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My County Magazine
MAY 08
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PHONE HEX
It had probably been six or eight years since I bought a new phone. Not a cell phone, not an iPhone. Just a phone. This perplexed the 21-year-old at the office supply store.

“Let me understand this, Sir. You don’t want a phone for your pocket, a phone that sticks in your ear, or a phone for your car. You want a phone that just sits on a, on a …”

“A desk. Sits on a desk.”

“And you want it to have a…”

“A cord. Yes, I want a cord.”
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What Ever Happened To?

Have you noticed how many things are missing from the world since we were children?  My children will probably never see a rotary telephone except in a museum.  Scary thought huh?

Of course some rural telephone companies still offer rotary service and proudly charge you extra for touch tone. Doesn't this strike you as just a little strange considering we can no longer buy rotary phones?


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A Spectacular Spring Harvest
When the alarm clock sounded at a quarter to five, I slid out of bed with plenty of time to brew coffee and slip into my spring camouflage before heading to the farm. I knew the birds would be coming off the roost right around six thirty; just as they’d done the previous two mornings.
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New articles this edition...
Got pets?

People love animals and people love pets.  Ask any young child if they want a pet and they will say, “yes!”, even if their home already has 3 dogs, 5 cats, 2 horses, a fish tank and rabbits.  People feel good, no matter how much work is added, when they include pets in their lives.

Stories about the lifelong commitment people have with their pets are endearing.  When you run out of things to talk about, you can always ask someone about their pets and you’re in for a conversation that will range at length through stories that are funny, unique, interesting, touching, happy and sad.  Few experiences in life have meaning equal to living with pets.

 


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Driving Lessons
Machines and I just don't get along.  In my high school home ec class I had so much trouble using the sewing machine that I passed only after my teacher sewed  in the zipper of the dress I was making.
I took just one year of college French because of my encounter with a demonic tape recorder that sent tape flying when I was working on my French pronunciation.

It's no wonder that I had graduated from college and was on my first teaching job before I learned to drive.   My mother, and most of the women in rural Parke County, didn't drive in the 1960s.   My father worked nights in Indianapolis, so my brothers and I often relied on our neighbor to take us to ball games ad other school activities in his ancient black Ford.  As he clattered over the dirt roads, he would proudly declare, "It wouldn't do for some young buck to drive this car."
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