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Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 9:43
PM
Subject: We Are Survivors!
FOR ALL THOSE BORN BEFORE
1945
WE ARE SURVIVORS!!!...CONSIDER THE CHANGES WE HAVE WITNESSED!
We were born before television, before
penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact
lenses, Frisbees and the Pill. We were before radar,
credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ballpoint pens.
Before pantyhose, 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 named Jean, and having a
meaningful relationship meant getting along with our cousins.
We thought fast food was what you ate during
Lent, and outer space was the back of the Riveria theater. We were before
house husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers and commuter
marriages. We were before daycare centers, group therapy and nursing homes. We
never heard of FM radio, tape decks, electronic typewriters, artificial
hearts, word processors, 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.
Back then "Made in Japan" meant junk, and the term "making out" referred to
how you did on your exam. Pizzas, McDonalds, and instant coffee were unheard
of. We hit the scene where there were 5 and 10 cent stores, where you bought
things for 5 and 10 cents. Sanders and Wilsons, sold ice cream cones for a
nickle or a dime. For one nickle you could ride a street car, make a phone
call, buy a Pepsi or ! enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards. You
could buy a new Chevy for $600---but who could afford one? A pity too because
gas cost 11 cents a gallon!
In our day, grass was mowed, Coke was a cold
drink and pot was something you cooked in. Rock music was a grandmas lullaby
and Aids were helpers in the Principale'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 and there is such a
generation gap today.
But, WE SURVIVED!!!
What better reason to celebrate!!!!!
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