tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post4377288616127833761..comments2024-01-03T01:40:26.911-08:00Comments on Life Drawings: 9 March 1956 “A Rant: Are We Happy With the Way Things Are?”50sgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-52942847511025470682011-11-20T21:31:41.793-08:002011-11-20T21:31:41.793-08:00LOVE THIS!!! My husband and I read this post and s...LOVE THIS!!! My husband and I read this post and shouted AMEN at the end of each paragraph. (Hallelujah!)Rachel Keppnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193834789450018423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-84977655149510085932010-03-30T03:50:16.467-07:002010-03-30T03:50:16.467-07:00You wrote:
“Standing in a large shop, that looks l...You wrote:<br />“Standing in a large shop, that looks like a warehouse, with rows and rows of product lined up perfectly, large signs and displays, talking ads, then endless people milling about, mindless throwing things into carts while talking into little objects in their hands, seemingly unaware of one another, but intently animated, talking about the most private things out loud into their hands. Every so often one cart might bump another and they two cart pushers exchange heated looks, all the while continuing their “hand conversations”. Lines and lines of people at endless registers that simply look at a product and know the price. The apparent sad state of peoples clothes, the messy hair, dirty shoes, torn jeans and oversized sweatshirts. “Is this some punishment place for the poor? Is this a sort of factory?” my 1956 self wonders, as she stands confused and feeling so out of place, her hose and pressed dress, her hat and gloves, her little shopping bag, wondering, “WHAT on earth, what in GOD’S name, has happened to this country”.”<br /><br />This SO great! I truly love it, it really puts everything in contrast. <br /><br />I also loved the story about the visitor, you are SO good at creating pictures in my head.<br /><br />Apronites Unite!!! :DSANNEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973437247117000140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-50846979611070008302010-03-29T00:30:37.143-07:002010-03-29T00:30:37.143-07:00I certainly can see your point of view. I love a m...I certainly can see your point of view. I love a mixture of times, 30's through the 50's and today. But I do think we are forgetting the simplest things. Today, my very intelligent husband who knows many things had no idea what a needle threader was. He's almost 50 so it's not just a recent thing. I have done things and stopped watching TV and have gotten to know my neighbors so that we have a dinner party every month just to connect to human beings on a face to face level. However I find myself without the skills needed to continue a working friendship that needs a weekly commitment outside of my family. It's HARD work to REALLY connect with people and I am in my early 40's. Not exactly a young thing and have lived with the computer all my life. We do lose these skills, those I thought would come naturally. <br />I also wonder about the drug problem with the 1950's housewife. Meth and other amphetimes were " Mother's little helpers" so it wasn't as rosy as we like to remember. I wonder what we misremember about those times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-2365286262145320002010-03-12T22:19:35.938-08:002010-03-12T22:19:35.938-08:00I was old enough to remember stores in 1956. Some ...I was old enough to remember stores in 1956. Some stores, such as stores like Macy’s, did have departments that looked like the first picture. Stores that were a cheaper version of Wal-Mart were always quite crowded–even Woolworth’s. The layout and displays were different. Woolworth’s and Grants used separate table like islands, with the were products separated by glass dividers. Most of the “Mom and Pop” stores were small and crowded. It was a financial decision. Items were stored from the floor to the ceiling and the owner’s would get your items. They were old and sometimes dingy from age. I always enjoyed going into, the fabric stores, hardware stores, deli/soda shoppes, delis, and general merchandise stores. It was always a mixture of old stock and new. I delighted in finding the old stock. I loved the hand-cranked cashiers! They were no-nonsense, but helpful. The general population, did of course, dressed better, except when I went with my father to the second hand lumber store and the auto store. They were no frills, but the owner knew his stock and his products. <br /><br />While advertising is currently over-the-top, it isn’t something new. My mother told me of the campaign to ditch coth hankies for “Kleenex” tissues, by telling them not to “Carry and cold in their pockets.” Most of the old radio shows that I have heard were sponsored by companies for the sole purpose of selling their products. It was always about brand names. <br /><br />When I was younger, the bargain discount stores sold cheap items. Today, with modern technology the cheap items are much more sophisticated and classier looking. Cheap items were cheap.