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The below is indeed both sad and pretty scary as well...
And to think that Barbie and I both have came to take all of these things for granted until we actually stop and think about them.
My grandson sent this in an email. I am really wondering how he will respond when I tell him, "Yes, all true and we do indeed take all of these things for granted these days."
I was twelve years old in 1952 when we got our first television!!!!
I'll never forget it, or at least I hope I don't. It was a Sylvania Halolight and the picture tube actually did have about a 2" to 3" ring of mild light around it so as to help stop the Cathode Ray Tube from injuring our eye's.
I remember very vividialy about asking my mom and dad what, "Refrigerated Air" meant and was astounded when they told me as I just didn't know how it was possible for someone basically leaving their refrigerator door open so as too cool the inside of their house's!!!!
Polio was a very scary disease and still was even when I was about 12 or 13 years old. I remember getting the dreaded, "Polio Shot," and then getting the doses of the "Salk Vaccine" which was administered in three doses that you drank!!!!
And Sulfa Drug was the primary means to protect against infection and that our soldiers used vast quanities of it during the Great War to end all Wars, WW II.
I also remember getting my very first penicillin shot as I hated the "dreaded shots" whether as a preventitaive or to stop potential infection.
And just stopping to think because tomorrow I will have passed the milestone of 58 years depictied below and will instead actually be 66 years old instead!!!!
I can absolutely guarantee all of you that 10 (ten) smilies are not enough to highlight the above!!!!
How old is Grandma???
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 Grandma replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before:
' television
' penicillin
' polio shots
' frozen foods
' Xerox
' contact lenses
' Frisbees and
' the pill
There was no:
' radar
' credit cards
' laser beams or
' ball-point pens
Man had ! not invented:
' pantyhose
' 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 people who closed their front doors when 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, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.
We listened to the Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios.
And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey.
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 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 sta! mps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.
You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600, . . . but who could afford one?
Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.
In my day:
' "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.
And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap... and how old do you think I am?
I bet you have this old lady in mind...you are in for a shock!
Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time.
This Woman would be only 58 years old!
I think now is indeed a real time to take some time for personal meditation, something else that wasn't really known about unless you were really an open and investigative person and very possibly either from India or another one of those weird countries where very weird things were done and thought nothing about thereof.
And to think that Barbie and I both have came to take all of these things for granted until we actually stop and think about them.
My grandson sent this in an email. I am really wondering how he will respond when I tell him, "Yes, all true and we do indeed take all of these things for granted these days."
I was twelve years old in 1952 when we got our first television!!!!
I'll never forget it, or at least I hope I don't. It was a Sylvania Halolight and the picture tube actually did have about a 2" to 3" ring of mild light around it so as to help stop the Cathode Ray Tube from injuring our eye's.
I remember very vividialy about asking my mom and dad what, "Refrigerated Air" meant and was astounded when they told me as I just didn't know how it was possible for someone basically leaving their refrigerator door open so as too cool the inside of their house's!!!!
Polio was a very scary disease and still was even when I was about 12 or 13 years old. I remember getting the dreaded, "Polio Shot," and then getting the doses of the "Salk Vaccine" which was administered in three doses that you drank!!!!
And Sulfa Drug was the primary means to protect against infection and that our soldiers used vast quanities of it during the Great War to end all Wars, WW II.
I also remember getting my very first penicillin shot as I hated the "dreaded shots" whether as a preventitaive or to stop potential infection.
And just stopping to think because tomorrow I will have passed the milestone of 58 years depictied below and will instead actually be 66 years old instead!!!!
I can absolutely guarantee all of you that 10 (ten) smilies are not enough to highlight the above!!!!
How old is Grandma???
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 Grandma replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before:
' television
' penicillin
' polio shots
' frozen foods
' Xerox
' contact lenses
' Frisbees and
' the pill
There was no:
' radar
' credit cards
' laser beams or
' ball-point pens
Man had ! not invented:
' pantyhose
' 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 people who closed their front doors when 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, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.
We listened to the Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios.
And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey.
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 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 sta! mps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.
You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600, . . . but who could afford one?
Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.
In my day:
' "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.
And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap... and how old do you think I am?
I bet you have this old lady in mind...you are in for a shock!
Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time.
This Woman would be only 58 years old!
I think now is indeed a real time to take some time for personal meditation, something else that wasn't really known about unless you were really an open and investigative person and very possibly either from India or another one of those weird countries where very weird things were done and thought nothing about thereof.
