On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 11:13:32 AM UTC-5, Ashton Crusher wrote:
On Tue, 26 May 2015 09:20:52 -0500, philo wrote:

On 05/26/2015 09:14 AM, J Burns wrote:
On 5/25/15 9:07 PM, philo wrote:
On 05/25/2015 06:56 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On this Memorial Day, I watched a documentary that made me proud to be
an American and grateful for what I have. 8-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJoQOQHQ8oA

[8~{} Uncle American Monster




Wow


During the great depression my father did trap pigeons to supplement the
family food supply. That was a hell of a long time ago.

I believe Diana Rigg used to eat pigeon in the 1950s and 1960s, before
Patrick Macnee got her a good job. She became a gourmet cook to make the
best of the situation.



With my dad, they gave him a dime to go to the store for a loaf of bread
but the price had been raised to 11 cents and he could not get it...he
came home crying.

His father and uncle had an egg-selling route and would not be home for
several more days and there was not another penny to be had anywhere.

I think that is when the pigeon trapping began.

My folks missed the depths of the depression but my Dad and Aunt used
to walk the railroad tracks (probably around 1933-35) pulling a little
red wagon to pick up pieces of coal to take home for heat and cooking.
They also used to find the chipped bottles the coke plant threw out
cuz they couldn't reuse them and take the to the store and return them
for the deposit.

When I was a little kid, me and my pals collected softdrink bottles in our little red wagon, took them to the neighborhood store and used the deposit money which was 2 or 3 cents, if I remember correctly, to buy chips and softdrinks. I was a rich kid if I wound up with 25 cents. 8-)

[8~{} Uncle Rich Monster