<br /><br />Laws, and government are not friendly to the small business owner. I do not think this is circumstantial or has anything to do with the natural course of things.<br /><br />There were many good things about the 1950's and I remember those years fondly. Those years of innocence had the underpinnings of indoctrination, through education, and all forms of media . When a society loses it’s moral/spiritual/religious moorings, there is a fall out in all areas. People do not want to believe this to be true, especially the younger generations. Blame is usually put on other areas, but they are only the symptoms. This is what we are seeing now. Everyone does what is right in their own eyes. While I firmly believe that to take away the rights of others, you take away your own rights, and I have even had lawyers agree with this statement, in practice this is not what is happening. <br /><br />During my tenure, we were in small groups for an “in-service.” It was a slight of hand discussion, that naturally gravitated toward the students’ dress code. A male teacher was lamenting the fact that it was difficult for the men to enforce the dress code of the school. Other teachers mentioned that, in reality there really wasn’t a dress code. Dress is directly related to behavior, but absolutely no one actually said it. It was only implied. A special service young women then blurted out, “I will not work for a district that makes the women wear skirts!” No one mentioned skirts, or what anyone thought the students should be wearing to school! A lot has changed since 1956.<br /><br />Poodle SkirtsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-10207493186343406842010-03-12T15:53:19.308-08:002010-03-12T15:53:19.308-08:00I only have a pay-as-you-go cell phone for emergen...I only have a pay-as-you-go cell phone for emergencies. I actually went to use it today and it informed me that I couldn't make a call because I hadn't topped it up in 90 days. I think I currently have something like $70 credit on it because I need to add $20 every 90 days and I never come close to using it all. It was really annoying because of course there are no pay phones anywhere anymore. I think there's still one in the plaza we were shopping in but way down at the other end and next to a Burger King with an indoor play area so a fairly major excursion with a 4 year old in hand! <br /><br />If you have broadband you might consider a company like Vonage for home phone if you want rid of the cells. It's much cheaper than having a cell or traditional land line, I think we pay about $25 a month and that includes a virtual number in the UK so my family there can call me in the US for pennies.Rhondanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-2478537397142470582010-03-12T05:37:57.957-08:002010-03-12T05:37:57.957-08:00Texas Accent-Yes, I hope you will indulge my bad l...Texas Accent-Yes, I hope you will indulge my bad language in the 'conversation' but I have heard WORSE than what I spoke from people. The other day when hubby and I were riding our old bone shakers to the beach, it was a lovely sunny day, people out for a stroll on the jetty and the beach and paths, birds singing, water lapping, just a wonderful day. And really, with my hubby and my outfits, our bikes, it could have been 1956, but then this loud talking broke the serenity. An older couple were walking talking on their cell phone on speaker and they had to shout everything twice so the person could hear. And they just went on as if they were sat down at home in their living rooms for a chat, but they weren't they were in public. How quickly we succumb to 'new gadgets' without so much as a questioning of it. Even 10 years ago (certainly in all our living memories) it was not even this prevalent. I mean, when we didnt' have cell phones, how did we go 10 minutes without rambling on about nothing to other people and the phrase, "Can you hear me?" as if we are all edisons waiting for our new invention to work! Oh, well. We still have our cell phones because it is half the cost of having a house phone. I hate that, but we only use them to call one another as we would a house phone.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-18515954838015724612010-03-12T05:33:18.315-08:002010-03-12T05:33:18.315-08:00So many wonderful commnets!
lori-I am glad we are...So many wonderful commnets! <br />lori-I am glad we are still friends. I think, too, how many times people end up on opposing sides because of rash comments made out of anger or hurt pride. When really we all want the same thing! Silly, reall, but human nature I suppose.<br />Texas Accent-A diplomat, I'm not sure my skin is thick enough for that! I'd probably have to take many trips to the ladies room, dispel my upset, and then return to try my best. I always at first either feel sad, mad etc but then as I begin to try and see the other view point, often end up feeling rather the cad myself! Again, Human nature, I suppose.