Remember when a soda was called pop and came in a small bottle called cocoa cola for only a dime. Then there was the fountain drink that came in the paper cone sitting in a tin container as we drank it and listened to the jukebox at the corner drug store. Today that coke cost a dollar, comes in a can from a machine as we listen to music on our I pods.
Remember the 55 Chevy that we loaded our families in to take that much needed vacation 250 miles away. We packed a cooler, made sandwiches and stopped at a picnic table on the side of the road to eat. Today we pack the mini van or catch a jet to fly to interesting places. We eat at the finest restaurants and stay at beautiful hotels by the beach.
Remember when television had shows like Gun Smoke, I Love Lucy, and no remote control. Now we have Who’s the Biggest Loser, Law and Order, Dancing With the Stars and a remote that we are constantly trying to figure out, that is if we can find it.
Remember when we went to drive in movies, rolled the windows down in our cars and sat the lawn chairs out. Today we watch movies on our computers or go to the big cinema’s and wait for hours just to get a ticket to get in.
Remember when going fishing meant picking up a cane pole and digging up a few worms for bait and heading to the nearest water hold. Today we shop at the Bass Pro shop for the best, the finest and travel far to find a lake that just might have some fish still in it. Then of course there is deep sea fishing that takes a large crew on board with fine dining, nice bathroom facilities, and someone to bait your hook. No longer do we have to be lazy sitting under a shade tree, listening to the birds, and taking a little nap waiting for a fish to bite our hook and take the bobble down. That was disturbing since it sometimes messed up a good lazy dream.
Remember when we played marbles, checkers, horse shoes and monopoly. Now we find the greatest games on our I phones, walk miles to play golf and ski from the top of the highest mountains to entertain ourselves.
Remember when there was a party line on the old land line telephone. Now there is social media. You can just sign in and read a long instead of ease dropping on a conversation of your neighbors down the street.
Yes, we boomers remember. Was it more simple? That is a good question for at the time we did not think so. In 60 years I won’t be around but I just wonder about some things. What will the youth of today remember? What will their story be? What mark will they leave on the world? Will their grandchildren be fishing at all? Will they travel on a road or highway? Will there even be a thing called a television? What kind of a container will hold a soda or will there be soda? Will there still be a place called a movie theater? Will there be a clean beach to play in the sand?
Yes, I wonder. What will be the stories? What will be the memories of tomorrow in our ever changing world? Let us not forget! Let us remember when.
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Originally posted 2010-12-19 05:22:01.
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