Do you like being the age you are????
Discussion
I was thinking the other day, having reached the grand old age of 52, and thankfully in decent health, would I have liked to have been born in a different era???, but came to the conclusion no not really, because,
I grew up as a youngster in the fifties, an age of innocence when the pace of life was so much slower, people had more time for each other, you could go into city centres not afraid of being blown up by terrorists...
Also, the sixties were a magical era, The Beatles in their prime, Flower Power, Swinging London, Man City winning the league
, then the seventies, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, etc, Glam Rock, Hot Pants, 
...........
Having three grown up lads I do tend to worry for the future, everything seems to be geared to the rat race, I'm all right jack society....
Were people happier years ago, or is it a case of rose coloured spectacles?????....
I grew up as a youngster in the fifties, an age of innocence when the pace of life was so much slower, people had more time for each other, you could go into city centres not afraid of being blown up by terrorists...
Also, the sixties were a magical era, The Beatles in their prime, Flower Power, Swinging London, Man City winning the league
, then the seventies, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, etc, Glam Rock, Hot Pants, ........... Having three grown up lads I do tend to worry for the future, everything seems to be geared to the rat race, I'm all right jack society....
Were people happier years ago, or is it a case of rose coloured spectacles?????....
Baby boomer eh..... you lucky lucky bastard.
The next 25 years won't be anything like as nice economically as the last 25. I konw, know 70's inflation, 80's redundancies. But it's going be a shitter all the way from now on IMO.
Btw I'm 32, wish I was 22 and at Uni again. But this time I'd choose a different Uni I think.
The next 25 years won't be anything like as nice economically as the last 25. I konw, know 70's inflation, 80's redundancies. But it's going be a shitter all the way from now on IMO.
Btw I'm 32, wish I was 22 and at Uni again. But this time I'd choose a different Uni I think.
Often said this to myself, that I'm glad I was born when I was. I'm a 1971 baby (now 34)and I, like you, perhaps pick out the nicest parts of life, and can't seem to find those equivalents in other eras. I'm sure they must be there, but I guess we fail to see them. I think I'm lucky as...
I was around when computers were "born"
I never had to go to war
Going to the dentist is now not so painful
I get to go on worldwide holidays fairly cheaply
I never got attacked/stabbed at school
I dunno, just a few thoughts, but I'm sure if you ask the "kids" of today, they'd agree that now is the time to be in your prime!
I was around when computers were "born"
I never had to go to war
Going to the dentist is now not so painful
I get to go on worldwide holidays fairly cheaply
I never got attacked/stabbed at school
I dunno, just a few thoughts, but I'm sure if you ask the "kids" of today, they'd agree that now is the time to be in your prime!
towman said:
46 now and wouldn`t change a thing. Like WR I`m not happy with the attitude of many youngsters, but thats how it is!
Just pleased I was around when it was financially possible to buy your first home without having to sell your first born.
Ditto the above
43 now - wish I was 10 years younger as I wouldn't get so knacked and injured playing indoor cricket - gave up the outdoor weekend stuff above five years ago ...
Generally happy though - just wish I knew what i know know, 20 years ago ...
Would have liked to have been 21 in about 1965 and living in the Stastes - lots of superb Yank metal to own and drool over as opposed to the Crestas, Anglias and Morris Oxfords I remember from my youth...
Well ime in my naughty forties and My own take is ime more than happy with my age and am lucky that ive remained very fit with no health problems other than mental 
,ive travelled the world,started and sold on 3 business's,owned some nice 'Motas' and can make anything from a Flower arrangement to a House...sat with some loverly wimin and done around 80 league football grounds,been through loads of different experiences.
I am in a job i love and overall ime happy that ive led life in this day and age and couldnt of had all these oppurtunities if i wasnt born around the time i was as i think that the way things are going the old "H&S" and "PC" mobs are going to make life ever more dificult for those that want to make life their adventure.......love my life,love my age but still waiting to grow up.
,ive travelled the world,started and sold on 3 business's,owned some nice 'Motas' and can make anything from a Flower arrangement to a House...sat with some loverly wimin and done around 80 league football grounds,been through loads of different experiences. I am in a job i love and overall ime happy that ive led life in this day and age and couldnt of had all these oppurtunities if i wasnt born around the time i was as i think that the way things are going the old "H&S" and "PC" mobs are going to make life ever more dificult for those that want to make life their adventure.......love my life,love my age but still waiting to grow up.
I don't necessarily wish I was born in the baby boomer generation even though I love the '60s, '70s and '80s. The reason is simply that 'if you remember the '60s you weren't there'.
I've come to the conclusion that, whilst pop culture gives us the image of the '60s being all modernist design, odd Italian chairs and big glamorous GT cars, the reality of the 'swinging sixties' for the vast majority of people was like an old episode of Coronation Street - Formica tabletops, miserable old women with curlers in their hair, NHS glasses and not having a car.
I can appreciate the more glamorous side of the '60s and '70s from a more detached viewpoint - in that now, the reproduction furniture is easy to get hold of, the cars are cheap, the music sounds better on a £5.99 CD and so on.
I think I would have preferred some aspects of the modernist era though - a lax attitude towards speed limits, for one, and not having to put up with environmentalists running round telling everyone they're killing the planet if they're enjoying themselves. OK, so the '60s had the CND, but hey, the Button never got pushed did it?
I've come to the conclusion that, whilst pop culture gives us the image of the '60s being all modernist design, odd Italian chairs and big glamorous GT cars, the reality of the 'swinging sixties' for the vast majority of people was like an old episode of Coronation Street - Formica tabletops, miserable old women with curlers in their hair, NHS glasses and not having a car.
I can appreciate the more glamorous side of the '60s and '70s from a more detached viewpoint - in that now, the reproduction furniture is easy to get hold of, the cars are cheap, the music sounds better on a £5.99 CD and so on.
I think I would have preferred some aspects of the modernist era though - a lax attitude towards speed limits, for one, and not having to put up with environmentalists running round telling everyone they're killing the planet if they're enjoying themselves. OK, so the '60s had the CND, but hey, the Button never got pushed did it?
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