<br />Rhonda-so true about Starbucks muffins! And the packaging! I know exactly what you mean, that big square white box with the special hole manufactured specifically to hold a wretched muffin from tipping! Speaking of the 'springy ness' of such foods. Last week, while marketing, They had a sale at my local market on 'box chocolate cake' for a good price and I thought, "Well, why not. In a pinch I could whip them up if I have had a particularly busy day. So, I did use it and was impressed at how fluffy it was compared to my homemade. Now,when I frist started making homemade I was aware of how dense it seemed and at first the texture was almost odd. But, then the taste so good. Now, this texure and taste is normal, so when I made this cake, all big and fluffy, I almost felt deflated in my own cakes. Until I tried it. Much like many modern things, it was all puffed up for show, A big glossy ad almost, but the taste was almost plastic to the dense moistness of my homemade. And the subtleties of flavor in homemade were not there. It actully made me sad as I thought, "How many people have to settle for this horrid plastic taste when it is so easy to just make it yourself. You can even make your own 'mix' to mix up when you want to save time and it is better than this"50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-46041824466266851862010-03-12T05:12:15.012-08:002010-03-12T05:12:15.012-08:00My hubby bought me a cupcake from Starbucks as a t...My hubby bought me a cupcake from Starbucks as a treat the other week. It was basically inedible. The frosting was a really weird consistency and the cake seemed to spring back in my mouth when I tried to chew it. I had a couple of bites then decided just to eat the chocolate sprinkles off the top because those were at least real food. Probably cost about as much as baking a whole batch of cupcakes at home too. The packaging was utterly ridiculous too, huge box with tons of extra card inside designed to hold the cupcake exactly in place.Rhondanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-67285650896677002302010-03-12T00:13:34.575-08:002010-03-12T00:13:34.575-08:0050s Gal, me again ... I'm also laughing about ...50s Gal, me again ... I'm also laughing about Modern Visitor taking pride in not wasting because she recycles her "vitamin water" bottles ... that's awful on so many levels ... I admit sometimes I buy bottled water when I'm out and about, but quite often I take my pretty cobalt blue bottle with me ... it's Brita, I fill it with filtered water from home, which started off as free tap water ... it has a filter so I can refill it during the day ... it and the filters are made in Germany ... Santa Claus also brought us two new smallish thermoses and I found a big vintage thermos last year ... my little girl and I looked very stylish having a picnic at the zoo the last school break, with a wicker picnic basket, red gingham tablecloth, vintage thermos, free yummy food ... vitamin water? ... what if I just take my vitamins with water?Texas Accent In Sydneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-18216051927479204362010-03-11T21:07:45.782-08:002010-03-11T21:07:45.782-08:00Hold on...I have to go add your blog to my favorit...Hold on...I have to go add your blog to my favorites. There. :) I just found you today, and I LOVED your rant. <br /><br />I have actually had conversations with people like that one over tea, although perhaps your version was slightly exaggerated. But I have had the EXACT comments on cloth napkins, and I despise it when people answer their phone (that I didn't even hear ring and keep talking to them like an idiot) without so much as an 'excuse me.'<br /><br />I don't even HAVE a local grocery store. The nearest grocery store is 30 minutes away, and it's a Walmart. I despise shopping there, but my only other option is to drive an hour. <br /><br />My husband works for Walmart, and I can assure you that it's just as bad as you always hear. It is the worst employer ever. <br /><br />I'm 26 years old, and I always feel like I was born in the wrong time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-8766668596896948802010-03-11T19:10:49.344-08:002010-03-11T19:10:49.344-08:0050s Gal, I'll long be replaying in my mind the...50s Gal, I'll long be replaying in my mind the conversation over the teacups between yourself and Modern Visitor ... warning you to beware the grocer, that you don't know that much about him and then sharing that the boy you went to 2nd grade with was divorced and "looking for company" (if I may say it in a nicer way) ... how she loved the cupcakes from the large coffee chain and they lasted a month ... a month?, that's a lot of preservatives ... the oatmeal cookies I baked today are delightful but need to be eaten within three days for best flavor ... she has to swing by the drugstore for ointment for a yeast infection? ... that's more information than you need, but I hear people out and about on their cell phones saying things like that in a loud voice ... yes, your tale was both sad and funny at the same time and I thank you for putting it in.Texas Accent In Sydneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-11520219569552171212010-03-11T19:00:51.928-08:002010-03-11T19:00:51.928-08:0050s Gal ... when and if you're ever looking fo...50s Gal ... when and if you're ever looking for a second career, you might consider being