That's about the way I remember it too. 40 years ago it was easy to get decent lumber. 30 years ago it had started getting hard to find - Lumberland had been bought up by Revy which in turn became Rona, the smaller lumber yards were disappearing and prime timber was being shipped to Japan. 20 years ago the lumber was crappy quality but was at least properly dried. Now it's all just garbage. You can't even buy 1x2 that isn't finger jointed. Even places like Dick's (now owned by Rona) and SBS sell structural stuff that IMHO is questionable.