"THE LAST WORD - FOR ALL THOSE BORN BEFORE 1945"
WE ARE SURVIVORS ! ! ! ! ! !
Consider the changes we have witnessed:
We were born before TV, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, plastic contact lenses,
Frisbees & the "PILL".
We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams & ballpoint pens. Before panty hose,
dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes & before man
walked on the moon.
We got married first & then lived together. How quaint can you be?
In our time, closets were for clothes; not for "coming out of". Bunnies were small rabbits &
"rabbits" were not Volkswagons. "Designer Jeans" were scheming girls named Jean or Jeanne,
& having a "meaningful relationship" meant getting along well with our cousins.
We thought "fast food" was what you ate during Lent, & "Outer Space" was the back of the
Capitol Theater.
We were before house-husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers & commuter
marriages. We were before day-care centers, group therapy & nursing homes. We never heard
of FM radio, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, yogurt, & guys
wearing earrings. For us, "time-sharing" meant togetherness, not computers or condominiums; a
"chip" meant a piece of wood; "hardware" meant hardware & "software" wasn't even a word.
In 1940 Pizzas, "McDonalds" and instant coffee were unheard of.
We hit the scene when there were 5 & 10 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 & two postcards.
You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600, but who could afford one? A pity too, because gas
was 11 cents a gallon!
In our day, cigarette smoking was fashionable, "GRASS" was mowed, "COKE" was a cold drink
& "POT" was something you cooked in."ROCK MUSIC" was a Grandma's lullaby & "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 & there is such a generation gap today!
BUT WE SURVIVED ! !
WHAT BETTER REASON TO CELEBRATE !
