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<blockquote data-quote="RMulhern" data-source="post: 465180" data-attributes="member: 999"><p>coltkitt</p><p></p><p>" I also remember when a handshake was your "word", it was who you were/are."</p><p></p><p>No sir...you 'ain't to old'....you just happen to have been raised in the same era that I was where if you told a lie.....you got your *** whupped...and good! Bout somewhere around 1947 or so my granddad bought a pair of mules from a guy over the telephone; one of those old 'wall telephones' that hung in the hallway. The ear piece hung on a hook and you took it off to put it up to your ear! Mouthpiece at the front of the box. The old guy what had the mules was probably 100 miles distance but on granddads word...he drove that distance with the mules in his truck; the mules being exactly as described! When he got here at home....granddad reached into his wallet and pulled out 5 $100.00 bills and it was a done deal! A deal made by two gentleman that only knew that their word was their bond! If everyone in America today did business like say a....cotton buyer....one that agreed to purchase say 50,000 bales of cotton for a price decided upon over the telephone and then....reneged on the deal later....that cotton buyer is FINISHED! He's fish bait because noone will deal with him anymore...word travels fast!! It would be a whole lot better today...if we could back up to the ethical bearing that the older generations had and believed in....THAT'S FOR CERTAIN!!</p><p></p><p>Hang in there! These 'pewters' ain't half as bad as you think they are!!lightbulb<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RMulhern, post: 465180, member: 999"] coltkitt " I also remember when a handshake was your "word", it was who you were/are." No sir...you 'ain't to old'....you just happen to have been raised in the same era that I was where if you told a lie.....you got your *** whupped...and good! Bout somewhere around 1947 or so my granddad bought a pair of mules from a guy over the telephone; one of those old 'wall telephones' that hung in the hallway. The ear piece hung on a hook and you took it off to put it up to your ear! Mouthpiece at the front of the box. The old guy what had the mules was probably 100 miles distance but on granddads word...he drove that distance with the mules in his truck; the mules being exactly as described! When he got here at home....granddad reached into his wallet and pulled out 5 $100.00 bills and it was a done deal! A deal made by two gentleman that only knew that their word was their bond! If everyone in America today did business like say a....cotton buyer....one that agreed to purchase say 50,000 bales of cotton for a price decided upon over the telephone and then....reneged on the deal later....that cotton buyer is FINISHED! He's fish bait because noone will deal with him anymore...word travels fast!! It would be a whole lot better today...if we could back up to the ethical bearing that the older generations had and believed in....THAT'S FOR CERTAIN!! Hang in there! These 'pewters' ain't half as bad as you think they are!!lightbulb:D [/QUOTE]
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