Do baby boomers realize that... (Iran, statistics, regular, Kerry)

[Old Gringo]

Originally Posted by Felix C

^^No Oscar Mayer variety pack in your house? You know with Bologna, Cotto Salami, Salami for Beer, Canadian Bacon, Olive Loaf?

Heck, no!

And that liverwurst was actually some vile stuff called braunschweiger.

You knew the family pecking order because Canadian Bacon went first, then Olive Loaf, then Salami For Beer, then it was me or the dog had to fight it out for the Cotto or Bologna. Dog was too big until a grew a few years.

You're another one o' those spoiled rich kids.

[Felix C]

Originally Posted by shooting4life

Your response doesn't even make sense. It is like pretending we had less pedophiles in the 60's because we didn't have megans law to track everyone. It is always the same people/situatios as before, just now information flows more freely than before so people can make decisions based on more information instead of just your core group of friends.

Look. Do not know your age or experiences. Do not care as it is C-D POC. We disagree and that is it.

Be thankful for the courtesy of strangers.

[alphamale]

Originally Posted by TheHurricaneKid

When adjusted for inflation, they started out at wages better than minimum wage workers today?



and that they had a very high minimum wage AND a low unemployment rate?

Stop whining and get to work.

[Old Gringo]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

Hey - remember that we weren't even ALLOWED to carry a calculator to class, either!

Calculators didn't even come along until the early 70's, young lady.

Nope - we could actually count out change at our minimum wage jobs when we were fifteen years old - we didn't have to wait for the computerized cash register to tell us exactly what change to give the customer.

Oh yeah but that's a lost art too these days - no one pays with cash anymore.

But you get my point - we were more self sufficient. That alone is worth something.

I'm lookin' forward to my fat gummint social security check one day real soon. Been self sufficient for way too long now.

[Jaggy001]

The OP should be out working instead of posting on C-D. Doesn't he/she realize that he/she has our social security and medicare to pay for?

[Jaggy001]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

Calculators didn't even come along until the early 70's, young lady.



I'm lookin' forward to my fat gummint social security check one day real soon. Been self sufficient for way too long now.

Not true ... we had calculators in the early 1960s. You dialed in the number and then cranked the handle the number of times you wanted to multiply.

[tamajane]

They want the positive things that the boomers grew up with all the luxuries that exist now but did not then.

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

Bus?

You had it easy.

I usually got liverwurst to go with my white bread, though. Bologna was too expensive. Still hate that stuff.

At least you had bread.

[Old Gringo]

Originally Posted by Jaggy001

Not true ... we had calculators in the early 1960s. You dialed in the number and then cranked the handle the number of times you wanted to multiply.

Another spoilt rich kid.

[Old Gringo]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

At least you had bread.

Sometimes it was crackers.