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Phillies3737

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31. She's 29 now

Sun Mar 28, 2021, 11:08 AM

Mar 2021

Years ago, my family (kids were then 5 & 7) was having dinner in our beautiful Ithaca home. My (now ex) husband was in a PhD program at Cornell; I was a grant writer for a small, rural hospital situated 2 miles from Watkins Glen. You get the picture. We were discussing “how was school” stuff, etc. My daughter, the 5-year-old, chimed in with all seriousness, “Mom, I miss the good old days.” This was one of those times when your child comes out with something so funny, you have to hold a newspaper in front of your face so they don’t see how hard you’re laughing. I always wondered what the heck a five-year-old considered the “good old days”!

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A thought for a Sunday morning: [View all] PCIntern Mar 2021 OP

K&R spanone Mar 2021 #1

Excellent observations. sop Mar 2021 #2

This is a fantastic post. LuckyCharms Mar 2021 #3

Agreed. It was a great commentary. DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #40

Happy Passover Doc, think of you and your family only for at least this week. Forget the negative. SheilaAnn Mar 2021 #4

Thank you. And to you as well. PCIntern Mar 2021 #5

I was telling someone about the MyOwnPeace Mar 2021 #6

Yes. Shoe salesmen started having a lot of cancer. keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #23

Our mother took us to the Buster Brown shoe store in the 40s and 50s. Mickju Mar 2021 #38

I did the same thing - it was fascinating. Talitha Mar 2021 #42

Yes, it was. Mickju Mar 2021 #44

I'm lucky I was born in 1983 and not earlier. Elessar Zappa Mar 2021 #7

Wow! Terrific news. PCIntern Mar 2021 #9

That is fantastic news. I had no idea that such an advance had been made... Hekate Mar 2021 #53

I knew a family when I was a child. TNNurse Mar 2021 #60

Wonderful news Unwind Your Mind Mar 2021 #74

K&R Frequently, I walk past a small old cemetery bronxiteforever Mar 2021 #8

"I wonder how many died from simple infections that we routinely treat today." luvtheGWN Mar 2021 #20

My mother's gmother died from diabetes before insulin was developed. keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #29

My maternal great grandmother was a corn husker in Alabama. She got a cut from husking-- tblue37 Mar 2021 #27

So sad! Makes one appreciate medicine even more bronxiteforever Mar 2021 #35

When my dad went to waxing nostalgic gibraltar72 Mar 2021 #10

KNR niyad Mar 2021 #11

A thought that's very much appreciated. ancianita Mar 2021 #12

Well said nuxvomica Mar 2021 #13

Nail, meet Hammer. Geechie Mar 2021 #50

As a baby boomer I've often wondered what affects the things we grew up with have had on us. llmart Mar 2021 #14

My Mom worked as a secretary for decades... Hugin Mar 2021 #18

Teachers used to run off test copies and wnylib Mar 2021 #69

I used to run a blueprint machine. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2021 #62

Don't forget leaded gasoline, Doc. Hugin Mar 2021 #15

LOL! Thanks! PCIntern Mar 2021 #17

And lead paint HUAJIAO Mar 2021 #30

K&R n/t Alice Kramden Mar 2021 #16

All of this constitutes the myth of America and it's mythical exceptionalism malaise Mar 2021 #19

Regarding Shoe Sizing Fluoriscopes ... marble falls Mar 2021 #21

I stopped to look at a car for sale in a front yard. multigraincracker Mar 2021 #22

Great post. Wifey is prone to pine for the "good ole days" and will post on FB Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #24

I'd like to see my old testosterone levels come back PCIntern Mar 2021 #26

... Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #28

Maybe don't use a pain killer next time !! HUAJIAO Mar 2021 #25

Exactly Traildogbob Mar 2021 #46

She's 29 now Phillies3737 Mar 2021 #31

Out of the mouths of babes... PCIntern Mar 2021 #34

Being breast fed and carried everywhere? soldierant Mar 2021 #61

Having a whole day to play, take naps, and wnylib Mar 2021 #70

Daddy said a loaf of bread was only a dime during the depression keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #32

And that's if you were lucky enough to actually get work, right? ShazzieB Mar 2021 #65

The CCC gave room and board which was a lot at the time. keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #68

My mother was 12 years old in 1929 too! My father smoked, and I remember in the 1950s.... George II Mar 2021 #33

I have found that the best strategy to talk to these people is to pretend to be ignorant and ask Escurumbele Mar 2021 #36

Hope it lightens up for you Marthe48 Mar 2021 #37

KnR...nt MiHale Mar 2021 #39

Transliterally, "Chag Pesach Sameach," Doc! Ilsa Mar 2021 #41

If your mother saved your elementary school report cards beveeheart Mar 2021 #43

"heard that he was incapacitated and mentally deficient" left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 #45

I live near a retire radiologist. We were talking about advances in curing diseases. usaf-vet Mar 2021 #47

Great post! pandr32 Mar 2021 #48

Grim from end to end, but tragically, true. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author Hekate Mar 2021 #51

Happy Passover! Hekate Mar 2021 #52

Thank you! PCIntern Mar 2021 #54

To your point: people who say the good old days were obviously fine because they didn't die... Beartracks Mar 2021 #57

All without even mentioning upper-atmospheric nuclear tests. eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #55

I always read your posts, PCIntern. I know there will be some real gems included. This one is great! erronis Mar 2021 #56

I'm honored. Thank you. PCIntern Mar 2021 #64

do I hear banjos? sheilahi Mar 2021 #58

Funny! PCIntern Mar 2021 #59

How do your patients get to say so much? wnylib Mar 2021 #71

Ah yes, the good old days. halfulglas Mar 2021 #63

good old days, like treadle dentil drills. pansypoo53219 Mar 2021 #66

But beware the PCIntern Mar 2021 #67

i do think i foubnd an old wood handled tooth puller maybe. i do know i found an old wood mercury pansypoo53219 Mar 2021 #72

Scary Laha Mar 2021 #73