Once again _my_ generation is being attacked by somebody on the MMD.
Craig Brougher really does speak the truth in most of what he said, but
it's not just the generation born from the 1970's onwards.  The Baby
Boomers also have a rancid mentality when it comes to old things.  I
see these chunky, luxury-car buying, Ethan Allen shopping, Regular Coke
drinking, Streisand craving, Dilbert loving, NYPD Blue junkies looking
at player pianos and saying the same things as teens do.  They don't
care.

My friends have no idea why I like old things.  My parent's friends
don't usually understand, either.  My dad had no appreciation for the
cast metal and black marble antique lamp base with the original rayon
cord that I got for only $35 at an antique market.  He only saw the
tarnished and electrically unsafe piece of outdated equipment as
another one of my eccentricities.  My mom said, "Oh, that's nice."

So, we've got the teens who'd rather hear something from the Backstreet
Boys on their $1,000+ stereo system who can't find anything old
interesting, and the baby boomers in another generation who say, "I grew
up with those, but never found them interesting.  They were always too
loud to talk over.  My aunt and neighbor had one.  I don't really care."

Furthermore, people shouldn't be criticized for not liking old pianos.
There's more to the world than antiques and finding new ways to mix
hide glue.  Some people really value their computers where they can
make CD's, alter home videos, and there are people who like to work on
muscle cars, people who like to travel, and people who are heavily into
art (which many people find to be the Authentic Waste of Time).

My advice to everyone is not to criticize people so heavily, and don't
just single out the younger generation.

Damon Atchison