Subject: How old is Grandpa???

[brnidokiegurl 0]

How old is Grandpa???

Stay with this -- the answer is at the end. It will blow you away.

One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events.

The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.

The Grandfather 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 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 Grandmother 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 centers, 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 thought fast food was what people ate during Lent.

Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.

Draft dodgers were people who closed their front doors when 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, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.

We listened to the Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches 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, and instant coffee were unheard of.

We had 5 &10-cent 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 Chevy 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.

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... and how old do you think I am?

I bet you have this old man 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 man would be only 59 years old.

[Jasman0717 9]

I remember they would hang these round things off the window of a car to cool the car down. Weird

[Jasman0717 9]

A little off again, at least for penicillin. TVs were also around before I was born.

In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming observed that colonies of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus could be destroyed by the mold Penicillium notatum, proving that there was an antibacterial agent there in principle. This principle later lead to medicines that could kill certain types of disease-causing bacteria inside the body. At the time, however, the importance of Alexander Fleming's discovery was not known. Use of penicillin did not begin until the 1940s when Howard Florey and Ernst Chain isolated the active ingredient and developed a powdery form of the medicine

[Jasman0717 9]

Commercially available since the late 1930s, the television set has become a common communications receiver in homes, businesses and institutions, particularly as a source of entertainment and news.

[pedroh 21]

yea being old is no fun, no internet and movies or video games back then

[Jasman0717 9]

yea being old is no fun, no internet and movies or video games back then

To say nothing of the aches and pains where you didn't know you had places

[boo boo 1]

very interesting:)

[Nagishkaw 510]

I really felt like a fossil when my husband asked me what I was holding in my hand. I was about to put an album on the turntable.

[Scott & Lai 12]

I really felt like a fossil when my husband asked me what I was holding in my hand. I was about to put an album on the turntable.

Is that one of those big CDs?

[Nagishkaw 510]

Something like that, yeah.

[Jasman0717 9]

I really felt like a fossil when my husband asked me what I was holding in my hand. I was about to put an album on the turntable.

I don't think Claudeth has ever seen vinyl

[Scott & Lai 12]

Something like that, yeah.

I do actually have a couple

[rebeccajo 14]

Something like that, yeah.

I do actually have a couple

I got rid of all of mine about 10 or so years ago. They just took up sooooooooooooooo much storage space. But the artwork back then on album covers - fabulous!!