For the 30 and over crowd

Task Force · 04-07-10, 05:07 PM

Lol, I get it. well... things are easyer but still not easy.

Wolfehunter · 04-07-10, 05:09 PM

This rules and is so true. Great one.

Wait you forgot one..

There was no online porn.. So you had to steal your older brothers playboy magazine..

GoldenRivet · 04-07-10, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfehunter

There was no online porn.. So you had to steal your older brothers playboy magazine..

yeah and you always had that friend at school who had a huge stash, and he was going to show you one day.

but always came up with an excuse why he couldnt

Sailor Steve · 04-08-10, 11:28 AM

I turned 30 twice today. Can I take one back?

I used to tell my kids how wonderful Southern California was. I used to ride my skateboard a half-mile to school, and it was downhill both ways!

I also remember a Hagar the Horrible cartoon, where Hagar is telling his son Hamlet how when he was that age the snow was over his head. "You believe me, don't you, son?" "Yes, sir!" replies Hamlet from behind. We can't see him because the snow is over his head!

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

yeah and you always had that friend at school who had a huge stash, and he was going to show you one day.

but always came up with an excuse why he couldnt

Then you had to be happy with National Geographic!

GoldenRivet · 04-08-10, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Then you had to be happy with National Geographic!

not the kind i wanted to see though!!!

Ducimus · 04-07-10, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfehunter

There was no online porn.. So you had to steal your older brothers playboy magazine..

Hah, i didn't have an older brother. I did have one of those cool uncles who'd buy me skin mags at the local liqure store as long as i promised not to get caught with them. He'd always get Hustler cause Playboy sucked!

Buddahaid · 04-07-10, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

Lol, I get it. well... things are easyer but still not easy.

I'm 54 and I think things are harder for kids now. To much crap and distraction, nanny feelgood laws, moan, moan, moan.....

Ducimus · 04-07-10, 05:35 PM

That was both awesome and true.

Skybird · 04-07-10, 05:40 PM

Don't want to be young again now, I think that my age group (I'm 43) had it much easier in it's teenage years, and also more friendly future expectations. I also think that school (in Germany) was better . Of course, back then we did not realise it, but now when I'm looking back, I know it better.

For those being young now, the job world is much more complicarted, and their economic existence will be much more at risk from beginning on. School is worse today in quality, no doubt.

After WWII, our grandfarthers and fathers tried to rebuild the world. Today, the young one live in a world where our civilisation is eating up itself. And the burden of the demographic change is put on their shoulders additionally to the greater problem to found a family today. In Europe, the social states sooner or later will be so very bancrupt that they will start to eat their own populations directly, or indirectly.

In my last job, there was a constant fluctuation of schoolgirls and -boys jobbing, and during breaks I talked with them and listened what they said about their school experiences. And more of them than back in my own school times, were afraid of the future. No doubt, my generation has had it much easier when we were young.

Within the influence sphere of the EU, I would not raise children these days anymore, if this would become an issue. Family for me only when being able, economically, to move out. But that this will become a scenario, is extremely unlikely anyway. That gives me a lonely life, which makes me sad at times. But it saves me from the worries more and more families these days are facing. And that is a relief for which I am thankful.

No matter how you live, there seem to be almost always some good and some bad in it, and no matter how well you live, there is a price for it.

I therefore have invested my few free ressources - and those bigger ones that will become free in case of my death - into the future fate of the children of very close friends of mine, with whose family I am very close indeed since long time now. the mother used to laugh at me and called me a pessimist. Meanwhile, she does not anymore, and stopped laughing.

For parents of children, this must feel especially grim.

The earlier generations after WWII had it more difficult? I only laugh.

SteamWake · 04-07-10, 05:47 PM

Dont damn the library thats hallowed ground

Seriously Im a tad older than 30 and it all rings so true.

Morpheus · 04-07-10, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The earlier generations after WWII had it more difficult? I only laugh.

Yes, at least they had a direction ... we don't have that today, other than making money ... money ... money

But who knows, maby there will be something good in the future also, you cant only see everything black.

SteamWake · 04-07-10, 06:41 PM

http://s0.ilike.com/play#The+Rolling...d12064f6e45f16

Platapus · 04-07-10, 06:55 PM

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As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our asses! Nowhere was safe! And, if you got an ass whoopin' down the street, there was another ass whoopin' waiting on you when you made it home!

Aint it the truth

If I ever came home whining about how some teacher gave me a swat, I would get hit again, for clearly I was guilty of something and deserved it

bookworm_020 · 04-08-10, 01:57 AM

Rings true for me!

I saw the shuttle docking with the space station on the news at work today and they played the music from 2001 space odessy as it docked. the guy next to me didn't know the movie and only knew of the send up from the simpsons

04-07-10, 05:07 PM	#1
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Lol, I get it. well... things are easyer but still not easy. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

04-07-10, 05:09 PM	#2
Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	This rules and is so true. Great one. Wait you forgot one.. There was no online porn.. So you had to steal your older brothers playboy magazine.. __________________

04-07-10, 05:40 PM	#9
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,810 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Don't want to be young again now, I think that my age group (I'm 43) had it much easier in it's teenage years, and also more friendly future expectations. I also think that school (in Germany) was better . Of course, back then we did not realise it, but now when I'm looking back, I know it better. For those being young now, the job world is much more complicarted, and their economic existence will be much more at risk from beginning on. School is worse today in quality, no doubt. After WWII, our grandfarthers and fathers tried to rebuild the world. Today, the young one live in a world where our civilisation is eating up itself. And the burden of the demographic change is put on their shoulders additionally to the greater problem to found a family today. In Europe, the social states sooner or later will be so very bancrupt that they will start to eat their own populations directly, or indirectly. In my last job, there was a constant fluctuation of schoolgirls and -boys jobbing, and during breaks I talked with them and listened what they said about their school experiences. And more of them than back in my own school times, were afraid of the future. No doubt, my generation has had it much easier when we were young. Within the influence sphere of the EU, I would not raise children these days anymore, if this would become an issue. Family for me only when being able, economically, to move out. But that this will become a scenario, is extremely unlikely anyway. That gives me a lonely life, which makes me sad at times. But it saves me from the worries more and more families these days are facing. And that is a relief for which I am thankful. No matter how you live, there seem to be almost always some good and some bad in it, and no matter how well you live, there is a price for it. I therefore have invested my few free ressources - and those bigger ones that will become free in case of my death - into the future fate of the children of very close friends of mine, with whose family I am very close indeed since long time now. the mother used to laugh at me and called me a pessimist. Meanwhile, she does not anymore, and stopped laughing. For parents of children, this must feel especially grim. The earlier generations after WWII had it more difficult? I only laugh. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

04-07-10, 05:47 PM	#10
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Dont damn the library thats hallowed ground Seriously Im a tad older than 30 and it all rings so true. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

04-07-10, 06:41 PM	#12
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	http://s0.ilike.com/play#The+Rolling...d12064f6e45f16 __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

04-07-10, 05:35 PM	#8
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	That was both awesome and true.

04-08-10, 01:57 AM	#14
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Rings true for me! I saw the shuttle docking with the space station on the news at work today and they played the music from 2001 space odessy as it docked. the guy next to me didn't know the movie and only knew of the send up from the simpsons __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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