The Good Ol Days
Were they really, 'The Good Ol Days?'...before the web net...the computer...the instant messaging...Facebook...the AR-15...the 8 track, the cassette, the CD...the drive thru burger joints...contact lenses...color tv...the cell phone...and on and on...before all that...was it better?...
The music was on the radio...dadio...most of the cars and trucks had 'em...am was the only venue...vinyls were the ones we bought...45's and 33 1/3's...you had to dial up the tele (a landline, you heathens) if you wanted to speak to someone....er, ask out for a date...take her to a burger joint, where you actually got out of your rig, and walked up to a window...maybe the date was to a drive in...like theater...in by midnight, or else...
Most peops went to this thing on Sundays, called a church...and believe me, there was nothing open on this day of the week...nuttin...the family watched TV, black and white...life was so simple...back then...and...we all had just ONE TV...one...
To find out stuff, you had to go to the city library...you don't even know what the dewey decimal thing is, do ya?...if you didn't read the newspaper, you were out of it...fuggit about politics, you were given a few choices and you had NO IDEA what they were really like...
It was a high probability that you smoked cigarettes...at least for awhile...wore penny loafers...had Levi jeans...poodle skirt for the ladies...Pendleton shirt for the guys...take a gander at old Beach Boys album covers...that was real...how we looked...
Money...coins were what we had...which bought a lot...coins...25 cents for a gallon of petrol...5 cents for a Coke...shoot, 5 cents for everything...and we had very little coins...going to college was a dream...to set you free...
Terrific flick to get into this, was the infamous 'American Graffiti'....a must see if you haven't ever...or, do it again...
You graduated high school, and went to work...in the place you grew up...man, life was simple...was it better?...you tell me...
Moving on to nowadays...
Ha ha, $5+ for a gallon of petrol...OK, the Friars won game 2 in NY...who saw this coming?...2-1...and go for the sweep today...sooprise sooprise sooprise...
We STILL don't know much about them politicians...how else could you figure that trump could be president?...looney tunes...
I have an album to watch out for (finally)...Little Big Town has one in September...watch for all the teases...some of you are Beyonce fans...she also has one coming out...don't know who writes her stuff, but I can't hum or recall any of her 'hits'...not one...
Monkeypox...WHO says it is real...and coming our way...do YOU know who WHO is?...
trump...at his very own TPUSA conference, er his latest revival...said this "As president, I wanted to give myself the Congressional Medal of Honor, but THEY wouldn't let me do it!"...'they' were smart...
If Ginny Thomas spoke to the Coup Committee, would she actually do it under oath?...
Rupert Murdoch...has changed his devotion to donny...in fact, 180*...orange is gone...of course, trump hardly even knows who this guy is...
If you want my recipe for the perfect sauce for the filet mignon...text or email moi...the best, Jerry, the best...
It appears that many have the same thoughts as we do...put their place up for sale here at the home...we wait and see what happens...if they go, then we do...too...could be we missed the train...
The Costco trip...egads, on a fixed income...it is a real eye opener...even if you are not...ha ha...but, I did get the latest John Grisham book...you see, judges are people...judges were lawyers...and suddenly, they have to abide by the rule of law...not shake it up and find a flaw...it's a game...
Healthy, wealthy, and wise...2 out of 3 ain't bad...
Grandpa, tell me about the good old days....the Judds...
Almost Monster Suduko time...which takes most of my Sunday am...
How about a gem from the good ol days...'Party Doll' by the one and only, Buddy Knox...
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