tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159107.post6223641565899648006..comments2008-02-05T16:48:21.396-05:00Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11174277495831892217noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159107.post-32073127299846138902008-02-05T16:48:00.000-05:002008-02-05T16:48:00.000-05:00It wasn't a simpler time. That was one of my points behind "Uncle Joe"; that life was just as stressful then as it is now. But our belief that it was simpler is based how we view our elders and their current lives to our current lives, which isn't an apples-to-apples comparison. We see people who have lived and done fairly well compared to how we currently struggle. It's the same thing as to why every woman wants to marry her father: she sees a man who is mature and established, who has life experience compared to her own insecure life. She wants a mate who has the qualities that her father has taught her a mate should have. But that isn't fair because her mate is likely to be her age and not yet at the point in his life as her father currently is. So you see you're grandparents and think, "gee, they make it look so easy" because of where they are now. But they had to go through the same things you are going through at this point in your life. There's nothing simple about it; it's just your mind hoping for the same outcome that your elders have had.GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409007231158970731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159107.post-17396351670188836652008-01-22T08:45:00.000-05:002008-01-22T08:45:00.000-05:00I did, actually. The founder of Wham-O! I have a vague memory of their commericals when I was little (before they got bought and went under.) I seem to remember the announcer saying, "From WHAM-O!" at the end of them. Ah, youth...Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11174277495831892217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12159107.post-63542959920567623182008-01-21T22:30:00.000-05:002008-01-21T22:30:00.000-05:00Did you know, the fellow who invented the hula hoop just passed away.Melindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14982482039134991438noreply@blogger.com