I think you should go for that ride and go to one of your Wings of Freedom shows if it is near you.

http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm

Airplane fans love the annual air show near where I live now if . Planes flying all day last year included P-51 Mustangs, a Lockheed P-38J Lightning, Republic P-47D, Focke-Wulf FW 190 D-9, Thunderbolt, B-25 Mitchell and even your house rattling Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair :)

On the ground at the show was a B-17 Flying Fortress where you are allowed to go into and look. Most exciting of all was the war bird rides. Have some links below that explain it.

http://www.wingsovercamarillo.com/index.php/event-program/warbirdrides

This event is put on by the Commemorative Air Force. I hear that their are clubs like this found through out the U.S. and maybe there is one near you.

http://www.wingsovercamarillo.com/#

........and then there is the story about corporate gun control....came across this today. Facebook is regulating its 1.06-billion-monthly-world wide-active-users from viewing or acquiring guns through its services and will also bar users under 18 from viewing gun offers posted by individuals or groups.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57566550-93/facebook-by-the-numbers-1.06-billion-monthly-active-users/
Gov. Bentley is powerless to offer safe haven to Remington as Alabama has 1,599,260 Facebook users as of August 31/10, with a 33.6% penetration rate (I am afraid to ask what that 33.6% means). In my opinion, New York's gun regulation of a few million people is petty when you compare it to Facebook’s influence.
http://www.internetworldstats.com/unitedstates.htm

Quoted section of Facebook, Instagram crack down on gun sales shown below.

"Facebook Inc and its photo sharing subsidiary, Instagram, will delete posts offering to buy or sell guns without background checks, Facebook announced on Wednesday.
In an effort to curb what gun control advocates say is the increasing use of the social networks to circumvent checks and controls on firearms sales, Facebook and Instagram will also bar users under 18 from viewing gun offers posted by individuals or groups.
"We will not permit people to post offers to sell regulated items that indicate a willingness to evade or help others evade the law," Facebook said.
The move by the world's largest social network and Instagram may add fuel to an already intense debate over U.S. gun rights ….."

Clever about the antenna set up. I remember a gradual addition of up to 8 or maybe 9 channels as time past until we started using cable. Oh yea, I think occasional the sun did something and we had poor reception for days.

:lol: I envied my neighbors that had that. I suppose we could have had one, but I think my father loved going on the roof with me, and my mother loved yelling out the window up to us. You know, family time together. :)

Maybe the T.V. below is closer to what you had. I remember getting on the roof and adjusting the antenna trying to get better reception. Someone would yell out through a house window if the picture on the T.V was getting worse or better. Getting on roof was a lot easier than getting off , found out I had an issue with heights. :shock:

Afraid of heights?


Corsair Plane


Small black and white screen and big cabinet

Hmmmm, Maybe I'll get it this time, one last try. Never was good at matching colors. Always mixing up my dark navy blue socks with my black ones :)

LOL, Ok lets paint it. Was it colored like the picture below?

Yep, that is how I was raised... discipline and my parents were involved with my education. I recall that was the norm for a “stable” family in the bedroom community I grew up in. But wow how things have changed.

When I was a child, I never gave it a thought that all my family and neighbors went to the same Christian church every Sunday. Fathers were the “bread winners” driving to their jobs in American made automobiles like General Motors, Ford, or a Chrysler. Mothers stayed home making meals from scratch and watching their children while dad was at work. After finishing our chores, our family huddled guardedly close to small CRT T.V. screens to see a few shows; Hogan's Heroes, The Andy Griffith Show, McHale's Navy, Gilligan's Island, the Beverly Hillbillies, and the Ed Sullivan show and the news.

In my home town back in 1964, it had only one stop light on a three mile long, two lane road mostly surrounded by farm fields. Everyone you knew shopped at an Alpha- Beta grocery store and Sprouse-Reitz five-and-dime store. My family moved into one of the first track homes with sidewalks in the town. My brother and I would play with a neighbor kid on his parent’s 40 acre citrus farm near our home. Friday night High School football was our best entertainment and the players were like celebrities who broke our youthful boredom. Most teens and young adults back then dreamed of leaving town but didn’t.

