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Are today’s cars 20 times better?
A long about 1940 or 1941, a brand new family-size Chevrolet, Ford or Plymouth could be bought for about $700 or less. Mrs. McNeese’s brand new Ford cost her $641. Are today’s cars 20 times better than those cars? No. Not even close. But they are better. Check out... -
The old geezer and snake stories
My little friend Robbie and I stopped in at the barbershop to get caught up on the latest news. Everybody knows that that’s where you go to get the inside info. When we went in, the discussion was about snakes. One man was telling about this 12-foot diamondback... -
A look at the past: bygone hat fashions
Look at any movie with a 1930s, ’40s or ’50s setting, and you’re almost sure to see a couple of things: everybody smokes, and all the men will be wearing hats. People wore hats in those days, men and women. We’ll get to the women in a moment, but let’s take men first.... -
Livin’ ain’t easy all the time
Summertime and the living is easy … Whoa! Just stop right there. Out on the farm, the living was not easy. The corn was planted in early April and the cotton not long after that. Then there was top-harrowing and side-harrowing and chopping and thinning and...