YA KNOW IT'S FUNNY WHEN COMPARING KIDS TODAY AND THE ONES I GREW UP WITH. WE WERE OUTDOORS MOST OF THE TIME. WE PLAYED HIDE AND SEEK, RED ROVER, BADMINTON, TAG AND MORE. THE GIRLS WOULD TAKE CHALK AND MAKE SOMETHING CALLED HOPSCOTCH ON THE SIDE WALKS.

WE REALLY DID CLIMB TREES AND PLAYED OUT IN THE FIELDS AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE STARTED PLAYING HORSESHOES. THE MOST POPULAR CARD GAMES WERE; SLAP JACK, RUMMY, CANASTA AND SOME I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAMES.

WHEN BOARD GAMES CAME ALONG WE DUG INTO, SORRY, MONOPOLY, CHECKERS AND THEN AS WE GOT OLDER WE PLAYED CHESS. OUR PARENTS WOULD TAKE US TO THE DRIVE-IN THEATER EVERY WEEK AND WE PLAYED UNDER THE SCREEN AND MOM WOULD ALWAYS TAKE SOME FRIED CHIKIN OR WHATEVER THEY COULD AFFORD AT THE TIME. I REMEMBER AT AROUND 10PM THE CONCESSION STAND WOULD ANNOUNCE HAMBURGER 10 FOR A DOLLAR. AND YES WE DROVE OFF FORGETTING TO DETACH THE SPEAKER FROM THE CAN WINDOW ONCE. WHEN THE DRIVE-INS STARTED TO SHOW SOME NOT SO FAMILY ORIENTATED MOVIES AND EVENTUALLY GOING INTO R RATED, THAT'S WHEN ATTENDANCE STARTED DROPPING OFF SO BAD THEY EVENTUALLY CLOSED DOWN.

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MY PLANS ARE TO SHARE SOME LIFE STORIES ON THIS BLOG. WILL PROBABLY BE OVER HERE MORE THEN SOCIAL MEDIA AS THIS IS GOINNA BE ABOUT WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THE TIME I HAVE LIVED. FROM BEING IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND AROUND 15 DIFFERENT STATES.

WHAT I WILL BE SHARING WILL NOT BE ABOUT SOMETHING I READ IN A BOOK, BUT WHAT I HAVE OBSERVED IN MY LIFETIME.

PLEASE RESPOND ON HERE IF YOU WANT TO READ SOME OF MY LIFE, AND I DON'T THINK YOU WILL REGRET IT. TOMORROW, SATURDAY JUNE 27TH WILL BE MY FIRST POST. STAY TUNED!
 

I WAS REMEMBERING AS A YOUNG 5 OR 6 YEAR OLD BOY AND LIVING IN A CITY WHERE THE POLICE WAS NOT SOMEONE YOU WANTED AFTER YOU, SO CRIME WAS BEARABLE FOR THAT ERA AS IT WAS VERY LOW.

MY MOM AND GRANDMA WOULD MAKE REAL HOMEMADE FUDGE AND MY 1ST COUSIN AND I WOULD PUT IT IN A BABY BUGGY AND GO UP AND DOWN THE STREET SELLING IT FOR A FEW CENTS.

NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT PERFERTS OR PEDIS AND PROBABLY THEY HAD A LOT OF FEAR OF DADS OR THE YOUNGINS BROTHER OF BEATING THE SNOT OUT OF THEM.

MOM'S DIDN'T WORK AS THE DAD'S BROUGHT HOME ENOUGH MONEY TO FEED HIS FAMILY AND KEEP THEM COMFORTABLE. NO TV'S BACK THEN AS WE WOULD ALL GATHER AROUND A BIG RADIO ON THE FLOOR. AND MY FAVORITE PROGRAM WAS ; AMOS AND ANDY AS IT WAS SO FUNNY AND FAMILY ORIENTATED.

TOMORROW I WILL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FAMILIES TODAY AND HOW THEY GOT IN THE SHAPE THEY ARE IN

WELL HERE WE ARE SUNDAY MORNING AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IS; DON'T BE A PART OF THE GREAT FALLING AWAY. YA KNOW IT IS SO EASY TO FIND FAULT OR USE AN EXCUSE TO NOT GO AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WHO IS GIVING YOU THOSE THOUGHTS. CHURCH IS LIKE A WAREHOUSE OF BROKEN TOYS AS ALL HAVE SIN IN THEIR LIVES AND WE GET TOGETHER TO ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER WITH THE WORD OF GOD AND FELLOWSHIP WITH EACH OTHER.

I WILL MAKE ANOTHER POST THIS AFTERNOON! STAY TUNED NOT STAY TOONED.

