[Rhodes22-list] Fw: HOW OLD IS GRANDPA?

[Steve Alm]

I can speak with some authority on this issue, and I can confirm that the
exuberance is not necessarily irrational.  8-)
Slim 

On 4/29/03 9:34 PM, "Bill Berner" <bberner at optonline.net> wrote:

> Bill -
> 
> Now that made me laugh.
> 
> Apropos of not much, did you know that Alan Greenspan and Leonard Garment
> (if I'm remembering right he was Nixon's last Chief counsel during
> Watergate) both played professionally in Jazz Big Bands in the 40's.
> 
> I had an interview with Garment a few years ago in which he talked about the
> irrational exuberance experienced on the road by jazz musicians.  So much
> for Grand Pa and pot.
> 
> BB
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 5:22 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fw: HOW OLD IS GRANDPA?
> 
> Let's see.
> 
> You say Grandpa is 58.  That means he was born in 1945.
> 
> Television was introduced at the 1939 World's Fair.
> 
> Penicillin was developed in 1928.
> 
> People in the arctic have frozen foods for 100s of years.  Clarence Birdseye
> developed the modern process in 1923.
> 
> Xerography was invented in 1937.
> 
> Leonardo da Vinci described contact lenses in 1508.
> 
> I could go on, but suffice it to say math clearly was not Grandpa's best
> subject.  Maybe he learned what was then called "new math".  He wasn't much
> of a fact checker either.
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: lcrowther 
> To: New Rhodes22 List
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 8:36 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Fw: HOW OLD IS GRANDPA?
> 
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> 
> One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current
> events.He asked what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer
> age, and just things in general. The granddad 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 was no radar, credit cards, laser beams or ball-point pens.
> Man had not invented pantyhose, air conditioners, dishwashers, clothes
> dryers,(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, and every boy over 14 had a rifle
> that his dad taught him how to use and respect. And they went hunting and
> fishing together.Until I was 25, I called every man older than I, '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 ruled by 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 here 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, the Lone
> Ranger,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 woman needed a husband to have a baby.
> 
> 
> 
> No wonder people call us "old and confused,"and say there is a generation
> gap. 
> 
> So...How old is Grandpa??
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ANSWER - 
> 58 years old. Scary, huh??
> 
> 
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