changes we,ve seen

[tallyho8]

What I miss the most from the past is how everyone knew everyone in their neighborhood and spent a lot of time outdoors with them. Everyone stays indoors now, even the kids on their video games.

The only time we get to meet the neighbors now is when a hurricane knocks out the electricity during the summer and everyone has to come outside to cool off.

I sure don't miss all the trash dumps that were everywhere 50 years ago and I don't miss the 1960 cars.

The 12" black and white TV was a little hard to see but at least the whole family gathered around it together to watch Lucy's latest adventures. Now days everyone has their own TV or computer in their own room and hardly even see each other any more.

 

[brin]

Not saying the new ways aren,t good but something seems to be missing.We used to make hay as a community and had meals etc together.I still think thats why we,ve grown apart.Take care Dave

Dave - I have a feeling you are old enough to remember back before TV and even just after ...folks used to gather on each others porches or sit in lawn chairs in their yards and visit and everyone knew each other up and down their street , if not in the whole community....We have definitely lost something the way I see it. As far as I'm concerned ..what we lost is worth much more than any gains made. Just look at society now.

 

[crusty 1]

brin, tv was very new it took a few years for my dad to afford to bye a set.You,re right on the money that people used to see and talk more with their nieghbors.I,v always been in very rural settings and I,d never change that.We still look out for each other around here.When a person goes on vacation for instance everyone watches the place.Some years back the nieghbor gal called me at about 2:30 am scared becuase someone had pulled into their yard{hubby at work}so I loaded shot gun into my pick up and drove over to see what was going on.As I pulled in they tore outta there gravel flying,one shot in the air and no problem since!Probably just kids goofing around,but they had her terrified,no call for that.We still have summer band concerts in town 5 miles away!I love it here we,re very Mayberry like.I don,t even lock my doors.Its just wunderful:thumbsupave

 

[crusty 1]

I also wanted to say that when I was a kid on the farm we were too pooped to get into much trouble.Kids now days need more chores to do,help with dishes anything that teaches more reponseability.I also like that the local school sends kids{who volunteer} out to help the elderly etc. with yard work etc. for only a few dollars cost.That money then gets used for thier school trips etc. just a super idea.Dave

 

[Egon]

What I Really dislike about the present is the Mirrors! They seem to be distorted or something!

 

[kidr]

I miss picking up the phone and hearing a well trained operator say "number puleeze". In an emergency they were right there, faster than 911. Those operators must have saved countless lives. If a child could pick up the receiver he could get help without being able to dial. I guess new and improved has its disadvantages.
Yeah Egon , I think the mirrors in my house came from a carnival.

 

[20 20]

What about the music, even todays country {for the most part} sounds like some kind of hiphop crap.

 

[Egon]

What about the music, even todays country {for the most part} sounds like some kind of hiphop crap.

Your parents would have the same of your music!

 

[MossRoad]

What I miss the most from the past is how everyone knew everyone in their neighborhood and spent a lot of time outdoors with them. Everyone stays indoors now, even the kids on their video games.

The only time we get to meet the neighbors now is when a hurricane knocks out the electricity during the summer and everyone has to come outside to cool off.

I sure don't miss all the trash dumps that were everywhere 50 years ago and I don't miss the 1960 cars.

The 12" black and white TV was a little hard to see but at least the whole family gathered around it together to watch Lucy's latest adventures. Now days everyone has their own TV or computer in their own room and hardly even see each other any more.

When I was very little, we all ate dinner at the same time in the dining room. I was the baby of the family. As my siblings grew up and left the nest, mom and dad started eating on T.V. trays in the living room. I got gypped out of the family time by the Huntley-Brinkley report! It really ticked me off, even as a kid. So, I make sure we eat at the dining room table as a family as often as possible. T.V. goes off. Even if we have to eat dinner well after 8:00 once in a while, we still do it. The only exception is pizza and a movie on Friday or Saturday night. Then we eat in the living room. :thumbsup:

As far as T.V.s go, we have one in the living room, one in the master bedroom(for watching late night news and talk show while falling asleep) and one in the workout room in the basement for my wife to watch news in the morning while she works out. The kids don't have them or phones in their rooms. Well, the teenager does have her cell phone... but she has a very limited monthly minute budget, so she can't stay on it or text all the time. :laughing:

We have one computer in the living room. The teenage has one in her bedroom for school work. She prefers to work in the living room to be with the rest of the family, but sometimes she needs a quiet place to type her papers. We don't let her have any social networking pages like Face Book, but she will need one as a HS senior to get ready for college. Everyone uses one and it is almost a necessity for college prep.

 

[oldnslo]

Does some of the friendliness and helpfulness fall away when people get crowded together like in bigger towns/cities. I was raised on a small dairy farm and all of the Neighbors helped each other. If some one sick or hurt everybody else just pitched in. Dad sold the place due to health reasons and moved to Boise. A few of the neighbors where friendly and helpful but most you rarely saw or spoke to. He lived in that same house for over 30 years and maybe knew and visited with four of the dozen or so homes in sight.

I have lived around Rockford, IL which is about the same size as Boise for 20 years and notice the same thing here. People are just to busy and or absorbed in their lives to care much about yours.

Bought 2 1/2 acres in farm country last fall (reason for Bota:thumbsup and have met all four of the neighbors already. Three of them stopped by to help me unload furniture etc.. when I moved in.

Is it just me, or do country folk just seem friendlier and more willing to help each other.

Roy