[Leisler]

In my day we lived off lint.
Walked uphill 30 miles to school, both ways, often in blizzards.
One shirt for the whole family.

1930’s? Somebody was buying and driving Cords, Packards, Lincolns, Cadillacs. Hoover vacuums started. TV was being looked into, also jet engines, helicopters, penicillin and air conditioning.

Old people like to tell young how hard it was. That shows been around since fire and Homer.

[Vinnie]

Old people like to tell young how hard it was. That shows been around since fire and Homer.

This article is trying to make the opposite point . That the younger generation has it tougher than the parent's.

That dog don't hunt either.

[Chi-townChief]

The comparison is 21 in ‘37 like my dad was vs. 21 in ‘77 and I’m just a little older than that. ‘77 was a lot better.