Blue Bird Bus No. 1

[SeniorSeeker]

Blue Bird Bus No. 1

 

[Ma Betty in MO]

Thanks Martin, I enjoyed that although I don't hear so well! God provides by giving godly wisdom to human-beings to think and use their brains for the good of all mankind! Then came the models made for camping and now there are some that look like homes even better than what many people live in...very luxurious! I remember dad's old Model A Ford and him cranking it to get it started! It had a Rumble Seat facing backwards that Cliff and I used to ride in when the weather permitted...ate lots of dust on the dirt roads we travelled and then inside with mom and dad when cold and rainy! Wasn't heated like autos today and no seat or shoulder straps to keep you tied in like gov't requires now!

Dad bought his first pickup in the 50's after the twins were born in 1946! He converted the Model A into a sawmill type thingy and used it to cut wood for the old barrell heating stove, which were the good old days for sure! The big, yellow school bus ran our route and we were the first to be picked up at 7:00 am after all chores were done....cows milked and etc. ....was up at 5:00 am and then the first to get off after school, but sometimes the bus ran a different way and we were the last to get on and the last to get off! Only the front of the bus was heated and those who walked a long way to wait for the bus, our driver would make those on the front seats move and let them sit to warm up, as they would be almost frozen! The highway and our road was the route for the school bus picking up school children! Oh, what memories most of us older folks have. but we lived through it if we are still living! Life was harder but more slower for us kids, as we only did farm work and wasn't running to all kinds of sports...my kids weren't involved thank goodness as I was busy keeping a clean house and working outside our home many times! Praise God for those who have wisdom and use it in the right direction for the betterment of our nation and not for destruction like evil has caused for protection from the enemies! Amen! Ma Betty

 

[steve in so la]

That's a really neat video Martin - thanks ! steve in so az

 

[Mike Chgo area]

n/t

 

[Ma Betty in MO]

even if it is only for me and one other! It looks like I waste my time but I have plenty of time by not cleaning house, detecting and doing yard work any more...just trying to help others understand where I'm coming from and in Whom I believe and trust, if they don't read about Jesus and me, well 'tis their loss! Ma Betty

 

[TreasureDigger]

Ma, you put too much into the numbers at the end of your posts... or anyone else's posts. Nine times out of ten, I DO NOT click on individual posts, but that doesn't mean I don't read all the posts in a thread. I usually click on the original post and then just scroll down through the thread. To click on each and every individual post frustrates me because it's a constant clicking back and forth and in and out. The forum isn't very user friendly in this area. I had rather just click the original and scroll through, instead of in and out and back and forth. I've heard some of the other folks say they basically do the same thing - of course there are those who DO click on each and every one. So, just because a post has no views or a low number out beside it really doesn't mean squat. I'm sure your posts are read MUCH MORE OFTEN than you realize.

Lisa

 

[Ma Betty in MO]

read everyone's post and doesn't bother me to click on them, but what I get frustrated about is when I read the answer before the question, instead of the answer being posted under the one posting asking the question or responding to what someone has posted!! I have the time more than others and do a lot of reading the forums and typing....but I should be cleaning my house more, as it was a bright sunny day today and was 46 earlier in the day and I could see what hasn't been cleaned like it should....even with my poor eyesight! I don't care to be a scrub-dutch cleaning person any more but would like to be able to hire someone who would do a good job for me!! I said something to my sister-in-law about the little Ferries not coming and doing their job at my house and she said, "They are on strike!"

I miss my hobby of MD'ing and would rather do that than even write but all things come to an end...and eventully my mortal life will also end! I don't expect to be living in my 90's, as I hurt too much and cannot do much of what I would like to do! All the work you do has to be time consuming and I understand why you and many others don't take the time to read the posts, especially long ones like mine ...but please do take time to enjoy more of what you like to do so you can write about them when older and delapidated like me!!! Hope you never are!!! Love ya and May God keep on blessing you and yours! Ma Betty

 

[Pete in MI]

Thanks for the insight Betty. Farmers kids had a tougher life for sure. Not all technology has improved the lives of people - some makes them slaves and keeps them from learning or doing anything. God bless.

 

[Ma Betty in MO]

life became easier or was supposed to, but time seems to fly now and is more hectic....anyway to me it is! May God Bless you all! Amen! Ma Betty