TIMES WERE SO DIFFERENT WHEN MY GENERATION WAS GROWING UP. MOM'S AND GRANDMA'S WOULD PUT ON THEIR APRONS AND FIX SOME OF THE MOST DELICIOUS MEALS AND WE ALL ATE TOGETHER. EVEN THO WE HAD HIGH EMPLOYMENT AND THE MEN WORKED HARD TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY AND LEARNED SPECIAL SKILLS, WE WERE ON THE BRINK OF DESTROYING THAT WAY OF LIFE. I HAD MENTIONED THIS BEFORE ABOUT THE INTRODUCTION OF CREDIT CARDS AND HOW THEY HAD MOST SPENDING MONEY THEY DIDN'T HAVE. ON DOWN THE ROAD THE MOM'S HAD TO GET JOBS TO PAY FOR THOSE BILLS.

FOOD WAS SO DIFFERENT BACK THEN AND MOST ALL VEGATABLES CAME STRAIGHT FROM THE FARMER AND WE DIDN'T EAT CHEMICAL IN ABOUT EVERYTHING LIKE NOW.

I REMEMBER MOST OF MY CHILDHOOD AND EVEN THO WE WERE POOR, WE HAD FAMILY THAT STUCK TOGETHER. I WANTED TO BE ON THE SAFETY PATROL IN SCHOOL. THEY WORE THESE WHITE BELTS WITH A SHOULDER HARNESS AND A BADGE.

NEVER SEEN MY FAMILY GET IN FIGHTS AND NOT SPEAK FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME AS WE ALL DEPENDED ON EACH OTHER FOR SHARING LOVE. TODAY'S GENERATION, NOT SO MUCH AS DEBT, LOVE OF MONEY AND THINGS HAS PRETTY MUCH REPLACED ALL OF THE ABOVE.

SOME OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD. THERE ARE 12 GRADES IN SCHOOL AND I WENT TO 13 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. WAS HARD TO GET REAL CLOSE TO ANY OF MY FRIENDS AS I KNEW INSIDE WE WOULD BE MOVING AGAIN. WE LIVED IN A 8 X 32 TRAILER, ONE ROOM COTTAGE LIKE HOMES, AND I LATER IN LIFE I REALIZED HOW HARD IT WAS RAISING ME AT THAT REBELIOUS AGE OF THE TEEN YEARS.

I NEVER BLAMED MY PARENTS FOR WHAT THE CONDITIONS WERE, JUST ACCEPTED LIFE AS IT WAS AND WAS ALWAYS TREATED LIKE A YOUNG SON SHOULD BE TREATED. WENT ON TO PLAY IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND BECAME A PRETTY GOOD PITCHER AND LATER MOVING ON UP TO A BIGGER LEAGUE.

GROWING UP I REMEMBER HORHOUND CANDY AND HOLLYWOOD SUCKERS, AND 3 MUSKETEERS IN 3 HUMPS AND GOING TO THE MOVIE THEATER ON SATURDAY MORNINGS FOR SERIES CALLED FLASH GORDON. POPCORN, CANDY AND A COKE FOR 35 CENTS AND I MEAN I DROWNED MY POPCORN WITH BUTTER AND TONS OF SALT. ALL THAT IS WHAT MADE ME, LIKE ME OR NOT.

I REMEMBER THE JOBS I HAD AS A TEENAGER. FIRST I STARTED OUT BAILING HAY, THEN PICKING TOMATOES, WASHING SEMI'S AT BAB'S TRUCK STOP AND THEN PICKING BUTTON MUSHROOMS IN A DARK BARN THAT WERE GROWN OUT OF MANURE AND PHAMALDIDE. I STILL LOVE EATING THEM.

MY LATER TEEN YEARS I BECAME A GREASER OR GREEZER WHICHEVER. AND I REMEMBER 4 OF US FROM OUR LITTLE FARM TOWN WENT SOUTH TO ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS HAVING A TEEN DANCE AND WE ALWAYS HAD A LOT OF CRAZY FRICTION BETWEEN US. WE WALKED INTO THE DANCE HALL OF ABOUT 100 AND THEY WERE SLOW DANCING. A COUPLE OF GUYS LOOKED UP AND THEY STOPPED AND EVENTUALLY THEY ALL STOPPED AND STARED AT US. FINALLY THE LEADERS OF THE PACK CAME UP TO US AND ASKED WHAT'S UP? WE JUST LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID; MEET US AT THE DOG N SUDS AND GET READY TO RUMBLE.

SO ME AND MY CROWD MET DA BOYS WAITING FOR US AND EVENTUALLY THEY SHOWED UP. I WALKED OUT AND MET THEIR LEADER AND THE BRAWL STARTED. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES SOMEONE YELLED OUT, THE COPS ARE ON THEIR WAY. AFTER GIVING THE GUY A BLACK EYE WE ALL SCATTERED A LEFT

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