You were not even born then, what would you know?

I simply asked a question. Is that OK with you???

You were not even born then, what would you know?

 

I hate to speak for GT.

 

 

 

But, like him, I've heard lots of stories about the "good ol' days," and as a result feel no obligation to gloss over the bad parts and highlight the good parts as though the "good ol' days" were a Norman Rockwell painting.

 

Yes, there were some idyllic things that were fantastic. But it's not some grandiose picture like some folks want to paint. All they are doing is trying to make their childhood sound as though it was better than everybody else had it.

You were not even born then, what would you know?

 

From what I've heard & read, probably more than those who experienced that era.

From what I've heard & read, probably more than those who experienced that era.

 

:sssh::lol:

I hate to speak for GT.

 

 

 

But, like him, I've heard lots of stories about the "good ol' days," and as a result feel no obligation to gloss over the bad parts and highlight the good parts as though the "good ol' days" were a Norman Rockwell painting.

 

Yes, there were some idyllic things that were fantastic. But it's not some grandiose picture like some folks want to paint. All they are doing is trying to make their childhood sound as though it was better than everybody else had it.

 

 

When I hear people say the good old days, I think they are thinking more about the times when families sat down and had dinner together every evening, times where you could leave your door unlocked at night, times when mothers were able to stay home and take care of the children, and didn't have to work to help support the family, when children could play outside for hours and parents not worry where they might be.

I simply asked a question. Is that OK with you???

 

I might be wrong, but I thought Henry was just joking with you.

When I hear people say the good old days, I think they are thinking more about the times when families sat down and had dinner together every evening, times where you could leave your door unlocked at night, times when mothers were able to stay home and take care of the children, and didn't have to work to help support the family, when children could play outside for hours and parents not worry where they might be.

 

Like I said, idyllic.

 

The problem is that there are different experiences than yours about "the good ol' days." And it gets pretty old when folks try to pass "the good ol' days" off as all wonderful things to all people.

I might be wrong, but I thought Henry was just joking with you.

It was pretty clear to me she wasn't. Did you see a smiley I missed???

When I hear people say the good old days, I think they are thinking more about the times when families sat down and had dinner together every evening, times where you could leave your door unlocked at night, times when mothers were able to stay home and take care of the children, and didn't have to work to help support the family, when children could play outside for hours and parents not worry where they might be.

 

All of which happened in my family well in to the 90s...

It was pretty clear to me she wasn't. Did you see a smiley I missed???

 

 

 

Like I said, I might be wrong. :lol:

All of which happened in my family well in to the 90s...

 

 

That's great, and that's the childhood that I remember. To me, my childhood was the good old days, but my father would have said different.

All of which happened in my family well in to the 90s...

 

Tell us all about it country boy.

Tell us all about it country boy.

I'm as country as it gets... :lol: :lol:

I'm as country as it gets... :lol: :lol:

 

Country boy can survive. Shoulda picked up on that long ago ... :lol:

Like I said, idyllic.

 

The problem is that there are different experiences than yours about "the good ol' days." And it gets pretty old when folks try to pass "the good ol' days" off as all wonderful things to all people.

 

:thumb:

 

I think the point that Jim and others are making is that if you merely define the the past as those times when certain drugs were less prevalent, which is up for discussion, or when most people adhered to some type of disciplinarian family life, you may be able to draw a distinction with the present. However, you would be completely ignoring some of the most nefarious aspects of this country's history in order to shame the current generation.