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I split the difference in '53. Worked pretty well, I got to experience the '68-'70 cars when they were new, start buying them when they were at their cheapest.Sometimes I wish with I born in '48.........not 58
When men were men,
When I met my wife at Penn State in the early '70s, she stood out like a sore thumb among the hippy dippies surrounding us. Old school dressy clothes, hair, make up, heels, always nylons, never bare legs. Reeled me in like that first GTX. She's never let up. Might be part of the reason we're still together after 45 years. The 50s gals had it figured out.women could define
"the definition of what a real woman actually is"
& you could tell that the women cared about how they looked
man them bras could poke an eye out
unfortunately Hippeis & Dopers in the late 60s screwed that all up
You couldn't have said it better. The 50s, like any era, had pluses and minuses, but there was a mood of optimism, which folks are nostalgic for (me included.) Glass half full, glass half empty. After years of working as a corporate mouth piece, I'm all to aware of the effects of media spin on most people, and amount of the junk the average person has to process has gone up exponentially since we were kids. So as you stated, folks tend to be fearful, rather optimistic, and make life choices accordingly. It's impacted the political process, on both sides of the aisle.Is life the same, better, worse or are we doing time till it stops in a few years at the rate we're going. I don't care, at this moment in time, I'm living the dream, if you leave fear at the door....
You have a life you should be proud of, you're a good man!!You couldn't have said it better. The 50s, like any era, had pluses and minuses, but there was a mood of optimism, which folks are nostalgic for (me included.) Glass half full, glass half empty. After years of working as a corporate mouth piece, I'm all to aware of the effects of media spin on most people, and amount of the junk the average person has to process has gone up exponentially since we were kids. So as you stated, folks tend to be fearful, rather optimistic, and make life choices accordingly. It's impacted the political process, on both sides of the aisle.
Ironically, my adoptive family in the 50s was fearful rather than optimistic, and they especially wanted me to be "safe." That included seeking a secure public sector job, and staying away from the business world. My 1960s rebellion was to assume 1950s financial optimism, and work my tail off to make money in the private sector. You've already read how my GTX was a catalyst in that process. I was fortunate to have my dad with me long enough to see the results, and tell me that his greatest regret was selling me short, even though he did it to try to keep me from getting hurt.