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Thursday, March 5, 2020
Wouldn't Happen Today
A picture from an earlier time (around 1958) of a truck load
of my cousins having a fun ride. Somehow all of them grew to adulthood.
Loved hanging with the cousins. I am constantly amazed that we survived most of our adventures. Not all in the back of a pickup. We are still a tight group of the surviving members. WSF was much older than the crowd in the pickup, so yes, he was probably working.
If the bed is full of illegals and you are racing to elude the Border Patrol, then have an accident? DOZENS of people could lose their lives. We must avoid that.
Yes, us oldsters recall times when the state and the feds left you alone. Seat belts? Nope, optional. Ride a bike without a helmet? Bike helmets weren't even invented yet. Walk to elementary school, 8-10 blocks by yourself? You get arrested today if you let your kid wander past your driveway unsupervised.
My dad had a pickup truck, me and my 4 siblings rode in the back for perhaps thousands of miles over the years, we all survived.
Our pickup for many years was a flatbed. Many times without side rails. Our various dogs & I would load up, sit down with our backs to the cab and enjoy the ride. Of course, many times the dog of the moment would be running back & forth across the bed to bark at whatever happened to catch his eye. Nobody ever fell off & this was a common sight in our community with almost anyone who had a pickup, kid & dog.
LOL, the pickup debate continues to this day... And the divide is both wide AND deep... :-) I personally know of one case where a prospective son-in-law was told not no but hell no if he continued to drive a Ford. He was smart, he traded it for a GMC and married the girl (20 years later, still married, three kids, all driving GM products).
OldNFO From a Ford family by inclination but nobody was a fanatic. I owned three Internationals, one pickup and two Travelalls. They were much better on dirt roads than anything else but consumed fuel like mad.
Navy and WSF: I had no real preference for Ford/GM/Chrysler... until Obama. Now the Italians own Chrysler, and GM would not exist had Obama not stolen from taxpayers to save the UAW. Ford has discontinued making the big 4-Door sedan. My next car will likely be a Hyundi or Kia. (Both now being made here.)
Greybeard Sold Kias for several years and test drove Hyundai and Kias for Roush Industries. Sold, dependable cars. My youngest son's 2002 Kia went 150,000 hard usage miles.
Finances permitting, I would own a 2020 Lincoln Continental.
I put over 250,000 miles on two Lincoln Towncars. Wonderful cars for professional travelers.
15 comments:
Yes, it's completely politically incorrect to throw the kids in the back of the pick up for a ride.
I don't know how I lived to adulthood.
Me neither... I do wish I had that pickup today though... sigh...
Loved hanging with the cousins. I am constantly amazed that we survived most of our adventures. Not all in the back of a pickup. We are still a tight group of the surviving members. WSF was much older than the crowd in the pickup, so yes, he was probably working.
I'm not sure I can identify everyone.
LL
Grandkids at the WWM?
OldNFO
The arguments about pickups got heated. Ford vs Chevy vs Dodge/Plymouth vs Cornbinders vs Studebaker.
If the bed is full of illegals and you are racing to elude the Border Patrol, then have an accident?
DOZENS of people could lose their lives.
We must avoid that.
Just saw a pick-up yesterday with 4 "kids" in the back.
In downtown Fort Collins, no less.
And they all looked healthy and happy.
@Greybeard...I think you meant dozens of new VOTERS.....
Greybeard
Different cases.
drjim
Must be from out of town.
Yes, us oldsters recall times when the state and the feds left you alone. Seat belts? Nope, optional. Ride a bike without a helmet? Bike helmets weren't even invented yet. Walk to elementary school, 8-10 blocks by yourself? You get arrested today if you let your kid wander past your driveway unsupervised.
My dad had a pickup truck, me and my 4 siblings rode in the back for perhaps thousands of miles over the years, we all survived.
Fredd
My kids, and dogs, rode in the pickup bed on many an occasion. Being a kind father, I had a topper installed.
Our pickup for many years was a flatbed. Many times without side rails. Our various dogs & I would load up, sit down with our backs to the cab and enjoy the ride. Of course, many times the dog of the moment would be running back & forth across the bed to bark at whatever happened to catch his eye. Nobody ever fell off & this was a common sight in our community with almost anyone who had a pickup, kid & dog.
LOL, the pickup debate continues to this day... And the divide is both wide AND deep... :-) I personally know of one case where a prospective son-in-law was told not no but hell no if he continued to drive a Ford. He was smart, he traded it for a GMC and married the girl (20 years later, still married, three kids, all driving GM products).
OldNFO
From a Ford family by inclination but nobody was a fanatic. I owned three Internationals, one pickup and two Travelalls. They were much better on dirt roads than anything else but consumed fuel like mad.
Navy and WSF:
I had no real preference for Ford/GM/Chrysler... until Obama.
Now the Italians own Chrysler, and GM would not exist had Obama not stolen from taxpayers to save the UAW.
Ford has discontinued making the big 4-Door sedan.
My next car will likely be a Hyundi or Kia.
(Both now being made here.)
Greybeard
Sold Kias for several years and test drove Hyundai and Kias for Roush Industries. Sold, dependable cars. My youngest son's 2002 Kia went 150,000 hard usage miles.
Finances permitting, I would own a 2020 Lincoln Continental.
I put over 250,000 miles on two Lincoln Towncars. Wonderful cars for professional travelers.
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