A lesson, from an 80 year old man!!!

[dilbert firestorm]

A lesson, from an 80 year old man!!!

I talked with a man today, an 80+ year old man. I asked him if there was anything I could get him while this Coronavirus scare was gripping America.

He simply smiled, looked away and said: "Let me tell you what I need;

I need to believe, at some point, this country my generation fought for... that we handed safely to our children and their children... I need to know this generation will quit being a bunch of sissies...that they respect what they've been given...that they've earned what others sacrificed for."

I wasn't sure where the conversation was going or if it was going anywhere at all so, I sat there, quietly observing.

"You know, I was a little boy during WWII. Those were scary days. We didn't know if we were going to be speaking English, German or Japanese at the end of the war. There was no certainty, no guarantees like Americans enjoy today. And no home went without sacrifice or loss.

Every house, up and down every street, had someone in harm's way. Maybe their Daddy was a soldier, maybe their son was a sailor, maybe it was an uncle. Sometimes it was the whole damn family...fathers, sons, uncles.

Having someone, you love, sent off to war...it wasn't less frightening than it is today. It was scary as Hell. If anything, it was more frightening. We didn't have battle front news. We didn't have email or cellphones. You sent them away and you hoped...you prayed. You may not hear from them for months, if ever.

Sometimes a mother was getting her son's letters the same day Dad was comforting her over their child's death. And we sacrificed. You couldn't buy things. Everything was rationed. You were only allowed so much milk per month, only so much bread, toilet paper. EVERYTHING was restricted for the war effort.

And what you weren't using, what you didn't need, things you threw away, they were saved and sorted for the war effort. My generation was the original recycling movement in America.

And we had viruses back then...serious viruses. Things like polio, measles, and such. It was nothing to walk to school and pass a house or two that was quarantined. We didn't shut down our schools. We didn't shut down our cities. We carried on, without masks, without hand sanitizer.

And do you know what? We persevered. We overcame. We didn't attack our President, we came together. We rallied around the flag for the war. Thick or thin, we were in it to win.

We would lose more boys in an hour of combat than we lose in entire wars today."

He slowly looked away again. Maybe I saw a small tear in the corner of his eye. Then he continued:

"Today's kids don't know sacrifice. They think a sacrifice is not having coverage on their phone while they freely drive across the country. Today's kids are selfish and spoiled. In my generation, we looked out for our elders. We helped out with single moms who's husbands were either at war or dead from war. Today's kids rush the store, buying everything they can...no concern for anyone but themselves.

It's shameful the way Americans behave these days. None of them deserve the sacrifices their great-granddads made. So, no I don't need anything. I appreciate your offer but, I know I've been through worse things than this virus.

But maybe I should be asking you, what can I do to help you? Do you have enough pop to get through this, enough steak? Will you be able to survive with 113 channels on your tv?"

I smiled, fighting back a tear of my own...now humbled by a man in his 80's. All I could do was thank him for the history lesson, leave my number for emergency and leave with my ego firmly tucked in my rear.

I talked to a man today. A real man. An American man from an era long gone and forgotten. We will never understand their sacrifices. We will never fully earn their sacrifices. But we should work harder to learn about them..learn from them...to respect them.

[friendly fred]

That old fucker is right.

America is full of faggots and snowflakes these days.

[BlisswithKriss]

Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

A lesson, from an 80 year old man!!!

I talked with a man today, an 80+ year old man. I asked him if there was anything I could get him while this Coronavirus scare was gripping America.

He simply smiled, looked away and said: "Let me tell you what I need;

I need to believe, at some point, this country my generation fought for... that we handed safely to our children and their children... I need to know this generation will quit being a bunch of sissies...that they respect what they've been given...that they've earned what others sacrificed for."

I wasn't sure where the conversation was going or if it was going anywhere at all so, I sat there, quietly observing.

"You know, I was a little boy during WWII. Those were scary days. We didn't know if we were going to be speaking English, German or Japanese at the end of the war. There was no certainty, no guarantees like Americans enjoy today. And no home went without sacrifice or loss.

