How old is Grandma?

[PamIsMe]

OMG! Now I'm feelin' practically ancient. lol


How old is Grandma?
Stay with this -- the answer is at the end.


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, I was born before:


Ø television


Ø penicillin


Ø polio shots


Ø frozen foods


Ø Xerox


Ø contact lenses


Ø Frisbees


Ø the pill


There were no:


Ø credit cards


Ø laser beams


Ø ball-point pens


Man had not yet invented:


Ø pantyhose


Ø air conditioners


Ø dishwashers


Ø clothes dryers


Ø and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and


Ø man hadn't yet walked on the moon


Your Grandfather and I got married first, and then lived together


Ø Every family had a father and a mother


Ø Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, "Sir"


Ø And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with

a title, "Sir"


Ø We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare

centers and group therapy


Ø Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment and

common sense


Ø We were taught to know the difference between right & wrong & to

stand up & take responsibility for our actions.


Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a

bigger privilege


Ø We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent


Ø Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins


Ø Draft dodgers were those who closed front doors as the evening breeze started


Ø Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings &

weekends - not purchasing condominiums


Ø We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CD's, electric

typewriters, yogurt or guys wearing earrings


Ø We listened to Big Bands, Jack Benny and the President's speeches

on our radios


Ø And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening

to Tommy Dorsey

Ø If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan ' on it, it was junk


Ø The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam


Ø Pizza Hut, McDonald's and instant coffee were unheard of


Ø We had 5 & 10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5

and 10 cents


Ø Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, city bus and a Pepsi were all a nickel


Ø And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on
enough stamps to mail 1 letter & 2 postcards.


Ø You could buy a new Ford Coupe for $600, but who could afford one?


Ø Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon


In my day:


Ø "grass" was mowed


Ø "coke" was a cold drink


Ø "pot" was something your mother cooked in


Ø "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby


Ø "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office


Ø "chip" meant a piece of wood


Ø "hardware" was found in a hardware store


Ø "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.


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.


Are you ready??


This woman would be only 61 years old, Born in 1951.


GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT


PASS THIS ON TO THE OLD ONES


THE YOUNG ONES WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT

[FWS]

"coke" was a cold drink

Well now hold on, originally Cola Cola's two main ingredients, other than water and sugar, were coca plant extract and caffeine from kola nuts. With the original recipe being pure cola leaf extract which contained cocaine, they have since removed the cocaine but are still using coca plant extract.

A lot of things on that list are either incorrect or just selective nostalgia.

My dad likes to get nostalgic and tell stories of growing up in South Louisiana, like when he and his brother would go to the park, sit on the lawn, and watch the the tall window in the building across the street, waiting for the scantily clad woman to come out of it on a swing every now and then.

It was a brothel.

[PamIsMe]

Well, cocaine was removed from Coca Cola in 1903 so I doubt there's anyone alive yet who would remember it. I never heard of cocaine until well after high school. I knew about pot, it was the age of the beatniks and hippies when I graduated, but certainly wouldn't have known how to acquire any. Beer parties were the thing of the time.

There was penicillin when I was a kid but it wasn't being mass produced in the US until 1945, and mostly for use in the military, a year after I was born. Half the kids in my neighborhood got polio, fortunately not me.

We didn't have a TV until I was in 4th grade, first in our neighborhood. 3 channels and a hugh antenna on the roof that you could remotely move round with a box on top of the TV to try and tune in a Milwaukee channel. We listened to our big console radio and played 33 1/3 records on the single turntable. We didn't have a color TV until after we had been married (in 1968) a couple years. My mother had a wringer washing machine and hung clothes either outside or in the basement on clotheslines. I insisted we get a dryer after I was married and it was a big deal.
The first electric typewriters were Selectrics which our high school switched over to when I was 10th grade.

We always had a dishwasher though, she was named Pam LOL

Cheers,
Pam