Boy have I got a story for you. Every couple of months me and Susan head to the city to go to the Costcos to get our sundries and such. Sure is something I look forward to ever since I had one of them there Costcos Hot Dogs and free samples they give out. Me and Susan had a big list as we had to get prepared for the Christmas celebrations on hand, as Jack and the kids were flying in from Ontario to spend Christmas with us. Boy, I sure do feel sorry for those kids losing their mom like that so we wanted to make this year extra special for them.
Anyhow, Janie had mentioned she wanted one of them ipods. Sure was in for a shocker when I realized that it wasn’t a camera, but a little music player? That commercial sure could have fooled me. Anyhow, Susan sent me to do my research, and get this – the goshdarn things are over $200! Losing your mom or not, I told Susan, I am not spending $200 on some little doohickey that’s going to break or get lost (sheesh those things are small). Back in my day electronics were a thing to be cherished, and you used them till they were beyond repair. I still remember out fixing our old RCA gramophone with Pa in the barn. A couple timepiece servos, a little oil and some elbow grease and a big dollop of ingenuity and we were listening to our stories that evening. Course storm didn’t help as the electricity went out that night. Sometimes Mother Nature just don’t want you to do something and she ain’t shy about telling you. So we did the next best thing at the time. Ma got her homepressed beeswax candle that she was saving for my Aunt Karen’s wedding and we huddled around entertaining each other with stories of yuletide joy. Boy, now thats a real Christmas memory. As for Aunt Karen’s wedding – she didn’t get no traditional candle, but that didn’t stop Ma. She just went and rubbed some pinetree oil into some cold cured hide and made Karen a beautiful little set of hat boxes. You should have seen Karen’s face, and I’ll tell you, no word of a lie, those hat boxes are still in the family.
Long story short, is that Janie ain’t getting no $200 doohickey. Thankfully the Radio Shack had a little music playing thing which did the same things as those ipods but it was only $15. Can’t wait to see Janie’s face when she sees here new… hold on let me get my glasses… her new “Coby 128 MB Audio X-Treme Mp3 Stick.” Sure is small, but the sales person said they were as popular as them epods and at this price i see why. Something tells me that this little player may still be in the family in 40 years. Call me sentimental, but I know quality when I see it.