ONE Thing!
Feb 16, 2019 14:20:12 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
Replace the TV with 1 large Zenith console radio/record player.
I had 1brother and 1 sister.
We lived with 1 grandmother and 1 great grandmother.
That meant that there were 7 people sharing 1 bathroom. At least it had a flush toilet.
Before the advent of the dial phone we had 1 phone that required a human operator to make connections. Our phone number was 577.
I had 1brother and 1 sister.
We lived with 1 grandmother and 1 great grandmother.
That meant that there were 7 people sharing 1 bathroom. At least it had a flush toilet.
Before the advent of the dial phone we had 1 phone that required a human operator to make connections. Our phone number was 577.
Feb 16, 2019 16:15:27 #
While we had a private line, my grandparents next door, had a two-party line (their ring was two "shorts").
Where we lived there were only two VHF stations (NBC, CBS). When ABC came along, they were a UHF station, and we had to get a converter box to receive the signal. The box was attached to the antenna, and on Channel 13 you'd get the converted signal, and turn the channel dial on it to get the right station.
Where we lived there were only two VHF stations (NBC, CBS). When ABC came along, they were a UHF station, and we had to get a converter box to receive the signal. The box was attached to the antenna, and on Channel 13 you'd get the converted signal, and turn the channel dial on it to get the right station.
Feb 16, 2019 16:42:09 #
SAMe single things for my family except the phone, we had two families on the same line.
Feb 16, 2019 16:50:10 #
Feb 16, 2019 17:47:36 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
So, our kids have more choices; and in many, many way things are better for them. What is wrong with that?
I do hope our Grandkids have even more choices.
I do hope our Grandkids have even more choices.
What is wrong with that?
A while back I saw something on the needs and wants of children. It stated that you should give your child only 25% of what they want.
It is to instill that everything in life is not necessarily to be given to them just because they want it. They might be the center of your world but once away (in the real working world) from you the hard reality is they are not the center of the universe. Time and again those who inherit wealth have no regard for what it took to develop it.
If given everything to them, it seems to develop shortness of duration of amusement of the item and as more is given the less it has value to them.
It also helps to set boundaries. If they really want it, not giving it to them allows them to work for it, that develops character that will last them a lifetime. Appreciating and valuing of how an item is gotten.
Feb 16, 2019 17:55:18 #
Heating, shoveling coal in a coal furnace and gravity fed heat only and not central heat - only one heating vent to heat the whole house.
Feb 16, 2019 18:12:46 #
Ka2azman wrote:
What is wrong with that? br br A while back I sa... (show quote)
Oh my, you just wrote the b-word; "boundaries". The concept of boundaries messes up the whole topic of the desirability of endless choices. By the way, it can be an interesting revelation to discover that some cultures actually consider emotional "boundaries" to be "bad" or "wrong".
Feb 16, 2019 19:00:03 #
I have a 'three' thing. When I was a youngster we had three meals each day. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and no snacks between meals. Unlike today, a lot of people eat one meal each day. Starts when the get up and ends when they go to bed. Leads to one very serious condition of people today...morbid obesity.
Feb 16, 2019 22:38:01 #
Feb 16, 2019 23:03:34 #
I can remember lying on the floor in my bedroom with the phone cord stretched in the hallway while talking to my "girl friend" of the day and saying out loud that some day we would be able to see the person on the other end of the line.
Feb 17, 2019 00:22:00 #
I am an only child, so 1 there. And I was the remote. Didn't have to fight watching tv with a sibling, but with my mom over Lawrence Welk. She wouldn't give that up.
Feb 17, 2019 01:12:19 #
One living room. (No family room)
One car garage, if that.
One pair of tennis shoes. No hiking, basketball or other.
One car garage, if that.
One pair of tennis shoes. No hiking, basketball or other.
Feb 17, 2019 01:16:19 #
One phone was fine until I started dating. Then it limited phone time, because the phones were, ofc, the only phones for the family. Long extended conversations with the girlfriend were frowned upon by both sets of parents.
Feb 17, 2019 06:32:24 #
When I graduated college, my wife and I purchased ONE car. It was a 1986 Nissan Sentra 2 door. It was off the dealer floor which ever color they had. It was Jade Gray. I loved that car. It was loyal and faithful and I miss it. Now I have two cars;the SECOND car is a Honda CRV 5 Door Hatchback Black. I gave it to my son at college.
Just think of this. The generation before struggles for their future generations. That way, our children should benefit from our sacrifices.
Just think of this. The generation before struggles for their future generations. That way, our children should benefit from our sacrifices.
Feb 17, 2019 12:17:24 #
Well growing up we had one Outside and one Nature,,,which I loved to be Outside all Day,,,the Kids today have that same Outside and Nature although we are destroying Habitat daily,,,it is up to the Kids to spend less time on their electronic gizmos and in their concrete jungles and more time with Nature....as I sit here typing on the computer instead of Outside !!!
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