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

[Bill Effros]

Slim,

Lots of good piano men down here--also heard Dr. John (who was a guitar player until he got into a fight) Eddie Bo, One of the Neville Brothers, Joe Krown, and David Torkinowski (sp?)--among others.  Oh, and Butch Thompson was here from your neck of the woods.  Ornette Coleman was here.  (I didn't realize he was still alive.)  Just got back from eating.  Going out to listen to music.

Bill Effros


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Steve Alm 
To: Rhodes 
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fw: HOW OLD IS GRANDPA?


Wow Bill -- Dylan, Pinetop and Fats?!  Sweet!
Slim

On 4/30/03 7:15 AM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> wrote:

> 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
> To: 'The Rhodes 22 mail list'
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 9:34 PM
> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Fw: HOW OLD IS GRANDPA?
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> Bill Berner
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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?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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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