I suffer from nostalgia.

[Fiosh]

Car 54, The Munsters, Andy Griffith, The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, The Big Valley, Dick Van Dyke, Gomer Pyle.......sigh!

[Christ's Free Servant]

Car 54, The Munsters, Andy Griffith, The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, The Big Valley, Dick Van Dyke, Gomer Pyle.......sigh!

We have a new barbeque restaurant here in Rock Hill. On their walls they have pictures of the casts from all those old TV shows beginning when TV first came out in the early 50's. It is nostalgic to walk through the restaurant and to look at all those pictures of those old shows. So many of them I had forgotten, such as Car 54 (Where are you?). It is fun to think back to those days.

[Gerioke]

Car 54, The Munsters, Andy Griffith, The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, The Big Valley, Dick Van Dyke, Gomer Pyle.......sigh!

We have a new barbeque restaurant here in Rock Hill. On their walls they have pictures of the casts from all those old TV shows beginning when TV first came out in the early 50's. It is nostalgic to walk through the restaurant and to look at all those pictures of those old shows. So many of them I had forgotten, such as Car 54 (Where are you?). It is fun to think back to those days.

The Munsters in a squad car

[Christ's Free Servant]

I have no idea what is on TV nowdays, and I like it like that

I don't either. The last time I looked, and that was a long time ago, it was not good - I'm talking TV shows. I am a news watcher - you get that way the older you get. And, I think also the older you get the more interested you become in history, at least that has been the way it has been for me. And, my husband likes an ocassional sports program, though not much. We mainly keep the cable TV for the news and an ocassional old classic movie.

I have the internet for news and the library for movies and even some old tv shows. I have been able to introduce my kids (6,4) to Lost in Space, Star Trek (original), Shirley Temple, Superman, and a whack of B movies from the 50s & 60s. The library is awesome.

Cool! Yes, we used to go to the library with our kids and take out books and old movies. I had forgotten you could get movies from the library. We were very strict about what we would let our kids watch. They are all adults now, three of them are married and one is engaged to be married, and one son has three children the ages of your kids. I wish they were more picky about what their kids watch. We've gotten some of the old stuff for our granddaughters, too, and some of it they actually like, like "Charlotte's Web."

[Gerioke]

I have no idea what is on TV nowdays, and I like it like that

I don't either. The last time I looked, and that was a long time ago, it was not good - I'm talking TV shows. I am a news watcher - you get that way the older you get. And, I think also the older you get the more interested you become in history, at least that has been the way it has been for me. And, my husband likes an ocassional sports program, though not much. We mainly keep the cable TV for the news and an ocassional old classic movie.

I have the internet for news and the library for movies and even some old tv shows. I have been able to introduce my kids (6,4) to Lost in Space, Star Trek (original), Shirley Temple, Superman, and a whack of B movies from the 50s & 60s. The library is awesome.

Cool! Yes, we used to go to the library with our kids and take out books and old movies. I had forgotten you could get movies from the library. We were very strict about what we would let our kids watch. They are all adults now, three of them are married and one is engaged to be married, and one son has three children the ages of your kids. I wish they were more picky about what their kids watch. We've gotten some of the old stuff for our granddaughters, too, and some of it they actually like, like "Charlotte's Web."

Yes Charlottes web is a favorite here too

[BlindSeeker]

I just watched an episode of Bonanza last night . . . good stuff.

Larry Norman had two good lyrics from a couple of songs . . .

1. The trouble with normal is it always get's worse . . .

2. Sometimes I think that we have advanced until I look at where we've gone . . .

Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus

[Gerioke]

I just watched an episode of Bonanza last night . . . good stuff.

Larry Norman had two good lyrics from a couple of songs . . .

1. The trouble with normal is it always get's worse . . .

2. Sometimes I think that we have advanced until I look at where we've gone . . .

Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus

I saw Larry Norman in Sudbury. My friend was disappointed because he asked Larry what happened between him and Randy Stonehill and Larry snubbed my friend. My friend was his biggest fan.

[BlindSeeker]

I just watched an episode of Bonanza last night . . . good stuff.

