Born in the wrong generation

[angus26]

These new motor cars are the bee's knees! Lets drive into town for a quick jaunt in the city, and maybe after that we'll go take a ride in one of those new fangled aero-planes! What is the "computer" you speak of? What is this "Battle of Stalingrad" you guys are talking about? Why is everyone here talking about a second world war! I thought the last one was supposed to be the one to end em all! 

 

[Vig]

Yeah, I feel it.  I think I would be more comfortable c. 1890.

[Legioneod]

Nostalgia is an interesting thing. 1920s would be my thing, or the 1860-1900s going west and exploring the frontier.

[ZachariasX]

51 minutes ago, Legioneod said:

Nostalgia is an interesting thing. 1920s would be my thing, or the 1860-1900s going west and exploring the frontier.

 

But you could die from just standing on a rusty nail...

[Hoots]

1 hour ago, ZachariasX said:

 

But you could die from just standing on a rusty nail...

Even assuming you made it to an age by which you could walk. 

[56RAF_Roblex]

I have always thought that, if you were rich, the 1930s would have been a fun time.  Buy a Tiger Moth, have a few hours of lessons then take it home and land on Mummys lawn :-)     If you need to work for a living but have an inheritance then buy a flying boat and run cargo around the Pacific.  Maybe risk life & limb being a mail pilot.

[ZachariasX]

2 minutes ago, 56RAF_Roblex said:

Buy a Tiger Moth

This assumes you slipping out of a filthy rich uterus. When you look at the real world cost of a Tiger Moth compared to a normal workers salary, it is the same as a Gulfstream is to you today.

 

But I'd love to live in ancient times as well. But healthy. Rich. A king, no, a healthy, rich king. Then all womenfolk would be mine. The pretty ones at least. I could order them by decree not to nag. I also could decapitate any counselor that comes and doesn't back up his claims with a proof. It'd be great.

[56RAF_Roblex]

3 hours ago, ZachariasX said:

This assumes you slipping out of a filthy rich uterus. When you look at the real world cost of a Tiger Moth compared to a normal workers salary, it is the same as a Gulfstream is to you today.

 

 

You obviously mis-read my post 

 

3 hours ago, 56RAF_Roblex said:

I have always thought that, if you were rich, the 1930s would have been a fun time.  Buy a Tiger Moth, have a few hours of lessons then take it home and land on Mummys lawn :-)   

 

Still, in terms of toys the 20s & 30s were a good time for the rich. Twenty years earlier a well-heeled young man could only entertain himself riding horses, hunting or joining the army.  A young woman had just the horses really.   Suddenly both men & women with nothing better to do could fly their Tiger Moth or drive their Bentley recklessly round the countryside :-)   Even someone poorer might manage to pick up something cheap from the RAF after the first war and do joyrides or start an airline.

 

Obviously any era is good when you are rich but the other good time for me would have been the age of Gentleman Scientists.   Go explore a foreign land or discover a new element or new planet.

Edited May 17, 2018 by 56RAF_Roblex

[ZachariasX]

1 hour ago, 56RAF_Roblex said:

Suddenly both men & women with nothing better to do could fly their Tiger Moth or drive their Bentley recklessly round the countryside :-) 

That is true. Today, they call the police.

 

1 hour ago, 56RAF_Roblex said:

A young woman had just the horses really. 

Damaged goods have it much better these days. They even can end up as princesses.

[Vig]

Virtue signal LOGGED.

[Gambit21]

This world is going downhill at an alarming, exponential rate - and we're the generation that get's to witness it.

Horrible and fascinating at the same time.

 

 

 

 

[angus26]

2 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

This world is going downhill at an alarming, exponential rate - and we're the generation that get's to witness it.

Horrible and fascinating at the same time.

 

 

 

 

In my opinion, probably not. I have met, in my time at my school, a lot of very educated, and good people. (I can’t speak for other schools) these kids give me a little hope as a lot of them genuinely don’t associate with the people we always hear about. It’s just we don’t hear from these good kids, cause usually they are not in the news/spotlight (they keep their heads low) unlike all these stupid trends, stupid kids, that drag in all the attention. Sure the world may be going downhill, but if it does at least I’ll be sorrounded by some good people. 

 

“I’m gonna get my kicks in before the whole shithouse goes up in flames” -Jim Morrison 

[Gambit21]

9 minutes ago, angus26 said:

In my opinion, probably not. I have met, in my time at my school, a lot of very educated, and good people. (I can’t speak for other schools) these kids give me a little hope as a lot of them genuinely don’t associate with the people we always hear about.

 

I truly hope you're right angus.

My sister pulled her kids out of public school and is now home-schooling them because of all of this - in hopes she can help shape their awareness enough to give them some armor

against it. I'm not as hopeful as you, but we'll see.

