OT: the concrete jungle (was re anonymously)

[Keith Smith]

On 2015-05-02 12:27, joe at 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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Keith Smith