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<blockquote data-quote="PT Stewie" data-source="post: 1067076" data-attributes="member: 12889"><p>Speaking of Baby Boomers a dear friend from grammer school sent me this today:</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Have a Wonderful Day </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>A little house with three bedrooms,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>one bathroom and one car on the street</strong>.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>A mower that you had to push</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>to make the grass look neat.</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>In the kitchen on the wall</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>we only had one phone,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>And no</strong> <strong>need for recording things,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>someone was always home. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong></strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>We only had a living room</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>where we would congregate,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>unless it was at mealtime</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>in the kitchen where we ate.</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>We had no need for family rooms</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>or extra rooms to dine.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>When meeting as a family</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>those two rooms would work</strong> <strong>out fine.</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>We only had one TV set</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and channels maybe two,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>But</strong> <strong>always there was one of them</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>with something worth</strong> <strong>the view.</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>For snacks we had potato chips</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>that tasted like a chip.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>And if you wanted flavor</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>there was Lipton's onion dip.</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Store-bought snacks were rare because</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>my mother liked</strong> <strong>to cook</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and nothing can compare to snacks</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>in Betty</strong> <strong>Crocker's book.</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Weekends were for family trips</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>or staying home to play.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>We all did things together --</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>even go to church to pray</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>When we did our weekend trips</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>depending on the weather,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>no one stayed at home because</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>we liked to be together.</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Sometimes we would separate</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>to do things on our own,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>but we knew where the others were</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>without our own</strong> <strong>cell phone.</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Then there were the movies</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>with your favorite movie star,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and nothing can compare</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>to watching movies in your car.</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Then there were the picnics</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>at the peak of summer season,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>pack a lunch and find some trees</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and never need a reason.</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Get a baseball game together</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>with all the friends you know,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>have real action playing ball --</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and no game video.</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Remember when the doctor</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>used to be the family friend,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and didn't need insurance</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>or a lawyer to defend?</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>The way that he took care of you</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>or what he had to do,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>because he took an oath and strived</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>to do the best for</strong> <strong>you.</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Remember going to the store</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and shopping casually,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and</strong> <strong>when you went to pay for it</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>you used your own money?</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Nothing that you had to swipe</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>or punch in some amount,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and remember when the cashier person</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>had to really count?</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>The milkman used to go</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>from door to door,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>And it was just</strong> <strong>a few cents more</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>than going to the store.</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>There was a time when mailed letters</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>came right to your</strong> <strong>door,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>without a lot of junk mail ads</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>sent out by every</strong> <strong>store.</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>The mailman knew each house by name</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and knew where it</strong> <strong>was sent;</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>there were not loads of mail addressed</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>to</strong> <strong>"present occupant."</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>There was a time when just one glance</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>was all that it</strong> <strong>would take,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and you would know the kind of car,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>the</strong> <strong>model and the make.