Each time the drawer was opened it would move around, unless it got too big then it was sometimes hard to close the drawer. Almost every household had one. Some might even have two. The one we had grew smaller and smaller, finally it was replaced with a professional size, it lasted till it was lost in a move. Today most households don’t have one. They have almost gone obsolete. The older generations may remember them but they are echoes of the past for newer generations. Any guesses? Jerry P.S. Next story will show the new beginning , with pictures too!
A ball of string. It would grow when you got something that was tied up with string. Then it would shrink when you needed to ties something up with it. I hope I am not just stringing you along with that one.
Congratulations Tooty, yes it is a ball of string. The story It grew slowly at first. It was green. It stuck to itself and kept getting bigger. Then I remembered the little ball of string and the day it was replaced. My father came home with a big spool of string. The kind the storekeeper would use to wrap your package and made them easier to carry home. At home, packages would be wrapped with a brown grocery bag and tied with string to be mailed. One day, the postal department and the other delivery services stopped accepting packages tied with string. soon the paper became obsolete. Balls of string soon disappeared or were lost in an unused drawer but they still roll around in my memory. Today’s modern version of a ball of string: Velcro!! The velcro has many garden uses, especially holding plants up. Jerry
I wouldn't be without my string balls. I have three a raffia one, a smooth string and (what I call) a hairy string one. It's getting harder though to replace the hairy one as folks nowadays don't seem to like them very much.
Thanks Jerry: I wasn't just stringing you along. HEEEE, heeee. Yes those balls of string do come in handy. I have a garbage pail full of binder twine. The heaver string they us to bail hay with. It comes in handy when you need to tie up an unruly plant, or tie a gate shut.
