Things ain’t what they used to be, and never were
Will Rogers
My last remaining grandparent died when I was about 12 years old, but I still remember the vacation days when we visited him on his pig farm. He was a jolly soul and used to talk about the “good old days”. He told us grandkids about the Great Depression quite often. When he died after a long illness, the medical bills ate up the farm that he inherited from his father. There was very little left for any heirs. It would be another 12 years before Medicare was finally enacted.
Those were the “Good Old Days”
Everything in the 1950s was just moving too fast for him. All that fancy stuff like television was just a bunch of hooey.
The Silent Generation (Born 1925-1945) who are now the primary residents in my RetCom (retirement community) see the world much like my Grandad did. I know my RetCom is still pretty much stuck in the 20th century. Everything is paper. We are drowning in it. It’s been a quarter of a century since the digital age got into full swing, but I see little evidence of that here. My RetCom was built in 1997, and it doesn’t seem that much has changed since then.
I am at the head of the Boomer generation, and at the age of 76 I am the youngster, at my RetCom. But, there are many Boomers who will soon be joining me here in my RetCom. Will it be ready for them? I was in mid-career when the digital age sprouted, and I am now thoroughly engaged in almost all forms of technology. I proudly call myself a techie-nerd, so this place seems pretty old-fashioned and backwards to me.
Finishing this post where it began,
RJ's Corner - Having My Say 
LOL! Will Rogers was right! 😂
I’m not far behind you, age-wise. Our generation has adjusted to & embraced soooooo many changes, mostly (but not exclusively) technological. That’s troubling, about the “RetCom” & how it’s lagging. I hope they shape up, fast.
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Hi, Robin. For the most part, I am a techie and have been all my life. So, all this change is more exciting to me than fearful. We didn’t own a TV until I was a Junior in high school, and even calculators were still beyond the horizon. I frequently say that I was born twenty-years too soon. I retired in 2000 after 30-years in the corporate world. I would have loved being involved in all the advances in the last two decades.
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Hi! Yes – exciting! I’ve grabbed every digital whoosit that’s caught my eye since the mid-90’s. A lot of it annoys me now, tho, bec so much has been dumbed down & people expect auto-everything. There are still opportunities to explore, tho. Ahhh…TV. Well, I’m over 70 but we had a TV when I was a baby. I grew up with TV & have always been an early-adopter, when I could afford it. My math 7th grade advanced math class was invited to send student reps to the University of Pennsylvania to learn about the development of “electronic computers.” Being a girl, I was automatically excluded even tho my grades were equal to the boys’ grades. But WOW how cool it was to think about! 🤗
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Hi Robin. Yeah, me too. I am just a sucker for the latest gadgets and apps. I have been looking for a good drawing app, and after several purchases, I have about settled on Linearity-curve as the tool I will use going forward. It is vector-driven and relatively easy to use. Just downloaded them user manual and will be studying that tomorrow, to get me efficient at working with it.
We didn’t have a TV because we just couldn’t afford one. I didn’t realize that we were poor until years later. Ha. Your story about being excluded because you were a girl, brought back a story that I haven’t thought about in years. I worked 40 hours a week while going to college, most of it was in the dormitory cafeteria. I was head-waiter for the last 1.5 years. When it came time to choose my successor, I chose Jenny. She was definitely the most qualified. But, I was immediately told that girls could not be head waiters. When I asked why, the boss said, “that’s just the way it is”. I got upset about that and almost quit, but I needed the money to pay the last semester bills.
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Will Rogers has been a lifelong hero of mine, I have read almost everything he wrote.
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