Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

I avoid handing out unwanted old-timer's advice on MB, but if I were to say anything, it would include this:
All you young-uns ! Ask about your family history, because one day you will be the custodians of it. Find out from your (grand)parents and draw a family tree. If you don't, that information will just disappear; it will cease to be available. So write it down, even if it's boring to you today. You, or someone else may find it interesting tomorrow.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.