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clive bradbury · 01-29-09, 11:04 AM

Hi Goldenrivet,

as I hope I made clear, I was not criticising you - merely trying to point out how our lives and perspectives have radically changed over the years!

I'm as guilty as everyone else - I love my 'toys'. I just think that our expectations have grown out of all proportion to our parents, let alone our grandparents. But, as with you, I am of a generation who could get rid of them if need be. How did we get to this situation when our quality of life is based entirely on how much stuff we own? When I went to college in the 70s maybe 1 in 10 students owned a car (certainly not me - I could not afford one) - now they pretty much all do. We have raised a generation or two of kids who think they can have exactly what they want - well, maybe this recession is a good thing if it makes a few basic facts of life clear to the spoiled brats...

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clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Hi Goldenrivet, as I hope I made clear, I was not criticising you - merely trying to point out how our lives and perspectives have radically changed over the years! I'm as guilty as everyone else - I love my 'toys'. I just think that our expectations have grown out of all proportion to our parents, let alone our grandparents. But, as with you, I am of a generation who could get rid of them if need be. How did we get to this situation when our quality of life is based entirely on how much stuff we own? When I went to college in the 70s maybe 1 in 10 students owned a car (certainly not me - I could not afford one) - now they pretty much all do. We have raised a generation or two of kids who think they can have exactly what they want - well, maybe this recession is a good thing if it makes a few basic facts of life clear to the spoiled brats...