Every house, up and down every street, had someone in harm's way. Maybe their Daddy was a soldier, maybe their son was a sailor, maybe it was an uncle. Sometimes it was the whole damn family...fathers, sons, uncles.

Having someone, you love, sent off to war...it wasn't less frightening than it is today. It was scary as Hell. If anything, it was more frightening. We didn't have battle front news. We didn't have email or cellphones. You sent them away and you hoped...you prayed. You may not hear from them for months, if ever.

Sometimes a mother was getting her son's letters the same day Dad was comforting her over their child's death. And we sacrificed. You couldn't buy things. Everything was rationed. You were only allowed so much milk per month, only so much bread, toilet paper. EVERYTHING was restricted for the war effort.

And what you weren't using, what you didn't need, things you threw away, they were saved and sorted for the war effort. My generation was the original recycling movement in America.

And we had viruses back then...serious viruses. Things like polio, measles, and such. It was nothing to walk to school and pass a house or two that was quarantined. We didn't shut down our schools. We didn't shut down our cities. We carried on, without masks, without hand sanitizer.

And do you know what? We persevered. We overcame. We didn't attack our President, we came together. We rallied around the flag for the war. Thick or thin, we were in it to win.

We would lose more boys in an hour of combat than we lose in entire wars today."

He slowly looked away again. Maybe I saw a small tear in the corner of his eye. Then he continued:

"Today's kids don't know sacrifice. They think a sacrifice is not having coverage on their phone while they freely drive across the country. Today's kids are selfish and spoiled. In my generation, we looked out for our elders. We helped out with single moms who's husbands were either at war or dead from war. Today's kids rush the store, buying everything they can...no concern for anyone but themselves.

It's shameful the way Americans behave these days. None of them deserve the sacrifices their great-granddads made. So, no I don't need anything. I appreciate your offer but, I know I've been through worse things than this virus.

But maybe I should be asking you, what can I do to help you? Do you have enough pop to get through this, enough steak? Will you be able to survive with 113 channels on your tv?"

I smiled, fighting back a tear of my own...now humbled by a man in his 80's. All I could do was thank him for the history lesson, leave my number for emergency and leave with my ego firmly tucked in my rear.

I talked to a man today. A real man. An American man from an era long gone and forgotten. We will never understand their sacrifices. We will never fully earn their sacrifices. But we should work harder to learn about them..learn from them...to respect them.

So what has Trump sacrificed today except lie, and spew disinformation...or order all to get back to work in a couple of weeks.
Who cares if people are dying..
So the old codger or some fictitious old fool you invented, who’s babbling about a real REAL man...whatever that means...it’s a shame we don’t have a real man in the WH.
Because lying Don the Con is nowhere near a real man as far as I’m concerned... real men are not cowards who have to LIE to get their point across in order to deceive the people
If you want to read up on a real man, a real leader why don’t you make yourself useful and read up on Winston Churchill or even FDR..
You’re “old codger” will relate to those two..
You never know, you might learn something.

[eccielover]

Originally Posted by BlisswithKriss

So what has Trump sacrificed today except lie, and spew disinformation...or order all to get back to work in a couple of weeks.
Who cares if people are dying..
So the old codger or some fictitious old fool you invented, who’s babbling about a real REAL man...whatever that means...it’s a shame we don’t have a real man in the WH.
Because lying Don the Con is nowhere near a real man as far as I’m concerned... real men are not cowards who have to LIE to get their point across in order to deceive the people
If you want to read up on a real man, a real leader why don’t you make yourself useful and read up on Winston Churchill or even FDR..
You’re “old codger” will relate to those two..
You never know, you might learn something.

So just another TDS filled hatred rant, eh?

And you even start it by lying about what Trump has ordered. He hasn't ordered people back to work, just announcing he's working on possibly lifting restrictions and getting the nation back to work.

All you have is hatred and bullshit misinformation regarding Trump. Sad, so Sad.

[oeb11]

Ignorance is "Bliss" - and the forum is much better with abusive, uninformed posters on Ignore!

