FOR ALL THOSE BORN BEFORE 1945
We are survivors!!!...consider the changes we have witnessed!
We were born before television, before pencillin, before polio shots, frozen foods,
Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, frisbees and the PILL. We were born before radar,
credit cards, split atoms, laser beams, and ballpoint pens. Before pantyhose,
dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, dripdry 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 Volkswagons. Designer Jeans were scheming girls named 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
Rivera Theater. We were before house husbands, computer dialing, 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. 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 cents 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 by a new Chevy coupe for $600...but who could
afford one? A pity too, because gas was only 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. But, WE SURVIVED!!!
What better reason to celebrate.
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