a diplomat ... you respond in such a ladylike manner when people insult you ... several times I've seen you thank a heckler for giving you another viewpoint to consider ... not every time, but oftimes these folks post under "Anonymous", don't they? ... keep your chin up and remember you have many more followers than detractors.Texas Accent In Sydneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-23817492323613499792010-03-11T16:07:54.818-08:002010-03-11T16:07:54.818-08:00I had a similar discussion with someone about pizz...I had a similar discussion with someone about pizza once. I mentioned on a forum that I don't buy pizza from Domino's because of their charitable donations and I purchase from local pizza shops instead. One woman started laying in to me and saying that I was only punishing the franchisee who is after all a member of my community too. <br /><br />When it comes down to it we will always be punishing someone by purchasing from someone else. I know that someone has to grow the grapes for Welch's but I'm still going to buy my jam locally from local farmers. Apart from anything else it tastes way better :-)Rhondanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-27053144694343734492010-03-11T12:27:18.189-08:002010-03-11T12:27:18.189-08:00Oh, you are dead on about Nixon...but what I was s...Oh, you are dead on about Nixon...but what I was saying was that it really developed a head of steam after they were granted favored trade nation status. That is when the floodgates opened. <br /><br />As far as wal-mart...well, Sam Walton is most likely spinning in his grave. He devoted himself to making a store of AMERICAN MADE where possible, while employing American people for our benefit. Now it is a huge corporation, controlled by a board, who doesn't give a rat's behind WHERE the stuff comes from as long as it is CHEAP ad they can make a big profit.<br /><br />I don't have the answers, either, Donna. I wish I did. I do know that alot of the problems we have comes from apathy in the voters. People many times either don't vote ("I don't like politics, it is boring") or don't know anything about it ("I vote *insert party here* because my family has always voted that way"), or worst of all..."I voted for so and so because *insert favorite star* likes them and says they would be great." (and yes, I had someone tell me that was how they chose whom to vote for *shuddering*) <br /><br />We need news stations that tell the truth about what is going on in DC, not their version that suits their political veiwpoint. We need websites that give information to voters about canidates that is clear, concise and factual. We need history teachers who make it interesting so people learn WHY we are America and what it took to make us this way. ALOT can be learned from the mistakes in the past. <br /><br />And futhermore....I don't care who 'OPRAH' likes, I want to know if the guy can spell 'knife' and understands what the various first 10 Amendments of the constution are and why they were written as such. I don't care if the guy is a cheating drunk. Winston Churchill was a lush, Hitler was a vegan teetotaler. Those things don't really say what type of LEADER a man will be. And that is what we have not had in so very long...a LEADER.<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />I am scared of alot of things as well. As far as my kids go...all I can do is raise them to be the most decent people I can and pray.<br /><br />By the way...I found this on the web and thought it was a VERY interesting read...<br /><br />http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=685<br /><br />NOTE: I am not saying Ron Paul is the one, but is article is very interesting.....makes alot of sense....<br /><br /><br />Lastly - I am sorry, but I live in a farming community and it is such a stuggle all the time around here, and then to have someone seem to 'attack' one of the big companies that keep this area going...rubs you wrong. I realize what you said was off the cuff in anger, all is good.Lorie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406168168009117387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-57694663513735431852010-03-11T12:11:41.758-08:002010-03-11T12:11:41.758-08:00i'm going to tell you now--these things have n...i'm going to tell you now--these things have never been 'better' than ours, only cheaper.<br /><br />it seems to me that there are many items and household goods that one could have gotten in the 'old' pre-globalized world. just recently, i was searching for a kitchen paper dispenser. you know, the kind that holds the foil and waxed paper and has a little cutter on each so one can tear off what they need? at any rate, everything on offer in the store is plastic, does NOT work well, and usually does not have the same functionality. i find this to be the case with almost ALL of the items i would wish to purchase--i want quality, dependability, and features that make an item truly useful. not a plastic 'rack' that simply holds a box against the wall. no luck. <br /><br />as in most things of this nature, one must resort to Ebay and buying the 'vintage', American made products that actually seemed to work, all of which are well over 30 years old. this is a dastardly plot, as these things still work but if we all had them and bought them, then we would never need buy a new plastic 'dispenser' in our lifetimes, and that is the real evil. the market forces us to have only two choices in goods, clothes, furniture, and everything--the poorly made, sweatshop Southeast Asian (i don't resent them at all for trying to survive and earn a living, truly) plastic or laminate item that will never work properly and break within a few years, or the overpriced, 'upscale' pottery barn type of thing that still doesn't work very well but looks nice when company comes over.