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Happy Caturday

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Due to a busy schedule, I have not been able to keep up with “Caturday” pictures every week, but here’s some from the last few months.

1960s and 1970s freezers

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The old 1970s freezer broke the other day and due to where it is, it’s not easy to access the back of it to fix it. After a few colorful vocabulary words upon discovering the freezer had broken and throwing out a couple hundred dollars of groceries, I brought inside... Read More

Vintage wallpaper

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Some cool old wallpaper in the old house I hope to fix up in Lyon Mountain.  Sadly due to damage to the walls and the paper I will have to put up new paper when I work on these rooms. The pictures are close-ups of the not damaged parts of... Read More

The buried house

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The land I bought last year to move the trailer onto has another house *in* it. As in, the old house from 1900 that used to be there was bulldozed and buried in the back yard. I just thought it was interesting and wanted to save these pictures somewhere to... Read More

Turkey Dressing Recipe

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I’ve got an old family recipe to share for turkey dressing:   4 c. Crushed dry bread 1/2 c. Sage 1/2 c. Celery 5 c. Broth 1/2 c. Uncooked popcorn 1/4 c. Onions 1 tsp. Salt Mix well; stuff turkey. Cook 5 hours at 300°F or until popcorn blows the... Read More

Create your own dial card for a vintage phone

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Own a vintage phone? Want to have a dial card with your telephone number?   Download the template for Microsoft Word and print out a card! Works with both Rotary Dial & Touch Tone Phones Visit: http://www.matthewfurman.net/sites/dialcards/index.html for instructions and to download!

Fixing the floor

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I fixed the floor in the mobile home today… not sure why the manufacturer thought particle board was a good choice for a floor, but at least the holes are gone now. I only fell through the big hole once today.   The 3 holes in the floor Putting plywood... Read More