Wishing for the Good Old Days

[Timotha7]

For those members that have read Sam's Tumble Creek thread, you will see that a new
area on WIF is being kicked around where people can talk and share pics and experiences from the "good old days"

I think it is a great idea an we will run it by Schoe an see what he has to say bout it

Sometimes it is strange how things happen, but just a little while ago something happened
at the farmers market here that really made me sad and made me wish for the good old days

We have a roadside veggie stand out about 4 miles from town called Rudy's Roadside
When the people that run it are not there, they just put out a sign to serve yourself
and you take what you want, weigh it, write it down in the "book" an put the money
in the tin that they left out for that

They have been doing this for years, and every time I have gone there an
picked up vegetables it has been a comfort to me that the "good old days"
when you could trust people to do the right thing were still alive an well
in this area anyhow

Today, when I went to the market to pick up some maters, the lady told me that 3 times in past
4 days someone has taken the money in the stand so now they have to put in a locked box

First two times they just took the folding money,
the last time they took the whole tin with the pennies an nickels in it :icon_mad:

It really made me sick to my stomach to hear this
I think perhaps the thing that really is most special about the "good old days" isn't just
the old ways of doing things, it is special because of the way people treated each other

I can remember the ice cream socials and the summer nights where the town band played at the park,
like a pot luck dinner involving the entire county and how when a neighbor got hurt other neighbors
always made sure the chores were done until their neighbor got back on his or her feet

I love WIF because I think we have a lot of people here, both young and
old, who value the "old times" and the ways of doing things
It shows in the way people here treat each other an it for sure shows when you
go to a gathering and get a chance to meet some of our great members and spend time around them

I wish there was more of it in this world

The people that stole that money from Rudy's took a lot more than a few
dollars

[Mutt]

I hate it when people have to steal. I am sure it is what I call kids prolly in thier 20's that seems to be the biggest problem age around here. Growing into men and yet have a childs mentality. The good ole days are a good idea.

[Sharon]

Its a whole different world we live in today....... and Ive often wonder... WHAT HAPPENED????????? Why is life so complicated, why are things so hard? why doesnt anyone care any more... so yes.. lets bring back the good old days.. :party0011:

[4rum]

Tim I'm tickled to death with this thread. I like your concept of an open forum for any who wish to come in, share a thought, a picture a memory or to ask about the bygone days.

I'd love to see some interest by younger WIF'ers. A lot of my experiences aren't really THAT old... I just growed up country. It's taking my little corner a while to catch up to some of the new innovations around us... an' that's not all bad... I've gotten to experience two worlds so to speak.

I've seen my Uncle Arley blow in an infants mouth to cure whooping cough... and I've witnessed the real world near eradication of tuberculosis and polio.

I saw Nikita Kruschev pound his shoe and bellow "Nyarnik Nrodik" [sp] and I watched as the wall came down in Germany.

I listened to spring peepers under a full moon... and looked on in awe as Neil Armstrong left tracks in my imagination.

I remember an abacus in each classroom... now a flash drive smaller than a pack of Beeman's can hold 32 GIG a bytes or more !

To those that would wonder about us old timers... come with us... and .....................wonder at our wonder.

[jason454ci]

I'm a guessin' that I would be one of them youngin's you would be referring to. I would love to see this idea take off. I like reading about how things was for y'all back in the day. Takes me back to the hot summer days of sitting under the big ole silver maple tree with grandpa. Both of us just sitting there sippin on some of grandma's sweet iced tea. And I do mean sweet. He would go on for hours about how things were back in the day when he was just a youngin. Used to tell me where things used to be around the farm and how things were done. He would throw in a story about things they did as kids growing up down in them hills of West Virginia. Then he would move on to the war stories from when he was in Germany and Italy. Then he would show me how to do some of the orneriest things which would always be followed by a "don't let grandma know". Boy I sure miss them days and stories. But most of all I sure do miss him. So keep them stories coming guys I would sure love to hear them.

