Ecclesiastes 7:10

[RipponRedeaux]

says : Do not long for "the good old days." This is not wise. (NLT)

But I do sometimes wax nostalgic now and then.

I remember after school going to the Public Library which was near my Junior High. I went there to catch up on current events with various newspapers, looking at Variety magazine and generally looking over a bunch of books in my leisure. I always had questions about lots of subjects. I'd often be seen at the Information Desk to get definitive data on miscellaneous things. Corky was my favorite info researcher. She'd tell me where to go. That is, she would tell me where to find this or that. It was a pleasure hanging out there. Sometimes I'd take the bus straight home, but not often. A two mile walk home was nothing. Actually, even now a state away, I look forward to my current library visits. I especially enjoy getting inter-library loans. Yes, excitement is my way of life.

 

[KenH]

I enjoyed summer nights at my grandma's farm in the 1960s when we would sit out in the front yard and I would lay on a cot and gaze at a sky full of stars, with the occasional satellite or airplane passing overhead to provide some "action". Would also listen to Astros baseball games on the radio or spend time catching fireflies.

 

[RipponRedeaux]

Remember when transistor radios were the rage in the 1960s? It was modern technology back then --small and convenient.

 

[1689Dave]

I identify with Ecclesiastes. I wouldn't go back to my youth for anything. Even with the pandemic, these are the best years of my life.

 

[Silverhair]

Fond memories of trout fishing in the streams around home. We would leave home early and as my dad said don't get into trouble and be in the house before the street lights come on.
Small town living was great as a kid and would be even better as an old man, as they say you can never go home again.

 

[kyredneck]

says : Do not long for "the good old days." This is not wise. (NLT)

...don't think this means we shouldn't have 'fond memories' from our past, which thank God I have many of those. I was happy growing up. ...(well, still am )

 

[RipponRedeaux]

...don't think this means we shouldn't have 'fond memories' from our past, which thank God I have many of those. I was happy growing up. ...(well, still am )

Are you growing up or growing out?

 

[kyredneck]

Are you growing up or growing out?

I have many fond memories from my childhood and 'growing up' due to the Christian upbringing I had. I had much liberty to explore and express due to that. Thank you Lord.

 

[kyredneck]

OTOH, my Dad grew up in depression era Appalachia, he's told me that Robins and Meadowlarks are 'good eating', and that many times the only thing they had to keep from going hungry was a milk cow and his mother would make a cornmeal mush with the milk from it.

Dad has said more than once, "These are the good old days", meaning compared to that time in his life.

 

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

OTOH, my Dad grew up in depression era Appalachia, he's told me that Robins and Meadowlarks are 'good eating', and that many times the only thing they had to keep from going hungry was a milk cow and his mother would make a cornmeal mush with the milk from it.

Dad has said more than once, "These are the good old days", meaning compared to that time in his life.

My grandpa told me stories about ketchup sandwiches in the depression.

My other grandpa grew up in the depression too and he would never throw food away. He would eat it even if it was moldy. He lived to be 94 so he done something right...

The older folks here, who were born in the 1930s and 40s say that the old days were much harder work, but simpler and overall happier.

 

[Two Wings]

says : Do not long for "the good old days." This is not wise. (NLT)

My understanding of this passage points to the fact that the "days are evil" ... but WRT the passage of time ... today is better than yesterday because we are closer to going home time.

There are fruit-inspecting evidences that the sum a given person's Godliness was more evident 50 years ago than today. This validates The Word's teaching on the World.

 

[kyredneck]

My other grandpa grew up in the depression too and he would never throw food away. He would eat it even if it was moldy. He lived to be 94 so he done something right...

Dad will be 97 January, and I clean his refrigerator of old food regularly, he has a real problem tossing it.