Gaylord speaks wisdom. We constantly forget when assessing others that people of different generations can’t make the same comparisons we’re making. This is why the ‘when I was your age’ line falls flat. No reference point for the one receiving the lecture.
Let’s see, when I was a kid, no cell phones, no microwave ovens, no home computers or internet, no electronic games, cars had carburetors so hard to start in winter or restart in extreme heat (vapor lock), seat belts and AC in the car were optional, TV needed heat up time for vacuum tubes and most people had black and white, office jobs usually required coat and tie and men wore dress hats, women wore dresses or skirts unless very casual event, most full size family cars had horrible gas mileage like 8-15 mpg, fax machines and copiers out of reach of small business or churches (mimeograph! spirit duplicators!), cameras took film and were grainy at “fast speed” like ASA/ISO 400, snow blowers out of reach of most, no weed whackers…….why were those days so good again?
We were taught to be responsible for our own actions. Families played together,we were creative, respectful and we honored our teachers. Good old days!
Good old days? I lived, then, in a neighborhood that now features regular shootings and street murders; then, we did not lock the house doors at night (much less during the day) and were not worried about street crime. So even without a lot of high tech gadgets life was pretty good….
Thomas Scott Roberts creator almost 8 years ago
Gaylord speaks wisdom. We constantly forget when assessing others that people of different generations can’t make the same comparisons we’re making. This is why the ‘when I was your age’ line falls flat. No reference point for the one receiving the lecture.
RalphZIggy almost 8 years ago
Let’s see, when I was a kid, no cell phones, no microwave ovens, no home computers or internet, no electronic games, cars had carburetors so hard to start in winter or restart in extreme heat (vapor lock), seat belts and AC in the car were optional, TV needed heat up time for vacuum tubes and most people had black and white, office jobs usually required coat and tie and men wore dress hats, women wore dresses or skirts unless very casual event, most full size family cars had horrible gas mileage like 8-15 mpg, fax machines and copiers out of reach of small business or churches (mimeograph! spirit duplicators!), cameras took film and were grainy at “fast speed” like ASA/ISO 400, snow blowers out of reach of most, no weed whackers…….why were those days so good again?
nanellen almost 8 years ago
We were taught to be responsible for our own actions. Families played together,we were creative, respectful and we honored our teachers. Good old days!
Sisyphos almost 8 years ago
Good old days? I lived, then, in a neighborhood that now features regular shootings and street murders; then, we did not lock the house doors at night (much less during the day) and were not worried about street crime. So even without a lot of high tech gadgets life was pretty good….