NFBNJ-Seniors] For Us Old People from facebook

[Laurie Neidhart]

Sent from my iPod

> On Aug 1, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Nancy Lynn via NFBNJ-Seniors <nfbnj-seniors at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Sending a virtual hug from Nancy Lynn
> seabreeze.stl at gmail.com
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> From: PCB-L at yahoogroups.com <PCB-L at yahoogroups.com> On Behalf Of 'Nancy Lynn' seabreeze.stl at gmail.com [PCB-L]
> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2020 4:52 PM
> To: Nancy Lynn <seabreeze.stl at gmail.com>
> Subject: PCB For Us Old People from facebook
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> 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 Grandmother replied, "Well, let me think a minute,
> I was born before:
> ' television
> ' penicillin
> ' polio shots
> ' frozen foods
> ' Xerox
> ' contact lenses
> ' Frisbees and
> ' the pill
> There were no:
> ' credit cards
> ' laser beams or
> ' ball-point pens
> Man had not yet invented:
> ' pantyhose
> ' air conditioners
> ' dishwashers
> ' clothes dryers
> ' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and
> ' man hadn't yet walked on the moon
> Your Grandfather and I got married first, and then lived together.
> Every family had a father and a mother.
> Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, "Sir."
> And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, "Sir."
> We were before gay-rights, computer-dating
> , dual careers, daycare centres and group therapy.
> Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense.
> We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and
> take responsibility for our actions.
> We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent.
> Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.
> Draft dodgers were those who closed front doors as the evening breeze started.
> Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends —
> not purchasing condominiums.
> We never heard of FM radios, tape decks , CD's, electric typewriters, yogurt, or
> guys wearing earrings.
> We listened to Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios.
> 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 & dime stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents.
> Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel.
> And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to
> mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.
> You could buy a new Ford Coupe for $600, but who could
> Afford one? Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.
> 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.
> We were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have
> a baby.
> We volunteered to protect our precious country.
> No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap.
> How old do you think I am?
> Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time.
> Are you ready?????
> This woman would be only 67 years old.
> She would have been born in late 1952.
> GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
> PASS THIS ON TO THE OTHER “OLD ONES.”
> BECAUSE THE YOUNG ONES WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
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> Posted by: "Nancy Lynn" <seabreeze.stl at gmail.com>
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> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbnj-seniors_nfbnet.org/laurieneidhart%40gmail.com Hello Nancy Lynn and NFB, I am going to be 69 the 23rd of this month. I am so moved by the email you sent me you blew my. You blew my mind in a lovely way. When I listen to the email to me going from my time to the time I was when I listen to 60s rock and 50s rock it feels like a totally different world, but when I finish listening to the rock and go back to my world with the computers it feels like a totally different world. It boggles my mind to go from world to world like that. It’s amazing I remember this thing I love the email from Jane Degenshein, when she talked about the twilight zone, that was so good and so moving hats off to you and to her. I hope you have a decent day, I can’t even talk about the quarantine or anything more! It just boggles my mind too much. I want to enjoy treasuring my memories and our memories of what happened in the past. I also want to be fascinated by the present in the near future, hoping that everything works out for us and our world. Thank you
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