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As a Boy Scout we collect those metal caps and make door matts out of them for a merit badge.. Nailed on a piece of plywood for scrapping your boots / shoes.. terrible for bare feet.
We used to take metal bottle caps and push them into the bark of a pine tree as a target for our BB guns and .22 rifles. Those old long bolt action Remington single shot .22 rifles were as accurate as a tiny Cruise missile.
We had school milk machines like that in the school hallway near cafeteria.
I was a sophomore so the year was 1961
Cost of milk was 2 cents.
Yes... and it was a 1/2 pint glass bottle with a cardboard stopper.. and every kid had to know how to turn the bottle upside down in the rack. or the evil lunch lady with the big mole with the hair growing out of it on her chin would yell at you.. it was 1st grade.
We used to take metal bottle caps and push them into the bark of a pine tree as a target for our BB guns and .22 rifles. Those old long bolt action Remington single shot .22 rifles were as accurate as a tiny Cruise missile.
When .22 shorts at the Western Auto Store was $1.96 for a rack of 25 shells..
When .22 shorts at the Western Auto Store was $1.96 for a rack of 25 shells..
I was thinking only the older rifles use the .22 shorts anymore but my newer Henry lever action shoots them. I shot a rabbit yesterday with it (for my barn cats) but I always shoot long hollow points.
I'm so old I remember rifle ammo of all sizes being sold in the smallest of mom and pop stores.
I was thinking only the older rifles use the .22 shorts anymore but my newer Henry lever action shoots them. I shot a rabbit yesterday with it (for my barn cats) but I always shoot long hollow points.
I'm so old I remember rifle ammo of all sizes being sold in the smallest of mom and pop stores.
I also remember at the Grain & Feed Store that sold everything from A~Z behind the counter on request from a adult 1/4 sticks of dynamite.. for taking out old stumps.. The owner would always have 4-5 .. 1/4.. sticks under the counter and every kid knew about it... as a kid that was cool Along with ammo for any gun mostly shot gun & .22 shorts & hollow point..
I'm so old I remember... Large Glass Jars with a wooden lid... full of allsorts of penny candy on the counter at the country store.. do a favor for the owner.. pick up trash -- sweep the floor -- pick up the stinky poo from the dog.. and you got a couple " FREE" pieces ..
I also remember at the Grain & Feed Store that sold everything from A~Z behind the counter on request from a adult 1/4 sticks of dynamite.. for taking out old stumps.. The owner would always have 4-5 .. 1/4.. sticks under the counter and every kid knew about it... as a kid that was cool Along with ammo for any gun mostly shot gun & .22 shorts & hollow point..
Those old feed stores always had a great smell like fermenting hay and seeds. My grandparents lived right next door to one in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ha! I don't remember the dynamite but if the feed store beside my grand parents' house had it, my grandpa would have bought some. He was a gunsmith who once told the city policemen to "go to blazes" (in more flamboyant terms) when he would test fire his repaired guns into a large pine stump inside his shop in town.
I also remember at the Grain & Feed Store that sold everything from A~Z behind the counter on request from a adult 1/4 sticks of dynamite.. for taking out old stumps.. The owner would always have 4-5 .. 1/4.. sticks under the counter and every kid knew about it... as a kid that was cool Along with ammo for any gun mostly shot gun & .22 shorts & hollow point..
ah, dynamite !
We used dynamite to get fish ( suckers and northern pike) on the river by our farm when the ice went out in spring. River was deep and fast.
My dad knew just how much ( 1/4 stick.........wrap with mud in an old cloth , add a rock for sinking, add a cap and fuse.......
Just enough to stun them so around the next bend a person with waders and a long handle spear could get them as they came down belly up.
It was a real treat to have fresh fried fish in spring...........even suckers.
I remember the control for the car's highbeams being on the floor and operated by the left foot.
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it was 1st grade.
Along with ammo for any gun mostly shot gun & .22 shorts & hollow point..
