Mr. Bill wrote:
> On Sat, 02 May 2009 15:39:37 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> Y'all do know that the chicken was birthed and raised in that can
>
> Y'all know that there was a time before electricity? We could go
> camping for a week or more with canned chicken, spam, tuna, potted
> meat, canned potatoes, vegetables.......and canned salmon.
>
> Life around the campfire was something I miss in this day to day
> requirement of Cable TV....computers,.............street lights. There
> is nothing better than sitting around the campfire looking at STARS in
> the sky and having a REAL conversation with people after a campfire
> cooked meal.
>
> And I still recall making campfire pineapple upside down cake in a 10"
> cast iron skillet. ....and the skillet was used the next morning for
> trout and scrambled eggs! I would give anything for a simple life
> again. Guess I just NEED to make it happen.
>
>
>
I tell my elder grandkids about that time a lot. They're aged 22 to 29
and have offered to carry me out in the woods. I'm just afraid they
might leave me there.

It is getting more and more difficult to get away from civilization.
Light pollution hides the stars, smog hides the star and the sun,
highways run every where and, even when you hike in a few miles, some
yahoo with an ATV comes roaring through your campsite. Usually they
don't even see you or anything else.

Yeah, good old days and the simple life were good. Except most of my
ancestors died at a young age from war, pestilence, and hard living. I'm
too soft to go back to sleeping in a bark lodge, eating turtle, frog,
and whatever I could scrounge.