"Capt. Rob" wrote
We don't want Thom to share our ideas. We want him to come up with
better ones. That's why we'll never be "old farts."

Bwahahahaha! And where will he be exposed to these "better ides"? In NY? Sure
..... from Rev Moon.

I used to think like you until I got to be an "old fart". Edgar is right -
you'll think your kid is FU'd and wonder why. A friend raised his girl to be a
housewife. She works for an international corp, travels all over the world and
makes $500K/yr at 40. Is he happy? No! She didn't give him any grandkids! I
wanted SWMBO's kid to be like that. She dropped out, got married, had a kid,
and sees a shrink twice a week.

It never occurred to me that I'd be on the old side of a generation gap - but I
am. I have nothing in common with y'all wimpy young city/suburban kids raised
on Ritalin to have big mouths and zero tolerance for violence. Jeeze, the kids
over on reeky motorcycles had cat because somebody dared to honk his horn at a
car and my habit of closing car door on drivers heads gives them the willys.

Like I said, I feel sorry for y'all. If WW II happened today, we'd loose.