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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
Great list! Thanks.
Items on the list would appear to be more or less true for us early Boomers as well, depending on geography. I was born and raised in far Northern Minnesota, and very well remember our telephone: wooden box on the wall, earpiece hanging from it. You spoke while standing up, holding the earpiece to your ear and speaking into a black trumpet-like thing sticking out the front. Eight-party line; our ring was two shorts. There were eavesdroppers who enjoyed listening in on conversations so we learned early on to keep conversations bland. Many other items on the list were true for us as well, with some even well into the future.
But it WAS a good time to grow up. We learned things like responsibility, thrift, work ethic, and other things that all too many millennials seem never to have learned.
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In terms of people we tend to blame others. There is that song,Why can't they be like we were. Reality I was not at all perfect. Millennials and fault. Good or bad it is our fault WE BROUGHT THEM INTO THE WORLD and they were born innocent.