Good Old Days - Which Era Would You Choose?

[Michael Z]

If people got mad they settled it with fistfights or just walk away. Then we're back friends in half-hour. No one shot anyone.

Yes, this was even true in the late 70's and early 80's where I went to college. In my "former" life I drank a lot and got in the occasional street fight. Never was arrested as police did not bother with arrests for this type of thing. In this day, however, I would have landed in the county jail a few times! (Or end up being shot as you mention) When I was helping with the county jail bible study I would always tell the guys that the only reason I was not wearing orange back then is that they never caught me, or more likely never bothered to catch me.

 

[Mandee]

No going back for me. My earlier decades were either sad, saw me being sickly or they were stressful. Certainly wouldn't want to go back to slavery time and even the 60's and 70's were not kind to people of color. Things still aren't right to tell the truth. Plus, if I went back to the late 1600's, I may have been put on trial as a witch. I like the modern conveniences so I8'll stay in the 21st cenury.

I'm with you on this one - I wouldn't want to go back to my 50's to 80's decades either, for pretty much the same reason.

 

[Pepper]

Despite the fact that I wasn't born for half of it, and can barely remember the latter part when I was born... I'd choose the 50's through the early 60's.. simply because people were nicer then, people were polite, there was no street drugs to talk of... People who have never visited the UK, always seem to be under the impression that we still live in the 50's, with twee houses, miss marple, and men who remove their hats for women.. couldn't be further from the truth...... and it's a pity we don't...

I remember when seeing England for the first time in the '60's I marveled that you guys were the skinniest people I ever saw with the worst looking teeth. Post war and rationing I suppose. I know of course that's not true anymore!

 

[fmdog44]

Any time after air conditioning was common everywhere.