SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Suma who wrote (37530)7/3/2005 12:33:54 PM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (2) of 90947
 
Not to put words in your mouth, but I think what you intended to convey with the "nouveau riche" comment was that most of the posters here, whatever their economic cirumstances, did not live through the depression and the privations of that period. We, therefore, don't have the outlook on life and economics that those who lived through the Great Depression have.

My grandmother was newly married during the depression years and she didn't talk about it much when I was a child. I can only conclude that those years were not as difficult for her as they were for others.

My wife's father's family, on the other hand, had owned large tracts of property in San Diego, and lost it all. I've heard a lot about that from her side off the family.

Beautiful Sunday here - 65 now, going up to a high of 84 or so. I need to get back to my weekend project of automating my sprinklers.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News