Re: OT Hard Times

Posted by Steve Crum on December 14, 2006 at 05:34:44 from (4.156.231.7):

In Reply to: OT Hard Times posted by Steve From Arkansas on December 12, 2006 at 07:14:54:

I was raised by a depression era farmer. Times were tough for him and his family, but they got thru it and stayed on the cutting edge of the tecnologies to prosper. Funny later in life Dad tended to shy away from the advancing tecnologies which tended to stymie continued growth.He would tend to spend a lot of time digging thru accumulated collections looking for a perticular size bolt rather than pull a new box off the shelf.
But then again, during the depression and war, most times there were not boxes on the shelf to pull a new bolt out of. Admittedly I have wanted for a lot over the years, but needed for nothing. I have often pondered what it will be like for people who have no marketable skills or that box of junk to dig thru to find a bolt to get running again.
I keep telling my college boy son (who has shunned learning basic sustenance from me) that half million dollars homes, $50,000 SUVs, plasma TVs and all the processed information of today's age and mentality has very little nutritional value. Fixing a guy's tractor for 10 pounds of potatos will get you there quicker.

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