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Skriven 2006-02-05 22:46:20 av Greg Sears (3:633/104)
Ärende: A story
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                        FOR ALL THOSE BORN BEFORE 1945

    WE ARE SURVIVORS!!!   CONSIDER THE CHANGES WE HAVE WITNESSED!!

  We were born before television, before penicillin, before
polio shots, frozen foods, Zerox, plastic, contact lenses, frisbees,
and the Pill.  We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser
beams and ball point pens.  Before pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes
dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes---and
before man walked on the moon.

  We got married first, and then lived together.  How quaint can
you be? In our time, closets were for clothes, not for "coming out
of".  Bunnies were small rabbits, and rabbits were not Volkswagons.
Designer jeans were scheming girls named Jean, and having a meaningful
relationship meant getting along with our cousins.

  We thought fast food was what you ate during lent, and Outer
Space was the back of the Riviera Theatre.  We were before house
husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers and commuter
marriages.  We were before day-care centers, group therapy and nursing
homes.  We never heard of FM radio, tape decks, electronic
typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, yogurt and guys
wearing earrings.  For us, time-sharing meant togetherness--not
computers or condominiums.  A chip meant a piece of wood, hardware
meant hardware and software wasn't even a word.

  Back then, "Made in Japan" meant JUNK and the term "making
out" referred to how you did on your exam.  Pizzas, McDonalds and
instant coffees were unheard of.  We hit the scene where there were 5
and 10 cent stores, where you bought things for five and ten cents.
Sanders or Wilsons sold ice cream cones for a nickel or a dime.  For
one nickel, you could ride a street car, make a phone call, buy a
Pepsi or enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards.  You
could buy a new Chevy coupe for $600.00---but who could afford one?  A
pity too, because gas was 11 cents a gallon!!

  In our day, grass was mowed, Coke was a cold drink and Pot was
something you cooked in.  Rock music was a Grandma's lullaby and AIDS
were helpers in the Principal's office.  We were certainly not before
the difference between the sexes was discovered, but we were surely
before the sex change.  We made do with what we had.  And we were the
last generation that was so dumb as to think you needed a husband to
have a baby.

  No wonder we are so confused and there is such a generation gap today.

  But, WE SURVIVED!!!  What better reason to celebrate?



Cheers,
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