Another Time and a Different Country

wlyon · 07-27-2015, 02:27 PM

Agree!!! Graduated from High School in 1953, went in the Navy also in 1953. What a different world. Wish we could go back but alas we are stuck with this one. Bill

Sergio Natali · 07-27-2015, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Wood

And I am pretty certain those young Roy Rogers fans never went on to shoot up a church or movie theater. My, my how our values have changed as a nation. I feel privileged to have lived in the '50s.,,I fear we will never be the same.

I agree with Ron and with the previous posts, the World is changing and perhaps not for the best, this is happening also here in Italy, simply people are changing and this makes you wonder about the future.

Sergio

hayhugh · 07-27-2015, 05:11 PM

I remember walking to Jr. High School with my Stevens .22 cal rifle in hand. Stored it in my locker till school was out and then about ten of us and a teacher went down in the basement of the school and practiced target shooting. After the practice walking thru town and nobody thinking anything strange was happening. Spent the whole summer up in the hills around Warren Pa with the rest of the guys in the neighborhood. About every third day my mother would catch me coming down the hill for some more food and make me take a bath. Would be back up the hill before it got dark.

nukem556 · 07-27-2015, 05:39 PM

As Yeats said...."Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold"...Unless there is a drastic reformation soon, I fear that the America we grew up in is gone forever....and what is replacing it will indeed be "some rough Beast"

07-27-2015, 02:27 PM	#1
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,655 Thanks: 3,212 Thanked 2,618 Times in 971 Posts	Agree!!! Graduated from High School in 1953, went in the Navy also in 1953. What a different world. Wish we could go back but alas we are stuck with this one. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

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07-27-2015, 05:11 PM	#3
hayhugh User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Florida/Penna Posts: 898 Thanks: 879 Thanked 514 Times in 276 Posts	I remember walking to Jr. High School with my Stevens .22 cal rifle in hand. Stored it in my locker till school was out and then about ten of us and a teacher went down in the basement of the school and practiced target shooting. After the practice walking thru town and nobody thinking anything strange was happening. Spent the whole summer up in the hills around Warren Pa with the rest of the guys in the neighborhood. About every third day my mother would catch me coming down the hill for some more food and make me take a bath. Would be back up the hill before it got dark.

07-27-2015, 05:39 PM	#4
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	As Yeats said...."Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold"...Unless there is a drastic reformation soon, I fear that the America we grew up in is gone forever....and what is replacing it will indeed be "some rough Beast"