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Post by bjholden85 on Jul 7, 2015 14:56:55 GMT -5
I would have loved to live with the Waltons. My parents divorced when I was young and I lost my grandparents when I was young also. I only have one sister (who I adore now) and when we were growing up we didn't get along. I think it would have been nice to have alot of siblings and parents who love each other deeply and the wisdom of grandparents. I missed all of that.
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Post by patriciaanne on Jul 7, 2015 15:59:23 GMT -5
I think The Waltons had it a lot nicer compared to lot of the people who actually lived during the dirty 30's. I knew people including my own parents and grandparents who experienced hardships on the Canadian prairies like dust storms, drought, boiling hot weather, grasshopper plagues, the constant fight of Russian thistle trying to take over their land, and a severe shortage of water. Some people actually collapsed in the streets of some towns and cities dying of starvation. The Waltons series looks like a picnic compared to what it was really like. The Waltons having electricity, indoor plumbing, a hot water heater, and a telephone in their own place was unheard of as most country living people didn't get those luxuries until after the war in the late 1940's Having said all that, if I had any skills to contribute, I would want to help John Sr. keep the books and help keep the vehicles up and running.....and gather the eggs. It is well known that in the U.S., people who lived on farms and in the country survived the Depression much better. Just being able to grow and hunt your own food is a huge blessing. I think about that a lot. Even now...having a generator to run my house if the power goes out is a huge thing. During Hurricane Sandy, the city was without power for several days. No option to run a generator when you live in an apt. When I was growing up, we only had windows on one side of our apt.--no cross ventilation. We ran our AC from April to Nov. I can't imagine what we would have done in a blackout. All that to say...you are far more independent and better able to take care of yourself in the country.
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Post by rabner59 on Jul 7, 2015 17:31:30 GMT -5
I think The Waltons had it a lot nicer compared to lot of the people who actually lived during the dirty 30's. I knew people including my own parents and grandparents who experienced hardships on the Canadian prairies like dust storms, drought, boiling hot weather, grasshopper plagues, the constant fight of Russian thistle trying to take over their land, and a severe shortage of water. Some people actually collapsed in the streets of some towns and cities dying of starvation. The Waltons series looks like a picnic compared to what it was really like. The Waltons having electricity, indoor plumbing, a hot water heater, and a telephone in their own place was unheard of as most country living people didn't get those luxuries until after the war in the late 1940's Having said all that, if I had any skills to contribute, I would want to help John Sr. keep the books and help keep the vehicles up and running.....and gather the eggs. It is well known that in the U.S., people who lived on farms and in the country survived the Depression much better. Just being able to grow and hunt your own food is a huge blessing. I think about that a lot. Even now...having a generator to run my house if the power goes out is a huge thing. During Hurricane Sandy, the city was without power for several days. No option to run a generator when you live in an apt. When I was growing up, we only had windows on one side of our apt.--no cross ventilation. We ran our AC from April to Nov. I can't imagine what we would have done in a blackout. All that to say...you are far more independent and better able to take care of yourself in the country. My parents were both raised on farms in Kentucky during the depression an they said things never changed much .They had their gardens,cows,mules plenty of wild game they both had 12 brothers and sisters.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2015 18:17:02 GMT -5
My parents were both raised on farms in Kentucky during the depression an they said things never changed much . Like Alabama sings "we were so poor that we couldn't tell"
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Post by River on Jul 8, 2015 15:41:23 GMT -5
I love to garden so I would be with Grandpa out in the garden.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 17:30:04 GMT -5
I could be a nanny for John Curtis while Mary Ellen is at school/work and Ginny if Cindy needed a sitter unless Nicolle Wallace gets the job ahead of me LOL. LOL... You can have that job! I'm not sure if I could live in the same house as Mary Ellen. She's too much into everybody's business.
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