Posted by charlie n on August 16, 2012 at 15:25:23 from (96.35.9.190):
I read IA Leos thread this morning and got me thinkin.
I come from the next generation but can relate.My parents grew up in the country during the depression and had many of the same values.I grew up on the extreme edge of town but I was raised with country values.Here are things I remember.
1. Milk man on Tuesday and Saturday.If you were lucky he left a quart of chocolate milk once a month.
2. That 6 pack of 12 oz Pepsi's on the steps to the back door were a treat and not a necessity.You asked to have one.
3. Dad standing at the stove shacking a pan of pop corn.Some got burnt but you ate it anyway and liked it.
4. You smarted off at school or to the lady next door and got your a$$ beat for it.After the pain was gone you went and apologized.
5. When you were ten the BB gun showed up at Christmas.The first thing said was don't shoot the birds but you did anyway.Another whoppin especially when you put a hole in the shed roof.
6. The evening paper flew out the window of a pickup truck doin about 90 and going all over the road because the guy steered with his knees so he could throw out both windows.
7. Company came over on Sunday evening dressed for the day and the TV got turned OFF.
8. Every neighborhood had its own grocery store that sold penny candy.The people that owned it looked like your grandparents, spoke English, and sold you 11 pieces for a dime.
9. The dust to dawn light got turned on every night with a switch by the back door.The light itself was built out of 1/2 inch water line with a green metal shade and 60 watt bulb.
10. You called anybody who were old enough to be your parents Mr or Mrs.
I'm not trying to steal your thread Leo but you got me thinking of how good things were.The list could go on and on.Anybody else want to add.
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