tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766959241150105184.post6847895172450698061..comments2024-03-20T21:34:14.507-07:00Comments on Carbon Canyon Chronicle: Recession and RegretUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766959241150105184.post-88187239461982200972011-01-26T00:39:28.393-08:002011-01-26T00:39:28.393-08:00Hello Tom, I agree with many of your examples of b...Hello Tom, I agree with many of your examples of broader societal problems with the 50s and 60s; the reference to "glory days", though, was specifically about America's peak as an economic power.<br /><br />As for the personal content of your comment, please know that the rant came from a concern about neighbors and their loss.<br /><br />I welcome disagreement and I appreciate contrary opinions in a reasonable exchange. In that spirit, thanks for visiting and I hope you will continue to do so.prshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436491486803144279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766959241150105184.post-4389340149476480782011-01-24T21:02:56.598-08:002011-01-24T21:02:56.598-08:00You know what they call people like you? LOSERS! ...You know what they call people like you? LOSERS! Good grief, what a rant. America's glory days were all in the 50s/60s? Really. When men often died in their 50s? When people aged so bad they looked like they were in their 50s when in their 30s? Ineffective cancer treatments, ineffective diabetes control. Everyone smoked and drank. Cars weren't particulary safe. Blacks were second class citizens. The Korean War. The Vietnam war. The thought of women in the workplace was routinely laughed at, except in minor administrative or repetitive factor positions. Whipping kids was thought to be a positive thing. Most places in the 50s didn't have air conditioning. People died of infections prior to the development of superior antibiotics we have now. <br /><br />You mean THAT American "golden age"? I think this age right now is pretty darn golden. With one year only of college education at a state school, I built a career that allows me to work part time, enjoy a 3/4 million collar home and a fleet of vintage cars. My kids can enjoy everything from modern video technology to dabbling in film, writing, editing and electronic music composition--in ways unimaginable a few years ago. I can tour the world, buy exotic car parts, meet like minded people with similar interest--wirelessly sitting on the beach. I can video conference with my parents anytime. I have twice the free time that my dad ever had. None of my friends have ulcers or heart conditions like my friends dads did growing up.<br /><br />Stop being sour grapes and do something with your life, rather than blogging about shortcomings. It's your life, and your miserable existance is caused by no one but YOU.Tom Andersonnoreply@blogger.com