Just came across this today

The most important Christmas preparation is, of course, the slaughter

Questions on when to send Christmas cards, whether parents should be told about kids' traffic infractions on their bikes - look, did Norway not have any domestic problems in the 60s? There are foreign policy questions, but the domestic political questions are few

quarrels, excesses

And as always, the rocking, the rolling

that's a pretty toboggan!
apparently there were fears that these were dangerous?

Only the most pressing issues of the day: should church bells be rung to tell children it‘s time to go home?

1959, btw. Can someone tell me what a steering wheel sleigh is?

1) The Molasses Flood
2) The Disappointment of Plymouth Rock
3) Dogtown
4) Somerville
5) Mayor Curley
6) Lowell
7) Emily Dickinson
8) Candlepin Bowling in Natick
9) Route 1 Saugus
10) Worcester

My plumbing is functional! I did not in fact have to remove the 120 year old porch! I can wash the Thanksgiving dishes!

Damnit. Should have joined up.

I was surprised I had to scroll this far to find him.

Massachusetts, and miniature golf was the generic term, Putt-Putt was the name of a particular place - I think it may have been a chain? Ours was sandwiched between the parking lots for Caldors and the Shopper ‘s World mall.

My answer, when the university asks staff for donations, has always been “you must be kidding me.”
From now on it will be “you must be fucking kidding me.”

Yeah, she was a baker, not much of a cook. I mean she did cook. But she oughtn’t have. So only the baking spices got used, and only the most basic of those - no allspice or clove even - and only in 1/2 teaspoons.

My mother was still working her way through some tins of herbs and spices she had received as a wedding present when she reached her 50th anniversary. The only things she used regularly were ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon.

Hm. I would use “whipped up” in conversation if someone was creating something from nothing. Like, “looked like there was nothing in the house to eat, but somehow she whipped up a beautiful meal.” which is what whipping will do! So there’s an element of understating resources as well as effort.