tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post5549092459748711943..comments2024-03-27T15:41:01.956-04:00Comments on rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague: Happy birthday, Uncle Jack!rhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-24551543149717657462019-01-17T11:53:16.645-05:002019-01-17T11:53:16.645-05:00Hilltop (Pam), I never really felt that I "ha...<b>Hilltop (Pam),</b> I never really felt that I "had family" because we were in Texas and everybody else was in either Iowa or Pennsylvania, and in those days nobody traveled much. By the time I was 14 I had met only one aunt an one cousin. All the aunts and uncles and cousins are gone now, and I hadn't seen a cousin in 55 years. The ones left are children of two of my first cousins cousins, whom I know only through their Facebook pages. My four step-siblings, on the other hand, grew up with ten aunts, ten uncles, and 22 first cousins all living within half and hour of each other. I felt cheated somehow.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-25273716620390608462019-01-17T09:39:22.537-05:002019-01-17T09:39:22.537-05:00Yokshire Pudding, my first-ever real job in 1960 p...<b>Yokshire Pudding,</b> my first-ever real job in 1960 paid $140 USD per week, and that seemed like a small fortune at the time.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-90994431728658929892019-01-17T09:37:24.586-05:002019-01-17T09:37:24.586-05:00Thank you, Emma I hadn't thought of that poss...Thank you, <b>Emma</b> I hadn't thought of that possibility, but you are right.<br /><br />rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-67071832795753309112019-01-14T23:07:59.738-05:002019-01-14T23:07:59.738-05:00It is so nice to have family. You are so blessed ...It is so nice to have family. You are so blessed to have your children & grandchildren, as well as Uncle Jack's offspring. Being the only child of a single mom, I was not blessed with much family and envy those who were.Hilltophomesteaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926731207526014550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-64096461007288032202019-01-13T17:08:30.178-05:002019-01-13T17:08:30.178-05:00What a good man he was. $750 in 1958 was indeed a ...What a good man he was. $750 in 1958 was indeed a lot of money - around $6,500 in today's money!...I think it is pretty sad that so many families are long distance nowadays.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-52714952951556879082019-01-13T13:39:56.527-05:002019-01-13T13:39:56.527-05:00A lovely family story. You show that the feelings ...A lovely family story. You show that the feelings are close even if the bodies aren't.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.com