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BORN BEFORE 1945? TAKE HEART!!
WE SURVIVED ALL THESE CHANGES!
We were born before television, penicillin, polio vacine, frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, frisbees, and the Pill.
We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams, and ball point pens, pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip dry clothes, or man walking on the moon.
We got married first, then lived together (novel idea).
In our time, closets were for clothes, not for "coming out of".Bunnies were small rabbits, and Rabbits were not Volkswagens. Designer jeans were girls after you boyfriend. Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.
We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent. Outer space was the back of your local drive-in theater.
We were before house husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers, and cloning. We preceded day care centers, group therapy, and nursing homes. We never heard of FM radio, stereo tapes, CD players, artifical hearts, word processors, yogurt and guys wearing earrings.
For us, time sharing meant togetherness, not condominiums; a chip was a piece of wood, hardware came from a Hardware store, not CompUSA and software wasn't even a word!
In 1940, 'made in Japan' meant cheap toys and the term "making out" referred to how you did on an exam. Pizzas, McDonald's and instant coffee were unheard of.
When we hit the scene, there were 5 & 10 cent stores where you bought things for a nickel or a dime.For a nickel you could ride a street car, make a phone call, buy a Pepsi or enough stamps to mail a letter and two postcards. You don't remember postcards? You could buy a new Chevy for $500, but who could afford one? Gasoline was expensive then at 11 cents a gallon! With your Interstate movie pass, you could take a date out to a movie, take her to the local drive-in eatery on 50 cents worth of gas all on less than two bucks!
In our day, cigarette smoking was fashionable, grass was mowed, Coke was a soft drink, and pot was something you cooked in. Rock music was Grandma's lullaby and AIDS were teachers helpers.
We were certainly not before the differences between the sexes was discovered, but surely before sex change. We made do with what we came with. We were the last generation that was so dumb we thought you needed a husband to have a baby!
No wonder there is a generation gap! What's a generation gap?
WE HAVE SURVIVED .....so far; care to celebrate?
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