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TLEE was just reminiscing. No need to get all huffy.

I moved out of a tent after two winters in the Pac NW.

I now live in a 420 sq ft house w/o indoor plumbing and only power from a small solar and wind system. We heat and cook with wood and I cut, split and carry it. I take no medicines, have no insurance. I find your assumptions insulting. HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM ME.

We have a bingo!

And I watched Papaw file those helical blades on that mower, then he put my young ass to work.
Wish I could go back sometime.

Gunner

This has to be the stupidest post I've seen in some time.

And that's saying something.

No one said anything about doing away with technology. The point was, the younger generation always thinks they collectively invented "it," whatever it happens to be. And they didn't.

The other point being, the younger generation can always learn from the older generation. If they'd just pull their heads outta their collective asses long enough.

Here's a good example. People always wanna talk about a "SHTF" scenario, and what they'd do if the "SHTF."

Truth is, by depending on schit like cell phones and modern medicine, we've put ourselves over a barrel because if/when all the infrastructure collapses in a "SHTF" scenario and that modern schit stops working, people who depend on it will be up the proverbial creek.

And the people who'll be best off are the Amish, and all the others that don't depend on all this modern crap. The people who still know how to do things without modern technology, like the old lady in TLee's post.

Anyway, excellent post, T.

Look at the source...nuff said.

He live in his fancy house and looks down on others who have less.

Typical of a tiny percentage of LEOs who think themselves gods and other no better than dog feces on the bottom of their shoes.

Also noted for having no sense of humor. Note the dump he took on what was before hand a great post.

You CLAIM to be all of 50 years old .

How interesting,...a FIFTY YEAR OLD PUNK.

Consider the source dittos,......this "Hunter1960" is a DESK at the SPLC "Dept of Computer Harassment" or some other such Orwellian TRASH......with any number of dweebs, and twerps, and other assorted corksockers sitting and typing drivel.

He [bleep]' sure ain't a MAN.

GTC

Good post. Point well made. Those that have had it easy all their life have no real idea what life was/is like for others not so fortunate.

Spent 37 years in the LEO business and unfortunately we had our share of those. The more money you throw their way the bigger a legend they become. As Clint Eastwood said in the movie about people being a legend - in their own mind. I worked for one chief who probably wouldn't have had 6 pallbearers if he'd have died. Especially not 6 from the department. Pompus AZZ! Took great pride in ruining other people's careers and futures.

Thank goodness for progress.

Worked to wash those bottles at a Pepsi plant for awhile; sure missed the ten-cent deposit when trash thrown out was no longer easily turned for cash. (Of course, the 100% deposit seemed a bit steep sometimes.) Can recall Mom telling another person to stop listening to the party-line conversation. What an upgrade to move to town where two digits gave us our own phone number. (Took awhile to get used to a pre-fix; "It ain't long distance for Pete's Sake!") Got no use for cell phones, iPods, etc. Glad we've moved beyond CB radios; like VHF marine radios. Prefer telephone to SSB radio. Love the GPS, and prefer the kind that allow one to place names with places; much better than the kind that allowed all of 32 waypoints, each with a number you kept in a notebook. Antibiotics are great. Life is good. So's technology.

We got $.03 per Coke bottle, used to collect 'em and get the deposit. I had four older brothers growing up, I don't think I ever had a piece of clothing that wasn't a hand-me-down until I was about 12. When I tell my sons that, it just don't register.