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Re: Big, bigger and mind boggling..


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Posted by s.crum on November 06, 2009 at 05:07:23 from (4.156.228.40):

In Reply to: Big, bigger and mind boggling.. posted by 135 Fan on November 05, 2009 at 22:41:53:

Those are impressive, to an old dog like me. Sad fact of the matter, the emphasis is on "old dog".
As America gave up her manufacturing might, the younger generations have no interest in things like that. This was becoming apparent in rhe 70s in high school. Films about manufacturing, steel making, mining and heavy industry were most fascinating to me. These days if you even see something of interest like that and point it out to a member of the youngers", you've won one getting them to look up from their gameboy or cell phone. I say this being the father of a 21 year okd kid in college who called me back in July and asked 'Dad both front tires on my truck are almost flat, what do I do?".
The most sadly hilarious example of this was last year. BIL has an 8 year old son who BIL got hooked on a gameboy. July 4th family picnic I mentioned to BIL that he should really limit that as those things are like crack to a kid, and I was speaking from experience. I was rebuked with BIL stating "I like them myself". So I shut up.
BIL is an avid deer hunter and deer season last year he took nephew hunting with him, the classic Father/Son scenerio. All went well, Dad watching for deer and son deeply immersed in his gameboy. A nice buck and 2 doe came into a clearing several yards away and stopped. BIL nudged nephew to look and nephew had a fit because Dad disturbed his game. Of course the deer didn't stick around to see what the fracus was about. I had to leave the Thanksgiving table for a few moments to maintain my composure.
These days hearing stories and seeing pictures and films of the things that made America the great country she WAS, are what grabs my interest. But sadly folks us "old dogs" are a drindling audience".


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