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Size Does Matter - Boomer Toys |
| Published: July 23, 2008, 11:45 am |
| Tags: boomer generation stuff, culture, lifestyle, outdoor recreation, boat, boomer, boomer generation, inflatable, motor home, raft, recreation, retire, retired, retirement, rib, rigid inflatable boat, satire, seal team boat |
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Size Does Matter - Boomer Toys We have so many toys. I looked around today and realized how much stuff we have acquired. Of course we don’t need a lot of this stuff-we just wanted it. I’ve noticed that my Boomer Generation friends have more toys than I do. That doesn’t bother me anymore because I’ve found a way to make fun, sort of, in that we ALL have too many adult toys. The size of our toys does matter, too, at least sometimes. Take the motor home, for example. As size goes, this is probably the biggest toy of all. Costliest too. And when we buy a motor home, we must buy UP to ALL THAT WE CAN AFFORD. To do less might imply that we could only afford what we purchased. Of course, we can always buy DOWN and say we are becoming “greener” by reducing the size of our carbon footprint, etc. One thing we don’t want to say is ANYTHING about the Mileage or the Price of GAS! That’s a dead giveaway that we [ Full article ] |
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