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#231
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Days when Moms were home raising their family,eating out was unknown,Dad was our repairman,fixing everything including the car.Days when a school principal was likely to stop by your house if any of us got in trouble.When just a look from Dad caused us kids to "fly right & straighten up".
Every "back then" leads to another.....Days of being safe covers it for me.
Every "back then" leads to another.....Days of being safe covers it for me.
#232
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I also remember my friends moms were just as apt to give me a spanking when my friends got a spanking, if we were being bad. The good old days.
#233
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Location: Long Island
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when I was a kid, we'd play all day outside and ride our bikes.
no worries about being abducted, we'd talk to strangers. we'd go to the food store and look at all the babies outside. we had no money in our pockets or phones. oh yeah, phones were only a dime call away too.
no worries about being abducted, we'd talk to strangers. we'd go to the food store and look at all the babies outside. we had no money in our pockets or phones. oh yeah, phones were only a dime call away too.
#234
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when I was a kid, we'd play all day outside and ride our bikes.
no worries about being abducted, we'd talk to strangers. we'd go to the food store and look at all the babies outside. we had no money in our pockets or phones. oh yeah, phones were only a dime call away too.
no worries about being abducted, we'd talk to strangers. we'd go to the food store and look at all the babies outside. we had no money in our pockets or phones. oh yeah, phones were only a dime call away too.
#235
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
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Bad things still happened "back then" - we probably just weren't that aware of it when we were kids unless it happened in our neighborhood or to someone we knew.
I still find that most people are polite.
I am undecided yet as to whether our "conveniences" are - in the long run - beneficial to us or not.
I definitely enjoy the convenience of having a washer and dryer for doing the laundry as compared to a wringer washer and clotheslines or drying racks.
The downside - it takes longer to do all the laundry with the washer and dryer (on a good drying day) and all that physical exercise has been eliminated.
Physically - are we in better or worse shape than most people were 50 years ago?
I still find that most people are polite.
I am undecided yet as to whether our "conveniences" are - in the long run - beneficial to us or not.
I definitely enjoy the convenience of having a washer and dryer for doing the laundry as compared to a wringer washer and clotheslines or drying racks.
The downside - it takes longer to do all the laundry with the washer and dryer (on a good drying day) and all that physical exercise has been eliminated.
Physically - are we in better or worse shape than most people were 50 years ago?
#236
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 773
Bad things still happened "back then" - we probably just weren't that aware of it when we were kids unless it happened in our neighborhood or to someone we knew.
I still find that most people are polite.
I am undecided yet as to whether our "conveniences" are - in the long run - beneficial to us or not.
I definitely enjoy the convenience of having a washer and dryer for doing the laundry as compared to a wringer washer and clotheslines or drying racks.
The downside - it takes longer to do all the laundry with the washer and dryer (on a good drying day) and all that physical exercise has been eliminated.
Physically - are we in better or worse shape than most people were 50 years ago?
I still find that most people are polite.
I am undecided yet as to whether our "conveniences" are - in the long run - beneficial to us or not.
I definitely enjoy the convenience of having a washer and dryer for doing the laundry as compared to a wringer washer and clotheslines or drying racks.
The downside - it takes longer to do all the laundry with the washer and dryer (on a good drying day) and all that physical exercise has been eliminated.
Physically - are we in better or worse shape than most people were 50 years ago?
#238
I really don't like microwave ovens. I use my as seldom as possible. I wouldn't even have one if I lived alone.
There are a lot of modern things I really like though. I wouldn't really want things a whole lot different. I think every generation says the same thing about the "good old days"
One thing I do miss is letter writing. I used to love to and now I just don't do it. So it's my fault really.
There are a lot of modern things I really like though. I wouldn't really want things a whole lot different. I think every generation says the same thing about the "good old days"
One thing I do miss is letter writing. I used to love to and now I just don't do it. So it's my fault really.
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