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The Good Old Days – not so long ago!
The Good Old Days – not so long ago!
Iowa, USA 2014: One evening, a 17 year-old- 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, the Internet and just things in general in this “modern age”….
The Grandmother 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. Continue reading →
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