[IROC]

I don't think "times were simpler" back then. I think it is more a function of one's perception of his surroundings. I was a kid in the late '60s - mid '70s and I thought the world was a wonderful, safe place where I simply went fishing all the time. In reality, it was a world where war raged in Vietnam and people here at home protested it. A world where political conspiracies split our country (Watergate). A world of racial discrimination and protests. A world where oil embargoes lead to long lines at the pumps and high gas prices.

The whole time I rode my bike, played football and went fishing. Ahhh...the good ol' days... I think the world really hasn't changed much. I am just much more aware of what's going on now...

Having said that, my Dad and I stopped into a Lowe's in Johnson City, TN a couple of years ago and he gets out, shuts the door and starts walking in (he didn't even roll the windows up). I ask, "Aren't you going to lock it?". He said, "Why?". Maybe things haven't changed much in East Tennessee...

Mike