How old is Grandma?

[fatherted]

>>>>>> HOW OLD IS GRANDMA?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _
>>>>>>
>>>>>> STAY WITH THIS -- THE ANSWER IS AT THE END... IT WILL BLOW
>>>>>> YOU AWAY. _
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother
>>>>>> ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS.
>>>>>> The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought
>>>>>> ABOUT THE SHOOTINGS AT SCHOOLS, THE COMPUTER AGE, AND
>>>>>> JUST THINGS IN GENERAL.
>>>>>> The Grandmother 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 YET 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 GRANDFATHER 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 THOSE WHO CLOSED FRONT doors as 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, CD'S, ELECTRIC
>>>>>> TYPEWRITERS, YOGURT, OR GUYS WEARING EARRINGS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WE LISTENED TO BIG BANDS, JACK BENNY, AND THE PRESIDENT'S
>>>>>> SPEECHES ON OUR WIRELESS (RADIOS).
>>>>>> 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 (5 AND DIME) 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 FORD 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WE WERE THE LAST GENERATION TO ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT A LADY
>>>>>> NEEDED A HUSBAND TO HAVE A BABY.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WE VOLUNTEERED TO PROTECT OUR PRECIOUS COUNTRY.
>>>>>> NO WONDER PEOPLE CALL US "OLD AND CONFUSED" AND SAY THERE IS
>>>>>> A GENERATION GAP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HOW OLD DO YOU THINK I AM?_ _
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and
>>>>>> pretty sad at the same time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ARE YOU READY??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> THIS WOMAN WOULD BE ONLY 61 YEARS OLD.
>>>>>> SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN IN LATE 1952.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PASS THIS ON TO THE OTHER (OLD ONES.)
>>>>>> BECAUSE THE YOUNG ONES WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

[Can the Man]

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