Alexander the Great conquered most of the known world at the time by age 32.

Napoleon was promoted to General rank by age 25.

W.A. Mozart wrote 10 musical compositions by the time he was age 6.

Just shows how low the standards were back then.


Wheels

Oh I don't know Panzer. We have a 13 year old who is a climate change specialist

Touche'! LOL

Chucky, you almost owed me a new monitor. I nearly spit my drink out when I read that! GOOD ONE!

I compare myself to my father, and feel so much less capable than he was, and I think that's common with "The Greatest Generation." He was hunting for food for his family at 5 years old, driving when he was 8, doing most of the farm work at their home while going to school, set up a mattress box spring as a inductive device to pull power from the power lines that passed through his property to power the house, and designed and built a house after coming home from a full day of work as an adult. Maybe every person of his generation couldn't do all that, but I think more could than the generations that followed.

The older generations were much tougher and more determined on average for sure, yet I can't help but think that I would be able to adapt to the challenges of living in my grandfather or great grandfather's era, more so than they would be able to adapt to this one.

Heck, my grandfather basically said as much, and he lived a full, tough life.

'Twas ever thus:
"What is happening to our young
people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They
ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions.
Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?"

Attributed to Plato, some 2,400 years ago.

And his parents probably said the same about him and his friends.

Lol, yep.


Wheels

"The trouble with young Ug is he uses our cave like a hotel.....says he has empathy for animals so won't pull his weight in the mammoth hunt and doesn't like getting his hands dirty gathering.
He's a bit of a Neanderthal, truth be told."

I lived for years without things like electricity or running water, or even toilet paper.

When you're living like that time slows down - days are a week, weeks are a month...

Not because you have nothing to DO, it's because there's no such thing as ENTERTAINMENT.

When there's absolutely zero entertainment you definitely get a lot more done...

This is the biggest "get off my lawn" thread I've seen in some time.

I killed my first bear at only 7 and then helped to clear the Appalachian Trail at age 11

I guess that's just how the thread evolved because the original intent of my thread was to illustrate some people who were extremely exceptional at a young age.