Back in the early 60s, it was common for most radio stations

to play church music until around noon.  Probably, the preaching also - but i was about 5, and didn't grow up in a Scripture-focused family.  My parents, when young, had witnessed too much pious-playacting, and wanted no parts.  Probably, the same goes with at least one, maybe two, of the three or four tv stations - which started with the 5am farm report, and ended with the late movie, that ended at around 1am; then, nothing but buzz and fuzz. 

Anyway, i was with mom, when she had run out for a Sunday paper.  Back then, a kid could safely wait in the car, while his or her parent went into the store, for the paper, a quart of milk, and a short chat with a neighbor.  Yep, different world - very.  

Somewhere, during that brief outing, the radio was playing, and for a brief moment, such beautiful music came forth from that a.m. radio.  Glorious.  

Oh, to this day, some 60+ years forward, i remember wanting to hear the lovely music, but i knew that wasn't happening.  Yep, mom, immediately changed the channel.  Oh, and i somehow knew, not to ask.  Can even remember the genre mom switched to:  rather high-voiced early motown (twaddle).  Probably, she kept the station, because it was one of two stations not playing worship music - it was probably around 8 or 9 am.

No, not a bigot.  Just sayin', some music is just plain better quality than others.  Btw, am currently listening to my favorite music - 60s music.  1260s 😀😃🙂🙃

Love it, can't get enough of it - two more cds are on the way.

Can understand why gen x, millennials, and the generation following

aren't family oriented.  Bet they've had similar thoughts, and questions.  For instance, why did a certain relative take her dad to europe, but not her mom - the parents were married to each other, and lived in the same house.  Which probably led up to a serious, if not permanent,  falling out between mother and daughter.  Just an aside, concerning the daughter - never much cared for the...snoot.

Fa-fa-faammilieees can be nasty to one another; so, it doesn't come as a surprise, if the younger generations have seen, and have heard more than enough.  Now, as adults - and free of the drama - young people want to live life on their own terms - and listen to the music they want to hear, without having to put up with other people, who can't seem to keep their yaps shut, for more than two minutes. 

Nope, one doesn't have to be a red-piller to enjoy being single.

Okay, i get it:  wanting to live life on one's own terms, is less than Biblical.  Well guess what!  These same people, most likely, had been either exposed to Scripture being routinely mocked - ("Dear Lord above, thanks for the grub" ... what th' hey...??)  Or worse...the Holy Word wrested into an awful mix of mean spirited / salvation-by-works.   Once those mental maps are etched deep (with a dull pen) it's, seriously, nothing short a miracle, for those jagged lines to be smoothed out, let alone, completely erased - so that a better route be drawn.  

By the way, it's not the pizza guy knocking at the church house door, wanting to be admitted. 

Back in the day, when $100.00 meant something, there was a family function (a.k.a. gimmee-fest) going on - where several hundreds were being tossed around, as if they were $20s.  One of the currency tossers (who poked fun at someone who gave a mere $50) was generally short when a utility or repair bill came in the box.  It's one thing to be short on cash, due to job loss, illness, and the ongoing legalized robbery (inflation), but so another when one blows their $$ upon impress parties, fancy restaurants, and vacations.  

Time to wrap this up.

It wasn't Gen X, or Millennials, who took beauty, and stamped it in the ground.  That wicked work had already been about complete by the late 1960s - when the oldest Gen X were attending Miss Marsha's Romper Room School (pre-kindergarten).

"For I have come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.  And a man's foes shall be they of his own household."  Matthew 10:35-36

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  Not of works, lest any man should boast."  Ephesians 2:8-9

"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."  Revelation 3:20

Not pro-divorce, but a statement on YouTube did resonate.

A typical scenario.  Wifey-appliance works full-time, then comes home to work the uncompensated 2nd shift; where she is lied to, cheated upon, and cussed at - for no reason, really.  That all said, the woman doing the podcast said, that sticking it out for the children, may be an example to those kids - that it's okay to treat mothers (or other family members) like garbage.

