For Those Born Before 1945

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(I have checked the various topics on this board and didn't see  this oldie posted)

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

We were born before television, before penicillin, before polio shots, frozen fooods, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, Frisbees and the PILL.

We were before radar, credit unions, split atoms, laser beams and ballpoint pens, before panyhouse, 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 names Jean or Jeanne, and having a meaningful relationship meant getting along well with our cousins.

We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent, and Outer Space was the back of the Riveria Theatre.

We were before house-husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers and commter marriages.  We were before day-care centers, group therapy and nursing homes.  We never heard of FM radio, tape decks, cassette's, CD's, computers, artificial hearts, 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!!

In 1940, "made in Japan" meant JUNK and the term "making out" referred to how you did on your exam.  Pizzas, McDonald's and instant cofee were unheard of.

We hit the scene when there were 5 and 10 cent stores, where you bought things for five and ten cents, ice cream cones sold for a nickel or dime, as did Pepsi.  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 and POT was something you cooked in.  ROCK MUSIC was a grandma's lullaby and AIDS were helpers in the Principals 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!!