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> > Maybe someday we'll all know how to scud like those lucky clouds.
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> I'm such a child of my time. The only "scud" I was previously aware of is the type of missile made famous during the Gulf War. Thanks for providing my generation with a newly expanded vocabulary.
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> Iss "not a scud stud" achar

So scudding could be the launching of big, slow, poorly-controlled, not-very-effective, obsolete missles.

I enjoy generational differences almost as much as cultrual differences. These are things that make people interesting. Your generation can't possibly imagine what it was like 50 years ago without all this modern technology. Movies made today aren't even close. They can round up a few antique cars and dress the actors like they see them in old black and white movies, but that's about it. I tend to groan when I hear a character from the 50's saying things like "Far out!" or "No way." Expressions like that began in the 1970's.

A typical day for me at age 8 was, eat breakfast, go out and play in the yard, eat lunch, go out and play in the yard, eat supper, go out and sit on the porch until bedtime.

My grandkids wake up and watch TV while they dress and eat breakfast. If there is no school they play video games, watch DVD videos, email a friend to come over and ride bikes, play, snack, and watch more DVD videos. And that's all before lunch. They take gymnastics, go to scout meetings, go horseback riding, play chess, sing in the chorus, and just to keep from being bored, they travel. My 10-year-old grand daughter who lives in Georgia has been to London, California, Florida, Arizona, New York and several cruises.

When I was 10 and lived in Kentucky, I had been to West Virginia and Tennessee, and had spent a lot of time playing in the yard. There was a war on, we didn't have a car, and we could only travel as far as we could walk.

In those days, a war was not just overseas. Everybody was involved. We had bond drives and scrap drives. Sugar, coffee, gasoline, shoes, meat and a lot of other stuff were rationed. Other thing were scarce or not available. Stuff like bananas, soap, candy, stockings, and toys. The OPA controlled prices, so if you found anything to buy, it was cheap. A lot of people had gold stars hanging in the window.

I didn't see TV until I was 17. I was 50 before I used a computer. I was 45 when I got my first air conditioned car. I was 15 before I ever saw and air conditioned store.

Could I go back to living like that? I wouldn't like it, but I could handle it. If we lost all of our electricity for a year, some people wouldn't be able to survive, but I would.

I get a big kick out of a kid saying, "Poppop, let's talk about the old days."
Howard