Ya'll ever get nostalgic for earlier times in your life?

[v8440]

Like when you hear a certain song and it takes you back to when that song was popular? Sometimes I wish I could go back to earlier times, even if only for a while. Believe it or not, I sometimes get nostalgic for when I was in Navy bootcamp back in '91, and sometimes for when I was on the USS Nassau in '93-'95. Though I had a strictly regimented schedule for the most part then, things seemed so much simpler. I guess a lot of that's because then I was less aware of how my (then) present actions might affect the future, so I didn't worry much. Not that I worry too much now, just that the intervening 10 to 15 years have brought much more to consider.

I guess years from now I'll look back upon this time the way I do other times now. It's not necessarily regret or remorse, just that I wish I could go back and re-experience those times, but with my present level of awareness. I feel like I would appreciate the good things much more than I did at the time. Of course, I'm probably looking back through rose-colored glasses and minimizing the things that were a pain in the ass.

Now I'm focusing on fairly major financial stuff, worrying about my wife not getting pregnant, worry about my wife actually getting pregnant, and worrying about moving out of Montgomery to escape the crime and congestion. I have a really good set of close friends to help me through, and that probably counts for more than anything other than the fact that I have a good wife.

Things are just so fucked up sometimes-there's a story on cnn right now about a Marine that got killed in Iraq. It's told by a female journalist that knew him, and I just about cried when I read it. I don't know the guy, but the story is so damn sad...I guess you gotta distance yourself from that to a large extent or you'll go off the deep end every time someone you don't even know dies.

Anyway, this has degenerated into rambling. I guess I'm just feeling my age more than before.

 

[beeper*71]

Are you drunk?

 

[v8440]

No, actually I'm stone sober-not on anything. Just got to thinking.

 

[beeper*71]

Have a drink, your depressing me.

 

[J.C. Corbett]

Go out and listen to Bob Seger's Travelin' Man(song 5 on Beautiful Loser). The final line will put it all into perspective. You'll feel better.

 

[Not A Duster]

I would like to go back and fix all of the stupid decisions I have made in the past...does that count?

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Feelin your age?????????? were you 38 when you entered boot camp, just wait young pup, a lotta years ahead of you, the times are always simpler once they are in the past, enjoy these times so you have something else to look back on with fond memories! Rich.

 

[restoman]

Music has got to be one of the strongest memory-evoking things known to Man.
Sometimes it makes ya feel old, most times it just brings back good memories.

I don't regrte any decisions (good or bad) I've ever made - they all lead to what I am now.

Drunk on some mighty fine sippin' whiskey.:bravo:

 

[69.5CUDA]

if i need to reminiss...i get behind the wheel of the 69 or the 67..and im back

 

[a12bee]

I know every word to every song on the 'oldies' station. Ain't that a bitch.

 

[v8440]

I think I threw you guys off on my mood by accidently focusing on the downsides too much. I wasn't actually depressed or upset (other than that story about the marine dying). There's a lot of fun in looking back on those times, fun I didn't mention last night. You'd swear I was drunk on on painkillers from what I typed, but I wasn't. I had a lot of good times back then, doing stupid shit and getting away with it was part of that. You wouldn't believe some of the crap I pulled and escaped from with minor or no consequences. No, not killing anybody, or robbing/raping/stealing, just dumb shit a lot of us probably did.

 

[v8440]

In reference to the age part of the discussion, I'm 34. I just have a pretty fair amount of water under the bridge in those years.

I like telling you guys this stuff because ya'll have sense, and don't needlessly run somebody down for the hell of it. Friends in other words. Fortunately I can talk about stuff like this with my local friends too.

 

[Fishy]

Wish I could look back on olden times but I was WAY too stoned then to remember now!! No seriously I know what you mean. A song comes on and suddenly it's like I'm back in high school. All the memories of that song come rushing back as well as all your old friends....wondering what they're up to...etc...I know what you mean. :bravo:

 

[dodgechargerfan]

