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Colonel · 04-11-2005, 11:05 PM

[quote="Short Hand":16ffd]don't get your panties in a twist you 2. As you said.. "It is just the internet" oOo:[/quote:16ffd]

Wow. I actually agree with Short Hand! LOL - I think the point of the story is not to point out what is better or worse, but simply that the grandma is telling her grandson all the things that have changed. Of course it has the air of "things were better when I was young". Us old folks always think that. You will too some day. I was surprised one day when I was talking about a rotary dial phone and my daughter, who was about 12 at the time, was shocked to discover that phones hadn't always had buttons. That is what the story is about.

BTW - the part that cracked me up was the part about no kid ever blew his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey. HAW HAW!!! I'm not a believer that TV and video in and of themselves cause more violent teens, but how come fifty years ago we had more families that owned guns, fewer gun laws, and at the same time, less crime in general and less violent crime in particular?

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Colonel is Offline Master Sergeant Posts: 1,789 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Marietta, GA	04-11-2005, 11:05 PM [quote="Short Hand":16ffd]don't get your panties in a twist you 2. As you said.. "It is just the internet" oOo:[/quote:16ffd] Wow. I actually agree with Short Hand! LOL - I think the point of the story is not to point out what is better or worse, but simply that the grandma is telling her grandson all the things that have changed. Of course it has the air of "things were better when I was young". Us old folks always think that. You will too some day. I was surprised one day when I was talking about a rotary dial phone and my daughter, who was about 12 at the time, was shocked to discover that phones hadn't always had buttons. That is what the story is about. BTW - the part that cracked me up was the part about no kid ever blew his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey. HAW HAW!!! I'm not a believer that TV and video in and of themselves cause more violent teens, but how come fifty years ago we had more families that owned guns, fewer gun laws, and at the same time, less crime in general and less violent crime in particular?