 

[AndyJWest]

Has there ever been a time when the older generation (or at least a significant proportion of them) didn't insist that the world was going to hell in a hand basket?

[angus26]

1 minute ago, AndyJWest said:

Has there ever been a time when the older generation (or at least a significant proportion of them) didn't insist that the world was going to hell in a hand basket?

It’s not uncommon, it’s always been around.

[Gambit21]

Just now, AndyJWest said:

Has there ever been a time when the older generation (or at least a significant proportion of them) didn't insist that the world was going to hell in a hand basket?

 

No there hasn't Andy, but this is different (I know, has there ever been a generation that didn't say...) we can do that all day.

I won't go down the rabbit hole here, angus knows of what I speak.

Suffice to say we're not dealing with females wearing pants, the word "Damn" making it into a movie,  or Elvis' pelvis now - it's much more nefarious.

I can't speak specifics without breaking the UA.

[Poochnboo]

Ha!! How would you like to have grown up in the 1960's. Viet-Nam, draft dodgers, rampant drug use, Hippies, a President assasinated, race riots, College students shot by National Guardsmen, LSD, free love!!! The world was ending I tell ya!!! Oh no, wait.....yeah, it's still here.

Edited May 17, 2018 by Poochnboo

[AndyJWest]

4 minutes ago, angus26 said:

It’s not uncommon, it’s always been around.

 

So have rhetorical questions. 

[Gambit21]

Vietnam was a nutballs time.

I want to fly in a Huey over the jungle with Creedance/Fortunate Son blaring....then please land back at base and take me home.

[AndyJWest]

10 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

 

No there hasn't Andy, but this is different (I know, has there ever been a generation that didn't say...) we can do that all day.

I won't go down the rabbit hole here, angus knows of what I speak.

Suffice to say we're not dealing with females wearing pants, the word "Damn" making it into a movie,  or Elvis' pelvis now - it's much more nefarious.

I can't speak specifics without breaking the UA.

 

Well I can't respond with specifics without engaging in telepathy, so this clearly isn't going anywhere, but for what its worth there are a lot of things going on in the world that make me optimistic. 

Edited May 17, 2018 by AndyJWest

[angus26]

6 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

the word "Damn" making it into a movie

I believe “Gone with the wind” was fined around 90,000 usd (converted from 1939 to 2018) for having the word “damn” in the script. 

[Poochnboo]

16 hours ago, 56RAF_Roblex said:

I have always thought that, if you were rich, the 1930s would have been a fun time.

Well, if you're rich, any time is good. 

[angus26]

Just now, Poochnboo said:

Well, if you're rich, any time is good. 

Good point 

[ZachariasX]

On 18.5.2018 at 1:57 AM, Poochnboo said:

Well, if you're rich, any time is good. 

Well then ask Lous XIV or George Washington what they thought about their dentist.

[6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann]

Well, I have one or two Issues with this whole thing. 

 

First: Would you want to go back, knowing what you know now? Actually fearing the Outcome of Wars, especially if you are a Brit, not knowing wether you'll survive, or as a Yank wether the [Edited] are gonna drop some horrible Disease on you, or wether the Nukes are gonna go flying?. 

You also wouldn't treat any of the new things back then with the same reverence you would in you Nostalgia today. You would happily waste Merlins and run them into the Ground, destroy now classic Cars etc. without a Second Look. 

 

Or would you go back knowing everything, including Hot Showers,, Flushing Toilets, Toilet Paper, Shaved Armpits and Hygiene. Because you wouldn't want to touch any of the Women back then, Hairy Beasts they would now be considered. Also: No reliable Contraceptives. 

 

 

Secondly: I bet you wouldn't want to Roll the Dice on who you'd be, because being anything but the upper 95% would be [Edited] well into the 60s. 

 

 

I think right now is a pretty good time, hoping that the Man in Control of the Nukes doesn't show us how his are bigger than his Play Pen Mate's, I can enjoy my little Piece of Life hoping 80s FIATs and Citroens start Appreciating in Value just when I get some. 

 

C'mon man.......

 

 

Edited May 25, 2018 by Bearcat

[Poochnboo]

7 hours ago, ZachariasX said:

Well then ask Lous XIV or George Washington what they thought about their dentist.

I'm more aware than most that, for many reasons, today is a much better time to be around. I'm a cancer survivor, and my wife had a kidney transplant. At an earlier time in history, we'd both be dead.

[angus26]

9 hours ago, 6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann said:

Well, I have one or two Issues with this whole thing. 

 

First: Would you want to go back, knowing what you know now? Actually fearing the Outcome of Wars, especially if you are a Brit, not knowing wether you'll survive, or as a Yank wether the Japs are gonna drop some horrible Disease on you, or wether the Nukes are gonna go flying?. 

You also wouldn't treat any of the new things back then with the same reverence you would in you Nostalgia today. You would happily waste Merlins and run them into the Ground, destroy now classic Cars etc. without a Second Look. 

