For
All Who Were Born Before 1945
We
are survivors! - Consider the change we have witnessed!
We were born before television, penicillin, polio shots,
frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, frisbees
and the PILL. We were 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 and
not for "coming out of". Bunnies were small rabbits
and rabbits were not Volkswagens. 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 balcony of the Stanley Theatre. We were
before house husbands, gay rights, computer dating and
dual careers. We were before day-care centres, 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. Back
then, the term "making out" referred to how you did
on your exam.
Pizzas,
McDonalds and instant coffee were unheard of. We hit
the scene when there were 5 and 10 cent stores, where
you bought things for 5 or 10 cents. Ice cream cones
sold for a nickel or a dime. For one nickel you could
ride a street car, make a phone call, buy a Coke or
enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards.
You could buy a Chevy Coupe for $600... 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 that you needed to have
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?!
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