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   RM> "There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and   
   RM> lament the present"..   Lillian Eichler Watson   
      
   RM> That was probably written about 75 years ago..   B)   
      
   WD>You think that also was true around 1360 when the 2nd bubonic plague in   
   Europ   
     >as over after having caused the death of 1/3 of the population?   
      
   WD>But in general a true statement ... I think ... though I still fondly   
   remembe   
     >he days way back when I spent my vacations in the countryside at my   
   grandma's   
     >use. Water from a well, cooking on a wood stove, no TV, no telephone,   
   getting   
     >lk from the farmer down the street straight from the cow, early morning   
   radio   
     >stening to messages for colombophiles as that would be the indication for   
   the   
     >ather, watching the altitude at which the swallows flew to determine if rain   
     > on its way ... the simple uncomplicated life. If you were not selected in a   
     >m during a game ... live with it ... if the coffee was too hot, blow to cool   
     > going fishing with just a line, a stick and a worm, no hook ... fish were   
   so   
     >llible they'd choke on it.   
      
   WD>Now there's an app for everything.   
      
   A lot of quoting left there but much of it is important. Getting into 'Old   
   Man' mode, saying things I used to curse old people for and swore I'd never   
   do, it's hard to watch what a lot of young people do these days without   
   comment, if silently in your head.. Funny, I remember as a pre-teen taking on   
   cutting about an acre of grass with a gas/push lawn mower for 75 cents and I   
   know people now who are willing to pay $50  an hour for lawn mowing and   
   can't find a school kid willing to do it. I know inflation has gone up   
   a lot since I did it, say 1966/67, but not That much..   
   Summers spent working in farmer's fields to make a few dollars.   
   After age 16 working 35 hours a week after school at a grocery store   
   stocking shelves and such. I started that job at 80 cents an hour..   
      
   Grumble.. grumble.. worked to pay my way through college and did apprentice   
   work to get other chemical degrees and I see kids today with their education   
   all paid for by their parents complaining about how bad they have it because   
   they aren't also given a new car, $150 sneakers and such..   
      
   Housing is ridiculously expensive, I'll give young people that, but I remember   
   working 3 jobs and driving a 14 year old car for years to afford my first   
   tiny house that needed a lot of work, which I had to learn to do myself   
   because who could afford to hire anyone to do it? Oh, and I watched mortgage   
   interest rates go from 12.5% to 17% when I renewed my mortgage after 5 years.   
   A lot of month's end weeks I was living on Kraft Dinner back when it was   
   cheaper than anything else, 17 cents a box in cases of 72 as I recall.   
      
   I could go on but won't bore people more on this. A good work ethic pays   
   off and I've had a pretty good life overall. (But don't ask me about women!)   
   Work hard and sacrifice when you are young and things will be better later..   
      
   And take to heart the old joke, 'If I'd known I was going to live this long   
   I'd have taken better care of myself..'   B)   
      
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