memories of the 60s and 70s growing up in Jefferson County

waymoresblues wrote:

no microwave ovens 'no cable tv 'no vcrs or dvds 'no ipods or cell phones ' no computers 'and plasma tvs 'no bottled water or kids on prozac ,no kid was ever sick ,
those are things we DIDN'T have .
but what we DID have was far better
we had respect for our parents
we had discipline in our lives .
we had work to do and we knew it .
we had homework and we did it .
we had love to give
we had family time we had game night
we had dinner every night together
we had breakfast in the morning together
we had a mom and a dad that were still together
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so take your cells and computers and everything else today . cus i think id rather have what we had ' we had EVERYTHING .

don wrote:

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i grew up then... my mom drank and cheated, my dad just cheated... from 4thgrade up , latch key kids taking care of ourselves. bro and sis all grew up strangers, still feel like strangers around one another. lots and lots of broken promises... yea, those were the days. my kids got it tenX better. i will not play victem and live in the past thinking that it was better somehow because of the lack of technology. thats bullshit

Pinecreek Fun wrote:

Happy late thanksgiving!!Its not like the days of yore when we had grandparents cooking and was care free!!!I worked thanksgiving i didnt even spend it with anyone after work..If we could only tell the young ones to enjoying it all while they can!!!I worked today but have a good friend cooking for me today because she was off today!!!Lucky me!!!

triple6vamp wrote:

<<<---hugs pinecreek
=)

waymoresblues wrote:

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i had to work thanksgiving for years so i know what you mean .i hope everyone had a god one.

Harvey wrote:

Hey, you all have about made me cry. I lived in the germantown area(Lydia St). I moved from there about 15 yrs ago to Glasgow Ky I Like it here but, there is nothing like looking back at all the evening's after dinner all the kids from blocks around came over to are street and we played batball, kick the can, frozen catchers, and some time kissen catchers.Durning the early hrs of the day we all just road bikes or skated but, when the 4:30 wistle blew we all had to be home cause are moms had dinner ready. At night me my 5 sisters and mom and Dad would sit and watch T.V Money didnt come easy for mom & dad but sometimes Mom would give one of us some money and we all pick what kind of can drink and candy bar we wanted and she would right it down and one of us would walk to the coner beer joint and get the stuff thats about all it took to make us happy in those days a coke and candy bar. We didn't the bottle but I sure do remember the chip gut Charley's chips a man came to the door and you told him what kind of chips you wanted and he would have them in big cans you gave him your order for next week and he would bring them the next week and so on. Well it sure was fun talking about the good old days just wish We had a cristle ball that showed the past so are kids would know just how much they have missed out on and how thought full people were of one another and not just out for their self. Well you all take care and never stop thinking of the good old days.

Fresnel wrote:

Remember when you were a kid and if you dared utter the sentence, "I'm bored," your parents would find something for you to do, such as specialized household and yard chores? Then you made darn sure you utilized your imagination and found something to do on your own to not receive extra work to relieve your boredom. ;)

Fresnel wrote:

Remember when you were a kid and if you dared utter the sentence, "I'm bored," your parents would find something for you to do, such as specialized household and yard chores? Then you made darn sure you utilized your imagination and found something to do on your own to not receive extra work to relieve your boredom. ;)