[BITList] How old do you think I am?

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    */_Grandpa is how old? - have a guess_/*

    */Stay with this -- the answer is at the end... It will blow you away./*

    One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current
    events.

    The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the
    shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.

    The grandfather 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 Grandmother 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, day-care
    centres, 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 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 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 5 cents.

    And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your 5 cents 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.

    We had a president we all loved and looked up to.

    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 youready?????

    This person would be only 63 years old and would have been born in
    late 1952!!

    *GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO THINK**ABOUT.*

    PASS THIS ONTO THE OTHER “OLD ONES.”

    *_BECAUSE THE YOUNG ONES WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT._*



    	







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