Buc McMaster Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) Some consider it impolite to ask someone's age, and perhaps in some circles it could be. But an internet forum can leave participants a bit incognito as to where each is coming from and there is little doubt that the era one grew up in plays a large part in cementing one's worldview.......what's important and what is not, what is acceptable behavior and what is not, even what is true and what's not. So to take a roundabout general pulse of the folks on the forum, who was president of the United States when you were born? Such info will not specifically reveal your age but can serve to identify the cultural era that has contributed to your sense of the world..........yes? Just for fun and some perspective................. Harry S. Truman was POTUS when I first opened my eyes. (........and just for curiosities sake, anyone seen J45Nick recently?) Edited March 10 by Buc McMaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbpicker Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Same… Truman. Early in his term.. RB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Same here. Give ‘em hell Harry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scriv58 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Eisenhower...late for everything (rimshot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egoidealmusic Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Guess I'm a young'un here as Tricky **** Nixon was president when got here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieDog Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Another Eisenhower here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSchooner Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Harry S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Man Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Another youngun' here, LBJ was pres when I was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Eisenhower here. Kennedy and Nixon faced off on tv when I was a month old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyd Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Another Truman baby here, although the first president I was really aware of was Eisenhower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfish Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Truman, boom on baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 JFK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Ike. But I remember the cartoons weren't on one Saturday in Nov. of 1963 because JFK had been shot. Cartoons had never been cancelled before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieDog Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Murph said: Ike. But I remember the cartoons weren't on one Saturday in Nov. of 1963 because JFK had been shot. Cartoons had never been cancelled before. Nod, and then later, they were cancelled for King and RFK in short order. Assassinations and televised funerals seemed to morph into just another regular thing that interrupts the routine, like the Peanuts Christmas special, and the annual airing of Peter Pan, but for grownups. Edited March 11 by PrairieDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Poor kids without cable/sat or internet don't get cartoons for free anymore. That's why they're mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwalker201 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 JFK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 Well it's no surprise to me that there's a bunch of old dogs here.............we have grown to appreciate the finer things in life like Gibson guitars. I am a bit surprised there is no representation of youth..........none from the Ford, Bush, Clinton, etc. eras. I'd guess these folks might be more impressed with a Taylor instrument because they appear to be a more 'modern' version of a guitar. (yes, yes......I'm sure some of you old farts own a Taylor or two as well.) A lot of things got interrupted when JFK was shot, not least of which was a national feeling of comfort and security........the country seemed quite 'vanilla' before that episode. But no.........Vietnam, the Chicago Democrat convention, Kent State, Watergate. Seemed like the wheels were coming off.........and it still seems that way...........but here we are, still rolling along......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Truman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docr Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 JFK Konrad Adenauer was the German Bundeskanzler .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 17 minutes ago, Buc McMaster said: Well it's no surprise to me that there's a bunch of old dogs here.............we have grown to appreciate the finer things in life like Gibson guitars. I am a bit surprised there is no representation of youth..........none from the Ford, Bush, Clinton, etc. eras. I'd guess these folks might be more impressed with a Taylor instrument because they appear to be a more 'modern' version of a guitar. (yes, yes......I'm sure some of you old farts own a Taylor or two as well.) A lot of things got interrupted when JFK was shot, not least of which was a national feeling of comfort and security........the country seemed quite 'vanilla' before that episode. But no.........Vietnam, the Chicago Democrat convention, Kent State, Watergate. Seemed like the wheels were coming off.........and it still seems that way...........but here we are, still rolling along......... Maybe we can get Johnson Blake to do a slight update on Eve of Destruction. It wouldn't take much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 29 minutes ago, Buc McMaster said: the Chicago Democrat convention, Looks like that is going to repeat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieDog Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Buc McMaster said: (yes, yes......I'm sure some of you old farts own a Taylor or two as well.) 😄funny you mention this. Yesterday I put up a happy NGD post because we picked up a beautiful 912 Taylor 12-fret (along with a 1890s banjo). I put up a pic of my DIF along with it just to keep things topical. Then I watched all day as over 30 post visits racked up with zero reactions/comments. Not even throwing me a pity “like” or a tease about it being a Taylor. I tucked my tail between my legs and took it down. Message received 🤣 Edited March 11 by PrairieDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 I missed it. I was trimming apple trees..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docr Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Another option for me as coming from the JFK "group" is Martin - so not Taylor again. But I'm so happy that at an advanced age I can finally afford the classical instruments that I know from my musical heroes and - again due to my age - there are few of them that have played Taylor, but this is not due to the guitars, but rather to the relative "youth" of this manufacturer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWG4927 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 13 minutes ago, PrairieDog said: 😄funny you mention this. Yesterday I put up a happy NGD post because we picked up a beautiful 912 Taylor 12-fret (along with a 1890s banjo). I put up a pic of my DIF along with it just to keep things topical. Then I watched all day as over 30 post visits racked up with zero reactions/comments. Not even throwing me a pity “like” or a tease about it being a Taylor. I tucked my tail between my legs and took it down. Message received 🤣 It would be guitar-ist to assume you were pulled over because you were Taylor. Maybe it was because it was a cutaway, or something else. Happy NGD just the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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