http://allmyancestors.com/blog/2008/01/08/winter/ Tales of my ancestors and my adventures searching for them Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:58:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://allmyancestors.com/blog/2008/01/08/winter/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Tex Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:31:32 +0000 http://allmyancestors.com/blog/2008/01/08/winter/#comment-909 ...and we used them when our kids were small. They are definitely a "good thing" for small hands and mittens. Cosby's riff had one of his friends pulling on one mitten and making the wearer hit himself with the other one. I could never really make that happen but it was an hilarious sketch--on an LP album as I recall. …and we used them when our kids were small. They are definitely a “good thing” for small hands and mittens. Cosby’s riff had one of his friends pulling on one mitten and making the wearer hit himself with the other one. I could never really make that happen but it was an hilarious sketch–on an LP album as I recall.

]]> http://allmyancestors.com/blog/2008/01/08/winter/comment-page-1/#comment-907 Apple Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:05:34 +0000 http://allmyancestors.com/blog/2008/01/08/winter/#comment-907 We still use idiot mittens with our kids, although I had never heard them called that before. LOL We have heaters built into the engine blocks of our buses so that we can plug them in if it gets really cold. Many of the pickup trucks around here are equipped with them too. We still use idiot mittens with our kids, although I had never heard them called that before. LOL We have heaters built into the engine blocks of our buses so that we can plug them in if it gets really cold. Many of the pickup trucks around here are equipped with them too.

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