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

Thu May 1 02:48:30 EDT 2003

Bill, you're having way too much fun!  You know what it's called when you
hear those guys and wish you were that good?   Pianist envy.  8-)
Slim

On 4/30/03 5:55 PM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> wrote:

> 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
>> 191 South Broadway
>> Hastings on Hudson, NY  10706
>> 
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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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