On 2015-05-02 12:27,
joe@actionline.com wrote:
> Great story about U-Haul, Keith.
> Never heard that one before.
>
I'm sure there are tons of stories just like uhaul. Not everyone
exercised integrity..... However I think there was a lot more integrity
in the 40's, 50's, and 60's than today.
> And your comments about "the good-old-days" made me remember
> how blessed I was to grow up in a little town of 3,500 back
> in the center of Nebraska in the 1950s. In so many ways, it
> was like that wonderful old Andy Griffith TV show Mayberry USA.
>
I'd like to retire to a place like that. I also grew up in a small town
on the Southern border. Things were different back then. There was no
fear of guns, the Mexican food was authentic, and muscle cars were
plentiful and cheap.
> My first job at age 7 or so was putting hand-bills on cars
> and trucks parked around the city square; and I vividly
> remember that every car and truck had the windows rolled
> down and the keys left in the ignition.
>
I remember that in the 60's and early 70's.
I'll bet some of the trucks had rifle racks and you might have seen a
hunting rifle or two in those rifle racks.
> My family's house did not even have locks on the doors.
>
Good times!!
>
> ---------------
>> Your concrete wall statement made me think of a time when
>> a guy rented a trailer to a person who was on the move.
>> The trailer owner had no infrastructure to manage renting
>> trailers. He had only one thing, the good will and honesty
>> of his fellow Americans. Uhaul was built on the good will
>> and integrity of American business men. The trailer would
>> make it's way to it's destination and be dropped off at a
>> gas station, I presume with a note telling the gas station
>> owner to rent the trailer and send part of the fees back
>> to the owner.
>>
>> I remember being 5 or 6 and wanting to go to the neighbor's
>> house on a Sunday. My mother told that was not the thing
>> to do because Sunday was family day.
>>
>> Our country has changed. We have lost the sense of community
>
> [snipped]
>
>> I miss the good 'ol days.
>
>
>
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