[HoeHummer]

Originally Posted by eccielover

So just another TDS filled hatred rant, eh?

And you even start it by lying about what Trump has ordered. He hasn't ordered people back to work, just announcing he's working on possibly lifting restrictions and getting the nation back to work.

All you have is hatred and bullshit misinformation regarding Trump. Sad, so Sad.

What has your president done to earn the trust and respect of his people?

Can’t answer that one because his views and policies change according to the programming schedule on FoX NeWs.

[maximus]

Damn right, bunch of self centered sissies !

[bb1961]

Originally Posted by BlisswithKriss

So what has Trump sacrificed today except lie, and spew disinformation...or order all to get back to work in a couple of weeks.
Who cares if people are dying..
So the old codger or some fictitious old fool you invented, who’s babbling about a real REAL man...whatever that means...it’s a shame we don’t have a real man in the WH.
Because lying Don the Con is nowhere near a real man as far as I’m concerned... real men are not cowards who have to LIE to get their point across in order to deceive the people
If you want to read up on a real man, a real leader why don’t you make yourself useful and read up on Winston Churchill or even FDR..
You’re “old codger” will relate to those two..
You never know, you might learn something.

FDR would make a pimple on Sr. Winston Churchill's ASS!!

[bb1961]

Originally Posted by HoeHummer

What has your president done to earn the trust and respect of his people?

Remember this poll ASSWIPE the one that triggered you into a meltdown...that kind of trust and respect??
So there is you answer...did you say something about idiots

Ryan James Girdusky ✔ @RyanGirdusky



Do you approve/disapprove how Trump is handling the Coronavirus (Survey USA poll)

Overall: 51/40
Men: 55/40
Women: 48/42
18-34: 52/39
65+: 56/40
w/ kids <5: 58/36
w/ kids in college: 55/41
GOP: 90/6
DEM: 24/68
Indie: 48/48
White: 59/36
Black: 28/58
Latino: 47/46
Asian: 32/44

[HoeHummer]

That poll (old I'm sure) shows that only half of your country thinks Trump is doing a good job. HALF.

Is that a win for yous?

I'm sure this poll came before your nation lost half it's wealth...

Rage. Lies. Insults.

Yous are a bona fide piece of shits, beebsy.

I can understand that yous are frustrated because your favorite Tim Horton's (or whatevers the fuck kinds of place you hang out) has been shuttered, and now yous will have to make your own greasy bacon fat sando, but yous really need to take a deep breath, step back and then go fuck yourself.

Your mum must be fucking losing her mind with you in the house all day.

Boy.

[Jacuzzme]

My 90 YO mom and 92 YO aunt go out shopping like nothing happened, even got a haircut when they were still open. They don’t give AF, their response to me when freaking out at them saw ‘shut up kid, we kicked the japs asses, we’re not stopping our lives for a cold.’

They might croak, but they’ll do it with a fresh bouffant.

The stock market seems to like President Trump’s idea of getting shit moving again. Up nearly 2k right now.

[eccielover]

Originally Posted by Jacuzzme

My 90 YO mom and 92 YO aunt go out shopping like nothing happened, even got a haircut when they were still open. They don’t give AF, their response to me when freaking out at them saw ‘shut up kid, we kicked the japs asses, we’re not stopping our lives for a cold.’

They might croak, but they’ll do it with a fresh bouffant.

The stock market seems to like President Trump’s idea of getting shit moving again. Up nearly 2k right now.

Yeah my 80+ year old Mom basically said if it's my time it's my time. She has lived through plagues, viruses, bouts of bad health, a child during the end of the depression and into WWII, all of it.

And while a devout Democrat bordering on socialist, she's angry at the total panic and shutdown of things.

[friendly fred]

Originally Posted by Jacuzzme

My 90 YO mom and 92 YO aunt go out shopping like nothing happened, even got a haircut when they were still open. They don’t give AF, their response to me when freaking out at them saw ‘shut up kid, we kicked the japs asses, we’re not stopping our lives for a cold.’

