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Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:16 pm  |
So I'm sitting here at the computer and decide to put on the sirius radio and listen to the 70's station...now I'm getting all teary eyed and nostalgic. Right now they are playing Earth Wind and Fire " Way of the World". I miss those days when life was so much easier. No computers  , no cable tv . Just going along finding yourself without info overload...Oh I'm 48. What do you miss? |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:22 pm |
Common sense.  |
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27~Texas~Oily~ fair~ breakout prone~ easily congested~Cysts caused by emotional stress~ Using Ayurvedic skin care and philosophy~ Dry brushing body and face~ On strict less is more routine~ We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars~ Oscar Wilde |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:25 pm |
Now lets all dance to Barry Whites "Can't Get Enough of your Love Baby"  |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:30 pm |
How about some Al Green?  |
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27~Texas~Oily~ fair~ breakout prone~ easily congested~Cysts caused by emotional stress~ Using Ayurvedic skin care and philosophy~ Dry brushing body and face~ On strict less is more routine~ We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars~ Oscar Wilde |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:36 pm |
I can tell ya what I don't miss,
8 track cassette tapes!! LOL
Life seems to immulate top volume. Noise seems to come at me in every direction. It doesn't help that I live near a Master Jet Base,  |
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Early 40's, normal/dry, Oily T zone (summer) fine lines, hyperpigmentation |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:39 pm |
I suspect everyone waxes nostalgiac "when things were simpler", but I don't think it's EVER simple to be a human being. Every epoch, every era and generation has it's own set of problems.
I'm afraid to confess that I tend to suffer from "generational" superiority complex and think my generation has a better understanding of the differences between freedom and "entitlement". I'm SOOO very glad I'm not a child of this generation.
When I was a kid we grew up watching The Pink Panther, Wonder Woman, The Bionic Woman and Looney Toons. We played outside all day, climbed trees, rode skateboards, built our own bike ramps and actually jumped over our friends laying down on the sidewalk and built our own toboggans out of intertubes to slide down the hill when it snowed. We did all this without worrying about lawsuits or broken bones. It was accepted by us and our parents that yes, you just may get hurt, but get over it will ya? |
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44 – combo/oily skin with a tendency towards clogged pores. Thanks to EDS, tweaked my skincare routine and normalized skin… no more breakouts. PSF, silk powder, Janson Beckett, Cellbone, NIA24 are staples. |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:40 pm |
| vonstella wrote: |
| Common sense. |
touche! |
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44 – combo/oily skin with a tendency towards clogged pores. Thanks to EDS, tweaked my skincare routine and normalized skin… no more breakouts. PSF, silk powder, Janson Beckett, Cellbone, NIA24 are staples. |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:49 pm |
| athena123 wrote: |
I'm afraid to confess that I tend to suffer from "generational" superiority complex and think my generation has a better understanding of the differences between freedom and "entitlement". I'm SOOO very glad I'm not a child of this generation.
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Preach it sister! It really annoys me to see all these teens and young adults walking around with this chip on their (over-privileged) shoulders, expecting EVERYTHING to be done for them--just because. I may be 26 and technically a part of this generation but I at least know the value of hard work, let alone cause and effect. |
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27~Texas~Oily~ fair~ breakout prone~ easily congested~Cysts caused by emotional stress~ Using Ayurvedic skin care and philosophy~ Dry brushing body and face~ On strict less is more routine~ We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars~ Oscar Wilde |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:52 pm |
| athena123 wrote: |
I suspect everyone waxes nostalgiac "when things were simpler", but I don't think it's EVER simple to be a human being. Every epoch, every era and generation has it's own set of problems.
I'm afraid to confess that I tend to suffer from "generational" superiority complex and think my generation has a better understanding of the differences between freedom and "entitlement". I'm SOOO very glad I'm not a child of this generation.
