Subj : Re: the art of home recor
To   : WARD DOSSCHE
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu Jul 27 2023 01:33:00

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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