Posted by CLW on March 03, 2008 at 09:28:54 from (68.93.32.16):
In Reply to: The Goood Ole Days posted by Bob on March 01, 2008 at 01:55:22:
I understand what you are saying. We had enough money to get by then and it is the same today. Not much, if any, left over, but we got use to it. Everyone else was in the same boat. However when I hear someone talk about "the good old days" my thoughts go to the good things about those days. Mine were late 40's to early 60's.
We had two used tractors. One about 8 years old and one about 12. The most common problem was trash in the fuel. Cost about $0.00 to fix. We had one milk cow and maybe 20 chickens for eggs. Had a hog or two some of the time. Houses were built so the breeze would blow through them. Maybe two heaters in the house. One for the living room and a small one in the bath. We used one or two extra blankets on bed. You don't miss things that are not yet invented such as CH/A. When we did get a TV it had only 3 channels and only came on in the evening, and signed off around 11 PM. You have missed something if you never listened to "The Lone Ranger"or "The Swinging Door" or some other radio program that let you use your imagination to paint the picture of what is going on. We had one old Chevy pickup and one old four door car of some kind. Dad had what we called a "mud car". It was a old Ford with the fenders cut back and it was only used to take us kids to the highway to catch the school bus in bad weather. I remember it caught on fire and burnt the inside up. Dad got it running again and set on a wooden stool to drive it. We kids sat on the floor.
We could leave the tractors in the field and the tools in the toolbox, and everything would be in its place the next morning. There were no permits required if we wanted to add a shed or dig a drainage ditch. The word "lawsuit" was yet to be in the dictionary. Never heard of a child rapist, and if there was one I dought he ever made it to the courthouse alive.
I remember holding hands with my first girlfriend. Playing all the sports in school and the best cheesburger in the world for $.10. A 16 oz. RC for a nickle.
I tell my grandkids to enjoy school and life now because some day they will look back on this as there "good old days". I hope there are as happy as mine were.
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