Stories of the Past

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There are times on here when I write a discussion, I like to include a little piece of History that you will not get by reading a History book. For the older members perhaps is like "walking down memory lane" as some called it. I think I include this in my discussions and sometimes even write a whole one on things from different era's of time, because of this. But I think the biggest reason is for the younger generation that are on here. I remember when I was a lot younger and my father-in-law would tell me about life growing up during the Great Depression and my Grandmother telling about her experience also during that time. I found their stories both interesting and fascinating at the same time, Stories of acquiring shoes for their children's growing feet or how the very first school bus came about in our area. These are things you will never get from just reading a History book. As part of the older generation now, I sometimes think about how far technology has come and how so many things have changed. Things that a majority of us take for granted now. Things that some of the younger generation will never know about unless someone either writes about or tells them. Do you like sitting an listening to the older generation telling about their childhood or when they were young adults? For those of you that are in still in your twenties or younger, or maybe even in your thirties, sit down an talk to your elders sometime, heck, I bet some of them still has items that you wouldn't even know what it was, or how to use it.