Jen, I think we have a current generation of mixed values and standards . Too many kids raised on cereal and fast foods,uneducated as to a decent way of life. How many of them will be able to post and share experiences as we have done when they reach our age? How many of them have learned the basics of survival without their gadgets and buttons to push? Not many! I am really concerned about what the next generation will face with the crap going on now and what will be left for them to live with. I have five Great-grandchildren ranging in age from 6 weeks to 19 yrs.What obstacles will they have to deal with in order to survive? They currently have responsible parents but what about other things? Can't depend on the schools the way they are now operated. Regards, Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jen LaBonte" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [HS] Good old days.. > Dear Belle, > > You make so much sense!! Although we grew up in a different generation I > can really relate to what you said in your e-mail. > > When I was little, I used to go over to our neighbors & sit on their front > porch. They had a swing that 2-3 people could sit on & of course, they had > rockers. Just like you described. > > We didn't have TV then. I think if we wanted to get the news, we either > read the newspaper or listened to the radio. I sure things were also talked > about..but I was quite young then & I'm sure that things were said so that I > would not be able to hear them. Those were the days when it was a big > secret when people got a divorce...nowadays, it seems like it's an every day > occurrence. > > I grew up in the Midwest in IL..and I loved the first house which we lived > in. When I went back to see it before it was razed, it looked so small. > And yet when I lived there until I was 8 yrs old...it seemed so very large > to me!! > > We don't have any fancy gadgets like cell phones or the likes. I attended a > meeting tonight & was surprised when this woman across from me kept letting > her cell phone ring. It was loud & it was rude. Someone told her to turn > it off..but NO, she couldn't do that. Finally she got up & went outside the > room we were in & I guess made her personal phone calls out there. > > We don't have a cell phone. We do have a cordless one. However, that one > always stays right where it belongs. I don't care to start looking for it > when it rings. Our phone in our bedroom went out & my husband went out to > the store & bought a phone for $9.95. I know that our other phone cost more > than that one...and yet this one works just as well as the other one does! > He keeps that in the corner in the kitchen. I was getting tired of people > calling early in the morning..this way, I never hear the phone when it > rings. > > Because we live in a little town up in the mountains, we don't have many > place to shop, so we do go to Wal-Mart a lot. I do remember when I was > younger, we had Dime Stores...or little shops that had a little bit of > everything in them...sort of like mercantile stores. Nowadays, people > wouldn't know what to do if they didn't have their Wal-Mart or other chain > stores to shop in. Of course, when these chain stores came into > being...they put all the other small stores out of business. > > ~Jen in AZ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:07 PM > Subject: [HS] Good old days.. > > > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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