<br /><br />this situation, to me, exposes the fact that any pretension to having a true 'middle class' in this society was done away with nigh on 30 years ago. it coincides timewise with all of the things on discussion here, too.suspiria_twonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-89767257734143929182010-03-11T10:55:31.295-08:002010-03-11T10:55:31.295-08:00you are right about Nixon. Whenever it began, I wi...you are right about Nixon. Whenever it began, I wish it could stop, but I am afraid we are so many generations in that I am not sure. It seems normal to so many to just have big stores with cheap stuff they dont care or even KNOW to be concerned. It I do know, is how long can it go on? We increasingly are getting LESS prodcution in the usa not more. Even the tech and 'brain' power jobs are now all going to India. So, if we cannot MAKE anything nor answer the phones or handle the comuters, but we are all working FOR, in some capacity, all the big corporations, what is going to happen. What if they ever start moving more of that out. China, for example, is beginning to become a market for places like walmart etc. They are starting to get a middle class and when those places can spend, will the jobs to run the walmart even begin to go away? Our economy is frigtenly based on digital money and an odd hope that it will just 'go on forever'. Yet, the more we get distanced from where our food is made, grown, our clothes are made and the cloth made, all our products everything! And, after we had to give so much money to the failing auto industry, have they started to produce more here? No. I have heard of no new plants opening in the usa, has anyone? I am just scared. I WISH I had the answer. All we can do is TRY and to try and look and evaluate each thing and not just spend and not care or even vote just because it might be a party we feel 'connected' to. I do wonder where we shall all be in another even 20 years. The more I think of things like this the more I am sort of glad I don't have children, because what sort of world are we making for the new generations? Sad, so sad.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-90439780689870627592010-03-11T10:41:44.816-08:002010-03-11T10:41:44.816-08:00Regarding Chinese imports: If I remember correctly...Regarding Chinese imports: If I remember correctly, it was Nixon who opened the door to trade with China. I can tell you ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY that I bought some hand embroidered,and appliqued cotton, and or linen, guest towels, pillow cases and some other small pieces imported from China in a store in West Palm Beach near the end of 1972, and beginning of 1973. It was a small linen store, and I often visited when I was in the area and always had pleasant conversations with the owner. She related to me information about all the handmade linens she was now able to import from China. We had quite a conversation about it. There were hand embroidered pieces, hand appliqued, and Battenburg lace items. Again, in the 1980's a neighbor who collected vintage handmade (mostly American) quilts, was very upset about the cheap handmade quilts from China that were starting to appear causing the value of her vintage quilts to fall. There doesn't appear to be an easy answer to all of this; we are certainly drowning in cheap junk that is disgusting. Always Best Wishes to All..........DianneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-91705051960268092772010-03-11T10:29:14.279-08:002010-03-11T10:29:14.279-08:00The clintons, too, before office also were on the ...The clintons, too, before office also were on the board of Walmart and recieved alot of support and money from them. It just goes to show it doesnt' matter Rep or DEM we have to pay attention and realize that we need to think of one another and the country before we just buy into a party. It is silly to think one party is right and the other wrong, they are both peopled by humans who have flaws as we all do. We need to THINK and vote with what is good for the country and all of us not just blindly fall into the rehtoric. I know, however, that they are ALL good at what they do which is double speak and dangling the keys in front of our faces like a baby, to keep us amused, as they do what they like for the bottom line behind our backs. Very sad indeed.