who moved my cheese, anybody read it?

[emarsh]

in reading some posts it is clear that other members must be old enough (like me) to remember some of the good things in the past.

Things like REAL service, experianced store clerks that gave a hoot, made in the USA quality, things made to last instead of throwaway, products that were not engineered to death so that they last a few days after the warranty period, a good old fashoned handshake, glass soda bottles (if the plastic gets any thinner on those of today, you will need a "holder" to put them in to keep them from collapsing when you drink out of them!) paper bags and real boxboys bagging, clerks that know how to make change instead of letting the register tell them how much to give you (or worse, those automatic change machines), heck, the clerks don't even ring it up, they just "scan" it.

There has to be at least 50 more, but it's gettin late.

Am I sounding like Andy Rooney or what??

Maybe some of you can add some of your ways of old that you really miss?

 

[rmrc]

One thing that comes to mind was the old A&P food stores. They would grind the coffee beans for you. Every time you'd walk in the store, you could smell the freshly ground coffee. I also remember that those stores had wood floors that were warped in some places.



Another thing was that the doctors made house calls. I remember many a time when the Doc would come to the house when I was sick.



How about 6 volt, positive ground cars! Oil bath air cleaners! Vacume tube radios and TV's.



I also clearly remember a bunch of the neighborhood guys singing accapella under the corner street light on a warm summer night. I was watching them from our parlor window. (When was the last time you heard a living room called a parlor?)



And the list goes on and on... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...



I wish I could go back in time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[me4osu]

Good stuff

I'm only 36, but we used to go to drive-in movies, when I was a kid. Now, I don't know where one is, that is still open. With three small kids, I would much rather take them to a drive in. That way, they could talk and whine all they want and not tick off all the rest of the people.



Oh well, I'll just keep waiting 'till the movies get to video rental.

 

[klenger]

I remember my dad buying $0. 05 coffee at the coffee shop.



Vaccume tube radios and TV's ... I learned to work on them when I went to college in electronics.



Yes, I even remember the Dr. comming to the house with his little black bag and comming to my bedroom. Don't even remember that I was all that sick.



Airports without fences and no check-in security.



Garrage door opener in my dad's car and truck (Dodge) where the transmitter was a box under the hood that had vaccume tubes in it.



Three, count them three, TV networks. When the political conventions were in process, there was nothing to watch for a whole week.

 

[Ramboy]

Gas stations that would fill your tank, wash all your windows, check oil, water and air, all for gas price of 23. 9 cents/gallon.



Levi's 501's were $3. 25/pair.

 

[M Barnett]

Picking up soda bottles to return to the store for money.

Two dips of ice cream for . 10

It was ok for my teachers to spank me { and another when I got home}

Go to the store and buy 22 ammo. They would break the box and sell me what I could afford. Usualy 12

Had an outhouse till I was 12 or 13

Believe it or not, I didn't walk to school!

No remote controls or computers!

 

[ftb87]

I read the book. It gave very good advice and is very practical in this day and time. Hopefully other people have read it.



Frank



ps. I'm not associated with the book or its publishers.

 

[Power Wagon]

Re: Good stuff

Originally posted by me4osu

I'm only 36, but we used to go to drive-in movies, when I was a kid. Now, I don't know where one is, that is still open. With three small kids, I would much rather take them to a drive in. That way, they could talk and whine all they want and not tick off all the rest of the people.



Oh well, I'll just keep waiting 'till the movies get to video rental.

We have one. It's only open when school's out, but it's still in operation and seems to be doing just fine.

 

[JConley]

I get sick of my mother in law talking about the so called "Good old days". Lets look at the big picture of the old days



Air conditioning was non existent, and AC in cars was a luxury. The same people that talk about the good old days would be the last ones to buy a car without power windows power locks, AC, and all the other goodies.



Feel like buying tires that last only 5000 miles?

Gas is cheaper now when adjusted for inflation. While gas was only 30C a gallon, you only made $3. 00 an hour.



The same people that complain about the lack of personal service from small shops, are the first ones to shop at Wallmart to save a buck.



You can now call anywhere in the country from a cell phone and get free long distance included in the service. I remember when a call to a neighboring town 10 miles away was charged as long distance.



If the good old days were so good, why do we have so many technological advances that make life easier? If you like the good old days, you can always live with the Amish. They are good people. Personally, I look forward to the future.

 

[Jumbo Jet]

I have read the book.



I have experienced about everything mentioned above.



I look forward to the technological changes coming.



I DO NOT look forward to the governmental interference coming. I just wish we didn't need so much government and lawyers and rules and regulations. Surely, at some point in time we will have all the rules and regulations we need.



I would like to see real democracy return to our way of life.



I would like to see all the 'victims' have nothing to belly ache about.



I would like to see accountability and responsibility be an individual trait again!



... and I wish that every Ford and Chevy owner would be as happy about their 'truck' as I am mine and just get over it!



... and I wish every slow poke in this world would just get out of my way!



I'm madder than he!! and I'm not going to take it anymore!!

 

[Briar Hopper]

I miss the old days of NASCAR. The 60's and 70's were awesome. Stock cars were actual stock cars, with roll cages built into them, rather than completely hand-made like today. Anybody with cojones and a few thousand could build a car, and field it. It was still true to it's Southern roots back then, most of the tracks were in the South. The usual uniform was a white T-shirt and jeans, driving shoes were loafers. The late 60's saw fireproof uniforms getting used a lot more, though. I watched them build Alabama International Motor Speedway when I was 9, and watched my first race there when I was 11.

It's become so yuppified now, it makes me want to puke. They need to "redneck" it a lot more. Bring back the Confederate flags flying everywhere, quit racing up north, return all the grand old Southern traditions to it. Next thing you know, there'll be a Toyota Camry out there.

If I want preppy stuff, I'll watch SCCA racing, or IndyCars, or LeMans, any of the number of other kinds of racing out there. I love 'em all, it's all racin' to me. But I miss the "pure" Southern flavor of watching my heroes in real cars battling it out at 200mph, on a hot Sunday afternoon down home. I miss seeing the oil on their faces leaving two comical semi-circles under each eye, where the goggles protected them. The Southern accents so thick, you couldn't understand what they were saying in Victory Lane, unless you were from their state... .