[CaptJohn]

Originally Posted by buggyone

Those were the days? I do not think so. Much better now. Women are now equal to men, minorities are welcomed everywhere, and we have The Villages!

Well, some things are better (we have fun, fancy gadgets) but what about today:
Rampant crime.
Prisons overcrowded.
Millions of illegal aliens sapping up our tax money.
Governments all over the world sapping up our tax money.
Infrastructure (roads and bridges) falling apart and we can't afford to fix them.
Illegal and legal drugs are big problems.
Many, many children born of unwed parents.
Half of us are divorced.
Wholesale terrorism didn't exist in this country until recently (yes, there were a few pockets of it before for some).
Cancer is rampant.
HIV (Aids) didn't exist then to kill people. Penicillin used to fix those problems.
Everyone who wanted to work could find a job. (my first one was 65 cents an hour)
Everyone, including little children and 90 year olds, must be frisked and assumed to be criminal to get on an airplane now.
Crazy people who were once locked up are now running the streets killing others in mass numbers.
Congress worked for the citizens instead of themselves.
Huge traffic jams are every day and everywhere.

Can't leave your garage door up in THE VILLAGES or someone will walk into your house and steal your stuff and car (see recent thread on subject).
(Our whole town of Gulf Breeze, FL was unlocked and had very few problems.)
My father helped a black employee of his to start his own business and he in return taught me the printing business. In our family, everyone we dealt with was treated fairly and well. My Mother was just as important in the family business as my father (and Mother was a lot smarter!).

Those are just off the top of my head (which is starting to hurt!). Anybody who cares to add to the list is welcome.
These are just the facts I'm pointing out in answer to the other post. It's all a matter of opinion and how individuals see things differently. Don't try reading my intent into it and make it something it's not. I happen to enjoy and have fun with ironies.