tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post4198403736990553185..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To – a correctionjoehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-74318932159009369432013-08-18T18:50:57.706-04:002013-08-18T18:50:57.706-04:00i can completely understand... my mom is 92, and c...i can completely understand... my mom is 92, and crazy stories are being told... about things we've never heard of.....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09748328402796473344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-83826018696333405112013-08-16T23:44:10.963-04:002013-08-16T23:44:10.963-04:00yep... that's how I picture our pioneer women....yep... that's how I picture our pioneer women. I bet she could open windows by herself... not Microsoft... stuck house windows. !Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663919207326700505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-62330378617116468312013-08-16T20:14:38.292-04:002013-08-16T20:14:38.292-04:00I would call her the Personification of Independen...I would call her the Personification of Independence.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-89725910900195225492013-08-16T16:18:56.835-04:002013-08-16T16:18:56.835-04:00To Lowandslow: I can just picture her laying there...To Lowandslow: I can just picture her laying there, after falling off a covered wagon, saying "I'm all right--I'll catch up with you!!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-78361897487704718082013-08-16T14:39:14.713-04:002013-08-16T14:39:14.713-04:00Sounds like your mother would have made a fine pio...Sounds like your mother would have made a fine pioneer woman. She must have been tough as nails.<br /><br />SLowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-67851440903987188152013-08-16T14:22:22.239-04:002013-08-16T14:22:22.239-04:00I have a feeling that your mother and mine were cu...I have a feeling that your mother and mine were cut from the same piece of cloth. stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-77188569189099668212013-08-16T13:05:42.584-04:002013-08-16T13:05:42.584-04:00Old women and trouble. Fortunately for me, most e...Old women and trouble. Fortunately for me, most escapades require two hands and since I need one to hang onto a cane, I've been spared so far.<br /><br />But, I love old toughies. My great grandmother, who was in her mid eighties before she finally fell off a chair switching out curtains. My aunt, who did the same. I raise my cane and salute them all. Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-22140911299399016302013-08-16T12:18:35.408-04:002013-08-16T12:18:35.408-04:00Ack.. I guess your poor mother was independent to ...Ack.. I guess your poor mother was independent to a fault. Still, I admire the strength she must have possessed.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-14871471506106367942013-08-16T10:58:08.274-04:002013-08-16T10:58:08.274-04:00yup, i knew lopper was what it was really called. ...yup, i knew lopper was what it was really called. :)<br /><br />your mom was, indeed, feisty. thanks for both stories!TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.com