tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917218025828600067.post7819674087249218459..comments2023-11-02T06:03:20.023-04:00Comments on Captive Audience: How I Lived I'll Never Knowjkraus8464http://www.blogger.com/profile/15138306757339514666noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917218025828600067.post-51221639722760859572011-02-19T14:03:10.212-05:002011-02-19T14:03:10.212-05:00What fine boomer tradition? You're doing just ...What fine boomer tradition? You're doing just fine. Don't change a thing.<br /><br />I too write about panties from time to time. Nothing wrong with that.<br /><br />I used to take naps on my grandmother's porch swing and would play in the woods a few blocks from my house.<br /><br />Sadly, the time when kids could do things like that are long gone now.Bodaciousboomerhttp://Bodaciousboomer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917218025828600067.post-21179295686765513672011-02-18T20:19:18.465-05:002011-02-18T20:19:18.465-05:00Hi, Jeanne,
Great post.
I hopped over from Rach...Hi, Jeanne,<br /><br />Great post.<br /><br /><br />I hopped over from Rach's list to introduce myself and follow.<br /><br />Today's the first challenge was posted.... YAH!<br /><br />MichaelMichael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917218025828600067.post-33364901435770122772011-02-18T18:37:55.184-05:002011-02-18T18:37:55.184-05:00Love this post! I'm a last gasp boomer and a B...Love this post! I'm a last gasp boomer and a Brit - yup still here despite no helmet, hose pipe water and whatever else!<br /><br />I'm a fellow crusader by the way (no BTW in MY world!) and pleased to meet you.Margo Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06759845391358543223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917218025828600067.post-82255082673315993362011-02-18T16:53:00.481-05:002011-02-18T16:53:00.481-05:00Hello fellow crusader! I'm not a baby boomer, ...Hello fellow crusader! I'm not a baby boomer, but I can relate to a lot of what you're talking about. I too, drank from the hose and I'm still alive! LOL! I love your blog and I'm looking forward to reading more about you. Take care!Janinahttp://jr-williams.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917218025828600067.post-36284079563272615692011-02-18T09:31:46.486-05:002011-02-18T09:31:46.486-05:00Jeanne, I love this post. It's so true--even f...Jeanne, I love this post. It's so true--even for me, a Gen X'er. I did all those things you mentioned...and am still alive, as you are. Amazing, isn't it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745497165626402819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917218025828600067.post-37372566850522354772011-02-18T06:32:54.520-05:002011-02-18T06:32:54.520-05:00I think as we get older we tend to romanticize the...I think as we get older we tend to romanticize the simpler life that we enjoyed during childhood, and we think less of the modern-day child's experiences because they were so different from our own. They incorporate pieces of our adult life that were not present during our childhood (such as cell phones), and because of that those items have a purely adult connotation to us. So if we see a child with a cell phone we think they're somehow "missing out". What we need to remember is that these items don't have an adult connotation to them, so they're not missing out on anything. Just because a kid has that cell phone in his/her pocket, doesn't mean they can't still play dodge ball. Kids still do all that stuff. Breaking bones and getting into fights didn't stop with the baby boomers, and people still don't file lawsuits over it.<br /><br />Well, maybe they're missing out on some things. Child latches: okay, they're missing out on accidentally drinking drain cleaner. Seat belts and air bags: they're missing the opportunity to fly head first through a windshield. You might say, "Well I didn't do any of that stuff!" But how many did? Without doing the research, I'm sure incidences of both have dropped, allowing more children to experience their own childhood. Driving without seat belts didn't make anyone stronger, it just made them more likely to die.<br /><br />I think it's human nature to romanticize our childhood, but in doing so we have a tendency to ignore the fact that life wasn't perfect then, either. And we minimize the experiences of those who went through a different childhood, just because it was different. It's been happening for generations. Everyone has heard their parents say "Well back in MY day..."Jeff Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14719118744584528128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917218025828600067.post-10295144120538191532011-02-18T06:02:05.599-05:002011-02-18T06:02:05.599-05:00"Me caveman. Me no have ball, or car or picku..."Me caveman. Me no have ball, or car or pickup truck. Me hunt for food me eat, not purchase in silly grocery store. We invent fire and tools. You try build pickup truck with no tools."Jeff Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14719118744584528128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917218025828600067.post-65938514509385668552011-02-18T01:19:55.940-05:002011-02-18T01:19:55.940-05:00Hello. Crusader here.
I enjoyed this post. I'...Hello. Crusader here. <br /><br />I enjoyed this post. I'm not a senior but even though I was born in 1978 I tend to think this way now that I'm raising 3 of my own kids. <br /><br />They have helmets for everything. Maybe my parents didn't love me. I didn't have special wrist guards, knee pads and elbow pads for roller skating. My daughter looks like she's headed to a derby every time she puts her skates on. Hmmm. <br /><br />Too funny! (Then again, I thought the black and white TV my parents made the kids watch downstairs meant I grew up in the black and white TV era. haha!)Patricia A. Timms-McGeheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08989800584001861716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917218025828600067.post-60049263536119086802011-02-17T23:29:30.578-05:002011-02-17T23:29:30.578-05:00Yay Boomers! We lived through it. Great job, Jeann...Yay Boomers! We lived through it. Great job, Jeanne.<br />I've been seeing several essays along this line lately. We Boomers simply cannot become maudlin.Sharonhttp://theenergywriter.comnoreply@blogger.com