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

Wed Apr 30 08:15:03 EDT 2003

Bill,

I had no idea.  I'm in New Orleans enjoying Jazz Fest.  New Orleans is still a world apart.  Went to 2 Dylan concerts.  Also heard Pinetop Perkins, Fats Domino, lots of local musicians.  Eating too well.

Maybe we should have a White Plains get together some day.

Bill Effros

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bill Berner 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 9:34 PM
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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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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros
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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 
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Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 8:36 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Fw: HOW OLD IS GRANDPA?

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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