Miss Belle,what a wonderful time it must have been.Except for the "no walmart" part.There is no walmart here and I can't wait to get to Sacramento or PA where they have walmarts!!I shop and shop when I get there.It's like a carnival to me. Linda,hair all done and fixin to hit the rack ------Original Message------ From: Belle Shepherd Sender: [email protected] To: [email protected] To: [email protected] To: [email protected] ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Good old days.. Sent: Feb 4, 2010 8:07 PM Hello all, Yes, I think we really did have 'good old days.'ot so many fancy things to help do the daily chores but an atmosphere of accomplishment when we had completed a task. We had trust in our neighbors, our merchants, our doctors, our teachers and others. Security Systems wired into our homes was unheard of. No need. No loudmouth female newscasters with BREAKING NEWS! The weekly news paper and the ;Rocking Chair Brigade kept us informed of anything of importance, births, deaths, marriages and new shipments of merchandise to the General store. Most of the homes had large front porchs, room for a swing and several chairs, many of them rockers. The occupants kept a watch on the town and kept all informed. Who had a tea party, who attended and what did they wear. Who drove to Atlanta on a shopping trip and who did they visit. Important stuff like that. No one was concerned about 'home invasions', over priced gas and food. No wireless phones to lose behind the sofa cushions, no cell phones possibly giving our kids brain tumors, no cash advances on our Wal-mart receipts and best of all "NO WAL -MART'. Belle ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T