tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post8518147328573432108..comments2024-03-28T12:20:33.105-04:00Comments on Sightings Over Sixty: Nostalgic About . . . What?Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-88227592635007248282013-09-19T19:50:39.758-04:002013-09-19T19:50:39.758-04:00I knew the nostalgia theme just because of all the...I knew the nostalgia theme just because of all the hits i get on a couple of pinterest boards I have on the vintage subjects like clothes and homes. But the 90s! I haven't seen that one yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-82477069246255722832013-09-19T13:43:45.449-04:002013-09-19T13:43:45.449-04:00Tip to anonymous: I would have considered a gift c...Tip to anonymous: I would have considered a gift card to be a "thank you" for having treated your child well. The mother, just as I (who am older than she), may well have been taught that one did <i>not</i> send a thank you note to acknowledge a "thank you". That string of thank yous can go on forever! It was OK/encouraged for me to tell them how "cute" or "useful" or "some other adjective" their "thank you gift" was - the next time that I saw him/her.<br /><br />As I recall, "Generation Gap" was current in the 1970s. I recall telling a younger engineer that I preferred being on <i>my</i> side of the generation gap, to being on <i>his</i> side.<br /><br />As I had kids before I had TV (and our only grandchild isn't a 20-something, but a 30-something), and as I did not own a TV for 15 of the later years (1970s-1980s), I'm not familiar with most of the older programming.<br />Cop CarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-77300445351672090752013-09-19T06:55:21.941-04:002013-09-19T06:55:21.941-04:00Well, June . . . sometimes you get someone who goe...Well, June . . . sometimes you get someone who goes off on their own tangent. And sometimes you get what is essentially an ad for another website, or just outright spam (Blogger blocks most of those, but not all). But for the most part I think the comments are relevant, and often they are informative, thought-provoking, or funny.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-27690440890500946162013-09-19T06:42:18.088-04:002013-09-19T06:42:18.088-04:00One blogger to another . . . do you ever get the f...One blogger to another . . . do you ever get the feeling that people are responding to a piece you didn't post?<br />Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-48080964488779842802013-09-18T10:27:05.410-04:002013-09-18T10:27:05.410-04:00That is too funny,and tells me that modern
tv in ...That is too funny,and tells me that modern <br />tv in the US is awful. The 90s TV is a mystery to me as our most movies. The 1980s were better and we had bookend recessions that decade. The 1990s were too much Gordon Gekko.<br /><br /> If I look at TV, I watch or watched BBC or PBS. Brit TV is much better. Mostly I read or do other things. Obviously, I am in a market segment advertisers mostly overlook. Dianne<br /><br />Dianne schmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comhttp://schmidleysscibblins.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-35787385687306200722013-09-18T09:06:21.109-04:002013-09-18T09:06:21.109-04:00For all the technology, most young people don'...For all the technology, most young people don't write letters, or know what the hell a typewriter was or is, I still have an IBM electric I got for $15.00 at the VARO at DFC in 1974! It works great..Most youngins don't know how to compose a letter, don't know what a thank you card is suppose to be for, I sent two gift cards for trader joe's to 2 people who were extremely kind to our only child even the mother who is 68 did not send a thank you thinking I had a cellphone and wanted our e-mail account, really? I just skip gifts anymore most people don't really appreciatae what it takes to select and get the gift to the person and they definitely don't have any manners whatsoever...bah humbug they can shove all the technology it has made total idiots of people I think. no I don't have a cell phone at all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-34379711495235607892013-09-18T08:45:45.627-04:002013-09-18T08:45:45.627-04:00You just made me realize that 1990 was 23 years ag...You just made me realize that 1990 was 23 years ago! How did that happen? I'm like you, Tom, I still think it was yesterday. Good post! Thanks for reminding me that people born then are now adults. Sigh. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-78500558873236945542013-09-17T21:30:30.795-04:002013-09-17T21:30:30.795-04:00The 90s are a blur to me. I was putting kids throu...The 90s are a blur to me. I was putting kids through college and working hard at a career - and learning the new technology constantly bombarding us at work. I remember not being able to take vacation around the millenium because of Y2K concerns. <br />I know there are items in my closet that date from that era...Meryl Baerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482532818278685217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-53706108477943546042013-09-17T18:52:43.779-04:002013-09-17T18:52:43.779-04:00I can so relate to this post. I can so relate to this post. Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-36279738434057100842013-09-17T18:15:29.192-04:002013-09-17T18:15:29.192-04:00At work a few weeks ago I mentioned Miss Frances a...At work a few weeks ago I mentioned Miss Frances and Ding Dong School. The forty-two- and forty-five-year-old with whom I worked looked at me as if I were talking about prehistory. <br />Maybe, if Douglas is correct, I was...Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-33738014317323944892013-09-17T17:08:00.813-04:002013-09-17T17:08:00.813-04:00The term "Generation Gap" was invented t...The term "Generation Gap" was invented to make us feel better than our parents. Now our kids are inventing terms to make themselves feel better (smarter) than us. The circle goes round. stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-35659424354478192042013-09-17T13:24:45.502-04:002013-09-17T13:24:45.502-04:00Real history begins the day you are born. Anything...Real history begins the day you are born. Anything before that is ancient history... bordering on folklore.<br /><br />I remember listening to the radio to hear the "funnies" being acted out.<br /><br />I remember the day we got our first TV.<br /><br />I remember my first modem and my first computer.<br /><br />The mind boggles.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-7697174785102234552013-09-17T12:47:49.848-04:002013-09-17T12:47:49.848-04:00Remember the song, Everything old is new again? Ye...Remember the song, Everything old is new again? Yep.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.com