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I was born in 1978, and I think my generation had the best childhood ever.
We had enough "technology" to help everyday life be handled easily, but not enough that it took that much place in our lives. 3 TV channeles, having to wait to see the next episode, no internet to give you immediate and sometimes questionable answers to anything.
If you needed toothpaste or anything, there were only 3 or 4 possibilities in the supermarket, and not 50 like today, and that was plenty sufficient.
There were not enough cars on the road for preventing playing in the street.
You were safe outside of your house, and parents did not have to worry about where you were.
With the standard average salary, you could have enough to live, spare a little bit for extras, go in vacation once a year.
I had real friends, I could show up any time in the day by them and we would go outside and play. I had 47% chance of falling on my crush's father when I phoned her. People were polite. We showed teachers respect. Streets were cleaned by people themselves. We had great music aired. Radio and papers were a real thing and not kept artificially alive like today.
Well, the list is long. I believe that my children are part of the first generation who will have worse living conditions than the previous generation. I consider myself super lucky, I grew up with not that much money but enough to enjoy life, in a peaceful country, with no stress and no pollution. This are already things I am unable to provide my children with.
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+ If I was away from home and needed to make a phone call, I had to go to a phone booth and pay $0.10 for 3 minutes of talk time.
+ If I wanted to learn about something, I went to the library.
+ In my favorite (or maybe most) movies, there were always people with a cigarette in one hand and booze in the other. And that was COOL at the time.
+ A fist fight would end as soon as one person said "ouch", basically admitting defeat.
+ If I came in from outside too often, Mom would say "Get out and stay out until dinner time!".
+ I could buy a slice of pizza and a soda with $1, and get back $0.25 change, which allowed me to play a game a pinball.
There was more but I lost my chain of thought.
On the other hand, you have different fingers. - Steven Wright
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Lets see...
No more people in iron lungs.
Good ol' boys can't beat up their wives, children, ethnics or gays no matter how drunk they are.
Nor can police officers.
They can't even beat up each other (without commenting on whether that is good or not.)
Kids are not allowed much less encouraged to beat up other children as a spectator sport.
Cars have seat belts and no open alcohol.
(Presumably) priests are no longer allowed to abuse children either sexually or physically with impunity.
Kids actually have the real possibility of learning something on their own. If they have the interest the possibility exists that they can at least find out what is involved rather than being entirely reliant on what their parents might know.
They actually understand that children can have mental issues outside of the categories of broken and criminal.
Childhood leukemia is survivable. Probably quite a few others childhood diseases as well.
Really vast array of different types of food and food preparation which is available now and not then. Back then bananas were something that only showed up at certain times of year. In my mothers time even oranges, grapefruit (citrus of any kind) only showed up once a year for a very limited time. I can name ethnic food types that I like and those that I do not like and those were not even in the lexicon of discussion when I was young.
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Is being located within the European mainland considered incontinence ?
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You are talking s**t again.
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KennethKennedy wrote: You are talking sMARt again. FIFY
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I'm in the EU and after reading your post, I'm pissed.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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you would be incontinent: EU is but one continent.
Signature not found error error: Unable to throw signature not found error.
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Most EU politicians have verbal incontinence.
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: ALL Most EU politicians have verbal incontinence. FTFY
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I'm allowed - I am a limey as well.
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... but this version also sounds good:
Wizard of Id[^]
As my (elven) character in Skyrim always says: Elves are d*ckheads.
The user can't update the up: we update it for them (Choice in the CP poll)
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Words of wisdom : never judge a book by its movie.
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Australian criminals abreast their truck. 10
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Here is a random 10 letter word guess "highjacked"
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OK - you win!
You're back up tomorrow - so what was it?
The best I could come up with was "BUSHRANGER", but that didn't fit the "abreast their truck" bit.
(Neither did "TAUTOLOGY" which my first thought, but that's only 9 letters anyway)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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CONS TIT UTE
I thought 'abreast' was fairly obvious.
Australian flat bed/truck in the US/Bucky in SA, is a Ute, utility vehicle.
Criminals, australia, has a nice connection. Hence Cons.
Anyway, have to think of something else for tomorrow....
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I had con or convict but didnt spend enough time on it to get the rest. Good clue though.
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It also helps if you give some clue as to what the whole solution means:
Australian criminals abreast their truck were made up. (10) For example.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Exactly what I was thinking
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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Do you want to go for it tomorrow, or should I?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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My clues seem a bit too cryptic, so perhaps you should. Unless you want to struggle again.
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I'm a "reputable individual"!!!
(And it costs me nothing, but my name, age, phone, account no, shoe size, color of eye)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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