On 3/22/2025 at 11:45 PM, TedG said:

 

1) Not fighting in wars is a good thing.

2) There are huge disparities between the early and tail end boomers. 

 

https://crr.bc.edu/great-recession-cut-late-boomers-retirement-wealth/

 

https://moneywise.com/real-estate/real-estate/american-boomers-becoming-homeless-at-an-alarming-rate

 

Sure, the group holds about half of all U.S. wealth — with much of it tied up in real estate — but it’s mainly attributed to older boomers born between 1946 and 1954. Younger boomers, on the other hand, are increasingly sliding into homelessness — a problem, experts say, is rooted in major events that took place as they entered adulthood.

 

 

Seems to me its a case of I'm allright Jack and stop hanging on to the side of the boat !

On 3/22/2025 at 11:52 AM, swissie said:

To me, true "boomers" were born between 1955 and 1970.

1946-1964

6 hours ago, placeholder said:

 

Take it up with Connda     He's the self-righteous as##### who made the moral judgement on those who don't serve in the military, 

Like Bill Clinton or Joe Biden? 

3 hours ago, malibukid said:

i lost 3 HS buddies in Vietnam. those of us who did not go fought like hell in the streets at home to end it, and we succeeded.  i don't see the kids today standing up to Americas complicit support for genocide in the Middle East.  too busy with their phones.

Yeah, all the protests ended the moment the draft ended. Coincidence?

 

The the protesters switched to spitting on the servicemen coming home. 

 

Then the Democrats in Congress defunded it and flushed all those lives down the toilet.

43 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Like Bill Clinton or Joe Biden? 

Do I really have to spell this out for you? Why do you think I called Condda a self-righteous aa######? Because I agreed with him at somebody who didn't serve in the military as a coward? I'm tired of giving remedial reading lessons.

1 hour ago, mogandave said:

Yeah, all the protests ended the moment the draft ended. Coincidence?

 

The the protesters switched to spitting on the servicemen coming home. 

 

Then the Democrats in Congress defunded it and flushed all those lives down the toilet.

Only the a-holes. I lost two buddies there...for nothing.

 

Of course, the protests ended because no one was being drafted.

12 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:

Your are hammering this idiocy, with nothing to back it up. 

 

But your not the only one, seems like a new way to communicate... So easy on the Internet, legacy of the Boomers.

 

If you're going to refer to something as idiocy at least have basic grammar while doing it.

 

Otherwise.

11 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The younger generation are doing just fine at destroying society with their pathetic social media BS, lemming like need to behave like everyone else, and their stupid fads like multiple genders and wokeness. They are also the ones destroying the environment with overpopulation- us oldies are not still breeding.

 

Who was in power to allow those things to materialise. Who were the politicians and lawmakers ? 

 

Not my generation. 

 

 

 

46 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Only the a-holes.

Indeed

46 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

 

I lost two buddies there...for nothing.

I lost one

46 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

 

Of course, the protests ended because no one was being drafted.

 

So the protesters did not really care about the  war, they just did not want to go.

4 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

If you're going to refer to something as idiocy at least have basic grammar while doing it.

 

 

have?

On 3/22/2025 at 5:52 PM, swissie said:

Never mind when the "boomer generation" exactly started. We had 80 years of peace and a certain amount of prosperity for most. 80 years of this constellation is very rare in history.

 

Since recorded European history, only in some 300 years Europe was totally free of any wars. Cumulatively.

 

Historically, we have lived in a rare "peace bubble", combined with incresing prosperity for most.

 

That is the essence of this thread. I personally am grateful that I was born at the right time at the right place.

 

Agree, and we grew up with such wonderful music too. 

5 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

If you're going to refer to something as idiocy at least have basic grammar while doing it.

 

Otherwise.

Use basic grammar.

10 hours ago, Tug said:

With a handle of blaze master and you say I’m grandstanding lmao now that’s funny 😄 

 

You're a strange little fella. What does my handle have to do with anything. You're a good deflector. I'll give you that.

 

Wanna play hide and seek ? 

 

Ok you go hide first you're really good at that.

Just now, mogandave said:

Use basic grammar.

 

You can say that as well. 

2 minutes ago, madone said:

 

have?

 

Yes. 

8 minutes ago, blaze master said:

Ok you go hide first you're really good at that.

Please! You go and hide first on some other website and I promise not to come looking for you!

8 minutes ago, rough diamond said:

Please! You go and hide first on some other website and I promise not to come looking for you!

 

Awww muffin you really do care.

13 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

Awww muffin you really do care.

Not about you!

2 minutes ago, rough diamond said:

Not about you!

 

Easy. I'm not that kind of date. 

1 hour ago, blaze master said:

 

If you're going to refer to something as idiocy at least have basic grammar while doing it.

 

Otherwise.

If the only think you can pick on are typos, it solidifies the idiocy.

29 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

If the only think you can pick on are typos, it solidifies the idiocy.

 

You sound like you could use a nap. 

On 3/22/2025 at 11:37 PM, swissie said:

The "boomers" were too young for the Korean/Vietnamese war.

I am a boomer and I first came to Thailand as a soldier during the War in Vietnam.  I was in my early twenties then.  Many of my boomer comrades in the military died in Vietnam, so you are ignorant to say that we were too young - for the Korean War, yes, but not for the War in Vietnam.

38 minutes ago, CM Dad said:

I am a boomer and I first came to Thailand as a soldier during the War in Vietnam.  I was in my early twenties then.  Many of my boomer comrades in the military died in Vietnam, so you are ignorant to say that we were too young - for the Korean War, yes, but not for the War in Vietnam.

Thanks for your service brother its wonderful to see that horror show didn’t kill your spirit and you can live enjoy/appreciate SE Asian culture and life.blessings to you and yours.

1 hour ago, blaze master said:

 

You sound like you could use a nap. 

Maybe you should take a long nap and give us all some peace and quiet!

1 hour ago, rough diamond said:

Maybe you should take a long nap and give us all some peace and quiet!

 

Ok new old member.

5 hours ago, placeholder said:

Do I really have to spell this out for you? Why do you think I called Condda a self-righteous aa######? Because I agreed with him at somebody who didn't serve in the military as a coward? I'm tired of giving remedial reading lessons.

 

The Democrats only care about the military when they campaign on it. 

4 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

You're a strange little fella. What does my handle have to do with anything. You're a good deflector. I'll give you that.

 

Wanna play hide and seek ? 

 

Ok you go hide first you're really good at that.

 

The handle "Tug" is an easy target. 

8 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

Ok new old member.

Yeah, we all know you never grow old and you live forever.

9 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Do tell. The first US troops arrived in March 1965, and Kennedy died in........... yes that's right 1963.

 

If you want to go back to the start, it was in 1955, a while before Kennedy became POTUS.

 

Kennedy sent in "advisors" in an effort to stem communism.  Reality is they were already fighting.  Johnson sent in whole scale troops.  And yes the start of it was between the French and communists. 

 

 

6 minutes ago, jimmybcool said:

 

Kennedy sent in "advisors" in an effort to stem communism.  Reality is they were already fighting.  Johnson sent in whole scale troops.  And yes the start of it was between the French and communists. 

 

 

 

Just looked it up and there were 392 US Casualties prior to 1965.

 

https://www.militaryfactory.com/vietnam/casualties.php