We Are Survivors

[Uncle Fester]

FOR THOSE BORN SOME TIME AGO



We were born before television. before penicillin. polio shots. frozen foods, Xerox. plastics, contact lenses, Videos, Frisbees and the Pill. We were before radar. credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ball point pens,'

before dishwashers. tumble dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners and before man walked on the

moon.

We got married first and then lived together (how quaint can you be ?). We thought 'fast food' was what you ate at Lent, a 'Big Mac' was an oversized raincoat. and 'crumpet' we had for tea. We existed before househubands, computer dating, dual careers, and when a 'meaningful relationship'meant getting along with your cousins and when 'sheltered accommodation' was where you waited for a bus. we were before day‑care centres, group homes and disposable nappies.we never heard of FM radio., tape decks, electric typewriters. artificial hearts, word processors, yoghurt and young men wearing earrings. For us 'time sharing'meant togetherness, a 'chip' was a piece of wood or a peeled potato, hardware meant nuts and bolts, and software wasn't a word, Made in Japan 'meant Junk, the term 'making out referred to how you did in exams, 'stud' was something that fastened a collar to a shirt, and 'going all the way'meant staying on the Double Decker bus to the depot.pizzas, McDonalds and instant coffee were unheard of In our day, cigarette smoking was 'fashionable', 'grass' as mown, 'coke'was kept in a coal house, a joint' was a piece of meat you had on Sundays and `pot'was something you cooked in. 'Rock music was Grandmothers lullaby, Eldaorado' was an ice cream, a 'gay person' as the life and soul of the party and nothing more, while `aids Just meant beauty treatment, wooden legs, or help for someone in trouble. we who were born a long time ago must be a hardy bunch when you think of the way in which the world has changed and the adiustments we have had to make. No wonder we are so confussed

and there is a generation gap today BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE HAVE SURVIVED' :driving:

[Indian Princess]

We could learn alot from your generation, thank you for sharing:)

[Galbally]

Cool post, I was born in 1971 though, so as things go, I am only a youngen, still its good to know that if they switched off the TV, shut the shopping centre, took away the celebrity magazines, and the up-to-the second tabloid press, sealed off the motorways, made us eat local food, only let people fly places because they had to go, didn't hand out industrial strength medicines for a minor sneeze, and stopped allowing us to try to insulate ourselves and our children from most of real life by surrounding ourselves in an endless supply of consumer products......................................................................................................................................we would still muddle through somehow! :-6

[Uncle Fester]

Galbally;568434 wrote: Cool post, I was born in 1971 though, so as things go, I am only a youngen, still its good to know that if they switched off the TV, shut the shopping centre, took away the celebrity magazines, and the up-to-the second tabloid press, sealed off the motorways, made us eat local food, only let people fly places because they had to go, didn't hand out industrial strength medicines for a minor sneeze, and stopped allowing us to try to insulate ourselves and our children from most of real life by surrounding ourselves in an endless supply of consumer products......................................................................................................................................we would still muddle through somehow! :-6


I don't know how we did :-5

[Lon]

Uncle Fester;568428 wrote: FOR THOSE BORN SOME TIME AGO



We were born before television. before penicillin. polio shots. frozen foods, Xerox. plastics, contact lenses, Videos, Frisbees and the Pill. We were before radar. credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ball point pens,'

before dishwashers. tumble dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners and before man walked on the

moon.

We got married first and then lived together (how quaint can you be ?). We thought 'fast food' was what you ate at Lent, a 'Big Mac' was an oversized raincoat. and 'crumpet' we had for tea. We existed before househubands, computer dating, dual careers, and when a 'meaningful relationship'meant getting along with your cousins and when 'sheltered accommodation' was where you waited for a bus. we were before day‑care centres, group homes and disposable nappies.we never heard of FM radio., tape decks, electric typewriters. artificial hearts, word processors, yoghurt and young men wearing earrings. For us 'time sharing'meant togetherness, a 'chip' was a piece of wood or a peeled potato, hardware meant nuts and bolts, and software wasn't a word, Made in Japan 'meant Junk, the term 'making out referred to how you did in exams, 'stud' was something that fastened a collar to a shirt, and 'going all the way'meant staying on the Double Decker bus to the depot.pizzas, McDonalds and instant coffee were unheard of In our day, cigarette smoking was 'fashionable', 'grass' as mown, 'coke'was kept in a coal house, a joint' was a piece of meat you had on Sundays and `pot'was something you cooked in. 'Rock music was Grandmothers lullaby, Eldaorado' was an ice cream, a 'gay person' as the life and soul of the party and nothing more, while `aids Just meant beauty treatment, wooden legs, or help for someone in trouble. we who were born a long time ago must be a hardy bunch when you think of the way in which the world has changed and the adiustments we have had to make. No wonder we are so confussed

and there is a generation gap today BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE HAVE SURVIVED' :driving:


Just caught your post Uncle. We have survived !!! 1934