I've read the posts that speculate how Mayberry would be in 2012. Well, it's all speculation with the wistful, romance thinking of how we would like it to be. It's hard not to want it to be that way. Gentle lessons, outright comedy and love for each other. I think it's agreeable to most, if not all, that Mayberry was based on Mt. Airy so it's easy for me to see Mt. Airy of 2012 being Mayberry of 2012.
Certainly as life changes, so would Mayberry. For most people, we would have difficulty not having a cell phone, e-mail (of which you're reading this post) and to a lesser degree perhaps, GPS, Skype, Chic-fil-a, 8-track>CD>MP3, a man walking on the moon (what a concept!) and online shopping/information. All mentioned not available pre-1968. With the amazing developments since 1968 (the last year of TAGS), we take most of the technology developments happily and realize the derogation of such a happy place due to selfishness of people, aging and death. Certainly Mayberry wasn't perfect, neither was/is Mt. Airy, but it is easy to see how life evolves and the spirit of Mayberry/Mt. Airy continues to live. After all, there's still a Snappy Lunch on the same street as Mayberry on Main. Gary A. Johnson Chicken Thieves & Whatnot Chapter Lubbock, near Kelsey's Woods, Texas _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