Larry Norman had two good lyrics from a couple of songs . . .

1. The trouble with normal is it always get's worse . . .

2. Sometimes I think that we have advanced until I look at where we've gone . . .

Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus

I saw Larry Norman in Sudbury. My friend was disappointed because he asked Larry what happened between him and Randy Stonehill and Larry snubbed my friend. My friend was his biggest fan.

Perhaps it was too personal to allow an inquiring fan (stranger) to know. Maybe Larry was just guarding his heart.

Who knows . . .

[RGR]

Geri,

I guess I'm like you on this as well! I enjoy cruising the Internet reading about old shows, looking at information/pic's of old radios and stereos, etc. I honestly think I would have been better off to have been born in the 40's or 50's, lol!

I worry myself sometimes too, lol! Last year my Dad gave me the old console stereo (record player, radio, and 8-track player) that he and mom had owned when I was a kid. As a matter of fact, it was because of me they bought the thing. They had given their very first stereo, a Philco (which I now own, btw!), to my grandmother. They then bought a console stereo from Sears a couple of years before I was born. When I was about two or so, I gave the Sears model a good working over, lol! They traded it in for this Magnavox that I now own.

When Dad gave it to me last year, I figured I had a worthless piece of furniture on my hands to be honest. Then last year my $5 flea market 8-track player quit and I was forced to go back to the console stereo for an 8-track player. I started converting some of my better tapes over to CD and was absolutely amazed at how good the thing still sounded. Then I guess the thing got overstressed and the motor burnt out a bearing on the player! So I just spent approx. $50 to send off the player part to a dude in Oklahoma for him to fix. My next project will be to get the turntable working straight-probably another $200 or so. Yeah, I'm weird, but I like old stuff!

I guess part of the thing with me is I have so many memories of good times of coming in during the Christmas season and hearing Elvis Christmas music and other good Christmas records and maybe I'm yearning too much for those days again! You can bet one thing, though-if I can get the turntable part fixed as well, I'll be stacking up a stack of records at Christmas for me and the boys!

[Rania]

My brother is the new pastor at a church here in my town and most of it's members are made up of Home-schooled families with what looked like a minimum of 4 kids each. One family had 12 kids!

My post here is not about home-schooling (though it could be) but more, about regrets.

As we sat on one side of the congregation I looked out over the families during worship time and the place was filled with children. Older siblings helping care for the younger ones and ALL were singing and clapping. Even the little toddlers. They closed their eyes and folded their hands while praying and even listened to the pastor while he preached. He told the young kids that couldn't yet write out notes to count the number of times he said "humility" in the sermon and then report to him afterward. He told the ones who could only draw out their notes that this would be a sermon where they could draw a picture of a shephard and a sheep when they heard him mention it. All ages were included in the sermon and listened intently.

My mind wandered to my own church that we've been in for 25 years and raised both our kids in. If the child is under 7, they don't even come into the worship service but stay in a room throughout the entire morning. I suppose someone thinks they might be disruptive to the service. The majority of middle school and high school students are too "cool" to sing along and freely worship with the congregation. Also, they entire service is kept moving by a clock rather than the Spirit.

I suppose I was stunned at the reality before me. Though my kids have turned out well by the world's standards, they have also been raised watching "Friends" or "Family Matters" and many other shows. They now talk like they watched "Friends" rather than "Bonanza", if you know what I mean. They won't have any problem making their way because according to society, they will fit right in.

When we came home from church I told my husband I could never be a member of that congregation because every Sunday I would sit there, filled with regret for not placing enough importance on keeping my children's minds as pure as possible.

This may seem silly to the rest of you but for me, it was gut-wrenching as I came face to face today with my greatest sin........... not being the parent that God called me to be.

For those of you with young children or who are planning to have children......take this as a warning. Letting your kids watch "whatever" on TV is a lousy idea. Everything that goes into their little brains will shape and mold them into the adult they will soon become. And trust me............it comes quickly.

Thanks for letting me ramble (and pour out my heart). I could have written 6 pages about what I'm feeling today.

Totally at Peace

Edited January 9, 2006 by Totallyatpeace