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I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Rules for clotheslines... Pat Richards Whitehead

Thanks Pat Whitehead!  Rules for clotheslines


RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES: (if you don't know what clotheslines are, better skip this)







1. You had to wash the clothes line before hanging any clothes - walk the entire lengths of each line with a damp cloth around the lines.







2. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.





3. You never hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail!. What would the neighbours think?







4.. Wash day on a Monday! . .. . Never hang clothes on the weekend, or Sunday, for Heaven's sake!



5. Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you could hide your "unmentionables" in the middle (perverts & busybodies, y'know!)



6. It didn't matter if it was sub zero weather ... clothes would "freeze-dry."



7. Always gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes! Pins left on the lines were "tacky!"



8. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next washed item.



9. Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed.





10. IRONED?! Well, that's a whole other subject!





A POEM



A clothesline was a news forecast

To neighbours passing by,



There were no secrets you could keep



When clothes were hung to dry.







It also was a friendly link



For neighbours always knew



If company had stopped on by



To spend a night or two.







For then you'd see the "fancy sheets"



And towels upon the line;



You'd see the "company table cloths"



With intricate designs.







The line announced a baby's birth



From folks who lived inside -



As brand new infant clothes were hung,



So carefully with pride!





The ages of the children could



So readily be known



By watching how the sizes changed,



You'd know how much they'd grown!





It also told when illness struck,



As extra sheets were hung;



Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe, too,



Haphazardly were strung.







It also said, "Gone on vacation now"



When lines hung limp and bare.



It told, "We're back!" when full lines sagged



With not an inch to spare!





New folks in town were scorned upon



If wash was dingy and gray,



As neighbours carefully raised their brows,



And looked the other way .. . .







But clotheslines now are of the past,



For dryers make work much less.



Now what goes on inside a home



Is anybody's guess!











I really miss that way of life.



It was a friendly sign



When neighbours knew each other best



By what hung on the line.

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