Butch Dale
Butch Says Some Kids Today Rule The Family
Somewhere along the line, the family hierarchy got out of whack. Do you remember when the parents ruled the roost? Yes, I know it was in prehistoric times…pre-1960, but reach…
Read MoreButch Finds Some Bargains!!!!
Many people, when they are looking to buy something, pay very little attention to prices. They just go and buy it! However, most people shop around and check prices first,…
Read MoreButch Wants to Fly Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn…Apple seed and apple thorn…Wire, briar, limber lock…Three geese in a flock…One flew east…One flew west…And one flew over the cuckoo’s nest. I sometimes think the American…
Read MoreButch’s Childhood Keepsakes
I admit it…I am a saver. I hate to throw anything away. I was brought up that way. My folks rarely threw anything away. When Dad made something from wood,…
Read MoreButch Takes A Back Road Home
Every so often, when I leave work in the evening, instead of heading straight home, I drive down County Road 400 North, southeast of Darlington…the road I lived on as…
Read MoreButch Buys Beatle Boots!!!
When I started sixth grade in the fall of 1960, I just knew I was going to continue having loads of fun goofing off in the classroom, just like I…
Read MoreButch Gets A New Phone In 1958 !!!!
Except for a few diehard holdouts, just about everyone has a cell phone today. Teenagers consider their cell phones absolute necessities. Many parents even purchase phones for their elementary school…
Read MoreRandom Thoughts and Observations
I quit watching TV news, including cable channels. I do scan the news headlines on the internet each morning, but seldom read the details. Same stuff, different day. Weird people…Woke…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – I’m Concerned About Social Security Solvency
Dear Rusty: I retired at age 58. My husband and I worked 40 years of employment each. I had a 401K only…no other benefits. We saved, we invested through our…
Read MoreButch Munches On Candy And Watches The World Go By
When I was eleven years old in 1959, I was really raking in the dough. During the summer, in between baseball practices and games, I mowed seven yards in town…
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