New York City Cowboys

[N2NH]

Too bad its not like that today. And notice how clean the streets were.

Looks can be deceiving. There was an ocean of Horse crap and an army of sanitary workers with push brooms working to keep them as clean as possible. There was diseases that we don't even see anymore, coal was at a premium, if you got sick and had no family, you died. Read "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and you'll get an idea of what life was like back then. Without the smells, heat/cold and noise.

[kb2vxa]

That's an interesting bit of history. Now I feel a song coming on...

Like a West Side cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a railroad rodeo
Like a West Side cowboy
Getting cinders in my eyes and junk I don't even know
And horse poop high and low

[w0aew]

That's an interesting bit of history. Now I feel a song coming on...

Like a West Side cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a railroad rodeo
Like a West Side cowboy
Getting cinders in my eyes and junk I don't even know
And horse poop high and low

The talent displayed in these forums never ceases to amaze!

[kb2vxa]

Thank you, thank you very much.

[N2NH]

Thank you, thank you very much.

Yes Warren, he's right. You've been on a roll lately.

[AE1PT]

That's an interesting bit of history. Now I feel a song coming on...

Like a West Side cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a railroad rodeo
Like a West Side cowboy
Getting cinders in my eyes and junk I don't even know
And horse poop high and low

Keep yer day job...

The horseshit patrol workers had names--they were apple knockers or turd whackers. Mostly they work parades these days...

[n2ize]

Looks can be deceiving. There was an ocean of Horse crap and an army of sanitary workers with push brooms working to keep them as clean as possible. There was diseases that we don't even see anymore, coal was at a premium, if you got sick and had no family, you died. Read "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and you'll get an idea of what life was like back then. Without the smells, heat/cold and noise.

True, they did have some bad problems back in those days. But its also a trade-off. We have many problems these days that they didn't have back then. And there was also a lot of good things back then that has vanished nowadays. I remember as a kid there were so many small stores run by independent families and you could find anything you wanted. No, they weren't going to get rich running a little candy store or hardware store but, they could stay afloat and make and save enough money to keep a roof over their heads, food on the table, educate their kids, etc. We have advanced a lot, particularly with regards to technology and medicine. But we have also lost a lot of great stuff and great qualities from days gone by. And we are turning into a nation of whining wimps.. In general I think I would have preferred living in the old days.