03/28/2024
Thoughts While Shaving
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Thoughts While ShavingHad the pleasure of sharing an evening, ‘Thoughts’ and a delicious meal with members of the Bladenboro Rotary Club recently.

Recalled my early years in the ‘boro…thought of so many businesses in the town in 1956, the year I graduated as a ‘forever’ Bulldog.  Not sure if there is a business in the town that was operating in ’56, still doing business today, if any, very few…but, no different than so many other locations, all around the area.

The President was Dwight D. Eisenhower, VP was Richard M. Nixon….
US population 168,903,031, (most recent number 322,762,018)…
Luther Hodges was NC Governor..
Life expectancy then,   69.7 years, today 80 years…
Medium age for marriage in 1956 was (M) 22.8 – (F) 20.3–today (M) 28.2, (F) 26.1.

US debt in 1956 was $273 billion, today over $21 trillion and growing faster than ever, despite promises of all recent administrations, D’s and R’s. Google U.S. National Debt Clock for latest numbers.

Oh yes, when I graduated, JZ and Sally Hinson (Hinson’s Super Market) offered a full-time job…$35 per week and I was appreciative of the offer, accepted immediately, kept me out of the tobacco patch.

Enjoyed my early years at Route 2, Bladenboro, NC, and still enjoy every day as I continue to mature.

Check every section of BladenOnline, much happening and no one does a better job of covering, day-in and day-out, than the BOL staff.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.  Les Brown

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.  Booth Tarkington

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.  George Bernard Shaw

You know you’re getting old when he candles cost more than the cake.  Bob Hope

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