Posted by Al Baker(pumpman) on April 08, 2016 at 19:14:12 from (208.77.130.238):
Reading about times gone by I think about just how much has changed in my short 50 something life. I remember Dad needing parts sending me to town with his truck to the hardware store. Told me to go straight there and straight home. Didn't send me with money , just tell them your Vic's boy. He would stop in and pay latter. Also had to buy him a pack of Camel non filters. Check out lady would say, "you are to young to buy these" and I would tell her These are for Dad and that's all I would have to say. Try to buy smokes at 14 today! Never got into any trouble driving to town or the feed mill before getting a drivers license. Everyone knew who Dad was and I was under HIS law so I wasn't any problem for anyone. I even drove to drivers training one afternoon after school cause I didn't have a ride. Dad was old school farm boy who lived through Korea in the Marines. He would hand down punishment far tougher than any lawman would and people knew this and knew us Boys wouldn't dare step out of line. If we got into any type trouble in school just a simple phone call to Dad and we were different students come tomorrow. I remember there was always a raffle at the homecoming game. Winner got to pick between a deer rifle with a scope, or a semi auto shotgun. Try having a high powered weapon on display in the high school gym today!! I even saw kids bringing shotguns into school to the shop class to refinish the wood on them. Teacher just had to check them out to make sure they were empty, and lock them up at the end of the day. Not for our safety, just to make sure no one stole the firearm at night. Every farm boy had a pocket knife. I started at 3rd grade. Never was it a question about safety, it was about if you were old enough to not loose it. Almost all farm guys had a can of chew in his back pocket. You were cool if the jeans had aged and faded in the shape of the can. Even remember spitting into the desks when the teacher wasn't looking! Scary to think about what kids will have to talk about when they get older.
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