02-09-2014, 12:55 PM
sir james Wrote:Good Morning Blue
We have more !@#$%snow falling, looks like a couple inches at least.
The temp is 16 degrees.
I would rather be young again than old and retired. Somehow when I dreamed of retirement, old didn't factor into my daydreams.
However this is RTs big moment and I wish him many happy years.
S.J.
Not that too sure about being young again, especially in the current generation. Remember real music to sooth the soul with words you can understand and without blasting your eardrums out? Remember dancing in your partner's arms rather than jiggling around not even looking at each other? Remember going to school without having armed guards in the hallway, or getting on a plane without passing through a metal detector or taking off half your clothes? Remember when you went to the store, you didn't get lost in some big box or some mega-mall and you weren't tracked by CCTV cameras? Remember when you'd go to a restaurant, they'd actually make the food there, not heat it up in a microwave? Remember gas selling for 20 or 30 cents a gallon and you could get a free dish or glass every time you filled up; plus you could change your own spark plugs and do minor tuneups without a lot of computing gear? Remember actually writing a letter to someone and it taking days to get there, or even picking up the phone that was tethered to the wall if you wanted to talk to someone across down?
I do and I guess that's what we old geezers call, "the good old days", and for good reason. Life then was simpler, predictable and a lot less scary.
I guess texting and email are a lot quicker, but they sure lack that personal touch.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD

