age,oldies,buddies.

Yes, I notice that quite a lot of topics are geared towards the younger generation, so I guess we are in the minority. If we posted a topic on what we did for entertainment 40 years back, I doubt that we would get more than one or two responses. I find however, that when my grandchildren come to stay with me, they always ask me to play games from the old days, as they enjoy these best. I have to admit also that they just hate listening to my old records. Be that as it may, I have no intention of changing my old fashioned ways to suit the younger generation.

Well, we could talk about Jim Morrison, Janice Joplin & Jimi Hendrix...or we could talk about Father Knows Best & Leave it to Beaver...or we could talk about out houses & horse n buggy days...how far back ya wanna go?

Yes, I'm an oldie here, and I agree that most of the inane discussions younger people post aren't relevant in my life. I know there are a lot more of us on mylot, too. Maybe mylot will come up with something like age divisions for discussions. Not that anyone couldn't answer anything they wanted, but just to isolate topics which might be of more interests to the different age groups. My husband and I enjoy Reminisce magazine so much that's about the way things used to be that I'm sure many people here would love to discuss the old days with us.

The youth of today have a virtual world, as opposed to the real one that we grew up in. I, too, am missing the way things 'used to be' and feel sorry as kids today don't even know what they're missing. I'm glad I'm of the generation that I am! Growing up, kids were NEVER indoors unless they were sick or grounded! We played Kick-the-Can, Hide & Seek, went sled riding and roller skating. Boys used to build go-carts and wanna be rock bands practiced in garages. We thought nothing of walking a couple miles to a friend's house or a store. We'd build snowmen, tree-forts. We never even had pop; if you were lucky, there would be 'Little Toms' at a birthday party! Almost everything was closed on Sunday so that would always be a day you could count on the family all being around. We'd all head for the beach or a park and look for arrow-heads and such. There were always carnivals to look forward to in the summer! Kids today don't even KNOW how to have discussions. Instead, it's more like polls. 'Which fast-food restaurant do you favor?' 'Are you on MySpace?' It's sad, very sad.

The advantage of mature individuals is they possess experience which the young ones lack. They know much more about the meaning of life. They have patience to handle difficult situations. While the young ones are usually restless and take immediate actions without thinking. That's why you find discussing with them tastless. But I know a few young nice people in my homeland who like to listen to grown up people and they love old songs from the 60s and 70s. So the generation gap is not unbreakable. The isssue is how can we help the two generations to get along with each other harmoniously.

We did not have much in material things, but we had a lot of love, fun, sharing and caring. We made our own entertainment and it didn't cost an arm and a leg. Yes, at times the old days were not good... but it is the small, good things of that past that bring a smile to our faces.

Well, I don't think I'm that old, but I am older and like to start unique and interesting topics other than what my favorite cereal is and what my favorite colors are.......

How about the things you use to do when you were a kid. I use to go roller skating every saturday My mother would take me. we would skate to the music. I think I will start taking my grand kids skating every-week-end. It is fun and good excerise.

I'm too young to remember the arrival of the car, but it's amazing all the mod cons that have cropped up in our lifetime. OMG it makes me feel so old thinking about it. Reminds me of a scene in Monty Python ... When I were a lad we used to live in a paper bag in't middle o't road ... Don't think the younger ones would understand that either. Monty who? lol

My kids don't get on the computer, TV, Play stations much. they like to play card and board games with me. My son loves cars, only because we have race cars and he wants to look good, but yes it would be nice to talk about the good old days. when we entertained are selves. We use to find things to do. Like build forts, go to the parks and meet new people.Go to the local swimming pools. Set and listen to music and talk about boys. Now they set on there cell phones and talk about boys.

I don't think that I'm that old but I do remember using rabbit ears for TV, having no PC, having no mobile phones and no game stations. I'm only 31 though. Am I really that old? LOL

Yes, how I miss Saturdays' American Bandstand. "That Ole Time Rock and Roll", still moves my soul. I watched my Mother and Aunt who would get so excited that they would grab the door knob and dance with the door.I hear the music and sit back and let the memories flo.

I'm like you mistypq, much older than most of the members on this site, but I still enjoy hearing what they have to say, although with their grammar and spelling I'm not really sure I get the correct meaning. I wonder how the young kids today would spend their time if you took away the things you mentioned. I'm sure they'd be totally lost.

most people post just to get the payment they dont really care what they are writeing. Just something easy for people to reply to.

Hi nice to meet you . looking at your profile I am more of an oldie than you lol . When I was wee there wern't even TV's we had an outside toilet and a parafin lamp ,we played on a rope swing over the stream and we had a brilliant childhood . xx

I am not an oldies yet and I think it is ok to feel that way. You can try to catch up with us or you can talk about your times. We could try to reason and look up things. It will be a way for us to learn aobut your times as well.

Those simple minds create simple subjects. May we enlighten them with some of the great stuff? I had some great times at the drive-in theaters and hanging out with friends. I enjoyed cruisin the lake and checking out the steamy windows to see who was going to get caught next. Back then we didn't have all the stress that youth have today. We would go fishing, swimming and skating and it didn't cost a fortune. We used two way radios instead of cell phones and there wasn't the high bills at the end of the month. Pong was it for games connected to the t.v. I learned to change the oil in my car, tune it, and many other things that today's autos are too complex to allow. My mother taught my boyfriends how to change the oil and overhaul the transmissions in their cars. I had more boyfriends hanging around than most girls because I could talk shop. We had jobs and after work we had money we earned, and appreciated, to have fun with. Any feed back here?

yes, we need to have some more stimualtion and better and interesting descussions, share with us and all the others.

Keep an open mind and while, of course, like generations are probably going to have more in common that doesn't mean that what the younger crowd is saying and talking about can't be interesting too! We could all learn from each other, and that includes generations.

I am a teenager but I can understand your feeling and I think you are feeling a generation gap here and I think its normal for you to have such a feeling but I still think there are so many discussions here where you can give your input and many teenagers will respect your input because you are more experienced then they are.