Cactus Jack Calder Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) When I was a mere child we had one of those toasters. I believe it had four sides to toast bread, but my memory may be faulty on that detail. The thing I remember most about that toaster is that during a visit by my mother’s parents the bread was burned. My Grandma said “Oh, that’s alright I’ll just scrape it off.” My Mother exasperated with the toaster ,or her Mother, said “No”, and flung the offending slice across the dining room into the kitchen sink. There was complete silence for several seconds, then Dad just reached over and put in another slice of bread as if nothing had happened. That made quite an impression on a 5 year old, me. My Mother was a loving and kind person. I really have no idea what set her off that day. Just goes to show, everyone can have a bad day once in a while. CJ While just living in the memory I hadn’t realized. That had to be 73 years ago. A memory as vivid as if it happened last week. Edited March 28, 2023 by Cactus Jack Calder Thinking 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, Cactus Jack Calder said: When I was a mere child we had one of those toasters. I believe it had four sides to toast bread, but my memory may be faulty on that detail. The thing I remember most about that toaster is that during a visit by my mother’s parents the bread was burned. My Grandma said “Oh, that’s alright I’ll just scrape it off.” My Mother exasperated with the toaster ,or her Mother, said “No”, and flung the offending slice across the dining room into the kitchen sink. There was complete silence for several seconds, then Dad just reached over and put in another slice of bread as if nothing had happened. That made quite an impression on a 5 year old, me. My Mother was a loving and kind person. I really have no idea what set her off that day. Just goes to show, everyone can have a bad day once in a while. CJ Yup, they made four slice models 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 18 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: Did you guys in the US have these knuckle burner toasters and ceramic kettles with Bakelite lids that the element used to blow with regularity when you were a kid? 15 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Yup. Never seen a coffee make like that though. Our older electric makers were generally made of aluminum. 15 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: Here's a better photo of the type - 3 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said: Never seen the coffee pot before, ours were stainless or aluminum percolators. I've seen the toasters, but never had the pleasure of using one. Them's not coffee pots. Them's 'lectric jugs ; a ceramic vessel used to boil water, mostly for your teapot , but also for "washing-up water. ........ if an Australian wanted coffee, you used the 'lectric jug to boil the water and added instant coffee to your cup. ( you know, the way God intended ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 16 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: Them's not coffee pots. Them's 'lectric jugs ; a ceramic vessel used to boil water, mostly for your teapot , but also for "washing-up water. ........ if an Australian wanted coffee, you used the 'lectric jug to boil the water and added instant coffee to your cup. ( you know, the way God intended ) What’s tea? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: What’s tea? that stuff you guys flavoured Boston harbour with .... 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 the colored water , ya add sugar to down south and ice CB 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sedalia Dave Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 6 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: instant coffee Get A Rope. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 14 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: ........... now THAT'S an attention getter ........ 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) That would actually be a fünfing (I'm sure there's no such word). A drilling has three barrels. The term comes from the German word for three - drei. That thing has five barrels, so it should be referred to by the German word for five -fünf. I just went and looked it up. I was close. It is fünfling. Got an L in it. It means quintuplet. Edited March 29, 2023 by Alpo 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 there are vierling with 4, never saw one with 5. before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 7 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: Should have had an A and a L 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 That's what I first thought it said. Figured it was a joke, about Australians not being able to count past three. Like saying that Mrs Jones had five babies - she had triplets. Oooookay. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 But is it CAS legal? Meanwhile, back in Australia: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 Some more 1930's tourist posters 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rip Snorter Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: Apparently not the jolly one! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 5 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: Apparently not the jolly one! I think he must have been a bit stumped by the camera. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: I think he must have been a bit stumped by the camera. But not truncated. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 Newnes was a town near Katoomba NSW, now a ghost town. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 43 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: Not knowing, I had to look up swagman and came up with this about waltzing Matilda. I learn something new every day! Swagmen were particularly common in Australia during times of economic uncertainty, such as the 1890s and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Many unemployed men travelled the rural areas of Australia on foot, their few meagre possessions rolled up and carried in their swag. Their swag was frequently referred to as "Matilda", hence Waltzing Matilda refers to walking with their swag. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 He doesn't quite fit the image I have of a swag man. You got a hobo carrying everything he owns on his back. That's what I see when I hear the term. That guy has got enough stuff that he would overload two mules. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, Alpo said: He doesn't quite fit the image I have of a swag man. You got a hobo carrying everything he owns on his back. That's what I see when I hear the term. That guy has got enough stuff that he would overload two mules. The swaggie looks like he might have been trying to start a business to me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 43 minutes ago, Alpo said: He doesn't quite fit the image I have of a swag man. You got a hobo carrying everything he owns on his back. That's what I see when I hear the term. That guy has got enough stuff that he would overload two mules. ...... but Hobos travel around on trains (everybody knows that) .... Swagmen usually walk ...... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Anybody else got Roger Miller's "King of the Road" running through their heads? 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 Another 1930's tourist poster 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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