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-89902522022258148612010-03-11T10:13:43.735-08:002010-03-11T10:13:43.735-08:00Exactly. And I am not saying bad on the farmer, an...Exactly. And I am not saying bad on the farmer, anyway, but I just feel that all of us ME INCLUDED have somehow been duped into buying chinese products and such because we are told things are cheaper and easier to do so and somehow we are waking up to find that NOTHING is even being made in our own country! Our production is just going away. Yet we think, somehow, that Captialism is somehow set in stone, but it is NOT. It is a system WE (human beings) invented. In IS elastic. It is organic it can change and, in fact, it has changed. The current practices of modern Capitalism is not the same as it once was, so we need to stop just saying, "Oh, well capitalism, it's better than communisim" When WE made up Capitalism, so why cant we HAVE CAPITALISM but with a conscience? Why can't we form it that way? We, little people, can only do so with our dollars and as you said you will not buy whirlpool because of that. If we can just be aware of it. <br />And, anyway, I don't know anything about Welch's as a company and I wasn't saying don't buy it or anything against it. I merely spoke in anger to the other commenter (which I should have had the grace and sense to count to 10 before I started typing) and said that about the Grape jelly in anger. I still don't like grape jelly, but you know what I mean.<br />I only, myself, am expressing things I am discovering. Far be it from me to tell ANYONE how to live shop dress. I never intend that to be my message and I am not sure why others think I am. I have never solicted people to come to my site. I have not set up some platform so I can preach and hope people will 'Do what I say'. I can only express things I am discovering, so if and when I offend, it is out of my own ignorance. But, I hardly am in any place to tell someone how to live, where to shop, what to eat. BUT, I do have the right to express how I now choose to do those things and why. I do dare anyone to just go through their house and see how many things they have that are made in china or india. you might be surprised. <br />I am glad you are not leaving us, though, lori B, you are a true Apronite and I would hate to have offended you.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-81169510579927781982010-03-11T10:02:25.788-08:002010-03-11T10:02:25.788-08:00The sad thing is, that the whole 'everything c...The sad thing is, that the whole 'everything comes from China' started in brute force with Pres. Clinton granting them favored trade nation status in 2000 (along with the elder Bush's work towards it). Prior to that, they had been sanctioned because of their abuses to the environment and their people. Now, it is no holds barred. <br /><br />Along with NAFTA, which allowed companies to move to Mexico easily, it is amazing that there are nay jobs left in the USA. We can thank the elder Bush and Clinton for that one as well. They are both issues like Communism...looks great on paper, but the reality of them stinks!Lorie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406168168009117387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-67803021450902196982010-03-11T09:39:40.582-08:002010-03-11T09:39:40.582-08:00The problem is, the money they get from Welch'...The problem is, the money they get from Welch's or Mott's is normally their YEARLY income. We are talking several tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. Yes, they could 'scale back' and all. But there are barely 100,000 people in my entire county. We couldn't support those farms should Welch's go out of business. And then, what about all the people who work for Welch's themselves?<br /><br />I AGREE with you deeply and profoundly that we need to kck Wally world and such in the rear, but in doing so, we should make them by AMERICAN! We keep losing manufacturing jobs to Mexico and China, eventually, no one will have jobs but in stores. But there wont be customers, for people cannot afford these things made so cheaply.<br /><br />You put people out of work to make your product cheaper someplace else, you also cut your customer base.<br /><br />I will NEVER buy a Whirlpool appliance again. They are headquarter here in my county, and they are building a NEW plant in Mexico and taking manufacturing jobs away from AMerican workers. BOO HISS on them. They should be building HERE, and employing the people HERE. We are the ones who can buy it, we should have the honor of making it.Lorie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406168168009117387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-61906703205621430082010-03-11T08:18:54.795-08:002010-03-11T08:18:54.795-08:00Also, I just wanted to point out that I buy from m...Also, I just wanted to point out that I buy from my local farms. Here on the cape it is hard as there is not much land as in the midwest, so the farmers really do struggle. I buy my Apple juice and Juice FROM my farm stand which grows and buys from local farms that make their own juice. Not through a corporation. That doesn't mean that it is necesarrily bad, but I wonder if those farmers that have to now sell to the larger firms, would actually be able to make more