Boomer Generation

I feel blessed to have been born in the early 60's, having had the opportunity to grow up and enjoy the 60's and 70's era. Take me back to the 60's and 70's! What I'd give!

I could touch on so much. Both me and hubby love a lot of modern technologies of today, hubby speaks of vehicles today compared to the old, and I, the likes of today's modern appliances, but boy, what a simple time it was, back in the day. Mouth-watering delight wafted from everyone's open windows, freshly laundered washing hung on clotheslines, a relaxed slowness filled the air and everyone's days, there was structure, family closeness, and gee oh gee, I could go on and on and on.

Sure, today's health-care and medical advances are a dream, with people living longer and more fuller lives than ever, but the simplistic ways and means of the past will always soothe my soul and call me home.
 
Hoot Crawford said:
I'm a leading edge Boomer - born in 1946 - and I would not want to go back to those days.
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I am in the last year before Boomers, 1945, I think called The Silent Generation. I enjoyed growing up in the 50’s, missed most of the stuff in the 60’s because I was a married new mom with babies, and busy with all that. So, I didn’t listen to rock music, dress like a Hippie, go to any concerts, and all of the great stuff from that time period.

We didn’t have a television until I was a teenager, so I seldom watched much TV, and after I grew up and got married, we moved a lot ……I mean a LOT ……my husband worked construction. Everything we owned went into the back of our Rambler American, and we just went from job to job, mostly living in motels or cheap cabins.
Eventually, we had 3 kids, and too much stuff to keep moving around, so we settled down in North Idaho, and Washington State, still moving, but not as often.

We lived in a little cabin in North Idaho for a long time, it had electricity, but no running water or indoor plumbing of any kind, so we had to haul water for everything we needed it for.
Now, I am always appreciative of having hot, running water, and being able to take a shower every day.

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Madge Bumstead said:
I feel blessed to have been born in the early 60's, having had the opportunity to grow up and enjoy the 60's and 70's era. Take me back to the 60's and 70's! What I'd give!

I could touch on so much. Both me and hubby love a lot of modern technologies of today, hubby speaks of vehicles today compared to the old, and I, the likes of today's modern appliances, but boy, what a simple time it was, back in the day. Mouth-watering delight wafted from everyone's open windows, freshly laundered washing hung on clotheslines, a relaxed slowness filled the air and everyone's days, there was structure, family closeness, and gee oh gee, I could go on and on and on.

Sure, today's health-care and medical advances are a dream, with people living longer and more fuller lives than ever, but the simplistic ways and means of the past will always soothe my soul and call me home.
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Madge, I was born in the last year of the 1940's and I too loved our generation. Although saddened by the fact that my children will not live in the blessed days we had.
Even worse it was my generation, 'Boomers' that let it happen.
 
Marie Mallory said:
Madge, I was born in the last year of the 1940's and I too loved our generation. Although saddened by the fact that my children will not live in the blessed days we had.
Even worse it was my generation, 'Boomers' that let it happen.
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Marie, I always feel as though I am being super-biased whenever I speak of the glory days of my childhood, and in many ways I am (chuckle-chuckle), but when I see what's going on today, airing one's delight in the past eras we grew up in is simply stating the facts, and for many it proves to be too much for them to handle, yet as I age and sprout more tap roots, I've reached that ultimate stage where most everything rolls off my back-side.

When my own children were young and growing I'd share stories and life experiences with them associated with my upbringing and adventures, and talk about the expressions that would come about as a result of. They couldn't believe that our call home was when the street lights came on, or how our personal playground encompassed blocks and blocks around. Freedom, that's what it was, pure and simple freedom.

Hubby and I chat about it all the time when out for our walks and drives, the lack of young and growing children playing outside. Troubling it is, and a reflection on the health woes that plague today's younger generation, the same health woes that were essentially non-existent in our day. Pre-packaged garbage food, junk food, drinks saturated in sugar, a lack of exercise, a lack of warm and cozy home-life, young children fending for themselves until mom and dad arrive home from their workday. With all of the strides society and our world has made, we've gone painfully backwards in so many other areas.

Even back in the 80's and 90's, when my kids were young and growing, there was still a measure of freedom when it came to outdoor play and adventure, but nothing quite like you and I enjoyed back in the day, and like yourself, I, too, am saddened over the fact that children today are born into lives absent of so many old-timey enjoyments.
 
Madge Bumstead said:
Marie, I always feel as though I am being super-biased whenever I speak of the glory days of my childhood, and in many ways I am (chuckle-chuckle), but when I see what's going on today, airing one's delight in the past eras we grew up in is simply stating the facts, and for many it proves to be too much for them to handle, yet as I age and sprout more tap roots, I've reached that ultimate stage where most everything rolls off my back-side.

When my own children were young and growing I'd share stories and life experiences with them associated with my upbringing and adventures, and talk about the expressions that would come about as a result of. They couldn't believe that our call home was when the street lights came on, or how our personal playground encompassed blocks and blocks around. Freedom, that's what it was, pure and simple freedom.

