When exactly did the good old days end? Did you realize things were changing for the worse?
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Mary Mary quite contrary
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I'm going to say 28 June 1914. The day WWI began.
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With a worldly perspective, I'll agree with Larry. My perspective, it would be the beginning of high school. I thought it was changing for the worse, but I now realize that it isn't worse, only different. I was just scared of change. +3
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The day when a bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. I think times became a lot more uncertain after that.
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1980 and the election of Reagan/Bush.
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1950
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I think that the concept of the good old days is a misperception brought about by a combination of lack of historical memory and increased data flow. In my line of work, as well as through genealogical research, I have frequent occassion to look over court records and old newspaper articles. Most people would be shocked to learn some of the things in these documents took place as long ago as they did; everything from child sexual molestation and abuse to estranged husbands shooting their wives in public places (in a couple of instances in front of an elementgary school class). These things and others are not new. We just learn about things more quickly and over longer distances than we did in "the good old days."
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The good 'ole' days finished when the 70's finished...hey but we have the good 'newage' days now..!
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June 15, 1980. Yup, I noticed. It was about then that I graduated from high school and had to go to work.
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They haven't ended for me. I am still making them and the best is yet to come.
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They continue to go on. Today will be the future "good old days" for the younger generations, who will look back fondly at the culture, music, tech toys and conventions of our current society.
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The good old days are a myth perpetuated by people with selective memories or some social/political agenda.
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When I was in my early teens *muttermutter* years ago.
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