Born in the 50's, just perfect.

[Old Ironmaker]

Around the Steel City of Canada, Hamilton Ontario. In the 70's if you got off the wrong bus on Industrial Drive and walked into the front office of any plant with a grade 8 diploma and you weighed at least 150 lbs. you would get a good paying job for 30 years with benefits and a good pension. Today you can't get a paper route without a degree in Engineering. But that's not the best thing being in your 60's. It is now fashionable to wear a nice suit and sneakers. I first saw this watching talking heads pre NFL broadcast and the former ball players were wearing nice clean sneakers (running shoes in Canada) or Sketchers with a $5000.00 designer suit. I did just that last night at my God Daughters wedding. My wife said I was nuts. Guess what? Many of the 20 somethings had the same thing going and they called this 63 year old "Cool dude." And I actually danced. I'm chucking all my leather dress shoes that I can't stand upright for more than 10 minutes. Great to be born in the right decade, the 50"s. Good job at 18, could afford a year old Vette' in my early 20's and not have to wait for middle age to buy one and retired at 45 with a good pension with the 25 and out from The Blast Furnaces for me. People said "Man are you ever lucky." Oh yea, lucky to work 3 shifts with Mon. Wed. off and 20 some odd Christmases and New Years. Summer vacation was a week in May and the last week of Sept. Yes the harder you work the luckier you get.. Enjoy the Adidas you old farts the next time you put on a suit and tie. It's cool I was told..