Post by fixitguy on Jan 4, 2021 1:22:36 GMT
My wife grew up on a small farmstead, a spit image of little house on the prairie. (no kidding)
After the normal chores were done for the day all summer, not much you could do back then.
Her father worked in a dairy plant, and played on a horseshoe league one night a week. He had a regulation pit in the back yard for practice.
My wife picked up the shoes and started tossing them at age 12. She would spend 3~4 hrs. daily tossing shoes.
After dinner, the family would go out to toss shoes until dark.
My FIL, Ray and his co-worker George worked at the same place. The two were partners on the horseshoe league. Working in a dairy plant, somedays your day gets extended if a truck is late.
One day, George couldn't make it. Ray was left to forfeit to tournament, until he looked at his 16 yr old daughter.
The two then set off to at least place, in ray's words.
Being a men's tournament, and having a female replacement she shot from the men's line (as she normally does, anyway)
At 5'2 and 100 lbs, the men got a chuckle from Ray's new partner.
At the end of the night, Ray had to collect the days grand prize. They asked who that little girl is, he proudly proclaimed that was his daughter.
We started dating when she was 19. A bar we were at had some horse shoe pits, and she asked if I wanted to play.
After 6 ringers, I knew I was being played.
After the normal chores were done for the day all summer, not much you could do back then.
Her father worked in a dairy plant, and played on a horseshoe league one night a week. He had a regulation pit in the back yard for practice.
My wife picked up the shoes and started tossing them at age 12. She would spend 3~4 hrs. daily tossing shoes.
After dinner, the family would go out to toss shoes until dark.
My FIL, Ray and his co-worker George worked at the same place. The two were partners on the horseshoe league. Working in a dairy plant, somedays your day gets extended if a truck is late.
One day, George couldn't make it. Ray was left to forfeit to tournament, until he looked at his 16 yr old daughter.
The two then set off to at least place, in ray's words.
Being a men's tournament, and having a female replacement she shot from the men's line (as she normally does, anyway)
At 5'2 and 100 lbs, the men got a chuckle from Ray's new partner.
At the end of the night, Ray had to collect the days grand prize. They asked who that little girl is, he proudly proclaimed that was his daughter.
We started dating when she was 19. A bar we were at had some horse shoe pits, and she asked if I wanted to play.
After 6 ringers, I knew I was being played.
