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Cute, BUT it's not very accurate. Besides what was
already mentioned:
--contact lenses were in existence before 1948, though they
were large and thick and not like what we use now;
--my gramma had a department store credit card back in the
1930's for a local store, Meier & Frank. It was called a
"Charge-A-Plate" and it was small and made of aluminum;
-- I have my Dad's 1946 Shaeffer ballpoint pen;
-- air conditioners were common in movie theatres. Even
cars had them available, including the 1940 and later Packards and the 1941-42
Chryslers and DeSotos;
--not only were dishwashers used commercially before WW II,
but residential units were available. I have a 1939 Liberty magazine with
a cartoon showing a housewife wondering why they're receiving so many mail ads
for home dishwashers and her small son doing the dishes and
smiling;
--clothes dryers were used commercially and home units were
out before '48. There was a Westinghouse model that played, "How Dry I Am"
when the clothes were ready;
--there definitely were daycare centers during WW II for the
women working in war production. Near Portland we had a 60,000 population
temporary government-built city with lots of day care centers.
--draft dodgers were an issue during WW II. Mostly they
were assigned to alternative work crews. One of our local conscientious
objector camps from WW II was just torn down. Homosexual military
induction became a significant issue during WW II;
--FM radios were out by 1948;
--wire recordings were used, including some home units; that's
how a lot of the FDR radio fireside chats were preserved;
-- making out was "petting;"
--a 1948 Chevy coupe was not $600; more like $1,400 and more
people could afford them than there were cars available;
--grass or pot was "reefer." My Dad and uncle tried some
in 1933;
--coke was a drink but also cocaine, used by blues and jazz
musicians and was an ingredient in the drink til about 1920;
I'm 59 myself and feeling old enough without some cheap
sentiment making me older than I really am.
--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56
Plymouth, '66 Plymouth, '41 Dodge
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 10:48
AM
Subject: [FWDLK] FW: How old is
Grandpa?
Don?t know if Im
supposed to do this sending this to the club but since it had a 300C in it, I
figured I could get by with saying it mopar fin related? take the time
to read it? it will make you smile and
think?
mel
From: Network
Express (John Bohnenkamp) [mailto:networkexpress@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:24
AM
To: 'Mopar
Mel'
Subject: FW: How old is
Grandpa?
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
'
&n bsp; dishwashers
'
clothes
dryers
'
and
the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and
'
man hadn't
yet walked on the moon<
/SPAN>
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. <
/B>
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 Peps i
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? <
/FONT>
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.
This
man would be only 59 years old
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