Ok Boomer.....

[AUTOHOLIC]

Originally Posted by LATB

Same here. Parents born in 30 and 33. "depression babies" and they lived very frugal because of it. My dad used to cringe when he saw the money I spent on cars and trucks and boats, etc...
And they thought I was rich because I always have a nice house etc...

Dad once said: "son I hope all this stuff is paid for because one day things will change and you will be selling for pennies on the dollar"
That was in 2005 and by 2008-2009 I was doing exactly that.
Wise man he was.

My dad was born in 1927. He was never a car guy and never understood why I always had so many cars. I told him that “they make me money so I can afford to drive what I want and live the way I do.” The only school I went to after H.S. was the school of hard knocks. I started working at age 13 and have never been without a job unless I wanted to or owned my own businesses. I have not had a mortgage since 1997 or a car payment EVER in my life. I was born in the best generation EVER and was self taught by observing and learning from my environment.

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by 04 commemorative

.....and not one snowflake

Yeah, but boomers created the millenials, and thus snowflakes happen everywhere now.

[ZipZap]

Hey, renters...

[LATB]

Originally Posted by AUTOHOLIC

My dad was born in 1927. He was never a car guy and never understood why I always had so many cars. I told him that “they make me money so I can afford to drive what I want and live the way I do.” The only school I went to after H.S. was the school of hard knocks. I started working at age 13 and have never been without a job unless I wanted to or owned my own businesses. I have not had a mortgage since 1997 or a car payment EVER in my life. I was born in the best generation EVER and was self taught by observing and learning from my environment.

We traveled similar life paths.

[TripleBlack]

Originally Posted by RMVette

I hated the punch cards for my Fortran IV course in college!

This ^


Our course name was Business Application in Fortran. Was any business application ever written in Fortran.

BTW... think I still have a set of punch cards for an IBM 1130 in the attic.

[Vince Clortho]

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Datawiz

Yeah, but boomers created the millenials, and thus snowflakes happen everywhere now.

My two aren't snowflakes. I instilled stricter discipline than my Dad did for me.

discipline

1 of 2 noun
dis·​ci·​pline ˈdi-sə-plən
1a: control gained by enforcing obedience or order
b: orderly or prescribed conduct or pattern of behavior
c: SELF-CONTROL
3: training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character
5: a rule or system of rules governing conduct or activity

2 of 2 verb
2: to train or develop by instruction and exercise especially in self-control

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