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| For All Those Born Before 1945 |
WE
ARE SURVIVORS!!! . . CONSIDER THE CHANGES WE HAVE
WITNESSED!
We were born before television, before penicillin,
before polio
shots, frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses,
Frisbees and
the PILL. We were before radar, credit cards, split
atoms, laser
beams and ballpoint pens. Before pantyhose, dishwashers,
clothes
dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry
clothes ...
and before man walked on the moon.
We got married first and then lived together. How quaint
can you be?
In our time, closets were for clothes, not for
"coming out of".
Bunnies were small rabbits, and rabbits were not
Volkswagens.
Designer Jeans were scheming girls names Jean, and
having a
meaningful relationship meant getting along with our
cousins.
We thought fast food was what you ate during lent, and
Outer Space
was the back of the Riviera Theater. We were before
house husbands,
gay rights, computer dating, dual careers and commuter
marriages.
We were before day-care centers, group therapy and
nursing homes.
We never heard of FM radio, tape decks, electronic
typewriters,
artificial hearts, word processors, yogurt and guys
wearing earrings.
For us, time-sharing meant togetherness ... not
computers or
condominiums. A chip meant a piece of wood. Hardware
meant hardware,
and software wasn't even a word.
Back then, "Made in Japan" meant junk and the
term "making out"
referred to how you did on your exam. Pizzas, McDonalds
and instant
coffees were unheard of. We hit the scene where there
were 5 and
10 cent stores, where you bought things for five and ten
cents.
Sanders or Wilsons sold ice cream cones for a nickel or
a dime. For
one nickel you could ride a street car, make a phone
call, buy a
Pepsi or enough stamps to mail one letter and two
postcards. You
could buy a new Chevy coupe for $600 ... but who could
afford one?
A pity too, because gas was 11 cents a gallon!
In our day, GRASS was mowed, COKE was a cold drink and
POT was
something you cooked in. ROCK MUSIC was a Grandma's
lullaby and
AIDS were helpers in the Principal's office. We were
certainly not
before the difference between the sexes was discovered,
but we were
surely before the sex change. We made do with what we
had. And we
were the last generation that was so dumb as to think
you needed
a husband to have a baby.
No wonder we are so confused and there is such a
generation gap today.
-- Unknown |
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