Those Were The Days!
For those of, ahem, longer memories, "Those Were The Days" might recall the song sung by Archie Bunker and his wife Edith at the beginning of that long-running TV show "All In The Family." We watched it religiously in our apartment each week. Why bring it up now? The obvious reason would be the sentiment expressed: Things were better then than they are now. Of course, this sentiment bubbles up as we get older, at least for many of us. Stuff changes throughout out short span in this world. A lot seems to be stuff that's worse than what we remember things were like in the "old days." ("Bring back the old days!" might make a good T-shirt, no?) Is it really true? Do things really get worse? First, let's concede the aging factor as one element contributing to this sentiment. And second, let's acknowledge that sentiments - feelings - can be deceptive. Yes, these days you wouldn't know this. After all, "I feel" has become the ...