Does not the Bible say something about casting pearls before swine?  Is it really a smart move to stick around, to get trampled - again?  Bible also says, there are people who lose sleep, when they are unable to make one, or more, person's life miserable.

Why don't preachers expound on this?  It's not like Scripture is silent.  (Just keep sending in your $$$; there's a "missions" trip coming up - somewhere nice ... where you'll never get to vi$it.)

"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."  Matthew 7:6

"For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall." Proverbs 4:16

"Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil."  Psalm 57:5

"Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man, thou shalt not go; Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul."  Proverbs 22:24-25.

Most christians don't know what's written in the Bible. That's a loaded statement.

Have heard more than one for-real Christian - who knows what's written upon those 1,200-some pages - say about coming across something he didn't know about.  After ten or so reads/reviews, and wondering, "How on earth did i miss that?"  It's one thing for a thirty year-old to make such an exclamation - but so another for a gray-head.  Another thirty years rolls by - along with a several more re-reads, and still wondering, "After all this time..."  A matter of just one iddy-bitty word, overlooked, through some 1/2 century's worth of reading at home, during sunday school, midweek study, and whenever among friends.  

Had assumed these oversights on my part, was just lack of brains, (didn't go to college) but when various preachers, who DID attend (and majored in math, or old languages, or whatever other hard stuff) are surprised at having overlooked a word, or a phrase...  Anyway, this time, another verse, (Deuteronomy 7:22) to back up something that's been brewing.  How does an area about the square milage of New Jersey..?  But that's for another post.

These days, wherever i hear, or read of, some Bible-basher going on about how most  Christians  don't know what's contained in the Bible, am not surprised to read basher's claims,  "I have read cover to cover [double-digit] amount of times."    (Can't help but to start humming, "things that make ya go, hhmm, hhmm, yeah, things that make ya go, hhmm...")  Then comes the predictable charge of genocide.

All those poor people, even gramdma - and her kitty cat, too.   Funny, how the same ones spouting the "Trust the science" mantra, are overlooking an area of science, called archeology.  Hundreds of tiny charred skeletons - how many additional hundreds, thousands, simply had melded into the (dry) dust - over these past thirty-some centuries?   Come to think of it, back then, was there more rainfall in the area?  Sort of getting off topic :/  

Moving right along, why is it, these Bible- mocking self-appointed experts aren't making any noise about the very clear warnings, God gave to the conquerors - of these baby-killing pagans?  Think it's in Exodus, where God warns the Hebrews that if they follow other gods, they will likewise end up "vomited out."  Not sure where that one is, but Deuteronomy 6:15 ends with, "destroy thee from off the face of the earth."  Sounds clear enough 😮

About willing to bet, these Bible-bashers are in fact, iq smart; they write long articles, quoting chapter and verse - probably drafted while on their 10 o'clock coffee breaks.  Articles designed to confuse, to intimidate.  Though don't  know for sure, but cannot help but to suspect, different versions are quoted throughout - here an NIV, there an ESV.  They're not the same; not even the New King James...  A time or two at the old church, where Pastor read from the NKJV, had followed along with the regular King James, yeah, the two versions didn't quite say the same.  As in a game of horse shoes, "almost" doesn't get it.

Anyway, aside of that rock concert, before the mountain, it was the belleyaching, along the way there.  Though, who wouldn't beef about having no water - yet, earlier, they'd been carping about the food, (which tasted "like wafers made with honey."  Exodus 16:31b)  Perhaps, they were also miffed about having to gather it early in the morning.  Did anyone else, besides me, miss the reality, of a 55 year old, with lower back issues, (from years of slavery?) had likely had not been able to gather as much as a 25 year old (with only the onset of back trouble - from enough years of brick-yard abuse)? Yet, what the elder was able to acquire, was enough.

Anyway, head-knowledge and heart knowledge, while both vital, aren't necessarily the same.  

