I was born in the wrong decade...
I have nearly daily reminders of this fact. Everything that was perfectly acceptable and even somewhat normal (judging by what Dad has told me from when he was growing up) back in the 50s and 60s is now bad, and inappropriate for way too many people in this world.
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aahh, your mom's so old she still owes Moses 3 bucks.
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anyone ever watch Jeremiah Johnson, now that looks like one hell of a good time 0 -
I have often though I should have been born in the early to mid 1800's. 0 -
Every generation needs new challenges. The old ones were obviously met by the preceeding generation. I like the present. Life is like high school. See ya next year!
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For our children, these days "will be" the good old days. 0 -
Zipperzap: No problem. I lived in a small town in central-coastal
NJ. One store and a part time post office (4 hours a day). Population then was about 250 people. Mostly farms plus clming and fishing nearby
in the next town. At least food was easy to come by. Cash money was
always shorr though. Yes, how true. Many cities had it much worse such as Newark, NYC and Philly. No idea though about the rest of the country
made out as we did little traveling. Vegies, fruits and jelly was canned in season. Chickens were home raised so we had eggs and meat plus smoked pork from the community smmokehouse, clams and fish from the
local fishermen were traded for. Actually where I lived food was the least of our worries then. Cash money though was a problem.0 -
My father was born in 1918 and grew up on a small dairy farm in Wisconsin. I asked him about it once and he said they also were not terribly affected by the depression. Once again, they raised or grew most of their own food (they had chickens, hogs & a big garden in addition to the milk cows). He remembers bartering eggs at the grocery store for the staples that they needed & I imagine the dairy business brought in enought cash to cover what couldn't be bartered for and the taxes. They were still using horse drawn equipment so no diesel bills[:)] 0 -
In some parts of the country it was not only the economic collapse that affected the people --- prolonged drought devasted many in agriculture and in the towns that were primarily dependent upon agriculture. My grandfather traded a 30 section ranch for a 30 acre irrigated farm so that he could grow food for his family. The ranch was not worth much since the grass for the cattle depends upon rainfall. In addition, there was virtually no market for the cattle.
I have lived with no electricity and a path, I have seen times when we had to haul drinking water and water for the livestock, I remember when our town got its first TV station (no network programming --- just local programs from noon until 10 PM. Many today have never sat and watched the "test pattern" waiting for the station to come alive. The "good old days" to me are the 50s, but I do not really want to go back there. I often wish that some of the values that were taught in that time period (and before) had lasted but I also enjoy the conveniences of today.
My father left home when he was 13 to earn his own living. My mother, who helped her (not too healthy) father operate the farm and raise the younger children, finally graduated from the 8th grade. I was sent to college. Both of my parents insisted on it. They did very well by me and I appreciate it. Times were tougher back then, people were tougher, life was simpler, values were honored, and a man's word was his bond (at least where I was raised). If one looks back further than my time-frame, times were even tougher, people were even tougher, etc.
We cannot turn back the clock, but we can teach the values that existed then. The futures of our young people and their children do not have to be bleak. Honor, morals, self-worth, work ethic, etc. can be taught today as easily as it was taught then. Just my $.02.0 -
quote:Originally posted by pickenup
For our children, these days "will be" the good old days.
God I hope not.0
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