Stay with this
-- the answer is at the end... It will blow you
away.
One evening a grandson was talking to
his grandmother about current events.
The grandson asked his
grandmother what she thought about the shootings at
schools, the computer age,
and just things in
general. The
Grandmother replied, "Well, let me think a
minute,
' television
' polio shots
' frozen foods
' Xerox
' contact lenses
' Frisbees and
' the pill
There were
no:
' credit cards
' laser beams or
' ball-point pens
Very few people
had:
' air conditioners
' dishwashers
' clothes dryers
' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and
' man hadn't yet walked on the
moon
Your Grandfather and I got married
first, and then lived together. Every family had a
father and a mother. Until I was 25, I called every
man older than me, "Sir."
And after I
turned 25, I still called
policemen and every man
with a title, "Sir." We were before
gay-rights, computer-dating, dual
careers, daycare centers, and group therapy.
Our lives were
governed by the Ten
Commandments, good
judgment, and common sense. We were taught to know
the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take
responsibility
for our
actions.
Serving your country
was a privilege; living
in this country was
a bigger privilege.
We thought fast food was
what people ate during
Lent.
Having a meaningful
relationship meant getting along with your cousins.
Draft dodgers
were those who closed front doors as the evening breeze
started.
Time-sharing meant time
the family spent together in the evenings and
weekends\
not
purchasing condominiums.
We never heard of FM
radios, tape decks,
CD's, electric
typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.
We listened to
Big Bands, Jack Benny,
and the President's
speeches on our radios. If you saw anything with 'Made in
Japan' on it, it was
junk.
The term 'making out'
referred to how
you did on your school
exam. Pizza Hut,
McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard
of. We had 5
&10-cent (5 and dime) stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and
10 cents. Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides
on a streetcar,
and a Pepsi were all a
nickel. And if
you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps
to mail 1 letter
and 2 postcards.
You could buy a
new Ford Coupe for $600,
but who could afford one? Too
bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.
' "grass" was mowed,
' "coke" was a cold drink,
' "pot" was something your mother cooked in and
' "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby.
' "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's
office,
' "chip" meant a piece of wood,
' "hardware" was found in a hardware store
and.
' "software" wasn't
even a word.
We were the last generation
to actually believe that a lady
needed a husband to have a baby.
We volunteered to
protect our precious country. No wonder people call us "old and
confused" and say there is a generation
gap.
How
old do you think I am?
Read on to see --
pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same
time.
Are you ready?????
This woman would be only 61
years old.
She
would have been born in late 1952.
GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO
THINK
ABOUT.
PASS
THIS ON TO THE OTHER OLD
ONES, BECAUSE SOME OF THE
YOUNG ONES WOULDN'T BELIEVE
IT.
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