HI Carol,

On Sun 2037-Sep-06 20:46, Carol Shenkenberger (1:275/100) wrote to Richard Webb:

 > I"m only two inches taller .

CS> Grrr.  Taller than ME?  Harumphf!

STill a problem reaching most things >  AS I get the
stepladder out every time I want to work in this one
compartment of our remote audio truck, as the component I
need to deal with via that compartment the most is in the
top of the rack, and from the ground requires a stepladder
for me to reach.

 >  >   At 17 I was 6'1" and my mother was 5'2".  I recall
once at that age I h
 >  > done something that upset her.  She was standing in front of me, looking 
 >  > wagging her finger at me saying I wasn't too big to take over her knee,

 > Yep, I can bet so.  Friend of mine same thing, his mom about my height, him 
 > foot taller and a hundred pounds heavier.
 > Still, when mom said jump his response "how high?"


CS> Had my guys in the Navy all whupped to proper, that I did *grin*. 
CS> Heard one of'em one once intro'in a new fellow to the shop.  (She's
CS> the SENIORCHIEF and she's really sweet but like Grnadma, if you
CS> $!{at}#$! up she;'s gonna whup your ass).

YEp, only way to do it .  YOungest daughter figured that
one out quickly enough.


 > I am big on backpacks, leave both my hands free.

CS> I was.  same reason.  Now the back takes best to a pull cart but the
CS> skills of loading work even today.

Yah I know, in my old age the back ain't what it once was
.

 > Funny story about backpacks and shopping.  My ex wife (also
 > blind) and I used to do our biweekly shopping at a grocery
 > store about 10 blocks from our place in Des MOines.  We'd
 > each carry backpacks, and hoof it to and from.

CS> Yup!  Nice walk and about the right distance.

YEp, most times a pleasant walk as well.  Sometimes on the
way we'd detour a couple blocks, get an ice cream before we
started shopping.

 > When I'd buy grodceries I'd always have an eye to which
 > backpack got what, partially to load hers a little lighter.
 > I"d kick the bagger off the end of the checkout lane and
 > insist that I'd pack the backpacks, so that I didn't get
 > loaves of bread crushed under canned goods, etc.

CS> Same here, we had to load Charlotte's with only the light stuff. She
CS> was too young to leave at home alone but able to carry the bulky
CS> light weight cerral boxes and crackers while Don and i did the heavy
CS> stuff.  It was a bit longer than 10 blocks (2.5 miles each way so a
CS> 5 mile trek) but this was post 9/111 in Sasebo and it lasted that
CS> there were no cabs onbase until 2005.  The cab stop was 1.5 miles
CS> from the commisary.  Hardly worth it.

Yah can understand that.  Des MOines had cabs, but I rarely
used them unless I had to get home from work after the buses ran.  Just as
easy to hoof it with the backpacks.

 > Finally one old black guy who had worked at that store for
 > years observed me enough and got to the point where I'd let
 > him load the backpacks.  HE used to bring new guys over to
 > watch me do it though, as he said I was good training for
 > them to know how they should load regular paper grocery bags even.


CS> Sasebo folks were good at that with minimal direction, but then, it
CS> was common to need it.  Packers learned fast that a well packed
CS> backpack got a 1$ tip for 3 mins work (grin).
Yah, these were regular middle American grocery baggers
though, and they didn't catch on.  The old guy would tell
'em though.  The manager of that store used to send one of
his stockers or baggers with the wife and I to find what we
needed, and he'd always see which line we were heading for
and kick the bagger off the end of that one for break.

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+