Sometimes “Less is More”!

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I’m still asking the question.. Was “back in the day” better than today?
Growing up, I didn’t have any of the things that kids have today, and yet I think I had more than they have.

When I was a kid, social media was “The Philadelphia Inquirer” and the “Philadelphia Daily News”.
Social Media was Radio Stations “WDAS” and Georgie Woods on “WHAT”.

Getting your picture or name in the news was a really big deal.
It meant that you did something really good or something really bad.

Today your picture can be shown for the whole world to see, in seconds, just because someone “felt like posting it” and often the only reason for it is “because they can”.
🤔 That’s a topic for another day!
We’re still focusing on “better then or now.”
We didn’t have much, but we sure got a lot out of it… and it was fun.
Most of the time we didn’t even know we had nothing, unless someone told us.

I can remember … Pitching Pennies, Errors/Wall-Ball, Stick-Ball, Half-Ball, Hose-Ball, Touch Football, Flipping Baseball Cards … Baseball Cards in your Bicycle Spokes… playing in Fire Hydrants … all “street activities.”

Uptown Theatre (Capacity 2,500) seeing The Temptations, Miracles, Four Tops, Jackie Wilson and James Brown.

I remember Mann Rec Center, FlatIron AC Softball, Friday nights standing on the corner listening to the older boys singing Doo-Wops.
I remember taking my little ref wagon to the “Ice House on Glenwood Avenue” .. and playing on the railroad tracks, climbing in and out of boxcars and being chased by the “railroad men”…

I remember saving nickels to play the pinball machines at Mr. G’s corner store, hearing that “Pop, Pop,Pop” when you hit a game… and Mr. G yelling “Stop shaking the machine!”

Yeah, today’s kids have iPhones, iPads, PlayStations and Xboxes, but if you think they have more than we did… well…
I guess you had to be there!🤷🏽‍♂️

If you remember any of these things, leave a comment.
If you want to try and make a case, in favor of today, leave a comment.
I will say that, I wish that I had had a camera back then to take pictures, because there was so much that I would love to be able to show you!

👉🏽 Don’t forget “It’s the Coach’s Fault”
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