:angel::biggrin::thumbup:those were the days-never to come again,too bad this world has gone to the dogs,things were simple and down to earth:confused

[SEMPERFI61]

i can remember going to the store and buying an RC COLA soda for 5 cents,you had to pay 2 cents deposit on the bottle,but you would get your 2 cents back.sometimes we would go collecting bottles to make enought to go to the cowboy movies and see one of my heros"LASH LA RUE" with his buddy fuzzy-jones.those were the days guys,15 cents to get in at the movies,5 cents for a soda,10 cents for pop-corn.hambugers were 15 cents for pain,20 cents for cheese-bugers!you could get 4-slacks of gorceries for $20.00 and gripe,because they were so high.hair-cuts were 50 cents,flatops were 75 cents,crew-cuts were 50 cents.
drive-inn movies were $1.00 a car-load!!but when regular prices came around,we would get in the trunk of the car ha,ha,he,he what a blast!man,how i miss those days,if someone was to mention drugs,aids,gang-bangers,dope,drive-by killings,we would not have a clue what you were speaking about??now,look at this world it scares you at the rate we are going!tell,me this world is not headed to hell.back in our days ,it was noting to leave your house unlocked,now its a different story!!our kids are not safe ,even on the street that you live on???kids are being picked off the streets and killed by perverts.god help us,"come soon lord jesus".

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

I wasn't even born yet! But it sure sounds like a simpler time!

 

[Mike Chgo area]

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[steve in so la]

is right on schedule = everything will get worse toward the end times. So smile and know you are included in the rapture !! Steve in so az

 

[morningstar]

I can't help but wonder sometimes what this world would be like if the Holy Spirit was not among us?

 

[TuckyTector(InezKY)]

MEMORIES

A little house with three bedrooms and one car on the street,
A mower that you had to push to make the grass look neat.



In the kitchen on the wall we only had one phone,
And no need for recording things, someone was always home.



We only had a living room where we would congregate,
Unless it was at mealtime in the kitchen where we ate.



We had no need for family rooms or extra rooms to dine,
When meeting as a family those two rooms would work out fine.

We only had one TV set, and channels maybe two,
But always there was one of them with something worth the view.

For snacks we had potato chips that tasted like a chip,
And if you wanted flavor there was Lipton's onion dip.



Store-bought snacks were rare because my mother liked to cook,
And nothing can compare to snacks in Betty Crocker's book.



Weekends were for family trips or staying home to play,
We all did things together -- even go to church to pray.




When we did our weekend trips depending on the weather,
No one stayed at home because we liked to be together.



Sometimes we would separate to do things on our own,
But we knew where the others were without our own cell phone.

Then there were the movies with your favorite movie star,
And nothing can compare to watching movies in your car.



Then there were the picnics at the peak of summer season,
Pack a lunch and find some trees and never need a reason.



Get a baseball game together with all the friends you know,
Have real action playing ball -- and no game video.



Remember when the doctor used to be the family friend,
And didn't need insurance or a lawyer to defend?



The way that he took care of you or what he had to do,
Because he took an oath and strived to do the best for you.

Remember going to the store and shopping casually,
And when you went to pay for it you used your own money?




Nothing that you had to swipe or punch in some amount,
Remember when the cashier person had to really count?



The milkman used to go from door to door,
And it was just a few cents more than going to the store.



There was a time when mailed letters came right to your door,
Without a lot of junk mail ads sent out by every store.

The mailman knew each house by name and knew where it was sent;
There were not loads of mail addressed "to present occupant."



There was a time when just one glance was all that it would take,
And you would know the kind of car, the model and the make.



They didn't look like turtles trying to squeeze out every mile;
They were streamlined, white walls, fins, and really had some style.





One time the music that you played whenever you would jive,
Was from a vinyl, big-holed record called a forty-five.



The record player had a post to keep them all in line,
And then the records would drop down and play one at a time.



Oh sure, we had our problems then, just like we do today,
And always we were striving, trying for a better way.

Oh, the simple life we lived still seems like so much fun,
How can you explain a game, just kick the can and run?



And why would boys put baseball cards between bicycle spokes,
And for a nickel red machines had little bottled Cokes?




This life seemed so much easier and slower in some ways,
I love the new technology but I sure miss those days.

So time moves on and so do we, and nothing stays the same,
But I sure love to reminisce and walk down memory lane.

 

[MI$$OURI BETTY]

the older movies of the women wearing their dresses and the men wearing hats when doing business and going to church! Most of the newer movies aren't good at all, too much sex, nudity, blood and gore and not much of a story plot! And they keep getting sicker and sicker!

God Bless!
Betty

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

I liked it. I remember some of that but most was a little before my time!

 

[SEMPERFI61]

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