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Hi William,  And if the teacher spanked you guess what happened when you got home !?!?!   Hope your Holiday Season is the best ever!

My son calls records old fashioned CD's and typewriters Manual Word Processors.  He is not saying it as a joke, that is how he perceives them.

Why does everything seem more nostalgic looking back? Is it human nature to romanticize the past, even though we didn't think it was that great while we were living it?

Fun post, though! Merry Christmas.

Yeah time does move fast 

William,

We could do some repairs on our own cars, a kid could go places without their parents being in sight and not be in fear of being kidnapped or worse (usually), and you could get a full sized candy bar for a nickle. (Some of you are too young to know about those days first hand.)

Hi! William,

Regardless of what some of the younger people think, I did think it was great then because it was!  We could ride our bikes all over town, go out on Halloween without worry for our parents (or us), watch the Wonderful World of Disney all together, buy a Delaware Punch for a nickle, and get four slices of real American cheese after school at the little market up the hill for my after school snack...among dozens of other wonderful things.  I think unless you are old enough to remember growing up watching Leave it to Beaver, Andy Griffith, Father Knows Best, and more (and not as reruns), you will never know what you missed!

Thanks for sharing a bit about yourself and the pictures!

Bill, What I would like to know is...are you in any of these pictures?

Ah, yes, the perspective of age. What young people will eventually get...if they can ever survive long enough and develop the fortitude that older generations had to endure.

I hear you Steve, we have had to sacrifice some important things for the greatness of the new millennium...good post William!

My wife was talking to her five year old grand daughter one day and told her that when she was her age that they didn't even have a television. Her grand daughter followed up with this question "But grandma, what did you plug your VCR into"? Now kids wonder what a VCR is. At least the clock isn't flashing 12:00 on mine!

I used to think Dick Tracy had the best gadget in the world with his fantastic WRIST RADIO to call head quarters with.....wonder if Dick could use a BLACKBERRY? Just a little more advanced than his old standby.

How many of you even remember Dick Tracy....and his wrist radio?

We had to wait for years once the movie came out before we could watch it on VCR's.

Our neice and nephew always say, can you pause the TV when we are on a "live feed" because at home they have a DVR.  Entertainment on demand.

Just a wonderful post my friend!  As things change they stay the same, and these youths certainly do have the world by the BUTT don't they, lol! 

It was a tough time. I'm amazed we all lived to tell about it!

William

At least you had a pencil! We walked 6 miles uphill and carved our lessons on slate or stone tablets. Homework was tough, where do you think the term 'ton of homework' came from?

Ty

Bill, that's funny but true about the 1900's comment.  It was rough back then!  Transistor radios no MP3 Players, 9" black & white TV were the big deal!  Heck not everyone even had a TV when I was a kid!

Congrats on the feature!

William, uphill, both ways, in the snow, barefoot! You gave me quite a chuckle, what a great post!

What will our kids remember?  No 2 years are the same, not even 6 months stays the same.  They expect change and are easily bored.

I'm glad I was born when I was.

the wife and i were watching "Its a wonderful life" last weekend on the tv by the pool and our 15 yr old came out after dinner for a swim..Oh we live in FL and had the a/c on last week, anyway he sat down and watched the movie in black and white and he thought it was really good and the underlying tone was a good story and eveyone should have to watch it....who says the youth of today just don't get it