[ExI] what do the old timers do better than we do now?

[Mike Dougherty]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:12 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> So what, if anything, could our predecessors do better than we do now?  I
> will let you interpret that question broadly, so our predecessors could be
> your father's generation, or people living a century ago, or thousands of
> years ago.

I apologize in advance for the facetious answer:

old timers were 'better' at accepting human limitation and the
apparent inevitability of age-related death.

I'd say we're making progress. :)