Looking back
Yea, I'm looking back a my 80 plus years. A few weeks ago I tumbled down the cellar stairs to the concrete floor and got scalped for about 10 inches of scalp plus other sundry things. Took "humpty dumphy" over 55 staples plus some stitching by a plastic surgeon to get put back together. Gave me some hospital time to think back over my life which might have been ended but for a hard Irish skull. (thick, I would say).
Granted, I am walking with a crutch, going slowly and CAREFULLY, but still going down the cellar stairs O.K. now, and been riding my ATV in
the woods (with care now) since three days after getting out of the hospital. What I am getting at is, dont put things off. Do it now and enjoy it before you get too damn old. Luckily I did this with no regrets. And yea, I seen the best and worse of things. Born prior to the big depression and lived through it, served as a Infantry rifleman
in ETO in WW 2 in several major campaigns, came home and fit into civilian life again. Then for 60 years had the best of it, so no complaints for now. Just taking one day at a time and enjoying what I can. No complaints. Feel damn lucky at it is.
Granted, I am walking with a crutch, going slowly and CAREFULLY, but still going down the cellar stairs O.K. now, and been riding my ATV in
the woods (with care now) since three days after getting out of the hospital. What I am getting at is, dont put things off. Do it now and enjoy it before you get too damn old. Luckily I did this with no regrets. And yea, I seen the best and worse of things. Born prior to the big depression and lived through it, served as a Infantry rifleman
in ETO in WW 2 in several major campaigns, came home and fit into civilian life again. Then for 60 years had the best of it, so no complaints for now. Just taking one day at a time and enjoying what I can. No complaints. Feel damn lucky at it is.
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I, like a few others here find ourselves on the wrong side of 70 years old. That said, I find myself looking back to a time when I seemed to fit into society and took for granted that most Americans were proud of our country and our earned status as the greatest country in the world.
Those days are gone now with all the guilt induced diversity and the push to make everyone feel welcome and a part of America.
It seems that the very things that made this country great has also been responsible for it's decline.One might say that America has gone from a giant melting pot that emigrants wanted to be a part of into a witches caldron of vile and disgusting politicians/people with self serving greed and with no semblance of a moral compass that has forever changed everything this country once stood for.
Older guys can better relate to what I'm talking about and I'll wager most feel the same sense of loss that seems to be weighing heavily on my mind on this,our "Flag Day".0 -
Just sitting around this morning thinking about all the jobs I've been fortunate to have had in my life..
worked snow cone stand
chopped cotton (that sucked) made me get an education.
worked for janitorial service
sold vacuum cleaners
College (cpa, business admin)
accountant
carpet installer & furniture delivery at same store
contract carpet installer- my on business
drove truck in oil field - winch truck, hauled drip & salt water.
worked for Conoco/Phillips until I retired in 2003
This is all I can remember.. Tired my brain just thinkin.[:D]
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I forgot about working at a place in Lubbock Tex called the Chicken Shack (dish washer etc) while going to college. I couldn't eat chicken for 10 years after working there. I seen green chicken deep fried and served to the customers.. yuck.0 -
Yes, I feel I lived in the greatest days of this country and would not have traded times . Born a few years prior ot the big 1929 depression and lived all through it, served in WW 2 as a infantry rifleman from France to wars end. Granted these were some so called "bad times". But one takes the good with the bad. I would'nt trade my life for anything different as it was one damn great adventure. Of course, in the past 35 or so years things here have gone downhill with laws and regulations.
I am damn glad my kids grew up and had "almost" the same type of life as I did and can also look back a little on it. Things have changed quite a bit but luckily here in our Township not to the extent of many other NJ Municipalities and I hope it continues this way. Many of our towns and cities have restricted our rights though. Actually, I sure as hell would not like to start life over again the way this country has changed for the worse. But I am glad I had the best part
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the post about Cal Smith got me to thinking of a time in my past. I can remember listening to Cal , Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline riding up into the mountains in this long nosed 50's Oldsmobile with my Dad. He was proud of that car, made sure to point out the fact it was a 4 holer,( ornamental exhaust outlets on cowling) as opposed to 3 holer. I can remember the fuzzy feel of those seats and leaning against him falling asleep as evening came listening to those old songs , and those are some of the memories that come back when I hear those great old singers. So long Cal, and thanks... 0 -
Where in NJ are U from?
I grew-up on a farm in So. Joizey. Logan TWP.Gloucester County.
I Deer,Duck,Rabbit,Squirrel,Pheasant,Quail And "Snipe"Hunted since i was a 9yo. boy.(That ws in 1970). I grew up in "The Garden State" Not the "a**hole of the country" as so many think New Jersey is...
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