 

Or would you go back knowing everything, including Hot Showers,, Flushing Toilets, Toilet Paper, Shaved Armpits and Hygiene. Because you wouldn't want to touch any of the Women back then, Hairy Beasts they would now be considered. Also: No reliable Contraceptives. 

 

 

Secondly: I bet you wouldn't want to Roll the Dice on who you'd be, because being anything but the upper 95% would be Shit well into the 60s. 

 

 

I think right now is a pretty good time, hoping that the Man in Control of the Nukes doesn't show us how his are bigger than his Play Pen Mate's, I can enjoy my little Piece of Life hoping 80s FIATs and Citroens start Appreciating in Value just when I get some. 

 

 

No doubt, remember this is just a bit of fun, this was not meant to be taken seriously. Obviously the times we live in now are much better, with massive advances in science, medicine, aviation etc. This is just more of a look back at the times than anything else. 

[Legioneod]

10 hours ago, 6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann said:

Secondly: I bet you wouldn't want to Roll the Dice on who you'd be, because being anything but the upper 95% would be Shit well into the 60s. 

 

This is the only thing I'd really have to disagree with. Majority of people are poor nowadays also, you don't need to be rich or even middle class to have a good life.

My grandparents grew up during the depression and were poor but they had a good life, my dad was poor also and grew up working on plantations.

 

Personally I wouldn't mind rolling the dice even if it meant being poor(mostly because I'm already poor), the experience would be worth it.

[CanadaOne]

I was a teenager in the 70s when the music was awesome and the chicks still looked groovy.

 

I have no complaints.

[56RAF_Roblex]

2 hours ago, CanadaOne said:

I was a teenager in the 70s when the music was awesome and the chicks still looked groovy.

 

I have no complaints.

 

I was a teenager in the 70s and although I got the best of Bowie and Roxy etc at the beginning,  I then had to survive the middle section full of Disco music     I can remember looking athe UK charts one week and seeing only two UK acts in the top 20.  One was Cliff Richard and the  other was Vera Lynn!    Thank god for Punk & New Wave 

[Gambit21]

I was a kid in the 70's (born in 70) but I just kept listening to the Eagles and Petty, and Gordon Lightfoot...and Johnny Cash etc etc etc... until...well now.

Point is, I kept the awesome music through the dreadful 80's and 90's...not that I don't listen to a few things from those eras.

[CanadaOne]

1 hour ago, Gambit21 said:

I was a kid in the 70's (born in 70) but I just kept listening to the Eagles and Petty, and Gordon Lightfoot...and Johnny Cash etc etc etc... until...well now.

Point is, I kept the awesome music through the dreadful 80's and 90's...not that I don't listen to a few things from those eras.

 

Gordon Lightfoot...  Amen!

 

The best of the 70s was, of course, The Floyd.

[angus26]

2 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

I was a kid in the 70's (born in 70) but I just kept listening to the Eagles and Petty, and Gordon Lightfoot...and Johnny Cash etc etc etc... until...well now.

Point is, I kept the awesome music through the dreadful 80's and 90's...not that I don't listen to a few things from those eras.

90s music... ewww 

[Poochnboo]

Oh, by the way. That Buster Keaton clip with the Model T is a riot!

[Rjel]

On 5/17/2018 at 8:00 AM, ZachariasX said:

Damaged goods have it much better these days. They even can end up as princesses.

"Damaged goods". How quaint. ?

[ZachariasX]

7 minutes ago, Rjel said:

"Damaged goods". How quaint. ?

This is about the good old times, is it?

[Rjel]

On 5/20/2018 at 5:24 PM, Poochnboo said:

Oh, by the way. That Buster Keaton clip with the Model T is a riot!

 

Poochnboo, this is worth watching if you've never seen it. How Keaton survived to an old age is beyond me.

[Poochnboo]

 

3 hours ago, Rjel said:

How Keaton survived to an old age is beyond me.

He's one of my favorites. Was never much of a Chaplin fan. But I thought Keaton was a riot. I went to an art school in New York City. Sometimes I would cut classes and go to museums and to see films. One day I saw that a small movie house was showing "The General." I went in and watched and I was hysterical. One of the funniest films I've seen to this day. He was great.

[Gambit21]

Which is the guy who stood there while the entire facade of a barn fell on him, while he was standing in the perfect spot so that when it fell the hay door up top slipped right around his body.

Keaton or Chaplin...but in either case that was over the top nutballs.

[angus26]

4 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

Which is the guy who stood there while the entire facade of a barn fell on him, while he was standing in the perfect spot so that when it fell the hay door up top slipped right around his body.

Keaton or Chaplin...but in either case that was over the top nutballs.

That was Keaton all right, crazy fella... he did some crazy and I mean CRAZY stuff way back when.