I was in Wal-Mart and saw all these mothers with their children buying school supplies.  I though about how times have changed.  They all had lists with things on them like crayons, notebooks, filler paper, markers, pencils, three-ring binders, and so on.  These were elementary children too.  We never had lists of things we had to bring to school when I was young, they gave us crayons and a new pencil and tablet every six weeks.  I wondered when they started giving parents this kind of list and why.  I miss the good ol' days.  I'm too young to have live in the Andy era but I wouldn't mind living in Mayberry.