Pickles by Brian Crane for January 18, 2016

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 9 years ago

    When I was a youngster, at times my maternal grandfather and I used to make some things in his carpentry shop. Still have one or two of the creations though: tow truck and rattlesnake.

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    thesource  almost 9 years ago

    Grandpa wants Nelson to be a chip off the old block.

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    Dani Rice  almost 9 years ago

    When I was little my dad would give me a bock of wood, a hammer and a bunch of nails. I’d sit on the basement floor and be just as happy as if I had good sense.

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    KEA  almost 9 years ago

    What’s brown and sticky?

    a stick

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    t jacobs  almost 9 years ago

    we were very poor and they cut the pockets out of my pants so i would have something to play with.

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    awdunn2484  almost 9 years ago

    On my ’’plike’’ farm I used different size rocks to be cows, horses, goats, chickens, & etc. I also made whirllie gigs (like lawn darts) out of corn cobs with chicken feathers stuck in the end. Never knew that we were poor back then as we had as much as any one else.<><me

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    crabbear  almost 9 years ago

    t jacobs—-I LOVED THAT!!!! ROFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Linguist  almost 9 years ago

    Not much imagination, Ear ?I guess, that’s why you grew up to be a blockhead.

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    Laynegg  almost 9 years ago

    My Mom sometimes talks about when she was small living in Arkansas….when it rained, her and her sister would build a playhouse out of the gumbo (clay). They would have chairs and stoves and beds, little plates and bowls, pots and pans. Then when the sun came out all would be baked hard and they would have a wonderful “house” to play with until the next rain!

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    tahoeh2o  almost 9 years ago

    Think Pinewood Derby…

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    dogday Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    When I was a kid I got a banana split from the (not good humor) ice cream truck. It came in a little blue boat-shaped plastic dish. So I took that, my father’s shirt boxes and some of the hard cardboard pants hanger and made piers that I could sail my little blue boat around on our deep green rug. Had a blast, and I was so proud of my creation!

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    logonhurst_eagle  almost 9 years ago

    It’s a Congrave Cube.

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    Number Three  almost 9 years ago

    You and me both, Earl.

    xxx

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    abbybookcase  almost 9 years ago

    he left out the part about having to walk to school -uphill both ways

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    Linguist  almost 9 years ago

    Give kids a large cardboard box and watch the number of creative ways they can use it to play. Great prop to stimulate their imagination and inventiveness.

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    LuvThemPluggers  almost 9 years ago

    Hopefully, Earl had a friend with more imagination. When my mom was a kid in The Depression, she said her mother could fold a newspaper and cut out the most elaborate paper dolls that stretched out all connected. Grandma also could take a towel and fold it up in such way to look like she had twin baby dolls in a blanket. People had to use their imaginations back then.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  almost 9 years ago

    .“. . .would see a big blocky wood thingy exactly one way: something to whack each other over the head with.”.Unbreakable toys are useful for breaking other toys.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  almost 9 years ago

    One of the many, many things I love about Earl is how he avoids the temptation to present himself as better than he was..(The older I get, the better I was.)

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    komickat  almost 9 years ago

    and you don’t still XD

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