Yep, the drugs were better back then!


Are you sure? I'll just have to invent a time machine or perhaps a machine that will transport me to explore other alternate realties. Surely there are alternate realities out there where something happened that contribute to the uni(multi)verses creation and therefore will have allowed me to explore the 40s-60s.

Here is a possible scenario "God stubs his toe when walking past a wooden walking chair that his wife inherited and he thought was an eyesore and out-of-place item and become very upset and screamed ''Nancy, I don tol ya, fer the millionth time, I don't want this damn chair in this damn house no I don't". She refused to move the chair which then God replied "oooohhhh I'm so mad, I'm a leavin and I ain't a commin back neither till this chair makes like your father-in-law's hair and disappears".

Well, that's what I'll do. I'll just invent a machine that will allow me to jump from one universe to the other; I mean, how hard can it be? ;)

Yep, the drugs were better back then!

Were the drugs better?
Or were the people better?
Or is that another one of those chicken and the egg conundrums? =)

Hmmmm . . . Sorta Zen-like . . . if'n ya' think about it . . . =)

Of course, the Yaqui Shamen couldn't compare nor compete with the Yankee Shamen.
no? =)

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which leads, naturally, to the Wisdom contained herein:

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Of course NOTHING was "better" back then . . .
and that wasn't the original question . . . was it? =)

. . and everybody's getting fat except Mama Cass . . .

. . and everybody's getting fat except Mama Cass . . .

Too deep for words to Xpress ... =)

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I'm not sure about the housewives of the 40's-60's . . .Yet I know, for
sure, that The Cartoons o' The Past were definitely better.
Keep that mouth flappin' and no thinkin'!

Love it.

Teachers taught reading, writing and arithmetic. It was supplemented
with geography, science and unadulterated history. Electives included
Latin, Shop and Home Economics. Speech, Music & Art was a
combined elective. Orchestra and Band were the others.

If we were caught with a rubber (condom) we were sent home and
punished. Today we'd be rewarded.

I honestly had a shotgun in the trunk of my car. The principal didn't worry
about it. Today it's a crime.

The cafeteria would serve beans and cornbread once a week and we
always had fish on Friday. ALWAYS! Nobody complained. Nobody.

We'd go fishing for crawdads (crayfish) after school. Everybody would
share their bait. Nobody would leave without a mess of crawdads in
their bucket.

We rode our bikes in the sewers. Sometimes it'd take all day and our
parents didn't worry. They knew we were safe.

5th graders had papers routes. Yeah, some of the managers were A-holes,
but we got to earn some money and most of us gave it to our parents to
pay bills. Some of the house payments were almost $100. We thought
nothing of waking up at 4:30am, throwing our route and going to the
donut shop before they opened. Yeah, the owner would let us in and
we'd spend as much as 25 cents apiece. Hey, not even the cops had
that privilege.

Today a dear black friend of mine said that the USA was the best place
for a kid to grow up and even with his background. Yes, he grew up
in an era of racism.

Try that now.

Keep that mouth flappin' and no thinkin'!
=)
Love it.

Would it be okay to accept that with a qualified perhaps? =)
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Would it be okay to accept that with a qualified perhaps? =)
Hey *FHLH said it. That should be enough.

*FHLH - Foghorn Leghorn

Hey FHLH said it. That should be enough.

Please be advised to consult Post [hashtag] 68, above, for clarification on historical perspectives regarding timelines, etc. and so forth.

Olde Tymee Radio was definitely better than NooMillenial Radio.
(at least in my humble opinion. why . . . it even spawned new-fangled cartoons)

Ill take my 1936 tudor in Edgemere Park over a lot of the newer construction.

Hollywood was better? Music was better? Don't know about that. Each time period has its hits and misses. For every good song or movie from any period you can come up with four real duds. The best music ever is whatever you were listening to when you were 16-23. Everything else is just "meh".

That is so true about music. I would expand the age range from 13ish to 25ish give or take a few years each way. I wonder why Top 40 just sounds awful to people once they get to their mid twenties. I loved it and listened to it for hours as a teenager and in my early twenties but now I can turn it to KJ and there is nothing really catchy other than a select few songs.

^

That's true about just about everything.

Read this once and always loved the observation: What is beautiful to a boy of 16 is beautiful forever.

Hence the draw of the Fast & Furious movies to flatbill teens.


...too soon?

Revisiting an old thread here. I can't say for sure, and granted, nostalgia does work in mysterious ways on older minds such as ours. But, I'll take a stab at this 7 year old thread.

