Those were the days

[Anonymous]

"Are you sure that was a much better time to grow up?"

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Yep, I'm sure! 

[chuck]

Many of the problems we are facing today were around then, we were just totally unaware of them.  Many of the problems we face today are not because we aren't aware of them, we just chose to ignore them in the hope that they will go away.  They don't.  They just change, and they usually get worse.

Re growing up now vrs then.  I'd pick now.  Kids today are much better informed and in many ways smarter.  Many of the diseases we faced as children that were truely life threatening are now almost irradicated because of vacines and new medical technologies.

The glass isn't half empty of half full.  It's just a half a glass of water.  If you see it otherwise, it says more about you than it does the glass of water. 

[Anonymous]

You pick your generation, Chuck, and I'll pick mine. I've heard all the rationalizations before, so nothing new there.  I was just lucky--I grew up in a time and place that I wouldn't trade for anything.  And there was NO better time to be a boy fascinated by trains because trains were an intergral part of life for virtually everyone, and toy trains were an integral part of life for the vast majority of American boys.

[underworld]

 Could you imagine traveling with travelers checks? Do they even exist anymore? 

 

Traveler's checks still exist, but last year's vacation was the first year in 10 that I went without them. Just because they exist doesn't mean that the personon the other side of the counter knows they exist. The last 3 years of travelling out east proved to me that they are more trouble than they are worth, mostly due to the ignorance (lack of training?)  of retail clerks.

 

J White

 

Some retail operations and some restaurants actually don't take them. I think they are better suited to international travel now.

underworld