I really admire my now deceased grandparents generation who dealt with the Great Depression, WWII and the Korean War. Today, if we don’t have at least two cars, central AC, cellphones, internet, 24 hours of multi-channel entertainment and five big box stores within 10 minutes of our driveways we think we are in hardship. I really believe that we have lost perspective. Yes, I am personally guilty of the same (I am an absolute tail end baby boomer or early gen x’er).