When I was a kid we grew up watching The Pink Panther, Wonder Woman, The Bionic Woman and Looney Toons. We played outside all day, climbed trees, rode skateboards, built our own bike ramps and actually jumped over our friends laying down on the sidewalk and built our own toboggans out of intertubes to slide down the hill when it snowed. We did all this without worrying about lawsuits or broken bones. It was accepted by us and our parents that yes, you just may get hurt, but get over it will ya? |
So true..how I miss those days....My husband and I were just talking about how the music back in the 70's was real music not this crap that's put out now lol. My folks said the same thing about my music. Oh and I was a dirty teenage hippy, a real hippy  ....I remember arguing about the Vietnam War with my dad ( I wasn't a teen yet) He was ex-navy, boy did I piss him off. Make Love Not War... |
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hardtohandle
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:30 pm |
One thing I really miss is being able to go to a restaurant or a doctor's office or a store and not have 17 cell phones go off.
Mine goes off too occasionally but some people just can't seem to function without being on them 24/7
Boy do I sound like an old lady
And I don't miss 8 track tapes either.  |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:58 pm |
I miss calling up a company and actually talking to a person, not a machine.
I miss 70's music too - Thank goodness for remastered CDs.
I also don't miss those darn 8 tracks. |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:31 pm |
| Ya, 70's and early 80's rock is truly the best era in rock. And those album covers? Truly outstanding! |
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44 – combo/oily skin with a tendency towards clogged pores. Thanks to EDS, tweaked my skincare routine and normalized skin… no more breakouts. PSF, silk powder, Janson Beckett, Cellbone, NIA24 are staples. |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:48 pm |
Love music from the 60s & 70s! Today I was in store that was playing Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass over the speakers, and I started tearing up. My father used to play this album when I was little and me & my sisters would dance to it. Aah, memories...
I really miss the water balloon fights we used to have on hot summer days. There was also the garbage bag thing the boys would do  They would take one of those big green garbage bags and fill it with water from a garden hose--just enough so it wouldn't burst. Then they would choose which girl was going to get it---chase her down and hold her while they dumped the bag of water over her. This usually resulted in the chosen girl standing in the middle of the street with a soaking wet see-thru shirt and a bunch of 12 y.o. boys gawking wildly 
I remember my best friend, who developed very early at about age 10, being very wet that summer . I, being named a member of the IBTC by the same boys, remained very dry |
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45, combo skin not sensitive, dark undereye circles - have resigned myself to perfecting concealer application |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:02 pm |
I love taking trips down memory lane as well....playing "Kick the Can" with all the neigborhood kids, riding bikes everywhere, rolling down the huge hill up the street, walking everywhere to meet up with friends...sigh....
Ah, and the music - never duplicated. When my daughter was recently listening to a band called Gym Class Heroes (or something like that) they sampled Supertramp's "Take a Look at My Girlfriend" (not sure if that was the name) so I just kind of started singing it without thinking about it and she says "mom, how do you know the words to this song?" And I'm like, "honey, this song was out when I was a kid and a way better version of it too!"
How come it is that I can't remember what I did yesterday, but if a song comes on in the car that's from "my generation" I just start singing every word???? Where do we store THAT info? The song in particular was Reelin' in the Years by Steely Dan.....and I just cranked the radio and sang my little heart out!!!!
Waaahhh...I'm all verklempt thinking about those lovely days of yore!
Maria |
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Maria, early 50's, post meno, normal to dry skin, more dry in winter, some sun damage... |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:51 pm |
Sex...drugs and rock n roll !
just kidding |
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Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:07 pm |
Jala, IBTC made me snicker!
The company I work at is pretty conservative, so we only get an easy listening station in our cafe. Except for early in the morning! Yesterday, we were gettin' down to The Commodores singing "Brick House". I love - from the 70s. I listen to Heatwave alot nowadays, and like Mariav, I roll up the windows, crank it up and sing along!
I miss roller skating rinks. |
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Nadine, age 50, live in VA; half-Asian, slight yellow tone; sensitive, dry/combo skin |
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:36 pm |
Know what i miss? Beside the great music (before Rap) I miss being able to call a company and be able to speak to a living, breathing human being!! It was also nice not having to wait on "hold" for an hour! Yep,those were the good old days in many respects.
