I was born in the wrong decade...
I have nearly daily reminders of this fact. Everything that was perfectly acceptable and even somewhat normal (judging by what Dad has told me from when he was growing up) back in the 50s and 60s is now bad, and inappropriate for way too many people in this world.
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Maybe the 1860's. 0 -
I don't think it is the decade that is the problem. It is more along the lines of the wrong planet. 0 -
I was born in the wrong century.
I could use a world before the invention of the Maxim gun.
Did they have toilet paper, then ??
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Maxim- 1884
Toilet paper 1857
Of course, that also predates most vaccinations, antibiotics, refrigeration, etc. Good book for a casual read- "The Good Old Days- They Were TERRIBLE!"0 -
average life span was 50.
you had kids by 13.
you worked for 1.00 a week.
you had to have 2 chords of wood cut dried and stacked by winter or you died.
no power tools.
nehhh, i like this new world.[^]0 -
Yeah I was as well. I am 17 right now and have to grow up with a bunch of crap previous generations haven't had to. The teenage kids that think their Honda Civic was built to be a race car, or the black kids with more economic opportunities gripeing about how we are still not equal even though they have special scholarships, schools, and organizations for them. Having to worry if the cops will be called on you if you're out plinking at your friend's house. Or going to school every day wondering if a kid is going to come shoot up my high school. These issues had never really been thought about until our generation. It's a great country we live in isn't it? 0 -
(Huh? Who got married at 12??? I made a $1.25 a week![:o)]
... and 50 was WAY OLD - most folks were burned out
sexually by 40![:o)])0 -
There are some things I miss about the old days, but there are some things I like about today's modern world too. It all averages out. When I was a youngster we played with dynamite. That's something I wouldn't recommend for today's children. [:D] 0 -
We played with blasting caps - sorry I didn't know you, then![8D] 0 -
we used to make our own quarter sticks. and that was a couple years ago. 0 -
pound 22's with a hammer? come on, fess up.
smash a whole roll of caps with a rock to feel the chips bounce off you feet and face. come on, fess up.0 -
Yes, those were simpler times ... it reminds me of an old Navajo woman I helped out
one day.
I was driving home from one of my businesstrips in Northern Arizona when I saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road.
As the trip was a long and quiet one, I stopped the car and asked the Navajo woman if
she would like a ride.
With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into the car.
Resuming the journey, I tried in vain to make a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. The old woman just sat silently, looking intently at everything she saw, studying every little detail, until she noticed a brown bag on the seat next to me.
"What in bag?" asked the old woman.
I looked down at the brown bag and said, "It's a bottle of wine. I got it for my wife."
The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two.
Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she said:
"Good trade....."
... yes, life made more sense then.
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We ended the 1800s and the 1900s Giving us two totally different meanings to the Gay 90s....Personally I wish I could have missed the second one and attended the first!!! 0 -
i was born 20 years too early. have you seen the way girls dress these days? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by frankcastle13
Yeah I was as well. I am 17 right now and have to grow up with a bunch of crap previous generations haven't had to. The teenage kids that think their Honda Civic was built to be a race car, or the black kids with more economic opportunities gripeing about how we are still not equal even though they have special scholarships, schools, and organizations for them. Having to worry if the cops will be called on you if you're out plinking at your friend's house. Or going to school every day wondering if a kid is going to come shoot up my high school. These issues had never really been thought about until our generation. It's a great country we live in isn't it?
It's kinda sad to read this from a 17 year old. Yes, I look around and get discouraged and depressed about the state of the nation and where it seems we're headed.
We also have to remember, though, that every generation is faced with problems that seem so unique and worse than the ones before. 1776? It would have sucked being a soldier in Washington's army.. little food, inadequate clothing in the winter, and remember, they didn't know how the war was going to end.
It probably sucked living in the South during the latter half of the Civil War, and all through reconstruction, too.
The Great Depression in the 1930's? That was pretty depressing, I'm sure.
Or how about being ten years old and being reminded of what actions to take if the atomic bombs start dropping while you're at school? Stay away from windows and hide under your desk? You've seen the pictures from Hiroshima.
Yes, I believe our country is in a very very bad place now, with the people more subject than ever to brainwashing by the media, a chance of another Clinton in the White House, etc etc... but we have to remember to keep a sense of perspective. You can't let negative thoughts rule your life, or your life will indeed be miserable.
And I want to thank you for sharing your thoughts... my response wasn't written for you so much as it was for me.
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quote:Originally posted by frankcastle13
Yeah I was as well. I am 17 right now and have to grow up with a bunch of crap previous generations haven't had to. The teenage kids that think their Honda Civic was built to be a race car, or the black kids with more economic opportunities gripeing about how we are still not equal even though they have special scholarships, schools, and organizations for them. Having to worry if the cops will be called on you if you're out plinking at your friend's house. Or going to school every day wondering if a kid is going to come shoot up my high school. These issues had never really been thought about until our generation. It's a great country we live in isn't it?
