tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110392363965889177.post6740208466587887397..comments2023-05-15T16:12:48.372+01:00Comments on Atlantic Lines: Things we get used toADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110392363965889177.post-48210537701148011442009-12-05T18:05:25.582+00:002009-12-05T18:05:25.582+00:00We did have a TV growing up...but not a color one....We did have a TV growing up...but not a color one. And the channels were limited. We did not spend much time watching it, though. We were outside playing ALL the time. My son thinks I lived in the dark ages because I remember when the Microwave Oven was introduced. LOL!Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08550121039138724203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110392363965889177.post-23859476218265004852009-12-02T04:17:29.185+00:002009-12-02T04:17:29.185+00:00This was a great post, Guido! I might have to do o...This was a great post, Guido! I might have to do one on the same subject. You and I are about the same age, so a lot of what you write about was the same for me.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08506026496063245730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110392363965889177.post-67341757415862593452009-12-01T06:50:20.305+00:002009-12-01T06:50:20.305+00:00Dear Guido,
what a moving post!
Yeah you know mos...Dear Guido, <br />what a moving post!<br />Yeah you know most of us with common sense and agreat love for our kids, God, and anture to name a few, resist that strange move on the part of the world to "silence the kids" into all of those unending computer games and no toys that bring out your imagination!<br />I love how your household ran! just one thing..the potty outside: I remember those and those are so cold!<br />brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!<br />lol,love,Natalienataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16460459444680469628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110392363965889177.post-1301770694559059182009-11-28T19:10:32.282+00:002009-11-28T19:10:32.282+00:00Our childhoods were very similar with listening to...Our childhoods were very similar with listening to records, radio, and reading books aloud to each other,Guido and took place at the same time, though mine was in Appalachia. These things deepened me so much and I am grateful for them. We did not own a car until I was 15.<br />Dirk and I didn't even have a bed when we married. Just an inflatable mattress,sofa cushions, and a tv set. My how we have grown, in possessions and as a couple.<br />Money cannot buy those early experiences.<br />People's attempt to buy their children all the things that they didn't get are not doing them any favors.MammawsDecorativeArthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279370563753657154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110392363965889177.post-81879786705377943482009-11-28T18:50:29.111+00:002009-11-28T18:50:29.111+00:00Money may can make life easier, but it alone canno...Money may can make life easier, but it alone cannot bring happiness. People, times and places lend us happiness. Contentment is an element we can only draw from within ourselves.Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110392363965889177.post-19417185352922182602009-11-28T18:14:36.022+00:002009-11-28T18:14:36.022+00:00Well Guido, although I am a bitty older than you a...Well Guido, although I am a bitty older than you as most my childhood was in the 50s ! I agree that we certainly didn't have all the material things that children have nowadays..I sometimes wonder if the Mum's and Dad's of today are somehow or other trying to compensate for not being around with their children...probably not even conciously...<br />Love Sybil xSybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516012178494813281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110392363965889177.post-31990897088854171132009-11-28T18:06:51.758+00:002009-11-28T18:06:51.758+00:00Your childhood sounds much like mine Guido althoug...Your childhood sounds much like mine Guido although I am older than you. I used to get one present and a stocking with an orange, some chocolate money and crayons and a colouring book or the like.<br /><br />The boys love lego and that is what Mike and I are buying them for Christmas as they never tire of it.Jeannettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078705412065613819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110392363965889177.post-87529950691932670122009-11-28T17:31:45.397+00:002009-11-28T17:31:45.397+00:00I think we all spend way too much on toys and conv...I think we all spend way too much on toys and conveniences. I'm guilty of it. We are truly spoiled and blessed.Bookncoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12001787449791564669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110392363965889177.post-88327676839802734602009-11-28T15:48:40.380+00:002009-11-28T15:48:40.380+00:00That is a thought provoking for sure. Happiness c...That is a thought provoking for sure. Happiness comes with being content with what we have and where we are in life I think.I'm mostly known as 'MA'https://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110392363965889177.post-30934367183714020792009-11-28T14:52:17.986+00:002009-11-28T14:52:17.986+00:00Kids are missing so much now days. I don't rem...Kids are missing so much now days. I don't remember ever being bored without all those fancy toys.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007728342316668058noreply@blogger.com