Old School, New School

My two boys continually remind me that they live 2+ and 4+ hours away from our Condo in that town up north, and it is just not practical for them to get in their cars and drive over for the day or an overnight stay, but we do get an occasional visit. Granted, both of their spousal units are nurses, and scheduling can be a challenge, but their old man ain't getting any younger.

They want hardships, I'll give them hardships:

1.  They have heated car seats.  We were lucky to have seats without a hole in them.

2. They have google maps.  We used paper maps that we picked up at all the rest stops as we traveled around!

3.  They have electric windows.  We had the self crank, which I don't think either have ever had to use.

4. They have satellite radio, apple play, android pay, pandora.  We had an am/fm radio!

5.  They have tires that tell them their psi, and give a warning when one is under inflated.  We had to walk around, kick the tires, and manually check the psi!

6.  They have in car mounted tv's.  We had a dang etch-a-sketch!

7. They have autopilot, if they pay for it.  All we had was on occasional back seat driver!

8.  They have their choice of fast food restaurants at any exit.  We had pack a picnic and stop at the rest areas.

9. They have self diagnostic plug in ports to trouble shoot maintenance issues.  We had Uncle Joe, the shade tree mechanic!

10.  They have sensors that tell them how many miles are left on a tank of gas.  We were lucky if the gas gauge even worked!

11.  They have hands fee cell phone calling.  We be like,cell phone??????

12.  They have paypal and venmo.  We had a wallet full of cash!

13.  They have their electronic video games for travel entertainment.  We had spot the items on the side of the road bingo!

14.  They have YELP to help them decide where to go, what to eat.  We be like, leftovers, again???

15.  They have over the top safety measures and the latest in car seat design.  We rode in the back bed of a pickup truck!

16.  They have the latest in tire rims, with spinners and low profile tires.  We were lucky to have four tires that match!

17.  They have gasoline prices that drain the pocket book.  We had $.50 per gallon, HA!

18.  They sell their personal stuff on social media.  We collected coke bottles and returned them for the deposit money and recycled aluminum cans for money.

19. They go to the grocery store and pick up a couple of pounds of shrimp, steamed.  We had to first thaw out the five pound frozen brick!

20.  They have chicken tenders and boneless wings.  We had the KFC bucket, then the convenience store fried chicken and jojo potatoes!

So yeah, they have it hard, real hard.  They don't even have any kids to deal with, but one is in the oven!  This list of 20 can grow a whole lot longer.  I didn't even get to the part about walking 4 miles in the snow , backwards, just to get to the bus stop!