[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by hurryinhoosier62

My dad didn’t want to relive his youth. He was still trying to figure out HOW he survived it.

My dad, too.

He was from Southeast Missouri, and had to pick cotton so he would have shoes for school.

I told him one time "Dad, when I think of heaven, I think of 1930's farm life".

He said "Son - 1930's farm life is why I am in Michigan working for General Motors".

K

[einstein]

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be...

[59safaricat]

I was nostalgic when I was young. I'm 43 and in the 90's I was into 50's/60's/70's cars, music, TV shows, and movies. Most of my current appliances are from that era, even some bathroom fixtures (I hate low flow toilets with a passion).

[kingbuzzo]

This thread hit me hard...lol

I'm 53 but never really grew up so I straddle multiple music generations - plus I'm a lazy listener so I don't want to listen to anything new except maybe for the Strokes/Muse/Gretta.

On mondays I'm punk rock, tuesday is New Wave, wed is grunge, thurs is hair metal/hard rock, friday is classic metal, saturday is 80's alternative or Candian content, sunday is classic schlock...

On road trips it is mandatory to put on Screaming Trees Uncle Anesthesia - sorry best one lol

TV I have the sling subscription and watch 80% 60-70-early 80's movies exclusively.

So I don't know if it's a combination of lazy, stuck is my ways those are my jams and my '74 t/a is the only car that fits me like a glove.

Lolapalooza '92 and Ozzfest 97 were defining moments for me as well...haha

Courtney killed Kurt, everyone knows that...lol

[jhein]

Originally Posted by einstein

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be...

That's a very Yogi-istic sort of statement. Good one. LOL.

[einstein]

[webfoot]

'75 Xer, don't care about shoes cuz I never had cool shoes growing up, the cars of the 80s and 90s are mostly ugly as were the fashion trends, so I like stuff made before I was born, though I do think about how cool life in the US might have been in the 50s and 60s.

[Simple Man]

Originally Posted by geeteeohguy

At 61, I'm a late boomer, and in school in the '60's and '70's, nobody really gave a crap about shoes. It was a pre-digital, pre-information age, and totally different times. No cell phones. No internet. Just roller disco, feathered hair, tight pants, jacked-up hot rods, and rock and roll.

I don't know about that. I was in high school 1974-78. Converse All Stars were the shoes to have, followed by ProKeds.

[hurryinhoosier62]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

My dad, too.

He was from Southeast Missouri, and had to pick cotton so he would have shoes for school.

I told him one time "Dad, when I think of heaven, I think of 1930's farm life".

He said "Son - 1930's farm life is why I am in Michigan working for General Motors".

K

Keith, my dad’s family was poor. My grandfather lost his farm for delinquent taxes in 1937. In 1940, they move to Jeffersonville so Grandpa would be closer to his job at the U.S. Army Quartermaster Depot. They moved back to the country in 1946 after my grandfather had a severe heart attack and was retired by Civil Service. His only income was his $28 monthly retirement from the Army( he contracted Spanish influenza in 1918, damaging his heart) and his $46 monthly retirement check from Civil Service. Dad quit school in 1948 to help provide for his younger siblings (Dad was the oldest son). He worked as a laborer at Jeffboat until 1950 when he went to work as a laborer for Whittenburg Construction ($2.00 per hour verses $1.25 per hour). In 1951 he enlisted in the Marine Corps and was shipped to Korea in 1952. He was in Korea until 1954. When he came home he was 23, yet had lived more and seen more than either of his parents.

[locomotivebreath]

I think GeN X has a pretty broad palette . I’m almost 45 , I’m into a bit of everything as are most of my peers . The Boomers on the other hand - that’s a different story lol . When I started with my company , it was staffed about 90% with boomers . Those guys had pretty narrow taste . Man did they think they were so cool lol An example would be , I like decades worth of music , even new stuff . Boomers , not so much- 60&70’s or they turn it off . Some where just victims of the 60s and just burnouts I think . You have to grow up 1st to be nostalgic and these guys retired still thinking it was 1975 lol

[66sprint6]

The first book that I remember touching upon the subject of GenX was called Boom, Bust and Echo. It was an interesting read. In the author's opinion, the end of the boom was early in the sixties, with 1962 or so being the first identifiable cohort of a new generation. There's a few interesting remarks from the author, David Foot, who in 1992 opined that wealthy car buffs would put a complete modern chassis under their old classic car. And he was not a car guy.
Also, if you remember, a young Billy Idol had a punk band, fittingly called GenX before he went on his own. That was in 1979.

