Subj : Children of...
To   : Marc Lewis
From : Roger Nelson
Date : Fri Jun 23 2017 08:32:16

On Thu Jun-22-2017 21:33, Marc Lewis (1:396/45) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 ML> Hello Roger.

 ML> <On 22Jun2017 15:25 Roger Nelson (1:3828/7) wrote a message to Marc
 ML> Lewis regarding Children of... >

 RN> On Wed Jun-21-2017 13:13, Marc Lewis (1:396/45) wrote to Roger
 RN> Nelson: 

 ML> Hello Roger.

 ML> <On 19Jun2017 06:55 Roger Nelson (1:3828/7) wrote a message to All
 ML> regarding Children of... >

 RN> Children of (1930s) & (1940s)

 RN> Born in the 1930s and early 40s, we exist as a very special age. We
 RN> are the Silent Generation.

 RN> We are the smallest number of children born since the early 1900s.
 RN> We are the "last ones."
 ML> [snip]

 ML> Only *very* slightly before my time (I'm 68+,) but I can truthfully
 ML> say you've hit the nail on the head. A great compilation to say the
 ML> least. MANY things WERE markedly better, and many were MUCH worse
 ML> than now. I do miss milk in glass bottles and nickel Cokes.

 RN> I'm older.  (-:

 RN> NOPSI in our day would have the Germans jealous.

 ML> Achtung! You will pay your light bill NOW!  :-)

 ML> They were indeed QUITE the organization.  Lights, gas and
 ML> transportation. Remember the 7 cent transit token?  And the (now
 ML> called "green") electric busses?

No, but I do remember the transfer slips.  I could ride all over New Orleans as 
long as I wanted to for 7 cents.  And the bus service was 2nd to none.  There 
was one coming every 7 minutes.  Of course, we had mayor "Chep" Morrison at 
that time, so maybe he was the reason.  I remember him wanting to build a 
monorail from the foot of Canal Street to Moisant airport, but the cab cos, 
limousine cos and probably some others were so opposed to it, it never became a 
reality.  Such a system would have put them out of business.  At least that's 
what they thought.

 ML> I can remember, when I was doing photographic darkroom work, being
 ML> taken down into their basement on  Baronne Street to their MASSIVE
 ML> photographic darkroom and remember seeing 8X10" glass negatives
 ML> from back in the early teens and twenties of countless views of the
 ML> city and work crews, etc. 

I started to get into that, but I lack the patience to wait for the best shot.  
I did take some great pictures of my teenage daughter with the camera on a 
tripod and she about a foot or two away from the lens.  Before that, I was 
taught developing by my brother-in-law in a darkroom he built in his parents' 
garage.  Such a hobby served him well when he moved to Miami and became a 
private detective.


Regards,

Roger 
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