Re: Things I miss!
Still killing myself laughing at Kelton Krew's dimmer switch joke! <br /><br />Funny, many folks listed Drive Inn Movies. The last Movie my wife and I went out to see, was at the Drive Inn Movie, it is closed down now. I remember a high teck Drive Inn was one you didn't have to hook the speakers to the window, you could tune in your radio to a certain station, but ours still had the hang on the window speaker. <br /><br />Most of the things we'd like to see return, left around the same time, we started making hero's out of guys with bad habits or setting bad examples. Think about it, years ago, if a Sports Hero had bad habits, he hid them, as others did. He didn't parade around flashing them, people would Boo and shun him. Now days they make more money off the bad publicity. If you'd stick a Microphone in the real Greatest Fighter of all times face, Rocky Marciano would just reply "I didn't come to talk folks, I come to fight." Rocky didn't run around constantly saying he was the greatest till folks believed him. But one that did brag that he was the greatest, dodged the draft, changed his name twice, and had been beaten.<br /> <br /> In the older days, Famous People didn't make more money out of Bad Publicity, they might even actually get fired, or jailed. Nowdays, most folks agree some even get away with Murder. <br /> <br /> Remember the good ole days, when you went to school and said the Pledge of Allegance, and actually said the words "UNDER GOD." Seems the further we push him away, the worse things get.<br /><br /> Remember just after Sept 11th, when the TV showed our leaders and elected officials united in Prayer? How soon we forget, just this year, those that gathered in Prayer, were unable to stop them from yanking the 10 Comandments out of a Courthouse, in this same Country. <br /><br /> I guess I miss when a Man did the right thing, just because it was the right thing to do, not because there was some reward in it, other than the Faith that Someone was watching, and taking notes, and I'm not talking about Santa Clause. <br /><br /> I miss being a youngster, sitting on the old men's porch, listening to them tell Old Stories, and every one having a great belly laugh, and not having to run the kids off, because the stories were told without the use of Profanity. The kids learned from those stories, and were more respectful of their elders. <br /><br /> I miss good Old Movies, that you actually had to watch, to figure out what was going on. They didn't have to actually show all the details, and the kids could watch them. I remember a man saying how good he thought the John Wayne Movie "The Searchers" was, commenting that it was great that a man would search for 13 years for his Niece. He was shocked when I told him that many believe that He was Searching for his daughter not his Niece. He watched it again, came back and said it was his Niece. I explained that the way the Movie was Directed, was with subtle suggestions that another whole story line was taking place, within the Movie, that Adults could figure out, the kids could watch and never figure it out. I pointed out a few details of the Movie and told him to watch it again. He watched it again, and said, I believe your right, he was searching for his Daughter. <br /><br />I miss the old days when a Man didn't actually convince himself that Nice Guys Finish Last, and had a whole long list of things to prove that line thinking. I miss when being a Good Samaritan, left you feeling good, and not like a Sap, or getting called one, or fearing getting sued for trying to help. <br /><br />I miss when people all over the Country cheered, even though news didn't travel nearly as fast as it does now, when a Tennesse Sheriff, made the comment "You have to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything." Then Walked Tall to prove it. <br /><br />I guess I miss when a Man, even though he didn't beat the doors down to a church, wasn't ashamed to say he believed in God, and was willing to Stand Tall, and protect your rights to believe the same, even to the death. I miss the attitude of God, Guns, and a Greater Respectful America!