</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>They didn't look like turtles</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>trying to squeeze out every</strong> <strong>mile;</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>they were streamlined, white walls, fins</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and</strong> <strong>really had some style.</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>One time the music that you played</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>whenever you would</strong> <strong>jive,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>was from a vinyl, big-holed record</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>called a forty-five.</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>The record player had a post</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>to keep them all in line</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and</strong> <strong>then the records would drop down</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and play one at a time.</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Oh sure, we had our problems then,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>just like we do today</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and always we were striving,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>trying for a better way.</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Oh, the simple life we lived</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>still seems like so much fun,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>how can you explain a game,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>just kick the can and run?</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>And why would boys put baseball cards</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>between bicycle</strong> <strong>spokes</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and for a nickel, red machines</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>had little bottled</strong> <strong>Cokes?</strong> </span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>This life seemed so much easier</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and slower in some ways.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>I love the new technology</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>but I sure do miss those days.</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>So time moves on and so do we</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and nothing stays the same,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>but I sure love to reminisce</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>and walk down memory lane.</strong></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">With all today's technology</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">we grant that it's a plus!</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">But it's fun to look way back and say,</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Hey look, guys, THAT WAS US!</span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PT Stewie, post: 1067076, member: 12889"] Speaking of Baby Boomers a dear friend from grammer school sent me this today: [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=black][FONT="Arial"][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=black][FONT="Arial"]Have a Wonderful Day [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT="Helvetica"] [B]A little house with three bedrooms, one bathroom and one car on the street[/B]. [B]A mower that you had to push to make the grass look neat.[/B] [B]In the kitchen on the wall we only had one phone, And no[/B] [B]need for recording things, someone was always home. [/B] [B]We only had a living room where we would congregate, unless it was at mealtime in the kitchen where we ate.[/B] [B]We had no need for family rooms or extra rooms to dine. When meeting as a family those two rooms would work[/B] [B]out fine.[/B] [B]We only had one TV set and channels maybe two, But[/B] [B]always there was one of them with something worth[/B] [B]the view.[/B] [B]For snacks we had potato chips that tasted like a chip. And if you wanted flavor there was Lipton's onion dip.[/B] [B]Store-bought snacks were rare because my mother liked[/B] [B]to cook and nothing can compare to snacks in Betty[/B] [B]Crocker's book.[/B] [B]Weekends were for family trips or staying home to play. We all did things together -- even go to church to pray[/B] [B]When we did our weekend trips depending on the weather, no one stayed at home because we liked to be together.[/B] [B]Sometimes we would separate to do things on our own, but we knew where the others were without our own[/B] [B]cell phone.[/B] [B]Then there were the movies with your favorite movie star, and nothing can compare to watching movies in your car.[/B] [B]Then there were the picnics at the peak of summer season, pack a lunch and find some trees and never need a reason.[/B] [B]Get a baseball game together with all the friends you know, have real action playing ball -- and no game video.[/B] [B]Remember when the doctor used to be the family friend, and didn't need insurance or a lawyer to defend?[/B] [B]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[/B] [B]you.[/B] [B]Remember going to the store and shopping casually, and[/B] [B]when you went to pay for it you used your own money?[/B] [B]Nothing that you had to swipe or punch in some amount, and remember when the cashier person had to really count?[/B] [B]The milkman used to go from door to door, And it was just[/B] [B]a few cents more than going to the store.[/B] [B]There was a time when mailed letters came right to your[/B] [B]door, without a lot of junk mail ads sent out by every[/B] [B]store.[/B] [B]The mailman knew each house by name and knew where it[/B] [B]was sent; there were not loads of mail addressed to[/B] [B]"present occupant."[/B] [B]There was a time when just one glance was all that it[/B] [B]would take, and you would know the kind of car, the[/B] [B]model and the make.[/B] [B]They didn't look like turtles trying to squeeze out every[/B] [B]mile; they were streamlined, white walls, fins and[/B] [B]really had some style.[/B] [B]One time the music that you played whenever you would[/B] [B]jive, was from a vinyl, big-holed record called a forty-five.[/B] [B]The record player had a post to keep them all in line and[/B] [B]then the records would drop down and play one at a time.[/B] [B]Oh sure, we had our problems then, just like we do today and always we were striving, trying for a better way.[/B] [B]Oh, the simple life we lived still seems like so much fun, how can you explain a game, just kick the can and run?[/B] [B]And why would boys put baseball cards between bicycle[/B] [B]spokes and for a nickel, red machines had little bottled[/B] [B]Cokes?[/B] [B]This life seemed so much easier and slower in some ways. I love the new technology but I sure do miss those days.[/B] [B]So time moves on and so do we and nothing stays the same, but I sure love to reminisce and walk down memory lane.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT="Arial"][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][B][COLOR=black][FONT="Helvetica"] With all today's technology we grant that it's a plus! But it's fun to look way back and say, Hey look, guys, THAT WAS US![/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT="Arial"][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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