Ever feel like you were born in the wrong era?

I dont know what im going to do when cars go electric.... I been outside teaching my medical school brother how to put headers on his 1986 GMC, and its so simple. And then he asks about the mustang or one of our newer cars and I get disappointed.

I should have been born in the 50's in the backwoods somewhere. I hate big cities, I hate people, I hate traffic, I wish we had a farm again. I miss the tractors and having no technology and growin our own food.

Anyone else ever feel the same way? Like your out of place?

you ain't the only one.

Include me in that group. I was born in the backwoods and I don't like big cities, I hate traffic, I also wish there were more farms, more backroads,and a much simpler way of life :)

it's out there and it will never be cheaper,so turn off the computer and go get it.......

I was born in the 50's but the problem is that time moves on, whether you like it or not. You play the cards that are dealt to you and make the best of them that you can. Such is life

What you need to do is think of all the things you'd be without because they were not available back then like they are now-telephones, medical care, headers, MGBs, internet forums......

Got you beat Gerry...I was born in the 40s. I just watched the movie "Glory" last night. I had forgotten how great a movie it was. If you want to go back to the good old simpler times, just watch the movie and pay attention to the "field hospital" scene after the battle of Antietam .

No thanks.

I got you beat, Peter. I was born in the 30's. One of my favorite movies about the old days is Second Hand Lions. A bit sappy, but really enjoyable.

...speedy1 post that photo of you with Tom Mix.......

Wyatt, I liked Hoppy better.

Well, Beanie, I live about as simple a life as can be done. Middle of the woods. I buy electricity from the grid, and that's it.

My water comes from a shallow well I dug by hand. My sewer system is a Delta whitewater, I had installed. The electricity comes from Pacific power, and realistic thinking says I am stuck with it. Heat mostly comes from wood burning. Probably 90%.

And it's because I hate all the things you talked about. But, I really don't think this life is for everyone, and would suggest going into it very carefully. If you change your mind, and want to be close to a convenience store, you gotta find another fool to pass the place onto!

Here's a picture of my house. No neighbors can be seen from it. UPS had a hard time finding it, and if the regular guy is off, they hold the mail till he comes back. Post office delivers two miles away, and I had to call 911 and register that someone lives here!

"It's now possible to wear out a way of life in less than a lifetime and you can get either angry or morose as the world you've learned to live in becomes unrecognizable, but it won't stop or even slow the process. And anyway although, gazing at the past is pleasant enough, it can cause you to back into the future ass-first, which I don't recommend." - Fly Fishing author John Gierach (my next door neighbor) from Fool's Paradise.

My great grandma has you all beat. She was born in the 1890's and died last year, and she was born into polish tradition in Warsaw.

Just the thought of something simpler is better. I hate hospitals, I never go. I needed stitches in my chin, a piece of medical tape and a good nap fixed it up.

Back in Pinetop, everything was great. We had 3 neighbors (the others were too far to walk to, had to drive.), and my cars could be loud, I could do what I want. I miss golfing in my front yard. I used to play German Spotlight in the woods across the street from my house (also where my dog got eaten by a bear). I miss home made food.

Before I moved to phoenix, I didnt know what a cell phone was, or internet. I didnt get a computer till Windows 98 came out. Emails were hard as heck to figure out for me. But I could fire a rifle, and I could make wilderness tools easily. I didnt know what a toll booth was, what a city bus was, what the heck an A/C unit was. We burned wood, and if it was hot outside, well you sat in the shade. I used to jump on the trampoline and peg bats with rocks and watch the dogs eat them. I didnt even know what Walmart was.



Wayne, I would buy that house no problem. Thats how it was in Pinetop. We called the satellight company one time because a elk scratched its antlers on the dish, and the people said our house wasnt on their map and all this nonsence, when they came an layed concrete for the dish! stupid thing was in the middle of the backyard. Took a month to get it fixed. Wood for fire, small stores for food. Water tanks, frozen water lines, all that fun.

Bet you walked 5 miles uphill in the snow every day to and from school, too

...I love it...a great way to spend the end of days...enjoy...we want something very similar, altho I will trade you the mountain for the water...but either would be great.I look every week at the real estate ads...

don't lose any sleep naomi. mrs. barrow was a real tight ass. i always loved that wart on her nose.

I agree with you. I should have been boorn in the 20s, as the 40s, 50s, and 60s had the coolest airplanes and cars.
Nothing since can compare.

it really doesn't matter. if you get old enough at some time you will miss the good old days.


EDIT: i would've liked to have seen ted williams play. don't think i would've liked to haved lived during ww2. maybe he should've been born later.

somehow i can see you in a white t shirt and your geasy hair rubbing out the lacquer finish on your hot rodded model a. with a cigarette hanging out of your mouth.

Always.

...so whats your era BobM....

check out the movie the 13th floor. about a guy who finds a way to periodically go back to the 30's. the days of his youth.

Unbelievable !

@ Wyatt: Probably California in the late 18th to early 19th Centuries.

...aha..smitten by a lovely senorita.....and a ZORRO complex.....a good choice indeed.

Topic should have been, "do you feel like you were born wrong?"

Purely from the motoring point of view, I'd loved to have been around in the 30s.

The greatest era of motoring IMO. Driving a blower Bentley on the banking at Brooklands. What a dream.

Little traffic on the roads, fewer regulations. A time when men were men and sheep were worried. Oops sorry, drifted off topic there.

I suppose I'm as close as I'll get with the TA but the traffic now takes some of the fun out of it.

I was born in the right era. The problem is that too many things happened to change the era into something other that what I wanted it to be. Growing up in the 50's and 60's was great. People were still considerate and honest and believed in working for what they wanted. Kids were safe playing almost anywhere. TV was still clean and entertaining. Would have been nice if that era had stayed around a bit longer