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In reply to the discussion: A lot of people here experienced the Good Old Days very differently than my family did, I guess [View all]ileus
(15,396 posts)19. My mom lost two jobs in the 70's and we ended up with a diesel VW.
Other than that the 70's weren't that bad. Mom finally landed at her retirement job in 1978 (retired in 2002) and most our food was grown on our 80 acre farm.
The 80's, 90's, 00's and past 10 years have been normal rural South, until the past 3 or 4 as the coal industry has died so has our area. It'll be okay...pills have taken the place of jobs. My wife and I both work healthcare.
What I need most now is a 4th vehicle, I've got 2 invoices out now, and will soon have a third out that should allow us to pick up a new beater truck.
The lesson of my 46 years so far is, if you're willing you don't have to struggle.
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A lot of people here experienced the Good Old Days very differently than my family did, I guess [View all]
Recursion
Jun 2016
OP
If you were a child in the seventies (I was a starving adult) you were in the throes of
MADem
Jun 2016
#2
You blame the unions and ignore the murder just like the trade deals do. How quaint....
think
Jun 2016
#64
The unions are failing because we send our jobs to countries where union leaders are murdered.
think
Jun 2016
#68
Never had that problem in my father's Union... they busted up the 'busters' at Turkey Point Nuclear
Ghost in the Machine
Jun 2016
#44
I very much hope those responsible spent the rest of their lives in prison.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jun 2016
#91
These are stories that I heard when I was growing up. I neither condoned, nor condemned them,
Ghost in the Machine
Jun 2016
#106
Well said. Posts like the OP do nothing but advertise ignorance of others' experiences. nt
vintx
Jun 2016
#86
Graphic and eloquent testimony to the dubious value of "back in the day" nostalgia. Thanks for this.
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2016
#9
It's an astounding coincidence that the apogee of popular music was my senior year in college
Recursion
Jun 2016
#23
OK, but the 50s and 60s economy was entirely based on keeping non-white non-male labor cheap
Recursion
Jun 2016
#21
The meme that really irks me is "a high school graduate could support a family of four"
Recursion
Jun 2016
#38
That was true here for the lucky ones that had family either in management or union positions
doc03
Jun 2016
#80
I think that's the secret behind the paradox that real wages are much higher now
Recursion
Jun 2016
#104
I can't speak for everyone, nor would I try to. I also can't speak to your own situation. But
silvershadow
Jun 2016
#43
As one who came out of active 4yr duty in the Navy in '64, I had a choice of three places to work...
dmosh42
Jun 2016
#55
Nixon and Ford were both hamfisted Republicans who thought 4% inflation was a holocaust
Warpy
Jun 2016
#62
It depended on where you lived too. If you lived in some areas in FL there were no real jobs
Seeinghope
Jun 2016
#108