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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: Biggles on March 01, 2013, 10:59:01 AM
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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.
Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege.
We listened to the news on the radio, but to actually see the news, you had to go to the movies to see the Movietone newsreel before the movie.
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, the cricket, Tarzan and serials on our radios.
And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey.
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, Kentucky Fried Chicken and instant coffee were unheard of.
Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a tram, and a Pepsi were all a sixpence (5 cents).
It cost 1/6d (15cents) to go the movies on Saturday arvo
And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your 5 cents on enough stamps to mail 2 letters
You could buy a new Holden for $600, but who could afford one?
Too bad, because petrol was 10 cents a gallon.
In my youth:
"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.
And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby.
No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap.
How old do you think I am?
I bet you have this old lady in mind. You are in for a shock!
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 59 years old, Born in 1953.
THE YOUNG ONES (e.g. Streak) WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT!
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As I read through the list I noticed every item applied to me and I'm not (yet) a grandfather.
Being 64 has something to do with it.
My first TV experience was at my aunt's place in Cairns - about 11 kids packed into the lounge room sitting on the floor watching a black and white test pattern. At that stage TV broadcasting had not started in the Cairns area.
I think I bought my first colour TV in 1975.
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I'm nearly as old as you, just don't take up quite as much real estate. :grin
We also had a b&w TV when we married, and I secretly put away $20 a pay until I could present my surprised wife with a colour TV. I think it was about a 24" screen, but still nearly the size of a wheelie bin.
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we knew "pot" as a toilet (used in a high chair) for a toddler but in my mum's day a pot was placed under the bed so you didn't have to walk outside in the middle of the night to have a pee.
Disposable nappy's never existed when we had our kids..........
We had wood combustion stoves in kitchen and wood chip water heaters in the bath room
Kerosine fridge and heater, I was eleven or twelve when I first saw an electric stove, fridge etc.
mum made our ice cream
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Being born in 1948 I can relate to ALL of that.
My job was to turn the handle on the 'wringer' to squeeze the water out of the clothes after my mum had hand washed them.
I remember my mum and dad buying a Hoover Twin Tub washing machine in the mid-50's and the family used to sit around it watching this wonderful new invention that saved mum from the back braking hand wash.
"The Good Old Days"............................. but were they?
Poppy :wht13
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Better have a Bex , cuppa tea and a lie down.
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Alan, the name for the think that went under the bed was a "Guzunder"...cause is guz under the bed.
I too remember all this stuff, I was born at the end of 1950, and sometimes I really feel OLD, but not when I'm riding!!
:grin
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I was born at the end of the 50s, and out in the country as well, so more basic living was just a fact of life. Never went to town much. My grandmother (mothers side -grandparents died young back then so never met the others - another feature of the good old days!) was born in the 1880s, hated horses as they were dangerous (people killed all the time), and always said the good old days were now. My father worked stations when younger then owned his own dairy farm. He never hesitated in using more modern machinery as doing it the old way was something he had to do with no choice.
Lots of stories about families with violence, too much drinking gambling etc etc, so things have not changed much as human nature is still the same, its just people know more about what is going on now.
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You bin drinking your brew, John? :popcorn
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I was born in 1959 and can remember the "amazement" in 2 new products that my father brought home to show us and now I reckon they're in all homes.
Velcro and bubble wrap.
My kids think it's strange that a pair of jeans I have don't have a zipper for a fly, there are buttons, but I can remember when that's all there was.
Brad
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Born in '52. Sentimentality is one thing, but when you read it twice you can see the point.
A lot of what we've allowed to evolve in our societies may be convenient, but some of the other referred stuff could, and should, have been never allowed into our society.
Look at what it's done to our kids and economy.
Just a point, our generation is becoming the Granddad's & Grandma's of the world. We ready for that?
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Just a point, our generation is becoming the Granddad's & Grandma's of the world. We ready for that?
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Nope. But with horny children I had no choice. It's nice to see the grandkids, but it's nice to see them go too!
:bl11
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Just a point, our generation is becoming the Granddad's & Grandma's of the world. We ready for that?
I am going to quietly say....dont you mean your generation..,,my daughter is only 8 :crackup
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>:() Sorry Streak. Long time since mine were 8yo's. Daughter is 28, and a teacher in a private school. The boy one is 23 and learning to be a teacher at UQ.
I guess you're the NEXT generation. Don't worry - soon it will be your turn. :crackup