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I miss a USA where

Posted By: newhouse114

I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:09 AM

The humor of Don Rickles could once again be appreciated .
Posted By: 330-Trapper

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:11 AM

And all the old " Hollywood roasts"
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:12 AM

And Clint Eastwood was 24 years old.
Posted By: Bogmaster

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:15 AM

Sad to say,so many on here don't even know who you are talking about. Johnny Carson was the main vehicle for Rickles and other commedians.
I miss all of them.
Tom
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:16 AM

Crime was illegal and punished!
Posted By: warrior

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:16 AM

Where my vote actually meant something.
Posted By: cwtrapper

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:16 AM

Red Skelton , Phillus Dillar
Posted By: Boco

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:18 AM

John Byner was hilarious.Especially the bigot family.
Posted By: Getting There

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:20 AM

You had to be home when the street light turned on. LOL
Posted By: Savell

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:21 AM

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Posted By: white marlin

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:24 AM

was watching re-runs of MASH and realized that there's no way that humor would be tolerated by the "tolerant" Left of today.
Posted By: Feedinggrounds

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:28 AM

Originally Posted by cwtrapper
Red Skelton , Phillus Dillar

Good night and God bless....I sure miss Red Skelton, I bought his DVD series. Fred Sanford, Archie Bunker and George Jefferson sure showed us the foolishness of our racial ignorance, they would be pillared today.
Posted By: Zim

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:29 AM

I got to stay up late on Friday night to watch Gunsmoke.
Also on Saturday , if'n I was "good" it was "Big Time Wrestling".

Zim
Posted By: T-REV

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:40 AM

Where being white didn’t mean you were instantly a bad person.
Posted By: Bigbrownie

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:54 AM

Big, noisy, 25 man deer drives.
Posted By: SJA

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:56 AM

[Linked Image]

Where men were men and democrats and sheep were nervous.
crazy
Posted By: jbyrd63

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 02:02 AM

Billy Graham !!!!
Posted By: Tailhunter

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 02:09 AM

Originally Posted by SJA
[Linked Image]

Where men were men and democrats and sheep were nervous.
crazy


Absolutely.
Posted By: Savell

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 05:50 AM

Lol SJA
Posted By: Providence Farm

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 06:09 AM

When no body was confused about what makes a male a male and a female a female.
Posted By: HobbieTrapper

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 06:44 AM

It still exists.
Posted By: FL cracker in AK

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 06:50 AM

Where right was right and wrong was wrong.
Posted By: Turtledale

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 09:07 AM

Where a rainbow meant sun was shining through rain
Posted By: Blaine County

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 09:55 AM

Where people thought for themselves.
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by Blaine County
Where people thought for themselves.


x 2 & 3 & 4
Posted By: goatman

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 11:06 AM

When you could watch Ole Yeller.
Posted By: Bigbuck

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 11:21 AM

Where the news told the truth & TV went off at midnight with the National Anthem playing to sign off.
Posted By: Turtledale

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 11:50 AM

The phone was something at home not in your pocket
Posted By: Diggerman

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:06 PM

We had closets and they were used.
Posted By: backroadsarcher

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:23 PM

When supervisors and bosses new more about the job than the people they managed.
Posted By: Crit-R-Dun

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by backroadsarcher
When supervisors and bosses new more about the job than the people they managed.


Or better yet, when the employer told the employee what their job function was and how much they were going to be paid, not the other way around.
Posted By: Eagleye

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:27 PM

Where country music was played on the radio
Posted By: Hydropillar

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:30 PM

When Johny carson anounced Good News..... Campbells soup just killed there 2nd chicken !!
Posted By: HobbieTrapper

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by backroadsarcher
When supervisors and bosses new more about the job than the people they managed.


That’s funny.
Posted By: Allan Minear

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 12:57 PM

I miss the above mentioned comedians but want to add George Carlin I'm sure he's rolling over in his grave because of how thing's are now .
Posted By: Bruce T

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 01:07 PM

John Wayne was alive
Posted By: strike2x

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 01:35 PM

When Dale Earnhardt ruled NASCAR
Posted By: ol' dad

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 01:40 PM

When people understood what rights and freedom are.

Ol dad
Posted By: wetdog

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 01:45 PM

When there was still Honor among men
A man's word used to mean something
Posted By: T-Rex

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by newhouse114
The humor of Don Rickles could once again be appreciated .
I hated Rickles then, and don't miss him now.

I don't think there was ever a time when being an insulant jerk was cool. I don't care if you did smile when you said that.

At least, if he were around today, he wouldn't have to worry about Covid. There is no way anyone could ever get a "positive" out of him.
Posted By: TurkeyTime

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 03:30 PM

vehicles had at least half the electronics that they do now. (and bring back the little triangle hinged window by the side mirrors)
Posted By: Bear Tracker

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 03:34 PM

When a mans word and a handshake was all one needed.
Posted By: SJA

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 03:45 PM

1950's or before Tv shows with a 3 channel Tv and lines rolling through it, the Tv channel station sign off display at around 1:00 a.m. and concluding with the National Anthem. . . . oh, and you got the News from reading the daily paper each morning. 75 cents per week delivered through rain, sleet, or snow!
Posted By: Boco

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by TurkeyTime
vehicles had at least half the electronics that they do now. (and bring back the little triangle hinged window by the side mirrors)


That was called the No-Draft.
Posted By: Antarctica

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 08:31 PM

...we weren't over-run by lazy commies.
Posted By: Furvor

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 08:39 PM

I miss the days when lawyer intimidation didn't prevent witnesses from coming forward.
Posted By: beaverpeeler

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 09:23 PM

Presidents graciously conceded when they lost an election.

(Sorry, couldn't resist). smile
Posted By: white marlin

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by beaverpeeler
Presidents graciously conceded when they lost an election.

(Sorry, couldn't resist). smile


yeah...like Hillary did.
Posted By: danvee

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 09:45 PM

Where I didn't vote for him but he is my president.
Posted By: Turtledale

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 09:50 PM

Coons paid 20 dollars and a dollar was worth something
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/06/20 10:00 PM

A teenage kid could walk through town with a .22 over his shoulder on the way to check the trapline with nary a glance of worry from others to be seen.
Posted By: danvee

Re: I miss a USA where - 12/07/20 12:19 AM

Coons $20 you must be a youngster I remember $40 coon in the late 70s and early 80s.
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