A STUNNING SENIOR MOMENT
A very self-important college freshman attending a recent football game, took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation. "You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one," the student said, loud enough for many of those nearby to hear. "The young people of today grew up with television, jet planes, space travel, man walking on the moon, our spaceships have visited Mars. We have nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light-speed processing ....and," pausing to take another drink of beer.
The Senior took advantage of the break in the student's litany and said, "You're right, son. We didn't have those things when we were young...so we invented them. Now, you arrogant little s h i t, what are you doing for the next generation?"
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I was born in 1561, 1617, 1667, 1701, 1731, 1770, 1804, 1875, 1924, and 1965 damn straight. 0 -
Tip ... learn Spanish and Chinese (Cantonese is more useful)[:D] 0 -
When I went to high school kids brought guns with them.They were for hunting and the principle kept them in his office till class was dismissed.I miss those days[^] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by ace22
When I went to high school kids brought guns with them.They were for hunting and the principle kept them in his office till class was dismissed.I miss those days[^]
Sure did!!!0 -
quote: When I went to high school kids brought guns with them.They were for hunting and the principle kept them in his office till class was dismissed.I miss those days
Dang! That is absolutely terrible! We could keep our long guns IN OUR LOCKERS! [:D]0 -
quote:ace22:
When I went to high school kids brought guns with them. They were for hunting and the principle kept them in his office till class was dismissed miss those days
I've mentioned here before, about the time that I was walking down the street carrying our
rifles and .410s when a Sheriff Deputy pulled up along side of us - we were on the way to high school - and I figured he was going to give us some grief for not having the rifles scabbarded.
he stepped out of his cruiser and asked us if we had enough ammo. One of the guys with us said he could use a little more, so the Deputy went around to his trunk and passed out half a brick of .22LR (Peters, as I recall).
Have to admit we were a little amazed ... until he told us ... with a far off look in his eye that he used to hunt Otay Ranch, for cottontail, when he was a kid, too.
Never have forgotten that. Dave Armstrong was his name - he was killed a few years later in a fire engine accident - he t-boned one at 65Mph. on a call one night. We all attended his funeral.
... nowadays that far off look makes sense to me.0 -
I was born before the big depression of '29 and lived through it same as many ? others.. It was a bit tough but it brought a lot of us together
to help each others. Sure, we had no niceities like waterproof leather
boots, cars with no radios, heaters, or defosters, let alone A.C. in cars or homes. A entirely diferent world, but we had a lot more enjoyment out of life and family life. A handshake on a deal or sale
was more binding than a lawyers agreement today. God was in schools,
Govt. buildings and everywhere (and he was allowed in). So, we now have longer lifespan, miracle drugs (that dont work many times), cars that go faster, highways that dont let them move many times, credit cards that
make one bankrupt, and crime rate way way up. More unknown deaseases
comming in, and personal freedom almost non existant. Yes, we have movies and TV that show our drop of moral value. We have AIDS, and
what is now called SSD on the rise which we never had back then. Drugs being available to everyone from age 12 to 70. No, back then may not hae been good, but better than we have now and what is in store for us. If todays "thing" is what you like God help us.0 -
Joe, mind if I ask you a question?
Where were you living during the Depression?
My father told me that there were places in the US that were
very hard hit and other places that pretty much were untouched.
That true?0 -
I was raised by parents that endured the Depression. We were not "rich" , by any means, but my parents never really let on to how poor we actualy were. Maybe they didn't know, second generation imigrants that they were. College was never an option. You will go, whatever it takes for you to go. I was shocked in my first college Sociology class. Holy crap! You mean we are lower middle class?
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My mother was from a wealthy Philadelphian family - sailed through
the Great Depression without a scratch.
My father's people were from Wyoming and Colorado - horse thieves
and cattle rustler types (but REAL friendly, like) and they had a hard
go of it - as did my dad, in Kansas City, during the last half of it.[8D]0 -
I remember in 1952 when cable T.V. was installed in our town, the cable company got an easement to come across my fathers property and he was offered ether $800 or free cable, he took the cash and he and I then spliced the cable with a nail, the reception was fuzzy, but then it was the same quality as the ones who paid $600 cash. Dad put the T.V. back in a box and took it back. My Dad was an optimists he said hey! kid we can go to two or three bars and watch it free, all bars in those days were required to have cold cuts. The Bars had troughs with running water to spit tobacco in.
We were considered modern because we had electricity and running water with an indoor toilet. Phones were fun you could listen to your neighbors, a two party line was a luxury, Milk, butter, eggs ice and goal and heating oil were delivered.0 -
And vegetables, and the Spang's truck brought baked goods. And I think we had an Ice man delivering when I was very little.
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Yeah, you were born the the 80's. That's my decade, get your own. 0 -
Well, you guys have been around awhile, but I remember when the Dead Sea first got sick! 0
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