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10-19-2011, 08:07 AM

#101

peggyf

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Join Date: Oct 2011

Location: Bernbroo0k, Tx (suburb of Fort Worth)

Posts: 11

I am going to the Paducah, KY quilt show in 2012. Any good places to eat near there, or sight seeing trips besides quilt related?

10-19-2011, 08:12 AM

#102

lillybeck

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Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: Fort White, Fl

Posts: 2,689

I would like to go back to the whole family sat down to meals together and would sit down together and watch a show ;on TV.

10-19-2011, 09:13 AM

#103

countrycottage

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Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: Gilmer, Texas

Posts: 685

I totally agree. Did you know that Walmart will now be open every holiday except Christmas Day. Even open on Thanksgiving. And I suppose lots of folks will hurry there to shop too.

Oh for the days when families could spend holidays together.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaciqltznok

BLUE LAWS....I would love for Sundays to be Sundays and Holidays to be time spent with family and not for shopping!

less of everything to make people appreciate what they have more!

10-19-2011, 09:26 AM

#104

buddy'smom

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Join Date: Jul 2009

Location: NY

Posts: 5,337

Quote:

Originally Posted by sew n' sew

I've read allll the posts and have enjoyed that walk down memory lane. I certainly miss the simple things of life that we all shared back then. I'm sorry that none of my grandchildren will ever experinece the wonderful times that I did.

I so agree, my Grandkids live the fast pace, phone, computers, and so on, they call me old, but they really don't have a clue as to what there missing out on.

10-19-2011, 09:50 AM

#105

jansquiltn

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Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: King George Virginia

Posts: 1,198

I agree made in America and no computers in the car.

10-19-2011, 10:32 AM

#106

jbj137

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Join Date: Dec 2009

Location: Duncan, SC, 29334 USA

Posts: 4,580

My toy bright blue crank sewing machine,
that my MOM threw away.
J J

10-19-2011, 10:33 AM

#107

valsma

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Join Date: Apr 2011

Location: USA

Posts: 1,625

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlwaysQuilting

An automobile (non-computerized) that could be fixed at home by my brothers!

Yes, one a shadetree mechanic could fix. I agree. Now days it is even difficult to change a fuse in some vehicles.

10-19-2011, 10:59 AM

#108

catmcclure

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Join Date: Jun 2010

Location: Bay Area near San Francisco

Posts: 1,213

Quote:

Originally Posted by ptquilts

I would like prices to go back to what they were in the 50's!!

Actually, they really are about the same or a little bit lower. Figure it out. In 1956 hamburger meat was about 43 cents a pound and minimum wage was 65 cents an hour or a penny a minute. Now minimum wage is $6.50 an hour or about 10 cents a minute. To be the same price (or take the same amount of minutes to earn money to buy a pound), hamburger meat would be $4.30 a pound. In the 50's a 3 bedroom brick tract house cost about $22K. That would have been 11 years salary (2000 hrs a year at $1/hour). Today buying a house about the same size (most places) would be $143K (6.5 times $22K).