"And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee."  Deuteronomy 7:22

"Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth."  Deuteronomy 6:14-15

"And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.  And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome : but the noise of them that sing do I hear."  Exodus 32:17-18 (yes 17-18 for both)

"And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.  And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating."  Exodus 16:17-18

If lightbulbs lasted years, instead of months,

we'd all be scrambling for whatever dufus job we could get.  

That's a heathen lie - precisely what the reprobates-in-power want us to believe.

Speaking of scrambling for whatever unstable $13 per hour gig, (where they treat you like crap) isn't that going on now?  ....  Tent cities going up / expanding :/   Meanwhile, stuff keeps getting more shoddy - like that $7 can opener, (purchased in the early 2000s).  Didn't last the year, threw it out.  And here's the punchline:  my late husband preferred fresh food, and so do i. 

If stuff lasted, at least a decent amount of time, where you didn't have to buy the same nonsense over and over - while tossing the yet new, old implement into the garbage... would be less landfill expense.  Wouldn't it??  Less taxe$... hello? 

If stuff lasted, people - being people - would still want to buy things; things like music cds.  Uhm, like having the spare money to buy (NEW :) nearly everything Jordi Savall ever composed; would need to buy a few more cd cases - there's also Sequentia, Murmur Mori Ensemble, Dufay Collective, Clemencic Consort...  There's no such thing as having too much good music :)  

While not everyone is into (early) music, there's other things in which to invest, to enjoy, to pass along to the next generation - things that aren't junk.  How about some fine china, sterling silver flatware!  As for polishing that stuff?  Sounds like a job opening, in a neighborhood near you.  Old coins, a real table - from real wood - paintings, rare books, crystal glassware; things which the grand/kids could exchange for money - a whoops baby, need an additional room put on to the house.

Speaking of maintenance, there'd be funds to actually get that forty year-old roof either repaired, or replaced; because stuff does eventually wear out, on its own - that '17 storm was a doozy. 

As for jobs, if stuff lasted, we wouldn't have to scramble so.  A job at a fast food place, or pushing broom somewhere, would likely not afford you Lenox - or yearly trips to Europe -  but you wouldn't be stuck living in a freaking tent...in January.   More like a modest apartment, a closet reasonably full of warm practical clothing, and a decent cd collection.  😀 

As for the minimalist crowd, these men and women are into experiences - travel, theatre, opera, or simply the meatloaf special.  It's summer in Brazil, so it's off to the mall to buy some vaca clothing.  Oh wait, the couple's ski retreat is coming up early next month.  REAL clothing, made of real fabric, which lasts and lasts - and then some.

Whatever floats your boat, some people are fine with wallyword dinnerware.  But clothing?  Closet is getting crowded, and the six winter coats (count 'em) are all in good shape.  Even if clothing lasted decades, there will always be people who want a new coat, every winter - and new swimwear every summer.  

Clothing, which will eventually occupy sally-ann's racks.  Used quality clothing, for people who, for whatever reason, are poor.  Bible says the poor will always be with us.  Bible also says we're supposed to be kind towards people who are in a jam.

Doesn't stop there.  Women will want new drapes; men will want a new rifle.  Many older marrieds want to flee Pennsylvania come winter, but cannot - for years of crappy lightbulbs, and other overpriced JUNK, having long been relegated to the landfill.  Little by little, adds up.  Little by little, over the past forty years, those $7s, $5s, $3s could have sat in a savings account - and traded for a solid down payment on a modest Carolina lakeside property.

If stuff lasted, wives could stay home, full time,  with their kids, (even one four year-old IS a full-time job) without running the the very real possibility of post menopausal poverty - young and poor is one thing; old and poor, is so another.  A half century ago, Mr. C., my family relations teacher said the number one reason for divorce, is financial stress.  (and i thought it was s3x - was 17, what did i know 😀 )

A nickel-wise spinster dollar-store cashier, could, over time, build a savings for later in life - when standing 5-6 hours per shift is no longer sustainable.  Clue:  even reasonably  healthy, when you get towards seventy...