[gofish]

what bout plain good ole fashioned manners,when were out as a family an someone hears me remindin the boys bout openin doors fer mom or sayin please/thank ya....yes sir ,yes maam ect....sometimes we git the strangest looks.....like....people still do that?.....used ta be everybody did.....thing i miss the most is the good ole fashioned sunday dinners......fried chicken fresh from the coop,sassyfrass tea,mashed taters an gravy.....an family

[Timotha7]

I know what you mean about courtesy yet Joe
My boys all open doors an I can't tell you how much that pleases some of the ladies they do that for

An Sunday meals?
Grandpa an Uncle Ed out in the barn (bottle of Old Crow) Grandma an the ladies an the preacher in the house putting it all together

When I was 10 my grandpa still used horses to mow hay an to spread the manure on the fields
Had a little orange AC and a Johnny Popper (I KNEW I was getting there when I could turn that flywheel an crank that bad boy over!)

First tractor I ever walked behind was a Titan, an you walked behind it, used Kerosene
an water, exhaust went down an when it ran outa water would start the grass an silage in the field on fire in front of you, steered with wooden toggles on chains

Milking at 330, then chickens, then cattle, an the hogs
Got 5 bucks a week to spend at the Ice Cream socials in Gowrie

Wonderful times

[gofish]

it was history in the makin....good or bad ya was lucky to be able to experience it firsthand.there arent that many things that effect the nation as a whole in a persons life.....same thing as when the space shuttle launched,9/11 happened ect.....many things i may not agree with in the school systems nowadays (like takin the pledge an prayers out) but those things are history an needed taught....only difference was it happened then......now kids learn it mandatory from books................tim , remember thinkin i was all that when grampa let me git behind the mule an plow.....found out later he let me do it then had ta work late ta do it right.lol......cold mornins,milkin cows,feedin chickens,butcherin time.....brings back memories.....glad i aint gotta do it now,but kinda wish at the same time i did so could teach the boys what its like...lol...one i hated the most was peelin them hogs......but all them cracklins made up fer it :evilgrin0039:

[Sharon]

well fortunately I didnt have to milk cows, gather eggs up, slop the pigs or anything like that.... but I respect those that did, it provided food for me.
No body wanted to hear bout Viet Nam either, but its history that our kids/grandkids will learn about. Heck I remember John Glenn going up and the first moon walk.

Oh and as a side note, my class says the Pledge of Alligience every morning, if they choose not to say it, thats up to them, but I Say it with my hand over my heart and so does my class. If they want to arrest me for doing it, go ahead!!! Its my RIGHT to say it if I want to!!!

:evilgrin0031: Im shutting up right here...... I just figured out how Old I really AM! :icon_mad:

[wewamohawk]

i was around for some of the good old days there was lots of hard work but there was lots of good times to be had life was lots slower then and i think the fishing was better and the water was lots better then it is now you didnt need as much money to get by but we liked the way things were i had lots of pictures but i lost them in a fire i like this therad keep up the good work ;;; maurice

[4rum]

Mornin' maurice...

Sorry to hear you lost those pics... that's something that can't be replaced. I have several pictures of the old days. I'll put a few up now and then. Don't want to wear out my welcome.

This one is a family shot... can't identify all of 'em. That's my dad on the far right. I'm in the middle in the striped polo shirt. We're mendin' the 'blanket' that carries the wheat into the combine. We still (at that time) cradled and hand tied some of the oats, wheat, barley... my dad was the best hand with a cradle I ever saw....

[Soupy_1us]

That looks like WORK !




Great pic !

[capt.kirk]

Appears to be back in the late 40s is that bout right?Its back then we
got our first automatic tobbaco setter,they called it automatic but it
wasant easy,punch it in the ground drop in a plant pull handle realsing
plant and water,carryin water for the setter was my job,Grampa had a
tobbaco base good for so many pounds,then he had another hidden one
for back up case he was a little short or a neighbor had a rough time.
Walter Morehead was his name,that Soupy has got some them Moreheads
in his tree. Kirk

[wewamohawk]

I Had Some Old Pictures Like That Of My Family Iwish I Still Had Them;;;maurice

[gofish]

same here mohawk,me an granpa behind the mule ect. heck of a pic 4rum glad ya still got some,have ya scanned em an saved em to disk yet? after the fire when we got the puter i spent 3 weeks doin jus that to all our new pics of the kids an put a copy in the saftey box at the bank.

[4rum]

This pic would have been early 50's. I was born in '49 and I look to be about 4 or so in the pic. I have several old family photo's scanned and on disk, but I still have several to do.

I'll put one up in here now and then and hope that others will too. Wouldn't mind seein' some pic's of old home towns, family pics, I'd LOVE to see pictures of some of you guys old boats and motors.

I have a 35 Johnson that was made in 1955. Still runs great. Have the owners manual and everything.