What really gets me is that the young generation (except for you, Vonstella) all think that they have to have a job that they ABSOLUTELLY LOVE!!!!!!! and if they don't they'll just quit. Now being perfectly honest, I don't believe there's a whole lot of people out there who REALLY love their jobs! You get a career/job and stick with it because you need to pay the bills! Talk about a sense of entitlement! |
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lselbach
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:59 pm |
| I miss being able to watch television without drug ads. I'm particularly nostalgic for television without ads for Maxoderm (my 9 year old runs from the room with his hands over his ears!), and condoms. I'm no prude, but whatever happened to the family hour? |
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:04 pm |
I must say I miss a sense of personal responsibility for one's life and choices, which I'm seeing a deficit of everywhere. When I was young, if you goofed up, got in trouble, got hurt in some stupid way, well, it was probably (most likely) your fault! These days many 'kids' (generally under 25, IMO but often far older in terms of maturity/lack of!) expect things to be given to them, like a sense of entitlement. And expect to be excused, forgiven, glossed over when they exhibit some horrible error in judgment. My own personal in this area rant comes from an experience in the past few days involving my husband's step-granddaughter ... the daughter of his step-daughter... she's 20, has a baby, married to a deadbeat already, sorry to be harsh, but that's the way it is. She doesn't really have a personal relationship with her 'grandpa' but you can bet she calls him for money when she's in a bind. (gee, why doesn't your husband get a job?!?!) Anyway, she crashed her car and thankfully is OK, but calls Grandpa to ask him to get her another one. All right, he's willing, he looks around, checks out cars for a few days, test drives some, and finds an older one (1992 Toyota) in good body shape, runs great, new tires, kept up well mechanically, low mileage ... all the safety stuff a guy would look for. Just when he thinks he's done a good deed, she calls and tells him, well, no thanks, I don't really want that one. I mean, HE'S PREPARED TO BUY HER THE FREAKING CAR and she doesn't think she'd look good driving it.
That kind of thing just makes me cuckoo. Seriously. Better believe it, she's on her own in finding & buying her own car! |
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:18 pm |
I especially cannot stand the Vi*gra commercials
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| Jala, IBTC made me snicker! |
nadjazz, you're familiar with the IBTC? Perhaps a member at one time??  Or were you one of the "blessed" ones
Does anyone else miss being able to ride a rollercoaster without feeling like you've been whiplashed afterward? Or even just the Teacups & Saucers without turning green  |
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:33 pm |
| I remember when stores first started using those scanners and thinking how am I gonna trust those new fangled computers...Now when calling and getting that automated person saying "Ok, I think I can help you, let me ask you a few questions first" Noooo I want a real person and I just keep hitting the 0 button. I want to live in Pleasantvill (sp), where no one knows what is beyond Main St . |
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:45 pm |
I know what you mean about this generation. I'm 27, and even I'm disgusted! Even my husband is scratching his head and wondering what happened. My grandparents were brought up during the depression and had a big influence on me. I can't believe the things that I see on television half of the time. Now a days, you can be famous for nothing more than being rich, idle, and slutty. Whatever happened to young girls being expected to be LADIES when they grew up? What happened to wearing descent clothes instead of showing EVERYTHING?
My brother went to live with his father after the divorce, and didn't send as much as a Mother's Day card in years. After he turned 18, he called my mother expecting her to mortgage her house to buy him a truck because he wanted one. He then called me and told me that he wanted to live with me. From what I understand, he had no plans for schooling or a job. He just expected me to take care of him! Can you believe that? I promptly told him where he could shove that idea and not to bother our mother either.
This is what my generation has become. It's sad, but true. I guess what I miss most is people not being as selfish. I miss the days when kids were expected to get summer jobs to buy their first used car. And most of all, I miss when we were supposed to respect and value our elders. |
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Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:09 pm |
I miss the feeling of security.
Everyday we see violence.
Who ever thought school shootings,911,Rapists and Pedophiles being released from jail would become so normal.
They say we can change the world.
Linda |
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:11 am |
I miss the music as well,esp. 80's.
ALso, we used to play outside with our friends all day, from morning till night, (no video games, maybe the occasional Atari , lol!)
No cell phones or texting as well. |
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:33 pm |
Gosh you guys have said just about everything I was thinking and/or feeling!!! One more thing I need to add that I miss:
Riding my bike everywhere, that is until I could drive. 
And I never worried about someone stealing my bike either!! |
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