On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 09:39:14 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"Brice" wrote in message ...
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>On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:32:47 -0800 (PST), GM
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>>See my post "Life is Better Than Ever"...
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>>;-)
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>>Seriously, I was explaining today to some younger folks how "back in the
>>day" peeps used to "work on their cars", e.g. a person with a mechanical
>>knack could do their own car and appliance repairs, etc....
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>>Now much is digital, complicated, and very expensive to repair...
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>>Plus, does any HS youngster still take "shop class"...???
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>Tell us more about the good ol' days, grandad! Not that I'll listen,
>but it's a nice background sound.
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>Oh I don't know! When I look back to my childhood it makes me really
>appreciate what I have now I grew up in an old cottage with no
>electricity. We were very poor. My mother was a nurse but my father was
>always ill so was never able to contribute anything Nurses didn't get
>the salary they get these days though

That's what I mean. Things weren't always better in the past. And in a
100 years time, we'll be the good old days. The cycle just goes on.
Older people will always complain about the present and about
"today's" youth. Bleah.

On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 4:12:12 AM UTC-6, Brice wrote:
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> That's what I mean. Things weren't always better in the past. And in a
> 100 years time, we'll be the good old days. The cycle just goes on.
> Older people will always complain about the present and about
> "today's" youth. Bleah.

That's because we only refresh and remember the GOOD things that happened long ago, and we BLOT OUT boring or bad memories for the most part!

Selective memories are responsible for the "good old days" skewing of human memories!

John Kuthe, RN, BSN, Cannabis Nurse wannabe!

In article >,
says...
> That's because we only refresh and remember the GOOD things that happened long ago, and we BLOT OUT boring or bad memories for the most part!
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> Selective memories are responsible for the "good old days" skewing of human memories!
>

In your case, you blot out whatever bad stuff you posted last week.

Apparently you're unaware that it has all been publically recorded and
archived, on view to any prospective tenant, tax inspector, employer or
patient's parent who bothers to google your name.

Janet UK