Tan Kin Lian's Blog: Wisdom of the Crowd

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Wisdom of the Crowd - New Issues

1. Should SG continue with massive testing of covid?
2. Is safe entry a useful tool to stop the spread of the covid virus?

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Subject: : A SPECIAL GROUP...

SPECIAL GROUP / Born Between 1930 – 1946

This is a great read ... especially if you fall within the stated age group. Those of us who yearn for a simpler time of life will surely enjoy this piece. If you are too young to fully appreciate the content, please feel free to pass it along to anyone you know “who fits the bill”. And, if you are a member of this elite group ... by all means, stand up and take a bow!

It’s great being part of the 1% Special Group!

The special group / born between 1930 – 1946

In 2021, the age range of this group is between 75 & 91.

Are you, or do you know, someone who's still here"?

Interesting Facts for you ...

You are the smallest group of children born since the early 1900s.

You are the last generation, climbing out of the depression, who can remember the winds of war and the impact of a world at war that rattled the structure of our daily lives for years.

You are the last to remember ration books for everything from gas to sugar to shoes to stoves.

You saved tin foil and poured fried meat fat into tin cans.

You saw cars up on blocks because tires weren't available.

You can remember milk being delivered to your house early in the morning and placed in the “milk box” on the porch.

You are the last to see the gold stars in the front windows of grieving neighbours whose sons died in the War.

You saw the 'boys' home from the war, build their little houses.

You are the last generation who spent childhood without television; instead, you “imagined” what you heard on the radio.

With no TV until the 1950's, you spent your childhood “playing outside”. There was no Little League.

There was no city playground for kids.

The lack of television in your early years meant that you had little real understanding of what the world was like.

On Saturday mornings and afternoons, the movies gave you newsreels sandwiched in between westerns and cartoons.

Telephones were one to a house, often shared (party lines), and hung on the wall in the kitchen (no cares about privacy).

Computers were called calculators; they were hand-cranked.

Typewriters were driven by pounding fingers, throwing the carriage and changing the ribbon.

INTERNET' and 'GOOGLE' were words that did not exist.

Newspapers and magazines were written for adults and the news was broadcast on your radio in the evening.

As you grew up, the country was exploding with growth.

The Government gave returning Veterans the means to get an education and spurred colleges to grow.

Loans fanned a housing boom.

Pent up demand coupled with new installment payment plans opened many factories for work.

New highways would bring jobs and mobility.

The Veterans joined civic clubs and became active in politics.

The radio network expanded from 3 stations to thousands.

Your parents were suddenly free from the confines of the depression and the war, and they threw themselves into exploring opportunities they had never imagined.

You weren't neglected, but you weren't today's all-consuming family focus.

They were glad you played by yourselves until the street lights came on.

They were busy discovering the post-war world.

You entered a world of overflowing plenty and opportunity; a world where you were welcomed, enjoyed yourselves and felt secure in your future through depression poverty was deeply remembered.

Polio was still a crippler.

You came of age in the 50s and 60s.; October 31, 2021 1:29 PM
Anonymous said...: You came of age in the 50s and 60s.

You are the last generation to experience an interlude when there were no threats to our homeland.

The second world war was over and the cold war, terrorism, global warming, and perpetual economic insecurity had yet to haunt life with unease.

Only your generation can remember both a time of great war and a time when our world was secure and full of bright promise and plenty.

You grew up at the best possible time, a time when the world was getting better...

You are "The Last Ones."

More than 99 % of you are either retired or deceased, and you feel privileged to have "lived in the best of times!"

Amen!; October 31, 2021 1:29 PM