changes!!!!!

pollie September 28, 2012
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HEY, WASN’T THIS US ?
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> A little house with three bedrooms,
> one bathroom and one car on the street.
> A mower that you had to push
> to make the grass look neat.
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> In the kitchen on the wall
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> we only had one phone,
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> And no need for recording things,
> someone was always home.
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> We only had a living room
> where we would congregate,
> unless it was at mealtime
> in the kitchen where we ate.
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> We had no need for family rooms
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> or extra rooms to dine.
> When meeting as a family
> those two rooms would work out fine.
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> We only had one TV set
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> and channels maybe two,
> But always there was one of them
> with something worth the view.
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> For snacks we had potato chips
> that tasted like a chip.
> And if you wanted flavor
> there was Lipton’s onion dip.
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> Store-bought snacks were rare because
> my mother liked to cook
> and nothing can compare to snacks
> in Betty Crocker’s book.
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> Weekends were for family trips
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> or staying home to play.
> We all did things together —
> even go to church to pray.
When we did our weekend trips
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> depending on the weather,
> no one stayed at home because
> we liked to be together.
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> Sometimes we would separate
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> to do things on our own,
> but we knew where the others were
> without our own cell phone.
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> Then there were the movies
> with your favorite movie star,
> and nothing can compare
> to watching movies in your car.
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> Then there were the picnics
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> at the peak of summer season,
> pack a lunch and find some trees
> and never need a reason.
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> Get a baseball game together
with all the friends you know,
> have real action playing ball —
> and no game video.
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> Remember when the doctor
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> used to be the family friend,
> and didn’t need insurance
> or a lawyer to defend?
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> The way that he took care of you
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> or what he had to do,
> because he took an oath and strived
> to do the best for you.
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> Remember going to the store
> and shopping casually,
> and when you went to pay for it
> you used your own money?
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> Nothing that you had to swipe
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> or punch in some amount,
and remember when the cashier person
> had to really count?
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> The milkman used to go
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> from door to door,
> And it was just a few cents more
> than going to the store.
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> There was a time when mailed letters
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> came right to your door,
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> without a lot of junk mail ads
> sent out by every store.
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> The mailman knew each house by name
> and knew where it was sent;
> there were not loads of mail addressed
> to “present occupant.”
There was a time when just one glance
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> was all that it would take,
> and you would know the kind of car,
> the model and the make.
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> They didn’t look like turtles
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> trying to squeeze out every mile;
> they were streamlined, white walls, fins
> and really had some style.
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> One time the music that you played
> whenever you would jive,
> was from a vinyl, big-holed record
> called a forty-five.
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> The record player had a post
> to keep them all in line
> and then the records would drop down
> and play one at a time.
Oh sure, we had our problems then,
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> just like we do today
> and always we were striving,
> trying for a better way.
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> Oh, the simple life we lived
> still seems like so much fun,
> how can you explain a game,
> just kick the can and run?
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> And why would boys put baseball cards
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> between bicycle spokes
> and for a nickel, red machines
> had little bottled Cokes?
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> This life seemed so much easier
> and slower in some ways.
> I love the new technology
> but I sure do miss those days.
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> So time moves on and so do we
> and nothing stays the same,
> but I sure love to reminisce
> and walk down memory lane.
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!!!!

those were the days!!……………..sigh!!! 😀 😀 😀

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  6. Unknown Member

    Wouldn’t it be lovely to have been able to have really appreciated those times and to have known at a younger age, that they didn’t last forever and to make the most of every second?. Lovely post Pols x

  11. papajeff September 30, 2012

    If in need of times gone bye, we seriously look to find those times. And need we most ere near we be, to times we most wud like to be. It’s the Grandkids we would like to see, ourselves there in truth be, we’d need to say the things to them, those certain things we did them wrong, but they their own and frankly thus, they be a force no need of us. Once in a while, a child will listen…and there we have a moment, where you can relieve yourself of guilt and trial, and simply speak a truth. Then and only then, they will relate… my Gran told me that.

  13. Unknown Member September 30, 2012

    That is so true Pollie…
    I think about them days constantly. I often wonder, do we really have that much now? Have we really come this far? Is life truly better? With all of the modern conveniences we have today, why do we not have the time like in our kid days? Wow we were so deprived back in the day lol!
    Lets see; We missed out on, cops in the halls to guard us, having sex at twelve, drugs in school, kids bullying and killing, at fourteen coming home to a house all to myself, getting to juggle weekends with a different parent, we used guns at school for play props and didn’t get to shoot at someone.. I feel cheated!! lol thank you Pollie. Very good read…”J”

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