This can has been sitting on a shelf in a few of my laundry rooms. Since I believe wringer washers are no longer produced it has been obsolete for years. I liked it because Grandma Nellis had a wringer and it reminded me of her every time I saw it.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
OBSOLETE
On Friday night's news, we hear that Canada intends to eliminate their penny. In that country, it costs 1.5 cents to produce one penny. Pricing of goods there would be rounded out to the nearest five cents; in fact, many have begun this practice already.
Here, in the good ol' U.S.A., the penny has been in existence since 1787. Our administration is looking at less costly materials to make our penny which is currently 97.5 percent zinc and 2.5 percent copper. It costs 2.41 cents to mint one cent. And it's still necessary to mint them since so many people, my husband among them, save pennies.
A penny for your thoughts!
Saturday, March 31, 2012
How Did This Happen?
This was our neighbors' work shed, viewed through the screen of their upstairs porch.
A few weeks ago, a fire, attributed to something electrical, took it all down.
This last photo, is what's left of their boat which was stored in one of those tent-like storage sheds behind the building.
They lost so much, yet, as you can see from the first photo, it's not too far from their home and they were lucky that the house is intact.
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