WE ARE SURVIV0RS!!
(For those born some time ago!)
We were born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, plastics, contact lenses, videos, Frisbees and the Pill. We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ball point pens; before dishwashers, tumble dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners.......and before man walked on the moon.
We got married first and then lived together (how quaint can that be?). We thought ‘fast food’ was what you ate at lent, a ‘Big Mac’ was an oversized raincoat, and ‘crumpet’ we had for tea. We existed before house husbands, computer dating, dual careers, and when a ‘meaningful relationship’ meant getting along with cousins, and when ‘sheltered accommodation’ was where you waited for a bus.
We were before day-care centres, group homes and disposable nappies.
We never heard of FM radio, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, yoghurt and young men wearing earrings. For us ‘time sharing’ meant togetherness, a ‘chip’ was a piece of wood or a fried potato, hardware meant nuts and bolts, and software wasn’t even a word.
‘Made in Japan’ meant junk, the term ‘making out’ referred to how you did in exams, ‘stud’ was something that fastened a collar to a shirt, and ‘going all the way’ meant staying on a Double Decker bus to the depot. Pizzas, McDonalds and instant coffee were unheard of. In our day, cigarette smoking was ‘fashionable’, ‘grass’ was mown, ‘coke’ was kept in a coal house, a ‘joint’ was a piece of meat you had on Sundays and ‘pot’ was something you cooked in. ‘Rock music’ was Grandmothers lullaby. ‘Eldorado’ was an ice cream, a ‘gay person’ was the life and soul of a party and nothing more, while ‘aids’ just meant beauty treatment, wooden legs, or help for someone in trouble.
We, who was born a long time ago must be a hardy bunch when you think of the way in which the world has changed and the adjustments we have had to make. No wonder we are so confused and there is a generation gap today..................
BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD.. WE HAVE SURVIVED!

Merry Christmas to you all.

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