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Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:18 PM
Subject: How old is Grandma?


> This is worth keeping.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "RENITA HOWARD"<[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 2/13/06 1:10:06 PM
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> 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!
>
>
>