1962, Summertime in the South Okanagan, Osoyoos, BC 

Did you see the movie My American Cousin? I thought it was a pretty good portrayal. In 1959 we went to Manitoba and Yellowstone Park.

@@GordoGambler That movie was written and directed by a good friend of mine.

@@rozinant1237 great movie!!

@@rozinant1237 I watched it less than a year ago, here on utube!

Please pass on to Sandy that I enjoyed her film immensely when it was first released. One of the best Canadian movies of the 80s.

@ReelLifeCanada "Gavin captured some footage of nearby forest fire..." Ahhhh yes, some things truly _are_ timeless in Canada, such as the four seasons: autumn, winter, spring, and SMOKE!!

@ReelLifeCanada "Gavin captured some footage of a nearby forest fire..." Ahhhh yes, some things truly _are_ timeless in Canada, such as the four seasons: autumn, winter, spring, and SMOKE!!

Well, perhaps He could have a chat with our PM and remind him that it is indeed NOT his country to do as he wants ?

@@DutchVai you must be a very bitter person where everything in your life is related to politics

@@Don-du7du On the contrary, I'm sweet as custard pie and politics are kept at bay due to being a criminal organization.

Truer words have never been spoken. I was a kid during the 60s and a teenager in the 70s. We had reasonably strict parents, of course (most of us did!), but we also had a ton of freedom and spent 95% of our days playing outside, with all the other kids in the neighbourhood - playing games and having adventures that we made up ourselves. There was the odd bully here and there, but mostly the kids came from larger families (at least 2, most had 3, many had 4+) and we all knew how to get a long, and have fun. We would take the bus to the movies, to the roller rink, sometimes to the mall. We respected the other parents, our teachers and the police. None of that was negotiable! Be a good kid, make it through school, be kind to others, don't be an a-hole. We had a great childhood for sure, I don't think we understood then how lucky we were.

No video games, no TV, no internet... it sucked.

That’s called Anemonia my friend

Life was generally worse back then except for one thing: housing was actually affordable :\

Every generation has its challenges. They had very little health and safety in the work place, car accidents killed way more people relatively back then (the baby and kids you see in the video almost certainly were not wearing seatbelts on the drive while mom and dad smoked like a chimney in the car), medicine wasn’t as good. I grew up in the 80’s and it’s easily to look back with rose tinted glasses, but we had our challenges as well. The biggest issues I see facing young people today are the personal social skills being hampered. Most young people I’ve noticed are terrified to call someone on the phone. It’s only really a problem when dealing with other generations though, as young people are fine communicating with each other. The fear of increased automation making people redundant is also a huge hazard, but with the boomer generation aging out, jobs will be more prevalent.

how long did it last and was it kept around for a while after? or just another family car? ( inlaws had 2 door datsun car... sold it to buy van... damn it lol)

@@superdupermax My father loved his Mercedes 220, it was a column shifted 4 speed so it was a bit of fun to drive. The 220 was eventually traded in on a 1966 250s, 4 on the floor, another fun car to drive. My father was quite a car enthusiast and had a number of Mercedes and BMW cars during his life.

@@bretmire I had a 1968 230 (110 chassis, same as your dad's 220) , 6cyl, 4 on the floor, super fun as well. 1968 was the last year 👍

for some people

ya... and with worse traffic? 🙄

Well everyone who looks 20 here are very old today or maybe pass away

Thanks for identifying the aircraft, I was a challenge with it. I've not many Staggerwings on floats, it must have sounded amazing on take off.

@@ReelLifeCanada It did!😁

I suppose it's a toss up between Christina Lake and Osoyoos, but likely close. As for the MB? It's a 220. Thanks for watching, plenty more episodes to come.

Hehehe, so true, I'm one myself. We migrated 12 years ago from Calgary to Vernon. It was meant as point of humour and pride, after all, the Okanagan is simply amazing, especially in summer.

Albertans are the ones that keep it from going over the edge into some ultra leftwing sh-t hole,

Nah, I think some of the Gulf Islands have that title.... :)

No kidding! I grew up in Oliver and cringed every time he said it that way. oh-SUE-yis Said quite different than from how it is spelled!

Exactly right! There is no “soy” sound in Osoyoos.😂

38 Celsius is just over 100 Fahrenheit. Growing up there, I certainly saw it hotter than that! A lot hotter.

don't be an idiot