For those born before 1940, I do not know the originator, just passing it on.
We were born before television, before penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, videos, frisbees and the Pill.
We were born before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ball point pens; before dishwashers, tumble driers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes, and before man walked on the moon.
We got married first and then lived together (how quaint can you be?}.
We thought that fast food was what you ate at Lent, A Big Mac was an oversized raincoat and crumpet was for tea.
We existed before house husbands, computer dating, duel careers, and when a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins, and 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 earings.
For us time-sharing meant togetherness, a chip was a piece of wood or fried potato, hardware meant nuts and bolts and software wasn't a word.
Before 1940 Made in Japan meant junk, the term 'making out' referred to how you did in your exams, stud was something that fastened a collar to a shirt, and going all the way meant staying on the 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 a grandmother's lullaby. Eldorado was an ice cream, a gay person was the life and soul of the party and nothing more, whilst aids just meant beauty treatment or help for someone in trouble.
We who were born before 1940 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!!
Alleluia!!!
I do not know the originator, just passing it on.
