Are You a 1 Percenter

[Lee in Quartzsite]

Quick side note...I shared that with my 5 grandkids, ages 15-28, and the feedback was interesting.

What is a Civil Defense shelter? What is Duck and Cover? What are Air Raid Sirens and why did they test them? Just to name a few.

 

[Doug M.]

Math is Correct - But, Many Enlistees Lied

Among the many who eventually managed to enlist, a handful was discovered
– court martialled – and then stripped of any valor awards they might have earned.

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To me, I think it is unfortunate that such kids were prosecuted and stripped of any awards. They should not have been there, and I can see sending them home with a general discharge under honorable conditions. Acting as if their positive deeds did not exist because they lied out of patriotism just seems wrong.

 

[Glynn863]

My parents are 1%'ers; my in-laws are deceased. My wife and I are at the tail end of the Baby Boom. We still know how to do so many things manually / analog, that our kids now have done automatically / digital. Prime example is important family phone numbers. I remember practically all of them without looking at my phone, unlike my kids, which I have tried to convince them to memorize in case a phone craps out. We (or me) try to fix things, rather than replace them. I will give my kids some credit though; they can both drive a manual transmission vehicle.

 

[whitestang]

Both of my parents fit into the 1%,but both are gone. When you talk of the 60s and music my Mom played her Elvis records all the time when I was little.

 

[arjay]

My mom talks about the war years frequently.She grew up on a farm in Edinburgh,Scotland,remembers rationing,selling the car because they couldn’t get gas and using the Clydesdales as the work horses they were. Her brothers hunting rabbits with a pet ferret and nets. People from town walking the mile and a half from the last trolley stop asking to buy eggs. Her aunt buying poached trout and salmon at the back door from the locals to use in her restaurant.Coal fires for heat and paraffin oil lamps for light,blackout curtains,bombing raids and dog fights,evacuating to a boarding school further out in the countryside by herself (they kept the boys at home) when she was 7. A German Pow helping her harvest potatoes when she fell behind. Chasing a burning plane with her brothers hoping to find it.Her dads dogs who were shot because they were guarding his body when he died. I think they were border collies as there were about 1,000 sheep on the farm.Climbing the hills behind the farm,sneaking onto the golf course to play (they never got grief for that)
The farm in my great grandparents era

The farmhouse

My great aunts hotel

 

[Golddollar]

Math is Correct - But, Many Enlistees Lied

An astounding number of American teenagers, both male and female, altered
their birth dates in order to serve their country during World War Two.

It goes back a lot farther than that. My great great granddad enlisted in the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War at the ripe old age of 14 and then re-enlisted as a veteran to serve out the entire war. He was 5' 7" when he enlisted so I guess they didn't ask too many questions.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

I Was 14 when WW2 ended so I guess I am a 1 % er. And Yes I remember WW2 well. The rationing, meat, gas, black outs etc. Tough times but not as rough as the depression. 25% unemployment, folks with no food & no hope. I hope to never see one again.

 

[jeffrefrig]

That was a biker term, so I heard. Many years ago. Bikers are the most trustworthy people you ever wanted to meet.Just don’t cross the line
Nice folks.

 

[johngalt]

I'm blessed. Both my parents are alive and doing well.