Being an old codger probably goes with the age in most cases. We did pass through different eras. That had a major influence on us.

Hopefully we are a little wiser from the trip. Certainly they colored our lives to some extent. I know at 77 I look back occasionally. The changes my generation passed through where substantial.

It is not really arrogance on my part. Yet I find most of the young people of today seem to know little other than socializing. Believe it or not many of my generation had part time jobs when in high school for example.

I suspect I lived through a period of growth north America had never seen before or since. Perhaps of 10 to 15 years duration. Until it started to decline. .Incomes rose steadily while prices remained the same basically. Even though demand was high inflation slept.