Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, Don't count out the folks in the U.S. who volunteered to go to France in 1917. They knew what they were getting into and went anyway with far less clear distinctions between the sides. My Grandfather volunteered even though he was a Haus with good Prussian parentage. On 3/23/07, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > On 3/23/07 5:22 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@bellsouth.net> typed: > > > I have to agree with Mark. Growing up in the 30s and 40s, our small > > Mississippi town library had all of the original Tom Swift series, and I > > read and enjoyed them all. That could have been a part of what > influenced me > > to study engineering. > > > > Jim Nichols > > Tullahoma, TN USA > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Photo Phreak" <leicam4pro@yahoo.com> > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 3:11 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - was Ken Rockwell, now Tom Corbett, Space Cadet > > > > > > > > I most certainly would have rather been a kid in the 30s and 40s. > As a kid in the 50s and 60s I was too dumb to know how my beloved Tom > Swift > the next generation was put together. > It got me reading. Real books too. Part of the point of teen age or tween > literature. I was 12 and 13 I think when I read them. > I do believe I belonged to a great generation. > We stopped the Viet Nam war and got the civil rights thing and feminist > thing going full force. The 60s were great. But nothing comes remotely > close > to the 40s. > The people I'll for ever be in awe of are the ones who fought wwII. And > won. > Those are the true heroes. > Otherwise we'd all be dead. > > The other generations are not so memorable the Generation X thing and what > ever came next was a laugh sorry guys. Have fun on your skate boards and > iPods with your hair sticking straight up in little spikes. > > I hate next generations. > Original cast of Star Trek only. > Original cast of Saturday night live only. > Original cast of Company only. > > guess the original cast of the guys who fought WWII would have been the > generation who fought WWI. Which didn't have a number then. > > Mark Rabiner I > 8A/109s > New York, NY > > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com