Jenifer,
This is great, thanks for sending it.
Virgie and Hoshi
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Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:19 PM
Subject: Fw: How old is Grandma?


> thought we all could use something to ponder.
> Jen and MAMA-Star
> "Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble
> remembering how to fly."
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> Subject: How old is Grandma?
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>> This is worth keeping.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "RENITA HOWARD"<[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: 2/13/06 1:10:06 PM
>> To: "[log in to unmask]"<[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: FW: How old is Grandma?
>>
>> I'm feeling old!
>> 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
>> stamps 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!
>>
>>
>>