Decades Of Difference---Thoughts To Ponder - Page 2

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

Being born during World War 2 was NOT what I would call "Good Times"...

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Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@Desertdi wrote:
Being born during World War 2 was NOT what I would call "Good Times"...

@Desertdi I don't thing we kids suffered because we didn't know any difference. We didn't have many toys without plastics, rubber or metals but we made some grand creations with a few nails, A hammer and some second hand boards. We didn't know we were deprived. Dad even managed to buy me a second hand tricycle which he rehabbed and turned into a beauty.

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781Florist · ‎10-16-2021

I remember the whole neighborhood full of kids playing kick the can and giving

Beatles concerts on an enclosed porch with wooden guitars and cardboard box drums.

Punchball at the city playground and making plaster of paris Santa statues and "God Bless Our Home" placques.

While I do think that today's kids would really benefit from and enjoy some of what we

treasure and remember, we need to keep in mind that the things that occupy their minds and their time will be their treasured memories in future years, and we do not have ownership over that!

I really love the fact that if I want to know what ever beccame of so-and-so who was the sherriff on an old TV show ..today I can simply tap out some question on a keyboard and get my info in seconds. I can really want to hear an old favorite or a very obscure hit from my halcyon days and all I need to do is ask Alexa or Siri to play it and there it is!

And I can still appreciate this advancement and love utilzing it even while remembering and missing Casey Kasem telling me to "Keep my feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars!" We are indeed the lucky ones. Yesterday's memories and experiences and today's convenience.

No wonder the Millenials are so jealous of the Boomers!

781Florist · ‎10-16-2021

A little P.S. to my post....

Bob Dylan wrote the beautiful song "The Times They Are A Changing" when we were young and about to displace our parent's generation. The words to that song are eternal and can be used for every new generation. It is hard to hear when the finger is pointed at ourselves.

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@Kachina624 wrote:

@Desertdi wrote:
Being born during World War 2 was NOT what I would call "Good Times"...
@Desertdi I don't thing we kids suffered because we didn't know any difference. We didn't have many toys without plastics, rubber or metals but we made some grand creations with a few nails, A hammer and some second hand boards. We didn't know we were deprived. Dad even managed to buy me a second hand tricycle which he rehabbed and turned into a beauty.

@Kachina624 I was pretty "aware" in Chicago....in a triangle bounded by O'Hare Army-Air, Great Lakes Naval, Fort Sheridan Army, and Navy Pier. We had blackout shades on the windows, and convoys on the City thorofares, submarines going thru the Chicago River to the Lake being shipped eventually out to the Pacific for combat.

I admit that I didn't understand the enormity of it...but I did realize something very "bad" was going on. di

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hckynutjohn · ‎06-15-2015

@Spurt

I could go thru each one with specificity, but will choose to make this short. What my view on life and how I wanted to live it? I learned at a very young age.

In spite of going against my loving late mother's wishes, this phrase I saw decades ago, was the most influential thing in my life, then and now. Who said it?

"Man was born to live not to prepare for life"

That's it!

hckynut 🇺🇸

hckynut(john)

jlkz · ‎12-02-2013

@alliswell

While not a History major, I am very concerned that this country ( and others ) haven't learned the lessons leading up to two world wars. The aggressive actions exploding on Ukraine are a prelude: the falling dominoes will continue to spread beyond that country's border....

Even more cause for alarm is the mentality that "our" political party must win through any means possible: create "truth" where there is none. Say it often enough and celebrate those in power: that will make it real.

Accountability...? Courage to stand up for what is right ?

Too much time and effort is being spent on social platforms and entertainment: a generation is out of touch with history and how present day events are sowing the seeds for a world beset by a war unlike any ever seen thanks to technology.

Technology: it touches everything from what we see, hear, read about, research, experience, etc. Sources can distort information so much that it will lead to confusion and mistrust.

Sad state of affairs...to repeat history when there is a chance to learn from it !!!

Sorry for the down post: I have just read and seen photographs of war torn Ukraine this AM....

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
Sir Winston Churchill

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

@Kachina624 wrote:

@Desertdi wrote:
Being born during World War 2 was NOT what I would call "Good Times"...
@Desertdi I don't thing we kids suffered because we didn't know any difference. We didn't have many toys without plastics, rubber or metals but we made some grand creations with a few nails, A hammer and some second hand boards. We didn't know we were deprived. Dad even managed to buy me a second hand tricycle which he rehabbed and turned into a beauty.

@Kachina624 Amen to that because every kid in the neighborhood was living that same way.

We may not have had extras but we did have food on the table, clothes on our backs and a roof over our heads.

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

@Desertdi wrote:
Being born during World War 2 was NOT what I would call "Good Times"...

@Desertdi I agree. I have a picture of my Grandmother on her bicycle holding up her ration card which she needed to buy groceries. Her son was gone somewhere in the Navy and her son in law somewhere in the Army. Yes, things were not so great then especially if you lived in Europe.

Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

@desertrat8 wrote:
@Spurt I loved that! Was born in1940 and it brought back vivid, fond memories. Todays children seem to have everything organized for them without imaginative freedom to just be. Honestly, I don't think those of us who grew up back then thought anything could harm us, but we learned the value of hard work and respect!

@desertrat8

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Yep, I hear ya and agree---whether it be mother setting up a "play date" or computers doing the math, and even cursive writing has gone away in the form of electronic signatures....If a power outage comes they are lost....imagination and creativity has taken a blow JMHO

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