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Kegs in the ……………………
3 channels, and the TV played the National Anthem at midnight, then shut off. I forgot all about the sign on and sign off of the National Anthem! Anybody remember the old emergency broadcast system that was tested every morning also? Weird looking diagnostic figure that stayed on until the test was over. Those were the days! Anybody have a buddy who worked in a grocery store and had access to the condoms they kept off the shelves in the back room. Go in the back with your pal and he would sell you all you wanted! Not any of the Older workers would sell them to us teenagers back then. I could go on and on!
I can't stand a thief.
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Kegs in the ……………………
3 channels, and the TV played the National Anthem at midnight, then shut off. I forgot all about the sign on and sign off of the National Anthem! Anybody remember the old emergency broadcast system that was tested every morning also? Weird looking diagnostic figure that stayed on until the test was over. Those were the days! Anybody have a buddy who worked in a grocery store and had access to the condoms they kept off the shelves in the back room. Go in the back with your pal and he would sell you all you wanted! Not any of the Older workers would sell them to us teenagers back then. I could go on and on! I remember when the Cigarettes was not behind the counter in the Grocery store, and hitting a Cigarette machine at the hotel for some smokes lol
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My son is in the process of buying 14 acres in Maplesville. Should close in a few days. Has a 2bed 1 bath that needs finished and some repairs. He's wanting to convert to cabin style. Use for a weekend getaway and I'll be helping him do a lot of the work. The purpose is to get away from as much activity as possible, and as few people as possible. Uncomplicate life.
Character is not developed in moments of temptation and trial. That is when it is intended to be used.
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My son is in the process of buying 14 acres in Maplesville. Should close in a few days. Has a 2bed 1 bath that needs finished and some repairs. He's wanting to convert to cabin style. Use for a weekend getaway and I'll be helping him do a lot of the work. The purpose is to get away from as much activity as possible, and as few people as possible. Uncomplicate life. Sounds amazing
If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.-Mark Twain
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I hate cellphones. I don't even carry mine with me most of the time. Wife makes me have one or I wouldn't have one. I see these mindless idiots every day wasting their lives away staring at stupid youtube videos.
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No matter when, everyone looks back to simpler times. Sadly you can never go back. Too much water has gone under the bridge.
We’re living in times when change is rapid and it’s only speeding up.
“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.” ― Ronald Reagan
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I see the irony of typing this on an Internet forum, and I know it’s been said on here before, but lately I have had such a longing for the old days. Days without the internet, cell phones, computers, satellite/streaming tv. Not having instant news of something that happened 800 miles away, that didn’t even affect us in any manner. It just had to be reported. Hand crank windows in single cab pickups, with the vent windows. Kids playing outside from the time they woke up until the sun went down, because that’s all there was to do. Riding bicycles. Drinking from a hose pipe because who ever heard of buying water in a plastic bottle? Homemade ice cream or an iced down watermelon was a huge treat. Eating fast food was done maybe 2-3 times a year. Eating out at a restaurant was maybe once every month or two. Hee Haw on Saturday nights, Bill Dance on Saturday afternoon, cartoons on Saturday morning. Church/community socials was where you saw folks and got caught up with them. I could go on and on. AMEN!!
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I hate cellphones. I don't even carry mine with me most of the time. Wife makes me have one or I wouldn't have one. I see these mindless idiots every day wasting their lives away staring at stupid youtube videos. Me too. If I didn't need it to make a living I'd frisbee the dang thing out into the lake.
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I remember being deployed in South America and you only got to call home when the satellite was over our field base camp. Which was once every few weeks. Then the radio operator would dispatch you to the closest military base by your home town. Then that operator would call your mom and dad’s house. And you damn sure didn’t tell them exactly where you were.
Proud Army and ALNG veteran
God Bless America!
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Simpler way better
This is main high tech thing I do - not in face book - could not imagine tweeting - that sounds gay anyway - no nothing about instagram
Email and text bout advanced enough for me
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self
We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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. Can you imagine giving a young person of today, a folded up map, or an Atlas map book? I can remember me And my cousin going on a 900 mile road trip without using any kind of map at all. We just knew to go north to Nashville, then northwest to Kansas City. We just followed the road signs. You REALLY traveled a lot if your Atlas had the simulated leather cover.
If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.-Mark Twain
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After running wild in the woods behind our house, most of the day, you knew it was time to head home, but you didn’t. You could hear you mom, when she stepped won the porch & hollered your name. I believe I could hear her better than a quarter of a mile away. And I got to where I could tell by her voice if it was urgent, or just time to head home.
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I remember 30-30s in the rear window of pickup trucks in the high school parking lot. Those were the days.
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There is nothing wrong with looking back and relishing the old days, just don't expect them to come back. The world moves on, we have to as well.
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” Napoleon Hill
The most difficult thing to understand during conversation is silence. Thoreau
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I miss the 70s. Dog hunting, squirrel and rabbit hunting….
I could basically hunt from Tuskegee to Union Springs, Hurtsboro, Roba.. man we had some fun
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Kegs in the woods with a bunch of friends.
8 track playing your favorite music.
Sitting on a creek bank with a cane pole.
Squirrel hunting with a single shot 410 Dad bought you for Christmas.
3 channels, and the TV played the National Anthem at midnight, then shut off. ^^I miss these
I don't want to pass quietly into the night. I want to slide in sideways kickin and screamin
Life really is awesome ... Soak it up while you can ...
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Growing up, Mom would sit in the front passenger seat with her trusty road map and help Dad get through the big city mazes. No matter how many times I drive to Texas, I still couldn't drive through Memphis without my Waze app giving me directions.
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I miss everything I did in the 70’s and 80’s. Remember when dove shoots were a community event, and you didn’t have to pay?
GO NOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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. Can you imagine giving a young person of today, a folded up map, or an Atlas map book? I can remember me And my cousin going on a 900 mile road trip without using any kind of map at all. We just knew to go north to Nashville, then northwest to Kansas City. We just followed the road signs. You REALLY traveled a lot if your Atlas had the simulated leather cover. When I got home from Bootcamp, Mom lived in Pensacola. I had orders to a ship in Boston. My young dumb ass didn't even know where Boston was, just up North. Pulled out an Atlas, and was like damn, that's way up there. Packed my stuff and headed North. After about 2 hours, I realized I had forgot the Atlas. Just drove North on the coast until I found it.
Life is a journey. Make sure and bring plenty of Beer.
My luck has been so bad lately, it could be raining pussies and I'd catch one with a dick broke off in it.
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. Can you imagine giving a young person of today, a folded up map, or an Atlas map book? I can remember me And my cousin going on a 900 mile road trip without using any kind of map at all. We just knew to go north to Nashville, then northwest to Kansas City. We just followed the road signs. You REALLY traveled a lot if your Atlas had the simulated leather cover. When I got home from Bootcamp, Mom lived in Pensacola. I had orders to a ship in Boston. My young dumb ass didn't even know where Boston was, just up North. Pulled out an Atlas, and was like damn, that's way up there. Packed my stuff and headed North. After about 2 hours, I realized I had forgot the Atlas. Just drove North on the coast until I found it. Young people thing Boomers are dumbasses, but by God we could head off on a motorcycle across the country with nothing but a map. No GPS, no Cell Phone, a tent and a sleeping bag strapped to the back.
"When I say ever thing I mean ever thing." - Frankie
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