The times I miss are from when I was about 5 to 8 years old.
Summers felt like they lasted a whole year - we did so much with all the extra daylight.
I was up and out before 8 AM and sometimes didn't show my face again until the streetlights came on.
In that time, I could be riding my bike - and if I decided to stop somewhere, I could drop it on the ground and not worry about whether it would be there when I got back;
- I could be climbing trees and swinging on a rope from one tree to another;
- chasing animals with a stick knowing full well I'd never catch it but did it anyway;
- raiding the neighbouring vineyards and having grapefights with my friends;
- seeing how many backyards we could sneak through to get down the street without having to walk on the sidewalk - just because we wanted to find out;
- setting up a ramp in the middle of the street to jump our bikes over - a la Evel Kneivel and then jumping anything else that had wheels on it;
- playing with hotwheels in the dirt for 6 hours straight - eating a peanut butter sandwich from one hand while continuing to drive with the other;
- go to the "swamp" behind the mall and catch toads - and bring them all home - all 46 of them
- swim in the little 3-foot deep pool in the backyard with a mask and snorkel - staying under even though you know your dad just walked up to the edge to watch and when you do come up, he's smiling and looking at his watch and he tells you how long you were under
- going for a "drive" in "thePIG" - the Plymouth at the top of the driveway that I've never seen move under it's own power - but made a great home for the pet rabbit and still had enough juice in the battery to make the horn and lights work - much to the chagrin of the old man that lived in the shack that the car was facing;
- going for a drive with Dad to the Canadian Tire for the sole reason of going for a drive;
- standing on the seat of the car while in motion so I could see out the window that much better
- sitting in the back seat of the same car with my best friend and flipping off the cars behind us without even a notion as to what it really means then ducking down and laughing our asses off - and Dad stiffling a laugh while it's happening
- counting the cars that we blew past on the highway on our way home one day, silently urging Dad to pass the next one and having him do it with ease - in the 64 /6 Dodge
- breakfast, lunch (when we weren't out all day) and dinner provided by Mom - who stayed home until after I started going to school and even then we never missed a meal unless it was our own fault for not showing up.
- free cookies from Mom when we visited her a the bakery in the grocery store where she worked
- Mom scoring all of the "freebies" that the store gave out as loyalty items for shopping there - I still have the almost full hockey sticker book - only one sticker missing
- being able to walk about 5 blocks down a busy street after school to my older sister's work because no one would be at home to let me in - at the age of 5 and without worry beyond crossing the street safely
- being able to hang out at my older sister's work without concern from the boss

There's lots more memories of friends, all 4 brothers and 2 sisters and many many more of Mom and Dad, but this has gotten long.

It was a different time for sure.

 

[JesusChrysler]

Whooops!!!!

Went a little too nostalgic there!

Sorry!!!





Matt

 

[BootHead]

- going for a drive with Dad to the Canadian Tire for the sole reason of going for a drive;
It was a different time for sure.

:bravo: we never went to Canadian Tire but somtimes ended up at Micky D's promising not to tell mom. also the jaunt up in the mountains after my first brake job.:hmmm: :helpme:

and all the rest.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Whooops!!!!

Went a little too nostalgic there!

Sorry!!!





Matt

LOL! You can remember that?!

Huh? Waddya mean it was last week?:wtf:
Oh.

Ummmm.

I see....[smilie=f:

 

[kamstra]

I don't know if you have kids now as you stated that you are trying. But, Having kids will allow you to see thru their eyes. It will change you life.

 

[65furyIII]

I graduated in 1965, my parents moved off the farm the day before my graduation. So I got to enjoy one day of getting up and going to school without milking cows for a couple of hours first. I was in a happy mood that whole summer, felt free as a bird.

I get the exact same feeling every time I take the 65 for a ride. That is thee
reason I got that particular car. I don't even need the music, which is good because it's a radio delete convertable. ([smilie=f: ok ok I know Radio delete is not correct)

 

[68R/T]

Nostalgic???

Check this out......

?? THE YEAR 1906 ??

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This will boggle your mind, ​

I know it did mine ! ​

The year is 1906.
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes !
Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year 1906​

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The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47​

A three-minute call from Denver ​

to New York City ​

cost eleven dollars. ​

There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., ​

and only 144 miles ​

of paved roads. ​

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. ​

Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee ​

were each more ​

heavily populated than California.​

With a mere 1.4 million people, ​

California was only the 21st ​

most populous state in the Union. ​

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower !​

The average wage in the US. was 22 cents per hour. ​

The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year . ​

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
a dentist $2,500 per year, ​

a veterinarian between $1,500 ​

and $4,000 per year, ​

and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. ​

More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at HOME. ​

Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors ​

had ​

NO COLLEGE EDUCATION !​

Instead, ​

they attended so-called medical schools, ​

many of which were condemned in the press ​

AND​

the government ​

as "sub-standard." ​

Sugar cost four cents a pound. ​

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. ​

Coffee was fifteen cents a pound. ​

Most women only washed their hair ​

once a month, ​

and used borax ​

or egg yolks for shampoo. (EE-EWW) ​

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from ​

entering into their country for any reason. ​

The Five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:​

1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke ​

The American flag had 45 stars.
Arizona , Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and ​

Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. ​

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30 !!!! ​

Crossword puzzles, ​

canned beer, ​

and ice tea ​

hadn't been invented yet. ​

There was no Mother's Day ​

or Father's Day. ​

Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.​

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. ​

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine ​

were all available over ​

the counter ​

at the local corner drugstores. ​

Pharmacists said, ​

"Heroin clears the complexion, > gives buoyancy to the mind, ​

regulates the stomach and bowels, ​

and is, in fact, ​

a perfect guardian of health."​

( Shocking ? ) ​

Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. ​

had at least one full-time servant or domestic help. ​

There were about 230 reported murders ​

in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !​

Now I forwarded this from someone else ​

without typing it myself, ​

and sent it to you and others ​

all over the United States, ​

possibly the world, ​

in a matter of seconds !​

Now having read this​

try to imagine what it may be like ​

in another 100 years. ​