This is a brick on the chimney in Gramma Pickles' kitchen. They would record events (like first snow, first frogs) there. This one says, "Eddie says no fishing next year "73" if the bus isn't finished. Don't forget it neither. By me," written by Gramma 35 years ago.
Here's the bus she/he was talking about :
For years, Grappa drove a school bus for a living. He even picked up me and my siblings for many years on his school bus route. Eventually, he acquired one of his own. Grappa always wanted to turn this school bus into a camper to take on fishing and hunting trips to Canada (or wherever). He was always collecting things for the camper-bus -- Tupperware, recipes, foam trays, matresses ... He was a great collector.
The bus was parked next to his machine shed. In about 1983, a tornado came through and moved the roof of the machine shed on top of the bus--and there it stayed. The roof finally fell in--you can't see it behind the bus anymore ...
To my knowledge, the bus never did make a camping trip (at least not yet). Someone actually bought it at the auction last Saturday. I wonder what they'll do with it?
A few more pictures :
Here's one of those old wringer washers :
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