Dear of troy: Most talk about the good old days is bovine grass nutrients. I remember seeing cemeteries with rows of tiny stones telling of several children dying in one week, probably of diphtheria. Of reading of such things as Teddy Roosevelt's father dying after two weeks agony from an intestinal problem that could probably been cured by today's surgery. If such a well to do man died like that, think of the multitude of poor ones who also did. Childhood always seems wonderful in retrospect "Make me a child again, just for tonight."
I just wish some freedoms had not been taken away for such loathsome reasons. Schools with barbed wire on top of chainlink fence,and parks closed at night because of druggies. Dentists having to wear rubber gloves because of AIDS.Old values discarded, with no worthwhile replacements.
These are not "some of my favorite things." Actually I think I have been very lucky to have had the best of the old days, and the benefits of progress so far.
