DO YOU REMEMBER When, THE PEOPLE, FROM AN ANOTHER TIME, NOW, GONE, WITH THE WIND STILL DO. A time of over a half century ago. Please do note this is long, 4 pages to read the fun part, what is was like back then. If you wish to continue to learn what is was like during WWII that is an additional 8 pages and is a study to be undertaken when you have the time to devote to it.
There are some of us still around who are from another time and place. A place that is nothing now to us but a fast fading memory. We have different values than you. We see things different from you. Our rules are different from you, who now have no rules to live by. Here is who we are and this was the world we once knew and grew up in, which is no more, and gone, with the wind. Once you know us and where we are from, then you can understand why we cannot understand you and where you are coming from.
> 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 Grandma replied,”
> > Well, let me think a minute,
> > I was born, before television, or even radar. Planes have propellers, but nobody flew on them, you took a train or a bus.
> > penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods,
> > Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the
> > pill nobody ever heard of. Not having the pill meant most families were 6 to 12 Kids. Thousands were crippled or died by Polio every year because there was no vaccine. 17 million died of the flu because there was no vaccine.
When TV did finally come, there were only 3 channels, it was black and white and the screen was 10” across. Nobody had a computer or a cell phone.
> >
> > There were no credit cards, you actually used cash.
> > No 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 had yet to walk on the moon. If you got hot in the summer time you had a fan to blow hot air on you.
> >
> > Your Grandfather and I got married first
> > and then lived together.
> > Every family had a father and a mother. Divorce was a great disgrace and rarely happened, people worked through the tough times of a marriage and survived them for the sake of the children
> >
> > Until I was 25, I called every man
> > older than I, "Sir"- - and after I
> > turned 25, I still called policemen and
> > every man with a title, "Sir".
> >
> > We were before computer-dating, dual careers,
> > daycare centers, and group therapy. Daycare was what grand parents were for.
> >
> > Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments,
> > good judgment, and common sense. Nobody locked their front doors and everyone in the hood took care of each other. Everyone went to church on Sunday and looked up to their Priest, Minister or Rabbi. This country was founded under God by Christians.
> >
> > We were taught to know the difference
> > between right and wrong and to stand up and take
> > responsibility for our actions. Everything was either black or white; nothing was in shades of grey then.
> >
> > Serving your country was a privilege;
> > living in this country was a bigger privilege. Our President was honest and not on the take or controlled by the Trilateral commission.
> >
> > 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. Every one served their country when the call came to defend its liberty and justice for all. You are free today because those men died on the sands of Iwo Jima or on the beaches of Normandy. If they had not responded and fought bravely you would not be speaking English today, you would be speaking German. All blacks, Jews and Asians today would be wiped off of the face of the Earth. These people today are now being called the greatest generation of all time because they literally saved the Earth from going into a dark age beyond anything one can imagine today. You owe your existence today, to these people. Show them proper respect.
> >
> > 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. If a guy came up to you wearing an ear ring you said son, only queers and sailors wear ear rings, when did your ship dock son? Sissy’s got their asses kicked. All radio was AM, records where 45 or 78, you typed on a manual royal, you wanted to make a copy you put in carbon paper between the sheets.
> >
> > 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 from 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 store where you could
> > actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents.
> >
> > Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar where you could go all over town and back for a dime.
> > and a Pepsi were all a nickel. A game of rotation in pool was a dime.
> >
> > If you wanted to splurge, you could spend your nickel
> > on enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards.
> >
> > You could buy a new Chevy Coupe
> > for $600 but who could afford one?
> > Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon. During the war you could not buy a car, tires or gasoline. You were only given enough gas to get back and forth from work. If you were caught out joy riding you would be put in jail. You could not buy a gun. You could not buy sugar, pepper, silk hose, bananas, Pennies were melted down for their copper to make bullet casings with and the 43 pennies were made of zinc, which when new looked like a dime. When the new wore off they became black. If you were caught with more than one spare time you would be sent off to jail.
> >
> > 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.....
There were no golf carts to ride, you had to walk and hire a kid to carry your bag. There were no golf driving ranges, you gave a kid a bag of your balls, you hit them out into a field and paid him to run them down and bring most of them back. The head of your driver was wood as was the shaft on your putter.
> >
> > and how old do you think I am???.....
> >
> > Read on to see --
> > Pretty scary if you think about it, and rather sad at the
> > same time.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Grandma is Only 59 yrs old.
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