On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 09:39:14 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"Brice" wrote in message ...
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>On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:32:47 -0800 (PST), GM
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>>See my post "Life is Better Than Ever"...
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>>;-)
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>>Seriously, I was explaining today to some younger folks how "back in the
>>day" peeps used to "work on their cars", e.g. a person with a mechanical
>>knack could do their own car and appliance repairs, etc....
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>>Now much is digital, complicated, and very expensive to repair...
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>>Plus, does any HS youngster still take "shop class"...???
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>Tell us more about the good ol' days, grandad! Not that I'll listen,
>but it's a nice background sound.
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>Oh I don't know! When I look back to my childhood it makes me really
>appreciate what I have now I grew up in an old cottage with no
>electricity. We were very poor. My mother was a nurse but my father was
>always ill so was never able to contribute anything Nurses didn't get
>the salary they get these days though

That's what I mean. Things weren't always better in the past. And in a
100 years time, we'll be the good old days. The cycle just goes on.
Older people will always complain about the present and about
"today's" youth. Bleah.