And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Look at all the changes in 46 years. Win95, cell phones, robots, streaming, Amazon, 50 million illegals, Somali fraud, an election coup, plandemic, tyrant governors, 25% inflation, AI...The next 40 will be wilder yet.
Some additional details from 1980: US citizens hostage in Iran; Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; PCs were really Apple II, Commodore Pet, or TRS-80; computer interfaces were strictly command line; landline phones with 25’ coiled handset cables; CB radios were common; weakened US military that few were afraid of, including the USSR; rising gas prices with generally poor fuel economy, especially for used vehicles. Grim times indeed. The best thing about 1980 was a bright future that we didn’t see coming and could not appreciate sufficiently.
Last year at my 60th high school reunion someone said that if we had held our reunited that same year (1965) our it would have been our 60th from 1905!!!
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ReplyDeleteDating yourself?
ReplyDeleteI was looking at a 1990 quarter yesterday & I wondered why it looked so old. Then I did the math... how did that happen?
ReplyDeleteQuestion: "...I did the math... how did that happen?"
DeleteAnswer: You grew up in a time when math was actually taught in schools.
Look at all the changes in 46 years. Win95, cell phones, robots, streaming, Amazon, 50 million illegals, Somali fraud, an election coup, plandemic, tyrant governors, 25% inflation, AI...The next 40 will be wilder yet.
ReplyDeleteSome additional details from 1980: US citizens hostage in Iran; Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; PCs were really Apple II, Commodore Pet, or TRS-80; computer interfaces were strictly command line; landline phones with 25’ coiled handset cables; CB radios were common; weakened US military that few were afraid of, including the USSR; rising gas prices with generally poor fuel economy, especially for used vehicles. Grim times indeed. The best thing about 1980 was a bright future that we didn’t see coming and could not appreciate sufficiently.
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ReplyDeleteNo need. I just feel it!
ReplyDeleteLast year at my 60th high school reunion someone said that if we had held our reunited that same year (1965) our it would have been our 60th from 1905!!!
ReplyDeleteI wonder what they meant.
DeleteIn 1980 I was living in Hawaii with not a care in the world.
ReplyDeleteRob Muir: I'd be willing to trade this world for that one
ReplyDeleteI'd be willing to take that President over any of the last 6......
DeleteYeah, no. 1980 actually is closer to "almost 50" years ago.
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