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   I have a German deli 3 miles from my house, it’s been open since the 70’s- it’s still open, but the original German owner 
Sold the business 2 years back...More often than not, you would see old German folks- speaking in their native tongue to the owner...Like you said- it’s going away in this country, except for the few pockets here and there.

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Sansome Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List ADMIN Joined: 20 Jan 2012 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 14492	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sansome Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Old stuff Posted: 15 Nov 2020 at 1:44pm
	I have a German deli 3 miles from my house, it’s been open since the 70’s- it’s still open, but the original German owner Sold the business 2 years back...More often than not, you would see old German folks- speaking in their native tongue to the owner...Like you said- it’s going away in this country, except for the few pockets here and there.

BlueTrain Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered Joined: 17 Jul 2012 Location: Northern Virgin Status: Offline Points: 696	Post Options Post Reply Quote BlueTrain Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 2020 at 1:00pm
	Sorry for the late comment but those German language pages are interesting, if rather difficult to read. It's the Gothic script more than anything. Modern day Germans supposedly even find it difficult to read, even though it was still commonly used into the 1940s. German was widely spoken in this country at one time and even the Declaration of Independence was printed in German at the same time it was printed and published in English. These days, it's still spoken in a few places, although it's a specific dialect of German. Use of German in this country fell off with WWI. There's still Spanish, of course. New World Spanish, they call it.

Sansome Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List ADMIN Joined: 20 Jan 2012 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 14492	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sansome Report Post Thanks(6) Quote Reply Posted: 18 May 2020 at 11:44pm
	1 more German Mag 2mb1 by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb5 by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb4 by bottleswest, on Flickr this bud's for you bud by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb6 by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb7 by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb8 by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb9 by bottleswest, on Flickr 2mb10 by bottleswest, on Flickr

Sansome Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List ADMIN Joined: 20 Jan 2012 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 14492	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sansome Report Post Thanks(2) Quote Reply Posted: 10 May 2020 at 1:24am
	Reading material- part of the 2 miners belongings we found in 2016, It's in German. Not politically charged at all pu4 by bottleswest, on Flickr pu1 by bottleswest, on Flickr pu3 by bottleswest, on Flickr pu10 by bottleswest, on Flickr pu9 by bottleswest, on Flickr pu8 by bottleswest, on Flickr pu7 by bottleswest, on Flickr pu6 by bottleswest, on Flickr pu5 by bottleswest, on Flickr pu5 by bottleswest, on Flickr pu11 by bottleswest, on Flickr pu12 by bottleswest, on Flickr pu13 by bottleswest, on Flickr

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	I never thought I was only 30 years away, from being extreme old age- thanks for sharing.

BlueTrain Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List whiskered Joined: 17 Jul 2012 Location: Northern Virgin Status: Offline Points: 696	Post Options Post Reply Quote BlueTrain Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 27 Feb 2020 at 4:37am
	We have a lot of old things in this house (including me) but little of things that would be of interest here. I think one interesting thing, though, might be this. When my father passed away over twenty years ago, I inherited a cedar chest (and little else). It was a time capsule from around 1950. That was when my mother had a serious stroke, which left her as an invalid until she died. One item was a newspaper from a small town in southern West Virginia. A couple of things illustrate how times have changed. One was an obituary from someone who was in their 80s. The cause of death was given as "extreme old age." Another was a notice about letting contracts for construction of a one-room school. Nowadays, they just use busses with four-wheel drive.

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	02 by bottleswest, on Flickr 03 by bottleswest, on Flickr 09 by bottleswest, on Flickr looks to be opened with a knife- can is pre key 04 by bottleswest, on Flickr 01 by bottleswest, on Flickr possible Levi connection?

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	Spent yesterday at my boss's property, most of the day we were looking for new spots. After night fall, i crawled into a rat hole, it was a room four feet tall- 6feet long and 5 wide. I moved a few rocks- then trash 001 by bottleswest, on Flickr 08 by bottleswest, on Flickr 06 by bottleswest, on Flickr Arm patch 05 by bottleswest, on Flickr

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	thumbnail 50 by bottleswest, on Flickr My can collection has seen considerable growth in the last 2 years.

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	45 by bottleswest, on Flickr 46 by bottleswest, on Flickr If i was to make a guess- these holes were drilled to hold new candles?