Hubby and I chat about it all the time when out for our walks and drives, the lack of young and growing children playing outside. Troubling it is, and a reflection on the health woes that plague today's younger generation, the same health woes that were essentially non-existent in our day. Pre-packaged garbage food, junk food, drinks saturated in sugar, a lack of exercise, a lack of warm and cozy home-life, young children fending for themselves until mom and dad arrive home from their workday. With all of the strides society and our world has made, we've gone painfully backwards in so many other areas.

Even back in the 80's and 90's, when my kids were young and growing, there was still a measure of freedom when it came to outdoor play and adventure, but nothing quite like you and I enjoyed back in the day, and like yourself, I, too, am saddened over the fact that children today are born into lives absent of so many old-timey enjoyments.
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I do not agree with blaming things on society. Blame it on family please. We have neighbors with 2-4 kids in the range of 6-14. A 13 year old cut our front yard last year once a week after our eight year grass guy gaslighted us. Two kids in the family. Both active in sports. Both parents very involved. Other one has three young ones. Articulate, involved in sports, very family oriented. That is basically the way around here. Kids play in the street, adults meet at the mail box for happy hour. Food gets shared across the board. Neighborhood assistance from grass cutting to my kid missed the bus are normal. We do not encroach.
 
Well, I am of the Silent Generation, having been born at the height of the Great Depression in 1933. I have 2 siblings who are Boomers, one born in 1946 and the other in 1949. I feel I've had the best to several generations and seen the worst of some. Mine were very difficult during the 30s and 40s when I look back.

But, compared to today, I feel I had a great time.
 
Lois E. Winters said:
Well, I am of the Silent Generation, having been born at the height of the Great Depression in 1933. I have 2 siblings who are Boomers, one born in 1946 and the other in 1949. I feel I've had the best to several generations and seen the worst of some. Mine were very difficult during the 30s and 40s when I look back.

But, compared to today, I feel I had a great time.
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Were you in the city or country? By the time the mid to late 50s came around , I think things got much better. I was a Boomer and had a wonderful life.
But that all was about to change by late 60s.
 
Marie Mallory said:
Were you in the city or country? By the time the mid to late 50s came around , I think things got much better. I was a Boomer and had a wonderful life.
But that all was about to change by late 60s.
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I was just thinking the difference might have been city or country. Although not having indoor plumbing or water would have been a draw back, not living in the city has always made me happy. There was a brief few years in Milwaukee but that was kind of like the Laverne and Shirley tv show. My kids grew up in the country and when I wanted to know where they were, I would send my Sheltie out after them to herd them back or just bark where ever they were. Today, little kids are in danger when alone even in a smaller city like mine. So no unsupervised play. Parents might get arrested for child neglect.
 
This is a fascinating telling of parts of our history, much of which was lost or destroyed. I was impressed by the telliing of our own Peshtigo, WI fire. But also the fact that it happened at the same time as the Chicago fire and two others that turned the skies red in three states. How it erased the history of so many...The orphan train, the destruction of records...
 
Yvonne Smith said:
I am in the last year before Boomers, 1945, I think called The Silent Generation. I enjoyed growing up in the 50’s, missed most of the stuff in the 60’s because I was a married new mom with babies, and busy with all that. So, I didn’t listen to rock music, dress like a Hippie, go to any concerts, and all of the great stuff from that time period.

We didn’t have a television until I was a teenager, so I seldom watched much TV, and after I grew up and got married, we moved a lot ……I mean a LOT ……my husband worked construction. Everything we owned went into the back of our Rambler American, and we just went from job to job, mostly living in motels or cheap cabins.
Eventually, we had 3 kids, and too much stuff to keep moving around, so we settled down in North Idaho, and Washington State, still moving, but not as often.

We lived in a little cabin in North Idaho for a long time, it had electricity, but no running water or indoor plumbing of any kind, so we had to haul water for everything we needed it for.
Now, I am always appreciative of having hot, running water, and being able to take a shower every day.

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After our house burned down in 1956, we had, 'running water', we ran it in buckets up to the house from the well where we drew it.
Bathed in the creek or spillway from our lake. I loved every minute of my childhood. Our cats, dogs, goat and donkey and my duck named Joe who followed me everywhere.
 
Mary Stetler said:
This is a fascinating telling of parts of our history, much of which was lost or destroyed. I was impressed by the telliing of our own Peshtigo, WI fire. But also the fact that it happened at the same time as the Chicago fire and two others that turned the skies red in three states. How it erased the history of so many...The orphan train, the destruction of records...
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I grew up in Wallace, Michigan, just over 20 miles from Peshtigo. Wallace burned that same summer, and most people rebuilt a mile or so to the east, to be nearer the railroad. So, while the house I grew up in was once in Wallace, after that, we were a little over a mile out of town.
 
Marie Mallory said:
Madge, I was born in the last year of the 1940's and I too loved our generation. Although saddened by the fact that my children will not live in the blessed days we had.
Even worse it was my generation, 'Boomers' that let it happen.
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I do not believe that Boomers let it happen. I think there's a natural corruption & decline to prosperous societies that the proletariat (the working class) cannot stop. I believe it was Hamilton who said that although we are a republic with self-governance supposed to be close to where we live, after time people would view the fed as "government." And here we are.
 
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