DURING OUR TIME
This is an expression we heard rather often from our elders, especially when they chided us. And we went "oof, there he goes". But when you hear it from someone, one generation below us? That gets our goat. Recently my daughter-in-law was admonishing her niece and nephews through marriage with this expression. It was regarding the value of money, rather the lack of it. The kids were always for expensive stuff dismissing cheap stuff as, well, cheap! To explain their disdain, let me illustrate with one anecdote. Once I took my grandchildren out for ice cream, when I visited them, like a dutiful grandfather, in their father's car. Straight to Baskin Robbins as per their choice. They polished off some exotic ones of various flavours and hues on the spot and took enough and more packed for home. The bill went up to more than two grand. (I hope a grand is still a thousand!). On the way back I cribbed like hell for my entire one month's pension being wiped off in one s