin more]
Even the people I didn't know, I miss because a lot of forgotten history is now locked in a coffin. The real sad thing though, the newer generation is living so fast they don't even care how we got here, It is a boring history lesson that the old folks did, [In the old days]
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