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[Love to Run]

Ah yes, the good old days.

[CANDLEQUEEN]

I loved my childhood. We lived in a neighborhood with tons of kids, and the parents all knew each other, even if just a little bit.

Everyone played together and we used our imaginations. We rode bikes, rollerskated, play pickel n the middle, ding dong ditch(occasionally)kickball and more...

In the Wintertime, we went ice skating, there was a nice ice rink right around the corner from our houses and we had so much fun. We went sledding..

Everyone learned how to get along, we also had all different ethnicities as well, so prejudice-what was that? we just played together, we didn't care about color, or religion,etc..

We all walked to the local Elementary school together and then all walked to the same Jr High together....You could play outside until dark without worries, and parents watched out for all the kids.... 

It was a different time, and I am so glad my sister and I had such a nice chilhood filled with great memories.

From time to time we will run into someone who lived in our neighborhood and we will reminensce(sp?) about how fun it all was.....

[lgfan]

George Floyd

Trayvon Martin

Ah the "good" new modern days.,

[Lakelife62]

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@lgfan wrote:

George Floyd

Trayvon Martin

Ah the "good" new modern days.,

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We would know neither of their names if this happened 50 years ago.

[paixmcdao]

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@poetmalone wrote:
80s kid here. What I wouldn’t give to go back. These kids these days are missing out on their phones.

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What specifics do you feel that they are missing out on?

[Northray]

I love the commercials from that time.  Youtube it.  Everyone loves a Slinky.  

[Tinkrbl44]

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@paixmcdao wrote:

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@poetmalone wrote:
80s kid here. What I wouldn’t give to go back. These kids these days are missing out on their phones.

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What specifics do you feel that they are missing out on?

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@paixmcdao   @poetmalone

The younger ones only text whenever they can avoid making a phone call and actually speaking to another human. 

Conversations are getting shorter and shorter and their communication skills are suffering.   The idea of having a long and insightful chat with another person is becoming a foreign concept.  

Exaggerating slightly, how are they ever going to develop meaningful relationships with another human if all they do is text?  

[Ronettes]

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@Mersha wrote:

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 I believe many would agree that the Greatest Generation, my parents included, were those that endured WWII.

The world then was engaged in an awful, terrible, horrific war.  I can't imagine living through that when fathers, husbands and sons were sent to other parts of the world to fight and die for freedom.

As bad as it was, this country pulled together and sacrificed so much to end up victorius.

They were and always will be the the Greatest Generation.

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I too had family members who lost their lives, were imprisoned in the work/death camps of Siberia, fought all over the world for peace, and suffered through those days for many years.

They were the Greatest Generation, as you said. And people today do not appreciate them, or are perhaps totally unaware of their sacrifices.

[EastCoastGal]

l changed my mind to comment...