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44 lines
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Were you born prior to 1945?
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If you were born prior to 1945 you are a survivor! Just stop and consider
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the changes you have witnessed. You were before television, before
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penicillin, before polio shots, frozen foods, xerox copies, contact lenses,
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frisbees and the Pill. (Just as well you were before the last one, or you
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mightn't be here, full stop!)
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You were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ball point
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pens; before pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes driers, electric blankets, air
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conditioners, drip dry clothing and before man walked on the Moon. You got
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married first and then lived together. How quaint can you be? In your
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times, closets were for going in to, not for coming out of. Bunnies were
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small rabbits and had nothing to do with skateboards (what are they?).
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Designer jeans were scheming girls named Jean or Jeanne and having a
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meaningful relationship meant getting along well with your cousins. You
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thought fast food was what you ate during Lent and outer space was the back
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of the local theatre (or bike sheds). You were before house-husbands, gay
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rights, computer dating, dual careers and computer marriages. You were
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before day-care centres, group therapy and nursing homes. You never heard of
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F.M. radio, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word
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processors, yoghurt and blokes with earrings!
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For you, time sharing meant togetherness - not computers or condominiums (is
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a condominium a birth control supermarket?)
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A chip meant a piece of wood or potato, hardware meant hardware and software
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wasn't even a word.
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In the 1940's, "Made in Japan" meant "JUNK", and the term making out referred
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to how you did in an exam. Pizzas, Instant Coffee and McDonalds weren't
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heard of. In your day, cigarette smoking was fashionable, grass was
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something you mowed, Coke was a cold drink and pot was a name for something
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you cooked in.
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Rock was a grandma's lullaby and Aids were people who helped others. You
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were not before the difference between the sexes was discovered, but you
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were certainly before the sex change.
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You made do with what you had! You were the last generation that was so
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stupid that you needed marriage to have babies.
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No wonder we're so confused and there is such a huge generation gap!
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But..... you SURVIVED!!! What better reason to celebrate?
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