Timotha7
08-15-2007, 04:37 PM
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
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