Reply #53: That all depends

[blues90]

I grew uo in the 50's and my father worked hard as a carpenter , he built custom homes . At 9 I had to go with him every school vacation and help and did not get paid for it plus I had all the other choirs to do around the house .

My mother raised four children and had alot of housework going on daily .

we never had extras or more than one X-mas present under the tree and we wore hand me down clothes . Cars lasted 10 to 12 years and many time he had no work so he took on small jobs and brought me with .

I did not enjoy this , these days this would be child labor laws offended .

My point is even though we had food and such not everyone had it easy , there was no thoughts of college just get a job , a trade . Now I never made alot of money and never spent alot and now that I'm old I lost my only good job and am discarded as being to old to hire even though I have many years of experience it does not matter because my experience does not fit with todays job market .

Hence why I said it sucks for every generation unless you happen to come from a great set of parents who took the time to encourage you to do better and even this may not be good enough anymore .

I had to sweat the draft for years too , not a pleasent experience wondering what day that greetings notice may arrive in the mail . Hell the physical alone was horrifying enough for the draft .

I had to live through the nuclear duck and cover and the cuban missile crisis and that was not a fun time , it was no joke .

People used to say , life is a bitch and then you die . It's never been easy for the working class hero , never .