The walton's should have lived in maine (day care, safe) - (ME) - Page 4 - City-Data Forum

RMoore007 · 03-23-2008, 12:48 PM

That was one of my favorite shows of the time like "The Mod Squad" and "The Flip Wilson Show". I remember hearing my father laugh so hard when "Flip" was on that he would get the whole house laughing.

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cordoba11 · 03-23-2008, 02:27 PM

I know it might sound silly but for me it has become a sacred institution. In a world with sinking moralities, no love between family members, and everyone trying to take everything they can get their hands on the waltons reminds me that they're are some good people left. And these people have to be respected, and not foolishly wasted.I know a few years ago a friend of mine said he could not stand the walton's, he said it was way to corny, i said little house on the prarie, that's way to corny. So i sat down and thought of a few key episodes that i know he would have to give some sort of credit to. One was when john boy had his paper, the blue ridge chronical, he had printed some of hitlers mien kompf, it came down to a book burning put on by towns people trying to strike back, john boy flips out[one of the most emotional things i have ever seen him do in that series] he grabs a book from the fire to protest, because he loves to read so much he says i wish they're were someone here to read this german book, flossy brimmer stands up and starts to read, guess what, they were burning the holy bible. The silent reactions from the mother and grandmother were beyond words. My friend had to say wow, that was way over the top. Another episode i got him to watch was when 2 small children came from england, while they were walking on the mountain a plane came overhead, olivia always loved planes, the kids go running in terror to hide in a ditch, it's the mother who is the most terrified, for the children, later in that episode she's talking to the father i think and she starts to question her faith, what was i thinking she said, while i was praying here and thinking god was keeping me safe these children must have been in hell, or something like that. I can't do it justice, you have to see it for yourself. Again my friend was completly bowled over. Then he saw one on his own that i had forgotten about, johnboy and his father were walking in the woods, they were talking about life, and people who were unhappy with it,also what happens when you die. Wow what an awesome exchange between 2 actors, the series is filled with little golden moments like that. When i was young i didn't like the grandmother very much, as i got older i began to realize she was an important part of the foundation of the family.I hope someone will read this and give the series a look on dvd, most of the seasons are at wal-mart for less than 30 bucks.

txmom · 03-23-2008, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Maineah

I challenge anyone to go off the grid, just a plain dial telephone and a radio,and live off the land for a few years with your whole family the way the Walton's are depicted and then tell us how much you love the Walton's lifestyle.

When my husband was 5 years old he lived "off the grid" with his mother and 3 year old brother in a two-bedroom log hunting camp on the river (north of Grindstone, Maine). His father was in the Navy and gone a lot. My husband remembers going to a well across the way to get water. He remembers catching fish for his Mom to cook...they also had a garden, along with chickens and goats. In the winter his mother had to melt snow for water because the pump was frozen. Eventually his Dad dug a trench and ran a pipe to the house so they could have a hand pump in the house.

They heated and cooked with a wood stove, and in the winter the wood stove would cause water to run down and to freeze the door completely shut, and his mother had to take an ice-pick to it. He remembers climbing out the window with his brother and shoveling snow away from the door so his Mom could get out of the cabin. My mother-in-law says it got down to -42 one year. She says she doesn't miss living like that at all. When my father-in-law got stationed in Key West, she was pretty happy.

txmom · 03-23-2008, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by cordoba11

So i sat down and thought of a few key episodes that i know he would have to give some sort of credit to. One was when john boy had his paper, the blue ridge chronical, he had printed some of hitlers mien kompf, it came down to a book burning put on by towns people trying to strike back, john boy flips out[one of the most emotional things i have ever seen him do in that series] he grabs a book from the fire to protest, because he loves to read so much he says i wish they're were someone here to read this german book, flossy brimmer stands up and starts to read, guess what, they were burning the holy bible. The silent reactions from the mother and grandmother were beyond words. My friend had to say wow, that was way over the top.

Actually, that does sound really good. I would like to see that one.

Maine Writer · 03-23-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

nor'easter mentions; "slop served up by second-rate minds" (Scott Nearing)"

The Nearings were summer people. They wrote for an audience of idealists. Most of the time the Nearings were in their New York apartment writing about how things should be in Maine. Their writings were interesting to some, but never forget where they were writing from and what their agenda was.

This homestead was their retirement home after leaving Vermont. It is beautiful. Small and unassuming but beautiful. When you stand outside the house and take a good look you realize most anyone could have built it. There isn't anything spectacular to the house. I have pictures some where. A lot of physical work went into building the stone house, rock wall to keep the deer out, etc.

They did live in Harborside year round for many years. I've learned something new. I didn't know they'd lived in NYC in winter. You couldn't pry me out of their home with its beautiful ocean view to go to NYC. Their home is now the Good Life Center at Forest Farm.

moughie · 03-23-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RMoore007

That was one of my favorite shows of the time like "The Mod Squad" and "The Flip Wilson Show". I remember hearing my father laugh so hard when "Flip" was on that he would get the whole house laughing.

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Flip Wilson was an awesome show!

I also loved Sanford and Son. " Elizabeth, I coming to join you!"

Nor'Eastah · 03-23-2008, 10:17 PM

Northern Maine Land Man - Yes, it is true that the Nearings were idealists (actually, they were socialists) and that for several years after moving to Harborside when he was 69 and she was 48, they did take winter trips cross-country or even overseas for speaking engagements. However, they were year 'round residents. Scott died at 100 in August of 1983 right there at Harborside, and he had not left the place in at least 2 years. Helen continued to work the farm alone until her death in a car crash in 1995. Both of them traveled the world extensively, and as you mentioned, did a good deal of writing. However, the writing was done at Harborside, not in an apt in NYC. The last apt they had in NYC was the cold-water flat they left in 1932 to move to Pike's Falls, Vermont. In Vermont they spent March-April tapping maples and boiling syrup from 1934 till their move to Harborside in 1952. If that's a "summer resident", so be it. I have a curious regard for their lives and agendas, but do not particularly admire. They spent a score of years building stone houses, garden walls, and outbuildings...not something normally done from the comfort of a NYC apartment. Helen insisted on doing all the stonework herself, including the pointing. The historical data do not back up your asserion of a soft life in NYC with a summer place in Maine. Nevertheless, they provide wonderful quotable passages!