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[CatrionaGrace]

That'll be great if y'all Baby Boomers leave anything left for posterity. Grumble grumble grumble....

Buck up, buttercup. Every generation goes through hell in its own way, all the time blaming it on the sins of the elders. Imagine: we went through youth without cell phones or Square Bob Spongepants. Talk about deprivation. Here, have an edible or a beer, then go make some cheese straws or something.

 

[Homer Potvin]

Buck up, buttercup. Every generation goes through hell in its own way, all the time blaming it on the sins of the elders. Imagine: we went through youth without cell phones or Square Bob Spongepants. Talk about deprivation. Here, have an edible or a beer, then go make some cheese straws or something.

Oof, don't mention beer. Still navigating a 36 hour hangover. Way too old for this shit.

 

[Link the Writer]

Get a job like the rest of us! Hahaha

Lemme think about.

No.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

I'm getting real good at retiring, having done it at least half a dozen times.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

I know many people who are great advertisements for retirement. Most say they don't know how they ever fit a job into their busy routine.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Most say they don't know how they ever fit a job into their busy routine

Sounds familiar....

But I do operate at a slower pace these days.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Don't we all!

 

[Louanne Learning]

Two-hour coffees in the morning...

 

[Rigor Mortis]

If you click on this thread, you must vote in the current competition.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Sixteen members have voted in the Flash Fiction. Let's aim for --- 25?

https://writingforum.org/threads/vo...e-2025-theme-mysterious-letter.397/#post-8823

 

[Rigor Mortis]

I'm going to enforce my self-discipline and stay away from this thread for a bit for fear I might run out of things to say.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Writers never run out of things to say.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

And self-discipline was never my strong point.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Lol, let's keep shooting the shit!

(Is that a completely Canadian saying, or are you familiar with it?)

 

[GrahamLewis]

Buck up, buttercup. Every generation goes through hell in its own way, all the time blaming it on the sins of the elders. Imagine: we went through youth without cell phones or Square Bob Spongepants. Talk about deprivation. Here, have an edible or a beer, then go make some cheese straws or something.

What she said. Except I will say that even when I deliberately tried to drop out of it all, I always "knew" that anytime I chose, I could drop back in. And true enough, when I chose to, I was able to fall back into school, home ownership, and a career. I think it would be harder nowadays. There was indeed something privileged about being white, middle-class, in mid-America, in the mid 20th century.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Lol, let's keep shooting the shit!

(Is that a completely Canadian saying, or are you familiar with it?)

We're more likely to shoot the breeze while talking shite.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

There was indeed something privileged about being white, middle-class, in mid-America, in the mid 20th century.

If you were male. Just sayin'.

"Shoot the bull" is more common here, though I've heard the other versions used as well.

 

[Rath Darkblade]

Things were definitely different when we were first starting out. Nowadays, it's nearly impossible for many to get their first home.

These days, we are glad to have the price of a new home.

And speaking of which...

 

[Louanne Learning]

The ratio of annual income to average home prices has drastically decreased over the last 40 years.

 

[THUNDAIR]

Newton said gravity pulls you down. Einstein said you are being pushed up.. Quantum said, "Hold my beer."