Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[bindian]

I went through the phase of keeping all of the old junk, and am still a regular "pack rat", as my grandparents told me many stories about The Depression, and about saving everything. But, since *I* would be the one to have to work on them, and *I* would have to put them up, and *I* would have to take them down, I decided that *I* didn't need them!

I wouldn't mind the putting up so much, but I hate having to take things down. So, I have a windsock (appropriate for a pilot, dontcha think?) that looks like Scrooge, and wears a button that says, "BAH HUMBUG!" I have it out, and it won't take 2 minutes to undecorate and put it away. I can even do it, and not spill my drink!

I still have many strands of the large Christmas lights from Mom and Dad. I thought just blue lights (supported about 18 inches off the ground with stakes) lining both sides of my curving driveway would be nice. Yuck, too dark with all blue. So they are gathering dust in the barn.

Here are photos of the barn with lights and a lighted cross and just the cross. Also, a photo of an all blue driveway lite up. Kinda dull. Maybe red and blue. I like the cross on the barn by itself. I put LEDs a couple years ago on the cross. This last year, the cross was never taken down. Just plugged it in and it all lite up last weekend. ? hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Now who can remember the name of the material that was popular in 1955; almost see through for shirts?

Linen? Seersucker?
hugs, Brnadi

 

[two_bit_score]

Linen? Seersucker?
hugs, Brnadi

I was gonna say 'tickin' but that would not be 'almost see through'.

Maybe 'cheesecloth'?

 

[pacerron]

I wish I had a nickel for every post of mine that I found a misspelled word in and got back in to edit and correct it before the window of time ran out!

Never fear.. that's why we have Jinman.

 

[jinman]

cotton print feed sacks. She also made herself several bonnets.

 

[Bird]

Linen? Seersucker?
hugs, Brnadi

I don't think anyone's got the right name yet. The shirts I'm talking about were very thin, kind of a crinkled wash and wear material, in the days when shirts were normally ironed.

 

[jinman]

Well, I posted and somehow deleted it. Bird, was the material Dacron? I remember Dacron and Nylon shirts so thin that you had to wear an undershirt or t-shirt. I didn't like them because they stuck to you when you were sweaty.

My mother used to make lots of things out of cotton print feed sacks. She made me shirts, pajamas, boxer underwear, and herself bonnets.

 

[Bird]

Well, I posted and somehow deleted it. Bird, was the material Dacron? I remember Dacron and Nylon shirts so thin that you had to wear an undershirt or t-shirt. I didn't like them because they stuck to you when you were sweaty.

My mother used to make lots of things out of cotton print feed sacks. She made me shirts, pajamas, boxer underwear, and herself bonnets.

Jim, you certainly described those shirts right and maybe Dacron is what they were. They were very popular when they first came on the market, but I know they didn't stay popular very long.

 

[jinman]

Jim, you certainly described those shirts right and maybe Dacron is what they were. They were very popular when they first came on the market, but I know they didn't stay popular very long.

I cheated a bit and found out that Dacron came on the market in 1951, so it well could have been. However, like seersucker, many materials were named after the finish weave rather than the base material.

 

[pacerron]

Jim, you certainly described those shirts right and maybe Dacron is what they were. They were very popular when they first came on the market, but I know they didn't stay popular very long.

I think they were a fire hazard as well.