I'm Old Enough to Remember....

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Comment by wiffledust on October 18, 2011 at 2:25pm

i agree, robert. it's a scary trend away from community for decades. let's hope it comes back. when i was growing up, my parents either had a dinner party or went to one every saturday night. i was raised to do things like that. and i found that i was doing it and nobody else was. hanging out with friends for an evening is a great way to bond either through conversation, live music, or games, etc. now it seems like people either do super expensive stuff like going away together for the weekend or big 100$ concerts or else they hide in their houses. what ever happened to people coming over for cake and coffee?? i can't think of many more enjoyable experiences than some warm relaxing conversation with people you like in a loving space with some cozy food.

Comment by Robert Muscovitz on October 18, 2011 at 1:58pm

Personally, I don't recall a Saturday evening when my parents did NOT play cards and drink some beer, etc. with my grandparents and some aunts and uncles whether at our house or theirs. It was fun! We lived in suburbia but according to my wife, many farm families did this back then which has slowly been dissappearing from society. WHY? I presently live in suburbia and I can honestly say that networking with the neighborhood is dead. I don't even know my neighbors...and though I try to say hi and ask how they're doing they might say,, Okay, and that they've got things to do.. this is scarey!

Comment by wiffledust on October 15, 2011 at 11:36am

oh, and i'd like to add if the people were busy you were either very mannerly and left OR you were even more mannerly and just jumped in and helped! if you dropped by somebody's house while they were house painting, you picked up a brush. if you dropped by while they were having a kid's birthday party, you entertained and cut cake.

Comment by wiffledust on October 15, 2011 at 11:34am

i still have some vhs' going on too! ...ok, i'm sitting here remembering how when i was young we used to get in the car and simply visit people. we assumed people were home and wanted a visitor. and they did the same at our house. there was no big preparation. it was just a stop by hello, have a cup of coffee type of thing. "we were in the neighborhood". people don't do that now. back then there wasn't all of this phoning and texting, so the only way you really could see your friends was if you went and saw them!

Comment by Maryrose Orlans on October 12, 2011 at 9:29pm

Still using VHS here!!  For music--cassette tapes, 8-track tapes, and even reel to reel!!  Also, my 1st job in a school, we were using an Apple 2E in the computer lab!!

Comment by margaret kraft on October 12, 2011 at 8:54pm

Just for the record.  I am happy with myself. I take pride in my gray hairs.  (Though I would like my 26-year-old metabolism and eyesight back.)  I have no trouble owning the 46 years I have laughed, loved, fought and struggled for.  I simply forget how damned YOUNG other people are.

Comment by margaret kraft on October 12, 2011 at 8:29pm

I have another "Margaret Is a Dinosaur" story. The grocery store near me is starting online ordering with curbside pick-up. I mentioned to the nice young man helping me to the car with my groceries that back when the "interwebs were new," some companies tried online ordering with home delivery.  He said, "Oh yeah, like Webvan."  I cocked my head a bit and said that he didn't look old enough to remember webvan.  His reply was, "I even remember VHS tapes."  VHS tapes are now in some people's "old enough" category?  That was just yesterday, wasn't it?

Comment by Robert Muscovitz on September 21, 2011 at 9:46am

I'll bet anyone who attended elementary school in the 50's can remember those darn polio shots and mantox tests annually until the Saulk polio vacination sipping stuff.. My wife is allergic to the mantox test and has a reaction everytime they did it.. Even to this day and age..right to x-rays.

Comment by Maryrose Orlans on September 19, 2011 at 6:45pm

We're probably all missing a few brain cells :-)

 

Comment by Toby McConnell on September 19, 2011 at 12:32pm

I love that story Margaret!

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