How old is Grandma?
 

Got this is an email today:



How Old Is Grandma?


One evening, a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events. The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.
The Grandma 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 ballpoint pens. Man had not invented pantyhose, air conditioners, dishwashers, clothes dryers, and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and man had yet to walk on the moon.
Your Grandfather 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 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, day-care centers, and group therapy. The Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense governed our lives.
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 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, 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 one letter and two 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 lady needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap.
And how old do you think grandma is???
Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time. This is something to think about. How time has changed...

Scrool down ><

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Grandma is 58
(born 1946)

happy:

my how things change, and fast too

*wants to live in the 1930's - 40's*

EDIT: That'd be real death, spanky. --Zone
A time when people beleived in this.....

EDIT BY SHORTHAND (THE above picture was a black man getting lynched.)

[img]http://www.temple.edu/history/images/jmccarthy.jpg[/img]
A time when to show any type of political beleif contrary to a mainstream could end up getting you on a list.

[img]http://www.temple.edu/history/images/nazis.gif[/img]
A time just after these bastards put a taint on the human race...



Ohh what a misinformed time grandma lived in. It must have been just like The movie pleasentville. rolleyes:

[quote="Short Hand":d762f][b]Ohh what a misinformed time grandma lived in. It must have been just like The movie pleasentville. rolleyes:[/quote:d762f]


ypu always have such a positive spin on things

[quote="Sgt>Stackem":6caff]my how things change, and fast too[/quote:6caff]

grandma sounds like she lived in a real boring time...

[quote:12de0]We were before gay-rights, computer dating, dual careers, day-care centers, and group therapy. The Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense governed our lives. [/quote:12de0]

is that a positive point?...

[quote="Short Hand":19fbb]A time when people beleived in this.....

A time when to show any type of political beleif contrary to a mainstream could end up getting you on a list.

A time just after these bastards put a taint on the human race...

[/quote:19fbb]

...a time when kids were taught that " i comes before e, except after c."

and ditto what Stackem said. Short Hand you need to learn to look at life as half full and not half empty. The examples you give can be looked at in two ways. You always choose the negative. How about trying to look at them in a positive light....Look at all the people who stood up to McCarthy and showed him for what he was? Obviously those people were in the majority or he would have kept going. Instead of looking at Hitler as something that generation produced, look at it as an evil that generation stood up to and conquered.

short hand is emo god

[quote=Colonel]...a time when kids were taught that " i comes before e, except after c."

and ditto what Stackem said. Short Hand you need to learn to look at life as half full and not half empty. The examples you give can be looked at in two ways. You always choose the negative. How about trying to look at them in a positive light....Look at all the people who stood up to McCarthy and showed him for what he was? Obviously those people were in the majority or he would have kept going. Instead of looking at Hitler as something that generation produced, look at it as an evil that generation stood up to and conquered.[/quote:e9683]

ohh yaa its not like every jew died during the holocaust. beer: YOU are so right, thkz for the cheering up !

[quote="Short Hand":e526d]
ohh yaa its not like every jew died during the holocaust. beer: YOU are so right, thkz for the cheering up ![/quote:e526d]

There you go again. How about instead of negative sarcasm you stop to genuinely thank the 99.999% of the world that fought to stop Hitler. But I guess you would rather focus on the small minority so that you can keep your negativity alive. Dude, you seriously need to stop and smell the roses.

It is called hope. To be so ignorant and say things are alright is a fools game.

He is just pissed that he has a small penis

How did my penis get into this ? oOo:

[quote="Short Hand":d4f44]
ohh yaa its not like every jew died during the holocaust. beer: YOU are so right, thkz for the cheering up ![/quote:d4f44]

[img]http://www.oatways.com/chrisandrin/archives/noose.jpg[/img]

[quote=Bleuachdu][img]http://www.oatways.com/chrisandrin/archives/noose.jpg[/img][/quote:064ff]

lol +1

[quote:103b4]or guys wearing earrings[/quote:103b4]

wtf, guys wore earings in the biblical times, the ancient world and in native american cultures... what is the point of this article, moral hierarchy?... cause i aint buying it... society has come so far, and now the throwback to the ideal that past ways and morals are the way to live... things change, thats what makes life interesting...

wtf, guys wore earings in the biblical times, the ancient world and in native american cultures... what is the point of this article, moral hierarchy?... cause i aint buying it... society has come so far, and now the throwback to the ideal that past ways and morals are the way to live... things change, thats what makes life interesting...[/quote:49d6c]

I actually agree with you for the most part. Just because things are different now, doesn't mean that things were "right" in the past. However, Shorthand is an embarrassment to the gene pool.

Pirates wore earrings.

The major bullshit about today is the constant nagging and whining that comes from dickless kids over the internet. A.K.A muscleface shortplan.

don't get your panties in a twist you 2. As you said.. "It is just the internet" oOo:

[quote="Short Hand":8b2c3]don't get your panties in a twist you 2. As you said.. "It is just the internet" oOo:[/quote:8b2c3]

My panties aren't in a twist. They're laid out on my bed for tomorrow, freshly ironed.

Go suck on a steroid, roidman.

[quote="Short Hand":16ffd]don't get your panties in a twist you 2. As you said.. "It is just the internet" oOo:[/quote:16ffd]

Wow. I actually agree with Short Hand! LOL - I think the point of the story is not to point out what is better or worse, but simply that the grandma is telling her grandson all the things that have changed. Of course it has the air of "things were better when I was young". Us old folks always think that. You will too some day. I was surprised one day when I was talking about a rotary dial phone and my daughter, who was about 12 at the time, was shocked to discover that phones hadn't always had buttons. That is what the story is about.


BTW - the part that cracked me up was the part about no kid ever blew his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey. HAW HAW!!! I'm not a believer that TV and video in and of themselves cause more violent teens, but how come fifty years ago we had more families that owned guns, fewer gun laws, and at the same time, less crime in general and less violent crime in particular?

I don't get it. eek:

[quote=Colonel]Wow. I actually agree with Short Hand! LOL - I think the point of the story is not to point out what is better or worse, but simply that the grandma is telling her grandson all the things that have changed. [/quote:e6878]

Haha, I think you'll wanna take that back when you realise the context of what SH was talking about....He was the one bitching and nagging about it the most. The post you quoted was towards me for calling him dickless.

[img]http://www.dogma-movie.com/pics/rickman/images/alanfig.jpg[/img]

HAW HAW!! Maybe you're right. I'm too old to stay up this late. I'm hittin't he sack. See ya tomorrow boys.