Thursday, September 25, 2008

Put it on my Tab

I delivered Mobile Meals today and normally, my route goes fairly well, but today we had several unfortunate events. We had three incidents to report to Senior Resources by the end of the route - the worst of which being what appeared to be one of our little clients having a stroke. It upset us terribly. I haven't been able to shake it all day and I keep wondering how she is doing.

My mobile meals route is in a very old neighborhood. I realized just how old it is today-- I found a pull tab in the driveway of one of our deliveries! I took it home to show Spencer since it is now an ancient artifact. I think they stopped making them when I was a baby so those things are REALLY old! I explained to him what it was and pantomimed how it would have worked on an empty can from our recycling bin and Spencer said, "Cool! Old cans came with little knives!"

7 comments:

Yankee said...

We used to make necklace chains out of those tabs.
Sorry to hear about the bad part of your day. I hope the seniors are all okay.

lydia eve said...

Well, first of all, thanks for making me feel young. Doesn't happen much anymore. :)

Second of all, how about a written description of how that works? :)

Yankee said...

Seriously. You take the tab part and put it through the ring of the next flip top and bend it over. The next best thing to a dandelion necklace.

Amy said...

Sorry about the sad things that happened on your route...

I'm impressed that you recognized the tab thingy. I totally didn't!

Patti H said...

Geeze thanks for reminding me how old I am. I too remember them quite well. I hope your little client lady is okay.

Paula... said...

I'm with you Patti - nothing like making a person feel OLD!! thanks very much Cass!!! I grew up with these pull tabs on my cans of drink - we used to make necklaces from the tabs all joined together -ah the memories LOL

Cheri Pryor said...

Thanks for the memory! We used to make pull-tab garland as we drank soda and my dad drank beer while camping.

How great you support this cause. Such a great thing....and I'm so sorry about all the bad things. Hoping you have heard how she is doing.