Posted on 12/16/2010 7:33:17 AM PST by Jaded
For 95-year-old Hazel Severson, the decision was straightforward. The book didn't belong to her, so she needed to return it.
"It was the library's book," she said. "I wanted to get it back to them."
So what if the book "Seaplane Solo," Sir Francis Chichester's autobiographical account of his 1930 solo flight across the Tasman Sea was 74 years overdue from the public library in Amador County? To Severson, returning the book was the right thing to do, period.
With the help of her longtime South Land Park neighbors, Jim and Laurie Gibson, she turned the book over to Amador County librarian Laura Einstadter on Oct. 13.
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Top among the values that demographers widely ascribe to these older Americans are dedication, hard work, sacrifice and conforming to the rules. As Tidwell notes, members of this generation have also tended to put the public good ahead of their personal interest.
Because they had to.
"They took care of each other," she said, "because they lived through the Depression and World War II."
In contrast, San Diego State University researchers say that as the "Greatest Generation" fades away, Americans' personality traits have shifted toward self-involvement and narcissism.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
"Hey man, don't Bundy that book!"
“...Americans’ personality traits have shifted toward self-involvement and narcissism.”
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I don’t think so.
The Tasman Sea...
Between Australia and New Zealand...
about 2,000 miles wide...
I dont remember learning about this guy in school...
The library investigator’s name is actually Bookman?
I thought he was a janitor.
The library investigators name is actually Bookman?
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Interesting how different people pick up on different things - my initial thought was, “Jeez, there’s a LIBRARY INVESTIGATOR?!?”
Colonel, USAFR
Reminds me of the Texas criminal offense of “impersonating a code enforcement officer”. Is there anything more pathetic than a wannabe code enforcement officer?
Colonel, USAFR
I'll be all over you like white on rice, funny boy"
I keep hearing everybody crow about them,, but that generation created the very generation they consistently whine about. Narcissism is alive and well in the greatest generation. They consistently refuse to take responsibility for what they created. They are the reason social security cannot get even the smallest reforms. They did some big things, but that Peter Jennings label is worn thin. Do they truly exceed the civil war gen? The revolutionary war gen? The founders? The ones who won the west? I respect what the did well,, but they created what we must deal with now IMO.
I keep hearing everybody crow about them,, but that generation created the very generation they consistently whine about. Narcissism is alive and well in the greatest generation. They consistently refuse to take responsibility for what they created. They are the reason social security cannot get even the smallest reforms. They did some big things, but that Peter Jennings label is worn thin. Do they truly exceed the civil war gen? The revolutionary war gen? The founders? The ones who won the west? I respect what the did well,, but they created what we must deal with now IMO.
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