Remember When......

[Karl F]

Originally Posted by OLD GOAT

you had to turn down Smith neck rd to head down nauset[north]beach.the telegraph poles and wires. the station on pochet hill. Howard Rose landing his plane on the beach when he bought old harbor station.the Eldea coming ashore.Old Harbor station being moved by barge to ptown.going to the beach before stickers.People fishing had hand lines or conventional reels and ashaway line.mayo,s duck farm and the red fox fan club outside the fence.Everybody waved to everybody because you never knew when you would need a hand.4wheel drive was new.BOY AMI OLD.

wow.. now it says "No Beach Access"
Ardath and little Joe feeding the Eldia crew.. Glenn Svenningsen building and driving the "raft" that moved the station.. people leaving their buggys in the field, and the barns near the duck farm, and then after that...over behind Bill Sunocos house on Rt. 39.. not only no stickers, but no liscence plates on a lot of the buggys.. the chicken and turkey pies at the duck farm... duck eggs.. people Smiling and Waving, even if they didn;t know you.. everybody helping everybody else... lot of us say that 4 wheel drive ruined the beach... Charlie Darling and Robley Fulchers camp.. the "Duck Inn".. just below the station on Pochet hill.. their outhouse with the two views.. Ocean, and Bay...

Old Goat..If I don;t know you, we musta waved at each other at some point. Thanks for the memories...

[capesams]

gramp's cushman motor scooter w/sidecar
kero lamps/stove
sittin around old round wood tables in the camps at monomoy
train coming into chatham
oyster river had living thing's in it.
bb's .10 cents a pack
atom 40's at websters sporting 1.95..new
fireworks at the ball field
driving around and down harding beach-morris island-eastham to pt. almost.
finding arrow heads
wicked walter and good walter
when men were men and gal's were...ummm. real.
boston baked beens simmerin on the wood stove for a week
shooting out the back door
dirt ball fights
harwich freezer full of large cows[bass] and making block ice
freshwater ponds had lrg. fish
black snakes

[saltfly]

BASS WERE "MEASURED IN POUNDS" NOT INCHES!!!

[Karl F]

Originally Posted by saltfly

BASS WERE "MEASURED IN POUNDS" NOT INCHES!!!

yep.. i still get excited and think pounds when somebody says to me, "I got a 36 last night!"... and then find out they meant inches... it is an "age" thing, from what i see

[OLD GOAT]

How could we forget the mayor--BUB SEARS--and his vw bug beach car

[Karl F]

Originally Posted by OLD GOAT

How could we forget the mayor--BUB SEARS--and his vw bug beach car

lived on 39 across from Sweetsters auto body.. so.. Old Goat .. what did Bub love more.. clammin', or beer drinkin'? ... "Hey Joe".. (I think he called everybody Joe)... i will say this.. he knew every steamer out there on a first name basis! And bad back or not, could fill a basket faster than anybody i ever saw!
He was some good tinkering with them vdubs too...

[OLD GOAT]

karl f If Bub was alive he would be the first one down the beach to check on his and Baldies camp I remember when he was about 80 standing down in front of his camp arguing where we were going to have a can of beans for supper. We argued from about 5 till 10 pm before we ever eat the dam beans. He was always at a clambake and could open steams for firing like nobodies business.What was the name of that clubsomeone started?? The Buda club Joe???Or was it the Bub Buda club joe??? Some stupid thing to get him cranked up.Well i have to give my brain a rest.