I miss this..

[gauthier]

My gradeschool principle used to smoke outside with us older 6-7 graders,,,he used to whip us [when he wasn't smoking with us] with his belt.

Many of my co bus riders had to walk over a mile just to catch the bus,school was never called off due to snow,we used to help the bus driver put on and take off chains to get up a hill,,sometimes we had to help put on chains because of mud,not snow.

Only got one channel on a black and white tv.

Used to help my grandpa harness the mules to do anything you would do now with a tractor.

Used to carry water from a outside pump[we had an inside pump to ],to fill wash tubs up with that were heated over a fire to fill a wringer wash in machine so we could wash clothes.

Never lived in a house with running water till I was 16.

I am only 28:laughing:

 

[clemsonfor]

Yep gauthier i have seen "those" places in Kentuky, like around Hazzard, in coal country. I beleive there are still places with out indoor plumbing there. Thinking about places like that it makes me sick that we give so much to foriegn nations or so much to those inner city folks for entitlement programs.

 

[77transam]

Yep G/Clem, I agree.
While I'm all for helping my fellow man, I firmly believe we should take care of our own first and foremost.:thumbsup: If Old Uncle Sam would take the billions of dollars we send overseas in foreign "aid" (To country's that hate us no less!)and instead invest it in local infrastructures,our country would most assuredly be in better shape!

It's hard to believe, but there are still a lot of places in America where people live in 3rd world conditions. (No running water/indoor plumbing, no access to jobs or public transportation,etc.) We need to fix things at home before we try to fix the world.

 

[sweettractors]

Yep G/Clem, I agree.
While I'm all for helping my fellow man, I firmly believe we should take care of our own first and foremost.:thumbsup: If Old Uncle Sam would take the billions of dollars we send overseas in foreign "aid" (To country's that hate us no less!)and instead invest it in local infrastructures,our country would most assuredly be in better shape!

It's hard to believe, but there are still a lot of places in America where people live in 3rd world conditions. (No running water/indoor plumbing, no access to jobs or public transportation,etc.) We need to fix things at home before we try to fix the world.

I am with you on this subject 100%. Ken Sweet

 

[gauthier]

Actually I'm 54,but the rest was true

I could show you some areas of w.v. that arn't much different now though,,except you[probably won't be smoking with the principle]..

 

[clemsonfor]

Yep if anybody dont beleive us southerners go to Appalacia/coal country. Mainly WV, Kentucky and maybe some of pensylvania, and actually there is some really poor areas in western NC as well.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I don't miss buying new tires every 12,000 miles.

mark

Or doing a valve job every 30,000 miles. I just did the first valve job on my Jeep at 245,000 miles, and there wasn't even a ridge in the cylinder.

I moved to where I live in Southern Oregon because it's a good 20 years behind the rest of the country. When I turn out the lights, it gets dark. Comets stretch a veil across a third of the sky. I own both sides of the country road for about 1/3 of a mile, so nobody is going to be crowding me.

There wouldn't be any TV at my place at all without the satellite dish. I have a computer on my desk that is faster than the worlds best supercomputer 25 years ago, and a reasonable internet connection through my phone company that, on a good day, will beat 1 mbps. I have an eBook reader and access to over 650,000 free books online through the Gutenberg Project. I have a car with air conditioning, a house with central air conditioning, and I only have to split firewood when I'm feeling good. Telephone calls anywhere in the USA come with the phone service. No long distance charges.

For me, the worst thing about rural living in the 1950s was the isolation. I was miles from the nearest other kid my age, miles from any town, and miles from the nearest library. I remember years of loneliness and boredom.

My parents were fine people, but if either one of them ever had an original thought, they would change the subject. That pretty much went double for my teachers. They didn't want anybody "gettin' above themselves", and refused to give the kids any career guidance or counseling. I knew how anti-intellectual and oppressive the environment was, but there was nothing I could do about it. I stuck around to get my high school diploma, and was out of there. I went back to one high school reunion in about 1980, which just reminded me why I didn't like most of my classmates. Most of them hadn't changed much.

As far as I am concerned, the last 50 years have been a great improvement. What did somebody say, "You don't get nosalgic until you start forgetting what it was like?"

 

[MrBobcat230]

I remember my grandma making her own peanut butter and fresh baked bread,I loved the smell. I remember getting our first color TV and seeing Star Trek in color during the sixties. Bonanza, The Dean Martin show and many others. Going fishing with my Dad Saturday mornings. Building go carts with a old lawnmower engines. My Dads 1966 Buick special ( His first brand new car). Mom cooking Sunday dinner after church. So many things I really miss now.

 

[tallyho8]

I miss this..the most...
Family & Friends

When I was in my 20s and had a party the house could not hold them all and half the party was in the yard.

When I was in my 30s there weren't quite as many, we could just pack the house. I had lost some to 'nam, some to drugs and some to auto accidents.

When I was in my 40s the numbers lessened again as we disagreed on political views, jealousies, and varied interests.

When I was in my 50s cancer claimed many of the best ones.

When I hit 60 Katrina spread most of the remaining ones clear across the country.

Not that I'm 65 what do I miss most?




My 20s.

 

[SPIKER]

I miss this..the most...
Family & Friends

When I was in my 20s and had a party the house could not hold them all and half the party was in the yard.

When I was in my 30s there weren't quite as many, we could just pack the house. I had lost some to 'nam, some to drugs and some to auto accidents.

When I was in my 40s the numbers lessened again as we disagreed on political views, jealousies, and varied interests.

When I was in my 50s cancer claimed many of the best ones.

When I hit 60 Katrina spread most of the remaining ones clear across the country.

Not that I'm 65 what do I miss most?




My 20s.

That seems about right and the most honest one in here so far...

Tat seems near same with me...
Mark