Rude People

Second that.

I am in total agreement with David & Michelle and Fab72. You could add to that she was also saying, "We are paying off the pub and living on takeaways and you are saving to enjoy yourselves!"

JG,

I'd cross her off your Christmas card list for this year,

Bob.

"Don't worry JG all us Oldies aren't like that. "

your old Daza??

:-O

Geez Mark

This burnt out old plumber feels old.

The Cook reckons I carry on like a kid.

Must have inhaled to much PVC Pipe Glue lol lol.

Hi Redbakk,

Spend away, its not their inheritence, it's your money.

Cheers Wilko

"the selfish baby boomer generation"

Don't get put off by that populist hype. Baby boomers have every right to spend their money as they see fit and not have to justify it to the "we want everything now without having to work for it" members of the X and Y generations etc.

Regards

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a quite common sticker thats says, "Havin' fun ... Spending the kids inheritance"!

Yes, I belong to the SKI Club. I'm teaching my 20 and 18 year old to fend for themselves. When we go away they have to adjust, shop, feed and clean for themselves. KIds are staying home longer these days and so we have decided if their not flying the coupe, we are. Plan to do as much travelling as we can while we can. And I don't feel guilty.

Hi gramps,
Thanx for your inaccurite out look on us generation x people.
Just so you know i do not want everything now and i am willing to work hard for it. If i do 50hrs a week at work i have had a good week. I understand what you are saying, but we are not all the same.
I agree with you that b/b can spend their money on what they want, they worked for it but it bleep s me when you get a young family like myself who works hard getting insulted by the older generation.

I also know that not all oldies are like the above mentioned cause 3 years ago i left work and done a lap of the island with the family and met some wonderful people that missed their own grandkids and were quite happy to use ours as a substitute.

JG

Hi JG,
Not for 1 minute do I think that gen x are not willing to work or make there own way in life. Actually I believe it's a lot harder, most have to stay longer in education to achieve the qualifications needed to get a well paying job. If they are lucky they will have parents that can support them in achieving this. No insult was intended towards you as it was as spin off from Redbakks comments. lighten up mate and stop taking things so seriously. We all have the right to do as we please without being judged.

Cheers and have a good day.

JG,

"Thanx for your inaccurite out look on us generation x people"

Now you're just being silly. I wrote

"Baby boomers have every right to spend their money as they see fit and not have to justify it to the "we want everything now without having to work for it" members of the X and Y generations etc."

Note the use of "members of". I did'nt say all of either X or Y generations and I did'nt mention you at all.

It looks very much like you do have a tendency to overreact or misinterpret the written and/or spoken word.

Regards

It looks like no generation is exempt from poor judgment.

Had a similar thing in the seventies. Working 50 odd hours a week and bought a nice boat. In a servo getting petrol and an old guy next to me says to me sarcastically, " gee it must be good to be rich" I just said, "yeh it's not bad thanks". Some people just don't think. Cheers,Bob

G/Day GB

I agree

I don't understand were Baby Boomers are tarred with the same brush.

With the SELFISH tag.

This Baby Boomer worked 6 and a half days a week 12 hours a day.

I didn't see my kids grow up, the Cook took care of that.

Never got a hand out from the govt.

Our kids never ever wanted for anything.

They got good educations.

They both have great jobs ect, and don't get hand outs from the govt.

When we retire in December we will be Self Funded.

And there are a lot of Baby Boomers that are in the same position as us.

Any body who says Baby Boomers are selfish are Boofheads.

Yeah Barb no where your coming from. I went to buy a brand new vehicle when I was just 17, had been working since I left school payed $30 board (cough cough) and was pulling in good money working 6 some times 7 days a week on cranes mostly 12h days. I went to a yard sat in the car and thought yep this will do me (23 grand) when all of a sudden sales man told me to get out its not a toy, got his name told hime to get ###### and drove off in my $800 piece of crap, went to another holden dealership bought the same vehicle brand new and when i picked it up I drove straight to the other dealer who told me to get out of the car, went up to him and said his name, i pointed to the new car parked in the driveway and told him what I thought of him and told him he also lost a deal with my old man, also informed the new car sales manager while I was there. Wife and I have both stopped smoking has only been 3 and a bit months but wow what a difference it makes to the bank balance. At the end of the day its no ones business, when I was at home I had/owned boat, 2 road bikes, 2 cars, camper trailer and was always updating and had the best of everything $30 a week board why not, man has that changed since getting married and now have a 3 year old lol only kidding, wouldnt change a thing. although some more $$$ would be handy to upgrade the prado lol and get another camper/Jayco...............................