Do we need to re-think our "present situation": Maybe we don't have it as bad as we think we do It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just...

Video Bob Loc: Norfolk, Va

Maybe we don't have it as bad as we think we do

It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria. For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900.

On your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.

On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy.

When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. And don’t try to catch your breath. On your 41st birthday, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war.

Smallpox was epidemic until you were in your 40’s, as it killed 300 million people during your lifetime.

At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish. From your birth, until you are 55 you dealt with the fear of Polio epidemics each summer. You experience friends and family contracting polio and being paralyzed and/or die.

At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict. During the Cold War, you lived each day with the fear of nuclear annihilation. On your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, almost ended. When you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends.

Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How did they endure all of that? When you were a kid in 1985 and didn’t think your 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. And how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above. Perspective is an amazing art. Refined and enlightening as time goes on.

Let’s try and keep things in perspective. Your parents and/or grandparents were called to endure all of the above AND .....YOU ARE CALLED TO STAY HOME AND SIT ON YOUR COUCH

Egghead

WoW Bob, that's intense to say the least. I'm 54 and have heard the stories from my uncle's and Gramma. But not in a time line like this. Thank you. And thank all of you with first hand knowledge.

Video Bob Loc: Norfolk, Va

Have to agree on the story being intense. Who ever authored the article invested a lot of time in it. Being 85 I not only heard stories from my parents/grandparents but lived thru some of those troubled times.

Graywulff Loc: Cortez,Co.

Video Bob wrote:

Maybe we don't have it as bad as we think we do

It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria. For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900.

On your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.

On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy.

When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. And don’t try to catch your breath. On your 41st birthday, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war.

Smallpox was epidemic until you were in your 40’s, as it killed 300 million people during your lifetime.

At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish. From your birth, until you are 55 you dealt with the fear of Polio epidemics each summer. You experience friends and family contracting polio and being paralyzed and/or die.

At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict. During the Cold War, you lived each day with the fear of nuclear annihilation. On your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, almost ended. When you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends.

Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How did they endure all of that? When you were a kid in 1985 and didn’t think your 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. And how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above. Perspective is an amazing art. Refined and enlightening as time goes on.

Let’s try and keep things in perspective. Your parents and/or grandparents were called to endure all of the above AND .....YOU ARE CALLED TO STAY HOME AND SIT ON YOUR COUCH

Maybe we don't have it as bad as we think we do br... (show quote)

Life is not easy, it is good but not easy, This is not HOME! Give love, it makes it all worthwhile!

Judge32 Loc: Vidalia, Ga. 30474

I have at 84 lived through a lot. Life is changing quickly and the Corona Pandemic will be a new conquest for older people. Recognizing this does not make things easier. I have faith that something will come along to end this. For me I don't want it to be in a hospital nor do I want it for anymore of my friends. It is what it is. My prayer is that this country can return to it's past glory.

stuco Loc: Northern Utah - Salt Lake City

I’ve often said the only really good thing about getting old is the perspective you gain. When you’re a teenager, ten years is most of your conscious life, it’s forever. As you get older you see things with much greater perspective.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Video Bob wrote:

Maybe we don't have it as bad as we think we do

It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria. For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900.

On your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.

On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy.

When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. And don’t try to catch your breath. On your 41st birthday, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war.

Smallpox was epidemic until you were in your 40’s, as it killed 300 million people during your lifetime.

At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish. From your birth, until you are 55 you dealt with the fear of Polio epidemics each summer. You experience friends and family contracting polio and being paralyzed and/or die.

At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict. During the Cold War, you lived each day with the fear of nuclear annihilation. On your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, almost ended. When you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends.

Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How did they endure all of that? When you were a kid in 1985 and didn’t think your 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. And how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above. Perspective is an amazing art. Refined and enlightening as time goes on.

Let’s try and keep things in perspective. Your parents and/or grandparents were called to endure all of the above AND .....YOU ARE CALLED TO STAY HOME AND SIT ON YOUR COUCH

Maybe we don't have it as bad as we think we do br... (show quote)

Very true. I’m only 64 but can remember my childhood. No electricity or running water in the house and we didn’t think twice about it. Anyone living out of town was just like us. My uncle got an old generator once and we’d go to his ranch on Sunday just to watch him try to start the generator with a pull rope and listen to it run, pop,pop,pop, and it would make one light build flicker a little and that was it. We thought that was pretty neat he didn’t have to light a coal oil lamp in the winter when it got dark at 4:00 in the afternoon. Now mass media and the internet are so critical to everyday life that were in a pandemic situation and people are worried about where their next roll of toilet paper is coming from. I haven’t fallen for it from day one. It’s scary that so many people are just rolling over and doing what the people, who manufactured the virus and intentionally delivered it, are telling them to do. It’s a real threat and very dangerous but be smart and don’t end up marching into an incinerator because they tell us to.

bahmer Loc: Northern Illinois Rockford

Video Bob wrote:

Maybe we don't have it as bad as we think we do

It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria. For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900.

On your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.

On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy.

When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. And don’t try to catch your breath. On your 41st birthday, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war.

Smallpox was epidemic until you were in your 40’s, as it killed 300 million people during your lifetime.

At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish. From your birth, until you are 55 you dealt with the fear of Polio epidemics each summer. You experience friends and family contracting polio and being paralyzed and/or die.

At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict. During the Cold War, you lived each day with the fear of nuclear annihilation. On your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, almost ended. When you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends.

Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How did they endure all of that? When you were a kid in 1985 and didn’t think your 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. And how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above. Perspective is an amazing art. Refined and enlightening as time goes on.

Let’s try and keep things in perspective. Your parents and/or grandparents were called to endure all of the above AND .....YOU ARE CALLED TO STAY HOME AND SIT ON YOUR COUCH

Maybe we don't have it as bad as we think we do br... (show quote)

Badbobby could attest to much of that himself.👍👍👍👍👍

msmllm Loc: Huntington, WV

Video Bob wrote:

Maybe we don't have it as bad as we think we do

It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria. For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900.

On your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.

On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy.

When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. And don’t try to catch your breath. On your 41st birthday, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war.

Smallpox was epidemic until you were in your 40’s, as it killed 300 million people during your lifetime.

At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish. From your birth, until you are 55 you dealt with the fear of Polio epidemics each summer. You experience friends and family contracting polio and being paralyzed and/or die.

At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict. During the Cold War, you lived each day with the fear of nuclear annihilation. On your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, almost ended. When you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends.

Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How did they endure all of that? When you were a kid in 1985 and didn’t think your 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. And how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above. Perspective is an amazing art. Refined and enlightening as time goes on.

Let’s try and keep things in perspective. Your parents and/or grandparents were called to endure all of the above AND .....YOU ARE CALLED TO STAY HOME AND SIT ON YOUR COUCH

Maybe we don't have it as bad as we think we do br... (show quote)

Besides fishing you can learn alot of history on the Fishing Forum.

wellfield Loc: Long Beach,California

Very good post!.....Hmmm' I guess that's why my parents knew so much,they were born 1901

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Nice post Video Bob. Thanks for the history lesson.