Fast forward 50 years later and my home town has become a city. Its past family life style and landscape are nearly unrecognizable compared to how it used to be. Track homes have replaced most farm land. While Asian tourist buses regularly come to our bustling Disney Land like Outlet stores, many locals shop at a K-mart, a Wall-mart, and a Target, and at least 18 grocery stores.

It is normal for both parents to rush to work in their sleek, late model, foreign automobiles, negotiating their way to work through a busy eight lane freeway and streets that are jammed during work days. There are dozens of established Christian churches that offer private preschool and elementary school to accommodate a two income household or single working parent.

Many young kids don’t watch or play football, they’re playing soccer! Many moms and dads are packing their kids into their SUVs, vans or trucks, shuttling them off to different games all weekend. In between games, kids are in the back of their parent’s automobile posting on Facebook or Twitter, playing video games or watching Netflix or Amazon videos on smart phones or tablets. Families often go to one of two large multiplex movie theaters with 3D or imax movies and THX sound. Both have a foyer where they serve supersized food and drinks. Many older kids have moved away to college or go to work in another state or even a foreign country.

Estimated median household income in my home town in 1965 was $6,900. Today it’s over $78,669. Many people I know make much more. Most could barely afford their brand new home for $25,000 in 1968. Today many homes are valued at over $450,000. Many Adults in my age group are divorce or remarried and remake their lives again after the children grow up and move out of the house.

My kids and friends can’t imagine growing up like their parents and grandparents did. They love their busy lives and the endless choices that their dynamic lifestyle allows them. I feel at times a generational/cultural divide between my kids and myself, but they keep in touch with me regularly by phone or Skype even if they are across the U.S. or staying in another country. My father passed away five years ago and family keeps a watchful eye on my mother who still likes to travel. For my children, a “stable” family is more about a state of mind than the stereo typical structure or lifestyle I grew up with.

My kid’s faith in God is strong and they are passing on their own beliefs in God to their kids as they have come to understand him through a church of their choice. This I believe helps them through the bumps in the road of life we all experience.

I expect a lot of good will come in the future for all our kids as life advances and changes. I think a few words from an old song from my generation says it best.

“I hear babies cry, I watch them grow, they'll learn much more, than I'll ever know. And I think to myself, What a wonderful world..” - words and music by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss and sung by Louis Armstrong.

P.S. I am now like my dad, I ramble on about the past and my kids.

What about divorced families where a child has four parents. Having more parents two homes to live in, is that more stable than 2 parent home? :-)

Not challenging any study or what you posted, just saying the definition of what a normal or "stable" family seems to be subjective if you put people in a room and they talk about it.

Just from a family perspective, my cousin's father died when he was only four of cancer. His mother raised him and his 2 sisters and 2 brothers. He was raised by his mother and she never married again. Today he is retired CHiP Captain, been married 25 years with 3 children all in college and is a consultant with our county DA.

Then there is Business man I know who has been married four times, had kids with wife and girl friends has a drinking problem. For fun he has he own private jet and helicopter and other toys and lets just say he is filthy rich. Even though some of his kids were emotionally messed up, I have to tell you they financially live really well.

While these two examples I have given are real people, I heard other testimonies before this committee from law enforcement, children services, reverends and community activist that had their own perspective of what "stable" or normal family is.

I consulted with a County housing development and planning committee. Seem to recall a disagreement of what was considered a stable or viable family environment.

Perception is reality and I think your problem where you live is real to you.

I live in a county where our jails are filled mostly with whites, as we have very few black families that live here. I can't blame democratic rule for crime where I live, because we have elected Republicans that do a great job of governing us.

I would have to say drug use, mental problems or individuals to poor to afford a good attorney are the main reasons our jails are filled where I live.

I feel you gave a short by powerful snap shot of an inside perspective of a California Prisons. Have more to say later as time allows, but for now I just wanted to say thank you for sharing.

Sorry, the report is good news for rental property owners.

I don't understand either, but homes keep being built and and bought quickly by home owners. My kids who have great jobs left California to Texas and Denver when the economy was bad, with one exception, and now she is doing really well working for a pharmaceutical corp that is starting to hire even more people.

Please enjoy your alone time for now because if the report is correct, your going to get more company and (knock on wood) my kids will come back and live closer to dad.

:lol: :thumbup:

Right about where I have your quote end, I was thinking this is going to be one of those mathematical word problems. got me.