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<blockquote data-quote="T. MIKE SMITH" data-source="post: 4326666" data-attributes="member: 44552"><p>I get all mixed up on this stuff- born in 1955 to old fashion depression era parents. Next to the last of 7 kids- dad was 32-year retired Army- mom was nurse. Southern Baptist raised. I loved getting any kind of new stuff, but we had pretty modest income. I was maybe about 4th grade when my mom bought us a stereo for Christmas. My brother was Air Force and stationed in Philippines where they could get cheap electronics. He gave me a cheap little reel to reel tape recorder that I used to record the radio to my mom chewing me and my brother out. Was at my granny's house one time in rural Mississippi. Party line- great place for interesting taping. As I grew up, everything that came along that I could afford, I got- CB radios- guns- microwave. I was just all over the new deal. Got tired of the church - hell/fire/brimstone routine. I thought things needed to relax a little and instead of trying to cram religion up my but- teach me and educate me what the Bible is trying to say and help me relate to it. Man, I didn't see that relax to the absolute rejection of anything moral now days. To the absolute disrespect of God- Flag and Country - to whatever feels good- just do it. I get sick going to a high school football game and see all the disrespect by both kids and their parents. I guess I'm just one of those folks who would like to see something between the dumb rigidness of the 50's-60's-70's and almost wide-open crap we see now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="T. MIKE SMITH, post: 4326666, member: 44552"] I get all mixed up on this stuff- born in 1955 to old fashion depression era parents. Next to the last of 7 kids- dad was 32-year retired Army- mom was nurse. Southern Baptist raised. I loved getting any kind of new stuff, but we had pretty modest income. I was maybe about 4th grade when my mom bought us a stereo for Christmas. My brother was Air Force and stationed in Philippines where they could get cheap electronics. He gave me a cheap little reel to reel tape recorder that I used to record the radio to my mom chewing me and my brother out. Was at my granny's house one time in rural Mississippi. Party line- great place for interesting taping. As I grew up, everything that came along that I could afford, I got- CB radios- guns- microwave. I was just all over the new deal. Got tired of the church - hell/fire/brimstone routine. I thought things needed to relax a little and instead of trying to cram religion up my but- teach me and educate me what the Bible is trying to say and help me relate to it. Man, I didn't see that relax to the absolute rejection of anything moral now days. To the absolute disrespect of God- Flag and Country - to whatever feels good- just do it. I get sick going to a high school football game and see all the disrespect by both kids and their parents. I guess I'm just one of those folks who would like to see something between the dumb rigidness of the 50's-60's-70's and almost wide-open crap we see now. [/QUOTE]
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