If stuff lasted...   Just described a society,  an economy, where the Lord Jesus Christ (per His Word) is - at the very least - respected.  Time for me to wake up ... eh?  😉 

"For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fail."  Proverbs 4:16

"For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always."  Matthew 26:11

"For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land." Deuteronomy 15:11

"For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners."  Psalm 69:33

The b.o. was noticeable. People, who don't know, or care,

about the situation, will say, "soap is cheap."  Conveniently forgetting, however, a double-load laundry-mat washer (which is actually a single load) costs about $3.30 - and that's the basic, one wash, one rinse; the upgraded two washes and two rinses (which gets the laundry much cleaner) runs about $3.55.  Most people prefer using the six loader - which is more like three laundry loads.  These are eco-friendly (a.k.a., skimpy on the water) front-load washers.  Anyway, this popular size runs about $5.60 for the basic cycle, and around $6.10 for the cycle that gets your stuff clean.  The basic dryer runs about $.40 for 8 minutes; the next size up is about $.55, for 8 minutes.  Takes about three to four cycles to get the laundry dry.  

Say bye-bye to the $20 - when $30 would better do the job.  Comes the old, stuff it into two machines, when using three would get the laundry coming out fresh - then subsequently fully dry.  Any wonder the less-than-thirsty bath towels, come out, and get chucked away, somewhere, in crampy spaces, along with other things, laundered likewise, smelling a bit sour.

Towels, like the almost-rags (dollarstore purchased, some time in the past) bath towels - which are actually midway between a bath, and a hand towel, the dish towels are also too few in number for the family's, needs.  Translation:  laundry not visiting the hamper as often as needed.

That's probably why the person, sitting on the bench, had body odor.

Things were different back then. Early 50s, when Levittown was being built.

My grandfather had a good job, and was able to afford better than (post ww2) tickey-tack.  He and gram, lived in York, and traveled to Harrisburg, where they both worked.  There and back, each day, winter and summer, upon that dinky Old York road - for the highway (route 83), hadn't been built, until around the mid-50s.  Before that expressway was available, they had said, nuts to this - and bought a house about 7 miles from the city.  The two acres was inexpensive; not that anything was wrong with it, it was just that back then, west shore acreage was the sticks.  More than a few dirt roads - fun in march, when the snow melts; the mail route was rfd.  

In '71 or '72, gram was done.  Recall her saying something about the commute into the city.  She couldn't always carpool with her husband.  Grampa, back in the day, had been to law school, but had to give it up, in order to provide for his aging parents - so, he had gone into a law-related field.  Anyway, 83 long built, but when you're older...winter mornings and heavy traffic - the other highway, (route 81) leading north, hadn't yet been built; city traffic was...not fun.  Though, at the time, had been in the works.  Didn't matter, that 81 would be on line within a year - gramma was done with the slog-shuffle.  

That all said, one of the red-pills made the statement, that women reach their 60s, they generally tire out.  Red-pills, like the proverbial busted clock...  i remember gram saying, at the time, 62 was when women could retire - while men generally retired at 65.  Anyway, red-pill delivered the bit of news, with much glee - that women, in their 60s, tired out, but financially, are unable to retire.   (Wouldn't be that women are prone to getting "negged" out of their resources, would it??)  Red-pills conveniently forget, women were not designed to battle it out - no surprise, these jaspers embrace evolution - on bended knee.

As for 30-something housewives launching a career?  Thirty years hence, she's 60-something, if not, in her late 60s.  Even people, especially women, who pay mind to their health, when you get into your 60s, those wintry mornings aren't quite the same as they were ten or fifteen years ago.  But not only that, the shark tank in general - the water is, noticeably, more unclean.  An oolld people thing - we tend to notice pollutants, of which younger people are not aware.

"Likewise ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered." 1 Peter 3:7