Skip to main content

My how times have changed....

This morning as I was going to work, I stopped at the Marathon station at the rt. 94 intersection of I-76 in Wadsworth. I was getting my morning paper. I parked in front of the store and I saw this young lady go in before me. I was getting a paper. She was getting a cup of coffee and a donut. As I was getting ready to leave, I noticed her unlocking her car. I bring this up because I remember when I was young and when I would go to Lawson's with one of my parents for bread and milk we would go in and leave the car running with the door unlocked and not think about it. Now people stop in Wadsworth, of all places and they don't feel safe enough to leave their car unlocked when they go into a convenience store and their car is within sight while their in the store.

Sad when you think about it.

Comments

dons_mind said…
wow - - lawson's - - haven't heard that one in a long time - - we used to have a big isaly's in struthers when i was a kid...loved riding our bikes down for chip-chopped ham (isaly style) and bread for mom....
October 29, 2008 8:43 AM
Shelley said…
we used to have a lawson's too 20 years ago....dang - my 42nd b-day is coming faster than I want it too!
October 29, 2008 8:48 AM
Busy Bee Suz said…
Yes, sad indeed.
I wish I could just let my kids Run the streets here like I did. but NO, never anymore. Too many crazy people everywhere.
Times have changed...
October 29, 2008 8:56 AM
coltfan said…
It is a very bad world now. I am only 33 and when I was a kid at most if you got into a fight, might get a black eye or bloddy nose or something nowadays kids would rather shoot someone than fight like men (or women)
October 29, 2008 8:42 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Post 800: Time to chat

Hi Guys, It's hard to believe that this is post number 800 for this blog. I started this blog out of my desire to communicate. Since radio and television is becoming more and more automated and less and less personal, I'm glad I made the decision to go in this direction as it has given me many blessings. When I first decided to write my musings, a friend from the radio and television boards who goes by the name of newsnomore, told me not to be discouraged if I didn't get any readers. The fact that I did in the early going made me surprised and grateful that anyone was enjoying what I wrote. I've had people tell me that maybe it wasn't meant for me to ever be in radio, that maybe my calling was blogging. Nowadays I think blogging makes for better two way conversation than terrestrial radio, especially the way I do it, non confrontational. The closest I come from any confrontation is the innocent digs that Pat and I shoot at each other. On an average day I get betwee...
12 comments
Read more

From a "Battleground State"

I am going to make this one short and sweet. I live in Ohio, in this election season, one of the so called "Battleground states," a state crucial for any candidate presidential hopes. Of course we have had many visits from presidential and vice presidential candidates. Other blogs have dissected both campaigns so I will not. The only questions I have is will the promises made by either of these candidates exclusive to these states be fulfilled, or will they prove only to be hot air?
19 comments
Read more

My job

I have worked at my company for, unofficially, 17 years. When I first started working there in June, 1992, the average work week was 55-57 hours. Sometimes you worked more than that. I was 36 years old at the time and I could handle the long hours and short nights of sleep. 17 years and three knee surgeries later, I need less hours work and more hours sleep. Even moving into a quasi desk job, I still find it difficult to crawl out of bed at 3am. I could get up later if I wanted to put up with both rush hours. But this morning, things will change slightly. I received a call from my department manager yesterday. I was notified that I had to cut my time down to 40 hours. This would be down from 44-45 that I normally work. No surprise there as all the other departments got notified before I was. And I had to split my time between plants, doing calibrations at the other shop 1-1/2 days a week. I'm actually looking forward to the change. I also like the prospect of getting an hour extra...
11 comments
Read more