if we DID work to make our areas more locally supported. Would their crops yeild a greater result if a local company or even the farmers themselves could make the juice knowing it could be sold by local shops and grocers? The very way in which we now think and buy and that are food all travels such long distances I think is a problem for the little guy, because what if one year that corporation decides not to USE that farmers crop? What will he do with it? he can't sell it locally because we can just go down the store and buy some Mott's juice where they bought the apples from soemone else? So, really when I 'fling mud' it is often just my thinking about the way things are and wondering if maybe there could be a better way AND of course, this is just a blog. I am just a simple little homemaker in New England typing my thoughts for the day. I am not a reporter. I have now real clout to affect the markets, though it would be nice if the little person did have more say on the overall market and how their town were run, I'd at least (if if others disagree with me) would be happy.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-11953947700999255292010-03-11T08:08:39.479-08:002010-03-11T08:08:39.479-08:00Well, in all honesty, I did sling rather quickly o...Well, in all honesty, I did sling rather quickly on that one, but it was because I felt the outrage of the woman's statement, as if she found ME small minded and yet felt SHE knew what ALL 1950's housewives did. I merely wanted to point out that some 1950's housewives DID can their own jams and tend their own gardens. I have nothing against welches, though I can see how it may sound that way. But, with that said, with how I live now, I would not buy that product because of the preservatives and such. As I CHOOSE to make my own, but I hardly mean that others should not buy it! In fact I used to buy their strawberry jam all the time ( I have just never liked grape jelly much) but one must remember, I can get sensitive when I feel attacked, it is just human nature. In fact, that you felt that way about Welche's shows you too, were affected by it and felt the need to respond, so see we really are ALL ALIKE, we ladies. So, no harm meant. By all means, ladies, buy up as much welch's grape jelly as you like, only you would not have been served it at tea time at my mother's table nor will you at mine. <br />So hope that is cleared up. I suppose we all get a little 'dirt' on us we we fling mud, non ladies?50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-74355413179075619382010-03-11T06:18:14.616-08:002010-03-11T06:18:14.616-08:00I am sorry but I have to chime in here....
You ra...I am sorry but I have to chime in here....<br /><br />You rant and rave about the "small" business being destroyd by big business and then you whip off a comment like this:<br /><br />"Also, my mother was also a TRUE 1950 housewife and she did NOT stop gardening, buy Welch's grape jelly (thank goodness for my little palette)"<br /><br />Shame on you! Welch's purchases their grapes (and Motts their apples) from SMALL LOCAL FARMERS. The Tiefke's, Totzke's, Eichler's, Ott's and MANY others I know personally are not large corporation farmers. They are small "mom & pop" farms that couldn't survive without Welch's or Mott's.<br /><br />PLEASE stop and think before you sling mud.Lorie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406168168009117387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-71879211980635182472010-03-11T04:26:31.558-08:002010-03-11T04:26:31.558-08:00Another thought provoking post, just the other da...Another thought provoking post, just the other day I was taking a walk with my youngest little man (he was riding his trike), down a very well manicured sidestreet, dotted with little homes from the fifties......I met so many people on this little side walk , pushing strollers walking dogs, and each one said hello to me, or commented on my son's trike "I love your trike."<br /><br />That's what I LOVE about living in my little corner of this city, being able to walk down the street and having a perfect stranger wish me "Good morning." Or as in the old days, if there is a funeral procession, people pull over thier cars, take off their caps etc.<br /><br />I think I told you before I work in a grocery store, it's not a big one, but not a mom/pop operation either, the workers have been there for thirty years, and the customers just as long, I've been there about ten years. I know many by name, and it's very much like an oldfashioned grocer's store :)<br /><br />I think life is what you make, I do not choose to seclude myself from the modern world, but I treat my shopping experiences like the 1950's and people respond well to it.<br /><br />I also love shopping at a local children's thrift store, locally owned and operated :)<br />The staff is friendly, and the owner has been around for the past thirty years (my mom shopped there.)<br /><br />Where and how you choose to spend your money is the secret to limiting one's ability to be sucked into the materialistic big box world around us :)<br /><br />Mom in CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com