tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post964437842479781010..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: I did not know that.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49165313689943813722008-11-27T20:03:00.000-05:002008-11-27T20:03:00.000-05:00Mrs Parker died 26 Nov 08.Mrs Parker <A HREF="http://theoldcoot.blogspot.com/2008/11/rip-edna-parker.html" REL="nofollow">died</A> 26 Nov 08.RM1(SS) (ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13101367196599109034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2193533571638642042008-04-19T14:05:00.000-04:002008-04-19T14:05:00.000-04:00Thanks for the mention, Tam!Tomorrow (20 April) wi...Thanks for the mention, Tam!<BR/><BR/>Tomorrow (20 April) will be Mrs Parker's 115th birthday.RM1(SS) (ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13101367196599109034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27362490068912217842008-04-13T01:34:00.000-04:002008-04-13T01:34:00.000-04:00Thanks, now I feel old.My maternal grandmother, if...Thanks, now I feel old.<BR/><BR/>My maternal grandmother, if she was still alive, would be older than her.<BR/><BR/>(And for the record Tam, I'm younger than you are, but not by much)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21152826656386370992008-04-11T18:03:00.000-04:002008-04-11T18:03:00.000-04:00I just got a job at the Social Security Administra...I just got a job at the Social Security Administration last week, and they mentioned her in Orientation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61810403660369968832008-04-11T05:33:00.000-04:002008-04-11T05:33:00.000-04:00Interesting how we tend to date things by newswort...Interesting how we tend to date things by newsworthy events. I can recall the public unrest by the news of the launch of Sputnik. Many years later, when the subject of spaceflight came up, I mentioned sitting in the school auditorium watching the coverage of the launch of John Glenn. Got a funny look from my girlfriend, and then remembered she wasn't born 'till a couple years after. Whoops!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56611546299750658362008-04-11T02:33:00.000-04:002008-04-11T02:33:00.000-04:00I'll try to think of her tomorrow, when I have to ...I'll try to think of her tomorrow, when I have to apologize to yet another client because MY knuckles and joints are cracking and popping during the massage.Christina RN LMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03260505524676910667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48280063870795517152008-04-10T18:16:00.000-04:002008-04-10T18:16:00.000-04:00Tam,Maybe to snap the funk (what funk??) you shoul...Tam,<BR/>Maybe to snap the funk (what funk??) you should make a pilgrimage to interview said oldster. <BR/><BR/>Maybe she'd like to go shooting? Surely something from your collection would remind her of her folks...<BR/><BR/>gwyqegla: Caligula's welsh cousinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56480379609472506042008-04-10T12:41:00.000-04:002008-04-10T12:41:00.000-04:00You know, somehow I figured you and I were about t...You know, somehow I figured you and I were about the same age. Funny that. I suppose its being exposed to the same or similar things as we grew up. I'm a 69'er myself.José Gigantéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808360534075501817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36851687281518037712008-04-10T11:14:00.000-04:002008-04-10T11:14:00.000-04:00I'm always amazed at the number of things that the...I'm always amazed at the number of things that the "old people" have seen change.<BR/><BR/>My great-grandmother walked behind a wagon from Missouri to Indiana. Then came moonwalks and space shuttles and...<BR/><BR/>That's why I want to live to be at least 100. I want to know what's going to happen next.<BR/><BR/>The tallest woman lives in Shelbyville too. Actually, I think they live in the same place. Tallest woman isn't in such good health if I remember correctly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19139170714879059602008-04-10T10:29:00.000-04:002008-04-10T10:29:00.000-04:00and the downside to me is that when I graduated hi...and the downside to me is that when I graduated high school you were only one. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43488640773165400042008-04-10T10:02:00.000-04:002008-04-10T10:02:00.000-04:00I've always envied people born in the 1890's. They...I've always envied people born in the 1890's. They witnessed mankind go from horse and buggy to man on the moon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76999850691388504872008-04-10T04:32:00.000-04:002008-04-10T04:32:00.000-04:00Gruss Gott, Miss Tam: you lied when you professed ...Gruss Gott, Miss Tam: you lied when you professed writer's block and depression an' stuff. You were marshaling all this energy with which to bushwhack your fans. Not nice to set up friends, Missy.<BR/><BR/>TC<BR/>LeatherneckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com