Just a thought and I am sure that I am not the first to think of it-LOL

Recently I was at my inlaws for Christmas eve dinner. My dad in law's brother sent him a DVD that was comprised of a series of old 8mm movies that their dad had taken of the family over the course of many years. My inlaws made the remark about how old cars were better made than today's cars. I did not object to the remark, but it made me think. Today's cars are faster, safer, more agile,more fuel efficient and far better equiped than any car could have been in the 50's. Most did not make it 100K miles before giving out. Also modern robotics ensure that the tightness of the fit and finish of modern cars are far better than could have been achieved back then.

My dad and I have had many conversations about life back in the 50's and 60's and told me how he thought things were better then and people were happier. I asked what about African-Americans? Homosexuals? who were marginalized and descriminated against.

I am even guilty of it. I get nostalic from time to time about old games from the earlier nineties and fire up the old Genesis. I start and realize, damn, these things look like crap compared to the HD wonders on my PS3.

For those of you who have been arround for a bit, do you all catch yourselves remembering the past in a better light than it really was?