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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2014-10-05 06:26 PM


Then and Now=Nostalgia

Grabbed a phone call for a dime
sent a penny post card for a time
A nickel bought an ice cream cone
When ticked twas okay to pick a bone

Gasoline was under a quarter
And $300/month was a great starter
This was back when all poems would rhyme
And seasoning consisted of much less thyme

Yes, salt and pepper were the then go to…
And gourmet cooking was what prime chef’s do
Now $100/a month for a phone in your pocket
And a locket less likely hangs around your neck

By heck or high water wouldn’t eat from a can
Unless you grew up not knowing a pot from a pan
You look at the sky from a 5 x 7 iPad
‘stead of lifting your chin to see God’s bounty

We click on the screen for our friends who comply
with the way of the world to send and reply
Rhyming is in and then it is out
Phishing is sin and we have to watch out

We seldom are sure what’s worthy of report
and resort to compellingly telling for sport
So what do we do when penning our poe’s
we record all our words in the style of prose

©Virginia Salter 10/2/14


Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

© Copyright 2014 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
1 posted 2014-10-05 08:16 PM


Yep. A lot of difference then and now, but when you really think about it not all that much has changed. We just have different things to play with. I recall when television first was put in people's homes. It was said that it was the devil's tool and we would rue the day. Well . . . Maybe they were right, everything we hold dear has come after, and because of, the television.

If they give you ruled paper write sideways.

latearrival
Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499
Florida
2 posted 2014-10-05 10:15 PM


Vas so nice to see you here. We have been looking for you who wrote so often to come back and rejoin those of us have hung on.
Yes being  from way back in the 1930s I have  also seen a lot of new ways but I have to adjust and must say I love the ability to keep up with scattered family members. I have also connected with many family members I had not known  before. Welcome back, JO

Ticklefingers
Senior Member
Posts 710
Louisiana
3 posted 2015-10-11 03:15 AM


I just had to bring this back up! It was an exceptionally good read deserving of many more hits.

88's friend

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon
4 posted 2015-10-11 10:56 AM


Thanks, all, especially Ticklefingers for resurfacing this, I've not read it in over a year, myself.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
5 posted 2015-10-29 01:03 PM


yep - remember when $10.00 more than filled my 4-4-2's 20gal. gas tank, bought me and my flame a deluxe sea-food dinner, and took us to see the grand-opening of The Exorcist; and that when we were complaining about the rising prices of things!

Enjoyed VAS...


j.

Ticklefingers
Senior Member
Posts 710
Louisiana
6 posted 2015-10-29 01:33 PM


Still 'tastes' just as good as that first bite!


88's all day long

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

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