Good read.And don't give me this crap about Boomer music. The Beatles were all born before the end of the war. So was Janis. So while the Boomers can claim they had the good taste to listen to gifted pre-Boomers, when it came their turn to make music, the truest expression of their generation, what did they give us?
Disco.
The generation that came before the Boomers gave them Dylan. The Boomers gave us KC and the Sunshine Band. Thanks a lot.
Well, I think you got your answer in post #7. But, I don't think we are patting ourselves on the back. We are in effect saying thank you. From Steve Welder's comment: Yep, all of the above and the Fifties and Sixties were a great time to grow up, but those great decades were a gift to us from the Greatest generation. They made the scarifies and had the courage and fortitude, the loyalty to the country first with a unselfish, honest, modest common sense approachMost of what Mark says is in humor. Most of what gofish says...........I have no idea if he's (or she) is serious, or bitching or proud of something.
Yep, all of the above and the Fifties and Sixties were a great time to grow up, but those great decades were a gift to us from the Greatest generation. They made the scarifies and had the courage and fortitude, the loyalty to the country first with a unselfish, honest, modest common sense approach
I asked my wife's granddad, if he ever rode a mule. He said he had, a few times. I asked him, "how'd they do"? He said, "some weren't too bad."True.
And, each generation is presented with problems, advantages, disadvantages, good, bad, etc. that the previous generation did not enjoy or endure.
I was raised by parents that were in their 40s when I was born. Parents that fought 2 wars and endured the real Great Depression.
I guess that I skipped a generation.
But, may dad did not walk to school , uphill, and in the snow in SW Ga. He rode a damn mule, folks.
Mules are great. Very smart. I did just about all those things but I lived way out the in the country on a red dirt road. It’s where I drank my first beer, it’s where I found Jesus, it’s where I wrecked my first car. I tore it all to pieces.I asked my wife's granddad, if he ever rode a mule. He said he had, a few times. I asked him, "how'd they do"? He said, "some weren't too bad."
Wow. ...and I thought you were pretty cool all this time.
And if cooked right, they taste just like horse, at only a fraction of the costMules are great. Very smart.
Just a little cross generational ribbingWow. ...and I thought you were pretty cool all this time.
I moved from a suburb to a rural setting 14 years ago, kinda like stepping back in time. People still wave you through first at intersections, the cashier stops and actually talks to you, our neighbor goes for his morning walk down our dirt road and I stop so we can chat for a few minutes about our neighbors. Then I drive to work where selfish drivers cut me off and flip me on in the process, after coasting through a red light cause they were on the phone. What a contrast..
If you say so.Just a little cross generational ribbing
I mean, you guys did give us disco and Bill Clinton.
Nice avatar Rusty!!Wow. ...and I thought you were pretty cool all this time.
You had a great time growing up Go-fishI was born in 80 and must have grown up like all you old timers. Even in my teens I was driving a 73 Challenger and a 73 Duster while listening to Zeppelin. We had party’s in fields with bon fires, fights were fist fights and not gun fights, cell phones and internet wasn’t really a thing yet. Mine was probably the last birth year to complete me into adulthood with no internet or cell phone. I know they were around but small town Oklahoma didn’t have it.
I remember my Junior year I fished ponds, lakes, and rivers for over 290 that year. I was logging all my trips and skipped a lot of things because I was that dedicated. Sometimes I woke up at 4:30 am to go before work.
I guess last bing in the country was timeless back then. I had no interest in anything that was new (cars, music), I even dated older women, lol.
Unfortunately it's a whole different world out there. Everyone is in a rush, rude drivers and people who wouldn't give you the time of day unless there's something in it for them.I moved from a suburb to a rural setting 14 years ago, kinda like stepping back in time. People still wave you through first at intersections, the cashier stops and actually talks to you, our neighbor goes for his morning walk down our dirt road and I stop so we can chat for a few minutes about our neighbors. Then I drive to work where selfish drivers cut me off and flip me on in the process, after coasting through a red light cause they were on the phone. What a contrast..
And lets not forget a few othersJust a little cross generational ribbing
I mean, you guys did give us disco and Bill Clinton.
Unfortunately it's a whole different world out there. Everyone is in a rush, rude drivers and people who wouldn't give you the time of day unless there's something in it for them.
Sad to think of how we've changed
I read these things that the OP posted and usually recall another time gone past and move on....This one I noticed now is on other social media sites. This kind of stuff I guess is geared to the off springs of the greatest generation. I do have to wonder that if my parents generation had access to a internet and social media would they have wasted precious times posting this stuff, saying how great it was when they were younger......I kind of doubt that as it wasn't so greatLets face fact, the fewer people around you, the slower life moves along, where less is more....theb etter life really is. If a person has never experienced it, they never know.
Thank you. I had made some posts and deleted them because I genuinely don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. When you dissent about a generation and point out messed up things with the generation while everyone is being all rosy about the past they get a little upset. I decided to go along to get along. I have to remember that the Boomer generation was the first generation to have public education that taught them what to think and not how to think and it's only gotten worse with Gen X,Y, Millenials. As I've pointed out it really is about the setting and the parenting, not timeframes.When I find myself looking out that rear window to often, the reality is as its nice to do once in awhile, its that front windshield I need to pay more attention to as that's were im headed