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Old 01-28-2012, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim 9922 View Post
A few I'm glad they don't have to experience:

Extensive and oppressive segregation.
The red quarantine signs posted on the neighborhood doors during the polio season.
When you had cancer, there were few survivors
When you had serious heart problems or blockages, there were few survivors
The horrors of WW II (and subsequent wars are bad too)
Some more "good riddance" memories:
women being refused entrance to restaurants for wearing slacks instead of a skirt.
very few professions open to women who wanted to or needed to work....secretary, nurse, teacher.