They might croak, but they’ll do it with a fresh bouffant.

The stock market seems to like President Trump’s idea of getting shit moving again. Up nearly 2k right now.

I'll bet your 90 year old mum could kick Yssup Rider's ass!!

[theotherguy1]

Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

A lesson, from an 80 year old man!!!

I talked with a man today, an 80+ year old man. I asked him if there was anything I could get him while this Coronavirus scare was gripping America.

He simply smiled, looked away and said: "Let me tell you what I need;

I need to believe, at some point, this country my generation fought for... that we handed safely to our children and their children... I need to know this generation will quit being a bunch of sissies...that they respect what they've been given...that they've earned what others sacrificed for."

I wasn't sure where the conversation was going or if it was going anywhere at all so, I sat there, quietly observing.

"You know, I was a little boy during WWII. Those were scary days. We didn't know if we were going to be speaking English, German or Japanese at the end of the war. There was no certainty, no guarantees like Americans enjoy today. And no home went without sacrifice or loss.

Every house, up and down every street, had someone in harm's way. Maybe their Daddy was a soldier, maybe their son was a sailor, maybe it was an uncle. Sometimes it was the whole damn family...fathers, sons, uncles.

Having someone, you love, sent off to war...it wasn't less frightening than it is today. It was scary as Hell. If anything, it was more frightening. We didn't have battle front news. We didn't have email or cellphones. You sent them away and you hoped...you prayed. You may not hear from them for months, if ever.

Sometimes a mother was getting her son's letters the same day Dad was comforting her over their child's death. And we sacrificed. You couldn't buy things. Everything was rationed. You were only allowed so much milk per month, only so much bread, toilet paper. EVERYTHING was restricted for the war effort.

And what you weren't using, what you didn't need, things you threw away, they were saved and sorted for the war effort. My generation was the original recycling movement in America.

And we had viruses back then...serious viruses. Things like polio, measles, and such. It was nothing to walk to school and pass a house or two that was quarantined. We didn't shut down our schools. We didn't shut down our cities. We carried on, without masks, without hand sanitizer.

And do you know what? We persevered. We overcame. We didn't attack our President, we came together. We rallied around the flag for the war. Thick or thin, we were in it to win.

We would lose more boys in an hour of combat than we lose in entire wars today."

He slowly looked away again. Maybe I saw a small tear in the corner of his eye. Then he continued:

"Today's kids don't know sacrifice. They think a sacrifice is not having coverage on their phone while they freely drive across the country. Today's kids are selfish and spoiled. In my generation, we looked out for our elders. We helped out with single moms who's husbands were either at war or dead from war. Today's kids rush the store, buying everything they can...no concern for anyone but themselves.

It's shameful the way Americans behave these days. None of them deserve the sacrifices their great-granddads made. So, no I don't need anything. I appreciate your offer but, I know I've been through worse things than this virus.

But maybe I should be asking you, what can I do to help you? Do you have enough pop to get through this, enough steak? Will you be able to survive with 113 channels on your tv?"

I smiled, fighting back a tear of my own...now humbled by a man in his 80's. All I could do was thank him for the history lesson, leave my number for emergency and leave with my ego firmly tucked in my rear.

I talked to a man today. A real man. An American man from an era long gone and forgotten. We will never understand their sacrifices. We will never fully earn their sacrifices. But we should work harder to learn about them..learn from them...to respect them.

What he forgot to mention was that WWII came right after the World had gotten over Spanish Flu, WWI, Stock Market Crash, Great Depression and the Dust bowl. These are the people that the LT Governor of Texas wants to let die so that economy will stay strong. Fuck the economy, it will recover. Lets do what we can for the people who made the country what it is today. If we could recover from what this old guy lived through we can make it through this. The kids these days need to go through something to make them stronger. The Russians and Chinese would kick our ass because we are bunch of pussies in this country and would run away with our tails between their legs.

[oeb11]

There are precious few people surviving who were of age - 18- in 1941. Those folks are nearing or at 100 years of age - and virtually no survivors of the eras mentioned above by tog1 .