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Gladys Mercier, Arvada.
I like living in Arvada.I am a member of Trinity Baptist Church and have many good friends there.I lived in the same house in Denver until I married, so as you can see, I am a native.My husband and I adopted 2 Korean sons who are now adults, 1 is a State Patrol Sgt., the other is an upholsterer. My husband died Sept.1st,2005. My family is a real blessing to me.I will probably write most about them, especially my great grandchildren (3)
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Contributed by:
Gladys Mercier
on 2/9/2008
Rep. Chris Romer has been trying to get permission to build a cistern to collect rain water but has found there is an old law on the books that says he cannot do that! The water he collects may belong to someone else. Really, that is what the law says.
When I was little, my mother always had a rain barrel sitting under the roof drain, collecting that wonderfully soft water. She always used that water to wash my hair and I felt like a princess when she was finished.. Sometimes though, she would use tar soap. She was convinced that it was very good for our hair and though it smelled awful, she liked to use it.
We would not think of eating snow now days but back then, when we had a nice fluffy white snow, mom would take her big stainless steel dishpan outside and fill it with snow, pour canned milk on it and lots of sugar and some vanilla. We would help stir it until it was nice and smooth. Some of the best homemade ice cream I have ever eaten.
Lots of times when mom would have to go downtown to pay the bills ( yes, she had to ride the bus downtown to pay utilities and water bills), She would leave Ed and I in the care of our older brothers. They would decide to make burnt sugar candy. Yeah, I know it sounds awful but when you don't have much candy, it was so good. The only trouble was, they would occasionally burn the sugar too much and then it was inedible and also could not be scraped out of the pan. When they would hear mom coming, the pan would be hidden in the garden out back.
I winder how many pans she came across when she was picking that corn.
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Submitted By: Kim Price
posted on 2/28/2008 @ 11:33:05 AM
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Gladys- out here in the country the snow is still white and pure...may have to try that "snow cream"!
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Your stories brings back good memories for me.
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Submitted By: Barbara Neff
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Gladys, burnt sugar candy? Hilarious! My brother and I often attempted to make what we called "brittle" at my grandmother's house in Mississippi and it invariably became "burnt sugar". You'd have to soak the pan for days to get the sugar concrete out! We made "snow cream", too, in Mississippi and Memphis on those rare occasions we got snow. Thanks for reminding me.
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Submitted By: Gladys Mercier
posted on 2/15/2008 @ 7:02:16 PM
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No Stan, we lived in Swansea. There was a smelter in Globeville.
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Submitted By: Stan Dyer
posted on 2/15/2008 @ 3:25:19 PM
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The problem with rainwater and snow today is the "stuff" that comes down with it from the sky. Now, you said you lived in Globeville, wasn't there a smelter there that left contaminates in the ground. Kind of makes you wonder about washing with that. I don't suppose they had Brita filters back then.
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posted on 2/11/2008 @ 6:20:01 PM
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G-dog, quite the looker in picture 8 there, rrrrrrrr.
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posted on 2/11/2008 @ 8:31:16 AM
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I was thinking of writing something about that rainwater collecting thing, too. I use it for the garden, but never thought of washing my hair in it (of course, there's not much of it left!) Sure love your stories, Gladys!
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posted on 2/11/2008 @ 5:36:00 AM
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"Say, say, my playmate! Come out and play with me! And bring your dollies three...." Haven't thought about that diddy in years. Gladys, I enjoy everything you write!
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When I first experienced snow here in the U.S., I would eat handfuls of it! I was 5 and didn't know any better. Interesting issues about who owns the rainwater. Doesn't it belong to everybody?
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My mother advocated washing hair in lake water. "Slide down my cellar door/And we'll be jolly friends/Forever more, more, more, more, more."
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