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<blockquote data-quote="MLR" data-source="post: 1936687" data-attributes="member: 2176"><p>I'm only 58 but do have memories of times not so long ago.When I was a kid we were poor. Never had a steak until I was in high school and that was on a school sports outing where a privets club treated us to dinner at a restaurant. My family did not have a car most of the time when I was young. We lived mostly on rice beans cornbread. Steak was a piece of tough flank meat that mom would pound relentlessly with a two by four wrapper in wax paper before marinating it to make it easier to chew. Remember my father giving me his portion of food not knowing at the time that he went without that meal so I could have an extra helping. Didn't have a TV that worked most of the time. Only made long distance calls late at night because it was to expensive to call during the day. It was common for neighbors to come over and borrow our phone because they did not have one. Driving to the big town thirty miles away happened maybe twice a year to see relatives. To expensive to make a regular trip.</p><p></p><p><strong>The thing is, I enjoyed the hell out of those years. I did not know we were poor.</strong> We did not consider ourselves to be poor. We just accepted the fact that we could not afford certain items. Nowadays a person cannot escape the fact that they are poor. They are constantly being reminded of it by the government and special interest groups.</p><p>They are told that they are entitled to live just as good as the rich men. That anything less is unfair.</p><p></p><p>When I see a family with a big screen TV. Cell phones for each member of the family. A vehicle that they hop in and drive to town daily because they forgot to pick up a six pack of sodas the day before. That are eating high priced prepackaged meals complaining how poor they are it sickens me.</p><p></p><p>Sorry about the rant. But I would have considered myself rich growing up if I had the same items these folks who claim to be poor have now.</p><p></p><p>Michael</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MLR, post: 1936687, member: 2176"] I'm only 58 but do have memories of times not so long ago.When I was a kid we were poor. Never had a steak until I was in high school and that was on a school sports outing where a privets club treated us to dinner at a restaurant. My family did not have a car most of the time when I was young. We lived mostly on rice beans cornbread. Steak was a piece of tough flank meat that mom would pound relentlessly with a two by four wrapper in wax paper before marinating it to make it easier to chew. Remember my father giving me his portion of food not knowing at the time that he went without that meal so I could have an extra helping. Didn't have a TV that worked most of the time. Only made long distance calls late at night because it was to expensive to call during the day. It was common for neighbors to come over and borrow our phone because they did not have one. Driving to the big town thirty miles away happened maybe twice a year to see relatives. To expensive to make a regular trip. [B]The thing is, I enjoyed the hell out of those years. I did not know we were poor.[/B] We did not consider ourselves to be poor. We just accepted the fact that we could not afford certain items. Nowadays a person cannot escape the fact that they are poor. They are constantly being reminded of it by the government and special interest groups. They are told that they are entitled to live just as good as the rich men. That anything less is unfair. When I see a family with a big screen TV. Cell phones for each member of the family. A vehicle that they hop in and drive to town daily because they forgot to pick up a six pack of sodas the day before. That are eating high priced prepackaged meals complaining how poor they are it sickens me. Sorry about the rant. But I would have considered myself rich growing up if I had the same items these folks who claim to be poor have now. Michael [/QUOTE]
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