1 Television signoffs -At least, somewhere around midnight, you had confirmation that the day was over and it was time to go to bed. But then, even the art of the sign off is missed for me. I always enjoyed the signoffs, The short statement about the height of the antenna, the broadcast power, who owned the station etc. a rendition of High Flight and then national anthem, the a moment of silence as the transmitter powered down. It was as though a link was being severed and you were truly alone again. Finally, the shrill alarm of static.

2. The State Fair. At least it meant something to a generation of baby boomers such as us. Free tickets from school, and a spectacular evening awaited. Everything from the chance to win something, to look at new cars, or ride the new space age monorail and or space needle. Maybe you could catch the disney on ice show, a car race. . None of those things can you do today. Nor does the fair today have any sort of theme or plan other than to convert it into a high dollar stock yards.

3. Neon signs. . without comment.

4. Cain's coffee, which you could smell being roasted in the right part of town

5. Rainbo Bread, which you could smell being baked.

6. Local terrestrial radio First off, the news seemed more local and the programming certainly so. The slide of AM radio over the years and the loss of local programming have not helped community cohesion. Nor has the massive conglomeration of FM radio over the years improved commercial radio's lot. I would still take commercial radio from the 60's to the early 80's compared to what is on the air today.

7. Neighborhoods Without a doubt, the internet, social media, smart phones and technology have all conspired to ensure we know little about our neighbors, who could often be trusted to look out for our benefit. Consider, watching our houses when we were gone, keeping an eye on the local kids and keeping parents informed if their kids got out of line. . Today, even though I make a effort to introduce myself to neighbors, and speak to them often, there is no real relationship there. The relationship does not seem to be recuperated. Not to mention most of the houses are now on their 4th or 5th generation occupant families.



There was no 24 hour cycle, and I would submit that in many ways

7. Neighborhoods Without a doubt, the internet, social media, smart phones and technology have all conspired to ensure we know little about our neighbors, who could often be trusted to look out for our benefit. Consider, watching our houses when we were gone, keeping an eye on the local kids and keeping parents informed if their kids got out of line. . Today, even though I make a effort to introduce myself to neighbors, and speak to them often, there is no real relationship there. The relationship does not seem to be recuperated. Not to mention most of the houses are now on their 4th or 5th generation occupant families.

Yes, no question about this.

Was just talking to someone about this, how so few people interact with their neighbors any more and the bad impact that has on society in general.

There are a million reasons for this but the effect is certainly detrimental.

Yes, no question about this.

Was just talking to someone about this, how so few people interact with their neighbors any more and the bad impact that has on society in general.

There are a million reasons for this but the effect is certainly detrimental.

Just to play devil's advocate here.... The digital world has allowed me to know things about my neighbors I might have never been able to know before.

Just to play devil's advocate here.... The digital world has allowed me to know things about my neighbors I might have never been able to know before.

True.

Can you give an example of that knowledge improving your quality of life?

I suppose things like the sex offender registry are things we never had before.

I know it's been said but I would say social interaction as a whole.

I was in college when Facebook came out and it was starting hit it's stride when I graduated. I can't imagine going to high school and college now with it. It's hard for me to explain. I wouldn't call it an invasion of privacy, but we know plenty about people due to the sharing and posting we can see on a daily basis. So when I see a "friend" out I haven't seen in a while, it's hard and awkward sometimes to have that "catch up" chat since I already know what's going on with them. Probably why high school reunions are going down.

Only helping fuel that is the smartphone. I am guilty just as anyone pulling my phone out and getting lost. There is a time and place for it though. I can't stand when I go out to eat and see a family out as well, but all the kids have their head in the phones or iPads and not talking to each other while the parents are chatting away.

As for real estate it's a catch 22. The advancements of Zillow and Trulia have made it much easier for buyers and sellers to get the information they need. However, our MLS gives way too much information to these sites, and more and more this information gets used by buyers and sellers, then they realize they only need us to get in a house. So the old days of real estate of getting in the car with the agent and them driving you around to see houses you might like are over. This is why there is an internal battle brewing between realtors, as well as realtors and sellers. The emergence of limited listings/flat fees has thrown a serious wrench in the cog. Pay a small fee to a brokerage and they will put your home on the MLS. What they don't say is that while you get that exposure, you are on your own for everything else (contracts, negotiating, inspections, ect). A handful of people are fine with that, but I have seen too many go this route and get taken advantage of by the other realtor. We have never had to show our value more in today's climate.

True.

Can you give an example of that knowledge improving your quality of life?

I suppose things like the sex offender registry are things we never had before.

That and I was able to look at a lot of crime statistics before I bought my house. I also had a pretty good outlook on the average age of those living around my home too.... I was able to do a lot of research on my home about the neighborhood before I even considered taking the first step of financing it.