Sometimes I envy my Dad

[Crazy Dazz]

He grew up during the Depression, he learnt the value of hard work and frugality, and nobody of his generation ever questioned that. He also learnt the value of compassion and community, the real thing, not the fake stuck on bs we have today.

He served his country in war people understood and supported.

He was able to marry and raise a family, in an era where such things were respected by all. He didn't have to contend with the government, deviants, and the media constantly trying to destroy families.

He bought a cheap house, on a big block, 5 minutes from the city, and wasn't made to feel guilty for having a backyard where kids could play cricket, climb trees, and grow vegies.

Mum worked, because she wanted to and was able to spend the money, not because two incomes had become necessary for survival. Nobody questioned that man had penises, and women had breasts, and only one of them could feed babies.

Dad was tight with money, but he owned a boat at the Yacht Club, and a Beach House in Safety Bay. He was able to send his sons to good schools.

Dad learnt how to fix things, and ran a successful tv repair business, in the days when we still repaired things and recycled beer, milk, and cool-drink bottles. He watered his grass and nobody ever told him he was murdering dolphins.

Dad wasn't much of a motor-head, but oh if he had been. Our street was graced with GTs, Monaros, Hardtops, and Chargers. There were even a few Mustangs in the neighbourhood. He owned Australian made cars, and had his choice of several brands, and dozens of models.
He drove an XR Wagon, and we would ride in the back. Nobody died, and nobody said we were killing Polar Bears.

If he had wanted porn, he'd have needed to buy it from some seedy newsagent. I can't help but think that the world was healthier and safer.

It's not like he missed out on "Technology" either. He was one of the first Australians, trained by the US Navy, to install and maintain Radar. His generation got to watch, in awe, as man walked on the moon. Dad worked at the Muchea tracking station and was the first Australian to talk to John Glenn in space.

Dad served with the Occupation Forces in Japan, which ironically helped him get a job working for the Japanese later. We got one of the first colour TVs in Australia, and one of the first Microwave ovens.

Dad lived the prime of his life through a time of great prosperity and advancement in Australia, but in an era where he could vote for a Labour party that sought to protect and enhance the rights or ordinary working Australians. Dad lived to see the new millennium, but fortunately not to see the disgrace the "Greens" and their sycophants would make of his Country. I don't think he ever heard the term "politically correct," and a "tranny" had 3 gears, or 4 if your were lucky.