For measuring or whipping
Oct 6, 2023 12:15:49 #
Oct 6, 2023 13:18:12 #
EasternOZ wrote:
I recall both and after it broke there were 2 whipping sticks.
Both, if you did not measure up, a whipping was to be had.
Oct 6, 2023 13:23:52 #
plumbob wrote:
Both, if you did not measure up, a whipping was to be had.
Child abuse by today's standards
Oct 6, 2023 13:26:17 #
EasternOZ wrote:
Child abuse by today's standards
Aint that the truth.
Oct 6, 2023 13:36:24 #
Oct 6, 2023 13:54:59 #
I went to Public Schools, so I was a wooden spoon survivor at home.
Mom had a 3/4” square (end view) yard / measuring stick which would have been devastating…
Mom had a 3/4” square (end view) yard / measuring stick which would have been devastating…
Oct 6, 2023 15:58:53 #
dbed
Loc: POMME DE TERRE LAKE MISSOURI
A little child abuse would go a long way toward straightening out this country
Oct 6, 2023 16:04:04 #
Oct 6, 2023 16:13:04 #
Slimshady
Loc: Central Pennsylvania
Wish I had a dollar for every smack I got with that wooden spoon. I think I turned out okay though
Oct 6, 2023 16:46:14 #
charlykilo
Loc: Garden Valley Ca
EasternOZ wrote:
Child abuse by today's standards
Ain't any standards today.
Oct 6, 2023 16:52:15 #
Oct 6, 2023 16:53:42 #
dbed wrote:
A little child abuse would go a long way toward straightening out this country
Yeah, maybe, but the jails would be filled to capacity, and all the real criminals would still be roaming free !
Oct 6, 2023 18:08:58 #
EasternOZ wrote:
I recall both and after it broke there were 2 whipping sticks.
Hey Oz, I heard the company that makes those aren't making them any longer.
Oct 6, 2023 18:15:58 #
Bcmech1 wrote:
Hey Oz, I heard the company that makes those aren't making them any longer.
They came up a yard short
Oct 6, 2023 18:24:15 #
Lot of fabric places used to give them away where I came from. Still have a yardstick.
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