Time is Funny

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

I recently received a book that was owned by my great-great-great-great grandmother.

that kind blew me away to be able to have, hold & read a book a relation owned and read that long ago.

That is cool.

I have my great great grandfather's records from the Great War and letters he sent home from the front as well as his discharge papers due to gas injury.

I also have a Cap Badge from a Calgary Highlander that was worn during service in WW2, it was something I wore on my TOS instead of my issued battle bronze. I cool reminder of the burden to uphold.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

I recently received a book that was owned by my great-great-great-great grandmother.

that kind blew me away to be able to have, hold & read a book a relation owned and read that long ago.

Perhaps she read it whilst sitting on her chamber pot.

[Roast Beef]

Originally Posted by calgaryrocks

not as cool as some of the above, but a few years ago my daughter sat in the same highchair that my grandma sat in over a hundred years ago as a baby. that was pretty cool

I actually think that's even cooler, because it's personal. If you've kept that highchair in the family, then your grandkids could sit in that chair.

[Mull]

Originally Posted by calgaryrocks

not as cool as some of the above, but a few years ago my daughter sat in the same highchair that my grandma sat in over a hundred years ago as a baby. that was pretty cool

I would only worry about old school safety design of those things. New high chairs have a massive ground foot print to prevent tipping... but it sounds like your daughter made it through the trials of the high chair and is still here!

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

That is cool.

I have my great great grandfather's records from the Great War and letters he sent home from the front as well as his discharge papers due to gas injury.

I also have a Cap Badge from a Calgary Highlander that was worn during service in WW2, it was something I wore on my TOS instead of my issued battle bronze. I cool reminder of the burden to uphold.

I have a ton of records of relatives who served.
It's amazing the detailed and extensive records that were kept.
right down to the medical notes for one relative, who only seemed to need attention when he got a STI.

for the more heroic relatives, I always wonder where their medals ended up. nobody seems to know. over 100 years ago. probably just lost with moves and estate sales over time.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by Swift

I was going to post this one. Nowhere near as long obviously but I did this with my own grandparents. The earliest (paternal grandfather) was born in 1892 (and died in 1948, 30+ years before I was born) If I live another 40 years, the three generation stretch would go from 1892-2061. That feels like a long time (170 years) but I have no idea if that's uncommon or about average.

I'd say it's mildly above average

Over big time scales the average human generation is calculated in the low 20s of years, and recently it has sky rocketed to the low 30s. so your average spread between birth of grandparent and child would be ~ 45 - 65 year, depending on weather you are looking at the past 100 years or earlier times. Then you add your current life expectancy of ~ 85 years, and you are looking at somewhere between 130 & 150 years. 170 is a long time, but realistically you are talking about 2 generations of having children in your late 40s, probably not that uncommon.

I think Tyler and his son both had a kid in their 70s, with a long lived grandson that's how you start getting into the 230 year range.

[DownInFlames]

[John Doe]

Throughout my life I have always thought of WW2 as being a very long time ago. I was born in 1960. The war ended only 15 years before I was born. 15 years ago was 2006. That’s the year my motorcycle was manufactured. I still have the original tires on it. That blows my mind.

[PaperBagger'14]

Every kid who graduates from 2020 on will learn of 9/11 as a historical event that they discovered in textbooks but weren't alive to witness.

[Mull]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

Every kid who graduates from 2020 on will learn of 9/11 as a historical event that they discovered in textbooks but weren't alive to witness.

God I am old. I don't like this one.

[Swift]

There's a part of my life that I would very much classify as being firmly in my childhood (watching wrestling, playing with action figures) and part that I would classify as my teenage years (listening to bands like Oasis and rave/dance music) and yet when I think about it they actually overlap for a couple of years.

It confuses me realising that those two parts of my life existed at the same time, but I guess most kids don't really completely grow out of childish stuff immediately once they become a teenager. It's something they show in PEN15 where the two girls are becoming sexually active at school but also playing Sylvanian Families at home.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Mull

God I am old. I don't like this one.

For some reason the concept of 88 Brewing bothers me. It presents as a nostalgic trip and I was 17 then...........it hurts.


That being said their Wave Pool is a tasty beer

[Nyah]

If you were born in 1981 or earlier, the end of WWII is now closer to the date of your birth than you currently are.

Edit: It's actually 1983! The midpoint between today's date and September 2, 1945 is August 9, 1983.

[flylock shox]

Weeks go by so quickly.

We all can only expect to live for about 4000 to 4500 of them.

[Cube Inmate]

My dad was born closer to the end of the Civil War than to the present. That screws with my brain.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Nyah

If you were born in 1981 or earlier, the end of WWII is now closer to the date of your birth than you currently are.

God Damn It.

[undercoverbrother]

Oxford University Existed For Hundreds Of Years Before The Aztec Empire Was Founded (1428), Oxford was 1096

[Ugly Kid Joe]

Last year (2020), we were just as close to the year 1990 as we are to the year 2050.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Ugly Kid Joe

Last year (2020), we were just as close to the year 1990 as we are to the year 2050.

That one seems kind of not weird to me. Like, it makes perfect sense and doesn't seem crazy.

[Ugly Kid Joe]

Originally Posted by Sliver

That one seems kind of not weird to me. Like, it makes perfect sense and doesn't seem crazy.

I see your point. More of an "Ef I'm old..." kinda thing.