Quote Originally Posted by PaulFLUS View Post
Oh that may be so and I'm not trying to be a smart@$$. I just remember my mother saying that any time someone talked about the good ol days. Both my parents were born in the 1920s. I remember once saying to them how the 30s was a cool time with the styles of the cars and clothes and architecture and the music. Before I could finish the sentence they started back and forth with, "Yeah, and the depression...and prohibition...and segregation...and rationing...and no air conditioning..."
No, I did not think you were being a smart@$$. Just that as much as I like Will Rogers sayings sometimes circumstances do not fit. There definitely is a tendency for people to put a rosy glow on the past conveniently forgetting the bad parts.

Bob