tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post115465802657183959..comments2023-09-11T23:57:00.520-05:00Comments on Velvet Sacks: Outdoor plumbingLinda@VShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154738356176862282006-08-04T19:39:00.000-05:002006-08-04T19:39:00.000-05:00Katie, it's nice to see you here again. Sounds li...Katie, it's nice to see you here again. Sounds like you had a wonderful family reunion. There's nothing like old photos and family stories to take you right back to your childhood.Linda@VShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154735004206277482006-08-04T18:43:00.000-05:002006-08-04T18:43:00.000-05:00Oh what a wonderful memory! We just had a family r...Oh what a wonderful memory! We just had a family reunion and my aunt had put some books out for us to take. They were books of photos that were my grandmothers. I grabbed up a few, hoping one would hold a photo of the cottage they had in Luther, Michigan. Sure enough, I found one. We would visit in the summers and the only place to do the deed was an outhouse. You described it so well! I was always so afraid that spiders would crawl....well....you know!! You have such a gift of story telling! Thank you!Catiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13211189736220105987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154725364923903262006-08-04T16:02:00.000-05:002006-08-04T16:02:00.000-05:00Patsy, maybe the two-holer was invented so people ...Patsy, maybe the two-holer was invented so people would have someone to talk to when they sat in the outhouse for a while. After all, it's too dark to read in there.<BR/><BR/>Janet, I can imagine an outhouse calendar. From the outside, they do have a certain amount of charm.<BR/><BR/>4th Sister, spiders and snakes would have been my worry, too. In fact, some people here in bayou country worry about snakes in modern toilets when floodwaters affect our city sewer systems.<BR/><BR/>Carmon, I never saw a chamber pot, either, but I remember my (senile)great grandmother accusing my aunt of stealing hers out from under her bead.<BR/><BR/>Sweet-Sister, we didn't have silk or velvet, either. Maybe that's why those things feel "special" to me. I did have cotton-sack dresses when I was little, though.<BR/><BR/>And to those of you who mentioned what a good sister, I have, you got THAT right! Don't know what I'd do without her.Linda@VShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154715858682112702006-08-04T13:24:00.000-05:002006-08-04T13:24:00.000-05:00Fleta....what a prize that would be!!!!!Fleta....what a prize that would be!!!!!Sister--Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10376197705851886291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154715826190821352006-08-04T13:23:00.000-05:002006-08-04T13:23:00.000-05:00sister sweet sister is nice she commented on you p...sister sweet sister is nice she commented on you post about parking lots but totally forgot it all but mother love. me i can't hold back!patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698348452802053572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154715652558017722006-08-04T13:20:00.000-05:002006-08-04T13:20:00.000-05:00velvet i am nice i am trying to give you fleta.velvet i am nice i am trying to give you fleta.patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698348452802053572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154713745285981232006-08-04T12:49:00.000-05:002006-08-04T12:49:00.000-05:00Velvet...it is too much to ask any of the Sisters ...Velvet...it is too much to ask any of the Sisters to be nice...that is<BR/>not one of the words that describe any of us. You know we think highly of you or we would not visit your velvet memory sack!<BR/><BR/>Booger Hollow near my home had a double decker outhouse! A two holer is bad enough...but picture a double decker, Velvet. I know the image is not a lovely one. I don't think you will store it in<BR/>your velvet sack.<BR/><BR/>The Sisters grew up storing things in old "tow" sacks. There were no silk or velvet around. Cotton flours sacks were found and we all had dresses made from them. Grandma even saved the twine from where we opened the feed sack. She crotcheted it! <BR/><BR/>The Sisters do enjoy your memories!<BR/>I want Mama Too to help me out with a parking space!Galla Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765021266883258286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154703795867178712006-08-04T10:03:00.000-05:002006-08-04T10:03:00.000-05:00Wonderful, wonderful story! Having spent a good pa...Wonderful, wonderful story! Having spent a good part of my childhood in Patsy's neck of the woods, I knew all about outhouses. I remember sleepovers at friends where we used a chamber pot that slid under the bed! Your sister is a dear...having been the youngest child myself, I remember well the older sibling resentment and the love you keep giving anyway. CarmonLife at Star's Resthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11068869890677539768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154698007311327762006-08-04T08:26:00.000-05:002006-08-04T08:26:00.000-05:00I am 51 years old and we did not have a bathroom o...I am 51 years old and we did not have a bathroom or running water until I was 16 years old. I was always afraid there was a sitting hen down in the hole in the John, my Sisters were probably afraid there was a snake in there.Sister--Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10376197705851886291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154660513742524692006-08-03T22:01:00.000-05:002006-08-03T22:01:00.000-05:00i never under stood the two holer either. just a l...i never under stood the two holer either. just a little too much togetherness.patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698348452802053572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154660244575917732006-08-03T21:57:00.000-05:002006-08-03T21:57:00.000-05:00you are right out houses do stink!you sister showe...you are right out houses do stink!<BR/>you sister showed great love for you. mine might have shoved me in.patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698348452802053572noreply@blogger.com