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DMiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 30818 |
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Posted: 6 hours 37 minutes ago at 4:50am |
Millennials, GenXrs and a few other more recent generations than boomers blaming boomers as they cannot achieve the same level of living as those boomers.
Tried to explain this to one of the whiners and failed as would not listen. We grew up Six in a two bedroom 1930s 1400sf bungalow my Grandfather built with Grandparents in a second floor apartment included in that sf. Four boys, Mom and Dad, upstairs the Grands. Dad’s parents, our other grands sold their 1100sf bungalow to afford to retire third tier lake of the Ozarks in a 750sf basement of the house Grandfather intended to construct himself. He as I have got too old to continue so sold that and purchased a Mobile Home with NO AC just as the other homes listed had none. Those living conditions remained so into the late 1960s to early 70s. Mom and Dad bought their own home after saving for years for the downpayment, $24,500 for a 2000sf four bedroom two story in a Cookie Cutter subdivision on 80x100 lots. Our Mom got her first specific for her car the year before as bus service had discontinued where we previously lived for her to get to work. My first job after Ft Knox, US Army, was Ft Scott Ks at a truckline, bought a used Mobile Home that had started out as renting as My First Owned Home. $6500, on a payment plan. Moved back to St Louis a little over a year later, rented from old house flats to actual apartments there, San Leandro CA, Effingham IL, Tulsa OK, Salt Lake City UT. Until married where rented a Nice new apartment in St Peters MO with the wife, then we bought the first fixer upper house in Weldon Springs 960 sf three bedroom ranch built in early 60s bought it during the 13% interest rates of the late 80s. Replaced that with a house closer to both our work places in 2000. Sold it as built here on the farm, performing much of the sweat equity I could as excavating, electrical, backfilling and final grade work. None of the little schitts speaking to actually believed we worked that hard to get what we had. |
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thendrix
Orange Level Joined: 04 Feb 2013 Location: Fairmount GA Points: 4842 |
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It doesn't get any better with the teenage generation now. Had a few hired on to help with the farm. One of them lasted about a year and a half and would do what was necessary but nothing else. The others lasted a month or 2 maybe. Got a 14 year old nephew that'll work when he needs/wants something but just to put a little money away, forget it.
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"Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Jackson Cnty,GA Points: 6247 |
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Most of them now spend more on a wedding than my wife and I paid for our first house and expect a new 2500+ sq. ft. house from the start. Can rarely find any teenagers that are willing to work. Got to brag a little on my granddaughter though, she paid her way through college, graduated debt free and is saving money to buy a house. However she doesn’t mind spending a bit of grandpa’s money every now and then.
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Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God.
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thendrix
Orange Level Joined: 04 Feb 2013 Location: Fairmount GA Points: 4842 |
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What else are grandpas for Hubert?
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"Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan
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steve(ill)
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: illinois Points: 80441 |
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YEP... too many expect to get out of school, have a $100,000 job waiting for them .. 6 weeks vacation every year and "you owe me" at 3000 sq ft house.. and dont forget the $50,000 CAR !!
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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DanWi
Orange Level Access Joined: 18 Sep 2009 Location: wttn Points: 1750 |
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Just read in an advice column, this lady bought her college age daughter an $80,000 BMW but the daughter wanted a $100,000 one so the daughter kicks the car and damages it. The parents took the car to the shop to get it fixed. The daughter says she will quite school if she doesn't get what she wants. The mother was asking what to do. My advice would have been to sell the car and call the kids bluff if she wants to quit school she's on her own. Time for some tough love with these kids instead of giving them stuff.
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