Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Same thing for me when living in Tennessee except that we ordered ducks, (bigger eggs). And no matter what time of day or night they arrived, (usually around 3-4 AM) we'd get a call from the Post Office... "Do you reckon you could come over now for your box of birds?" We did the same with the drakes as you did with the roosters. Jim- http://www.hemenway.com Tina Manley wrote: > > At 10:04 AM 11/18/02 -0400, you wrote: > > >the Sears catalogue of 100 years ago was a very important part of the > >American landscape that you could buy practically anything, Autos, guns, > >washing machines, tools, clothing, cameras and even pre-fabricated houses. > >Even into the 1960's -- I remember as a little boy drooling over many of > >things available in the catalogue. Montgomery Ward had an equally impressive > >catalogue. > > When I lived in Kentucky, I ordered my chickens from the Sears > catalogue. We would order 100 chicks at time and when they were 6 weeks > old, kill all of the roosters but two, clean them, pluck them and freeze > them. The other two roosters had a long happy life and we had fertile eggs. > > I spent my time cooking, gardening and taking care of 3 children. I didn't > even have a Leica or a computer. It was a different world - only 20 years ago. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html