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.