[CottonBall]

Each of them were totally different, but you know, I think they all three (all depression era survivors) would make it today.

I imagine most from the depression era and many from the WWII era would have the right attitudes to make it. Today we've gone weak and whiny and people aren't built of the same stuff. At least, not the majority of people I see. I sure hope they can change when they need to.

There's a book out (one of hundreds in my Amazon wish list) that talks about 5 different personality types that make it into the 'Survivor's Club' - the fighter, believer, connector, thinker and eternal realist. Any of these can survive a situation, although each are different. I guess the author has interviewed numerous people that have survived all sorts of situations and came out with this break down of traits.

[DelaWhere]

>>>I imagine most from the depression era and many from the WWII era would have the right attitudes to make it. <<<

You know, things were different then... My paternal Grandfather was a typical type A personality. He was a VP for F.W. Woolworth (If you ever ate at one of the Woolworth lunch counters before 1950, it was his baby...) They were paid once a year - AFTER you showed a profit for the year. You had to plan and budget so you could make it through the year. I don’t know how they expected people to make it the first year, except maybe living with family.

He was quite a character... When my father was getting ready to go to college, he wanted to go into veterinary medicine..... My grandfather would not hear of it... He insisted he go into business - Which he did - Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. Then when it was time for my uncle to go to school, he told him that he wanted to go into business - My grandfather said - I made my mistake with your brother - you really want to be a veterinarian... So he went to Rutgers School of Veterinary Medicine...

So, for the rest of their lives, my father always sought ways to be involved with animals and farming - while with Sears, he gave a pony away every Christmas, pushed the farm lines, and when we were in Cuba, he introduced the whole farm catalog to them and brought in Indian River Hatchery to pioneer broiler industry there - He even brought an American style rodeo there - which was very popular...

My uncle opened a vet. practice for 1 year, and then promptly went to work for Abbott Laboratories and soon became VP in charge of research, development, production and marketing of their antibiotics, and later became president of a spin-off for Searle Surgical equipment manufacturer. Even today, in his late 90’s he still sits on a couple of Boards of Directors and never misses a board meeting and never hesitates to direct in the operations...