[71GP76TA]

Shoes?? I have been wearing all black skate shoes for decades..

[jhein]

Originally Posted by locomotivebreath

I think GeN X has a pretty broad palette . I’m almost 45 , I’m into a bit of everything as are most of my peers . The Boomers on the other hand - that’s a different story lol . When I started with my company , it was staffed about 90% with boomers . Those guys had pretty narrow taste . Man did they think they were so cool lol An example would be , I like decades worth of music , even new stuff . Boomers , not so much- 60&70’s or they turn it off . Some where just victims of the 60s and just burnouts I think . You have to grow up 1st to be nostalgic and these guys retired still thinking it was 1975 lol

Nostalgia is about feeling sentimental about a time or place in your past that was special to you. For most people that's their youth. By definition it's about the past.

[1965gp]

I think the best example I can think of (other than cars and motorcycles) that the boomer gen really got into was when the Eagles went back on tour. I remember people spending crazy money (at the time) to see the Eagles live.

Something else that I think contributes to this is of course the internet. We aren’t just car guys, we are car guys that are focused on a specific brand down to specific years and models. If you are really into any hobby you can find like minded people on the internet that are interested in the same exact thing you are. These usually generate products (especially now with 3D printing) that cater to those hobbies, genre’s, styles, etc.

My dad didn’t have this forum, he had Smoke Signals, Hot Rod Magazine and maybe a local car club. To make my point- there are a few people on this forum that have almost the exact same list of cars I do- what the odds of finding that person without the internet?

eBay is another thing. How many times have I looked up Sammy Hagar T shirts, old skateboards, or old toys I had that are literally just a click away. Accessibility is also a big driver of this. eBay truly killed a lot of the specialty shops but it sure made a lot of things more accessible to a lot of people.

[1965gp]

See ya’ll later I will be on eBay for the next several hours…..

[Mr Anonymous]

Nostalgia takes many forms, as expected. I'm 52, honestly never thought I'd live this long, probably should have done some things differently.

I miss working with my dad in his garage. The associated smell out there was a mix of obscure, cancer-causing mysterious carb cleaner in a 6 gallon container, rancid gear oil, stale gas, and cigarettes - plus some torch or welding fumes.

Still have stuff from my youth, the go-kart that almost got me arrested, the mini-bike with no brakes that two generations have managed to wreck repeatedly, my train set that only caught fire once, much of my childhood memories came from injury.

But smells certainly do it. My air near my grandparents place in indiana had a particular smell to it that is a combination of all the stuff blooming at the time. when I am back that way it stops me cold.

After my dad died, my mom had many of his shirts made into pillows for family and friends. One of them was my best friend who ended up living with us our senior year of high school when his dads job changed and they had to move four states away. I took one of the pillows, set it in the garage to absorb some of the smell, then mailed it to him in Europe. His wife sent me a pic when he opened it. He took one look and one smell, and there were lots of tears.

[PONTIAC LARRY]

Gen X (Me) agree TOTALLY ---- RE: the most nostalgic generation??

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by PONTIAC LARRY

Gen X (Me) agree TOTALLY ---- RE: the most nostalgic generation??

I think Boomers invented nostalgia.

"Happy Days" was the first TV program I recall dedicated to reliving a particular era.

K

[einstein]

Here's some sounds and images:

https://gab.com/UniversalDelirium/po...28687913741088

[jhein]

Nostalgia is about remembering good times from the past. I don't know what younger generations are gonna have to look back on.

Now excuse me, while I go chase those kids off my lawn.