Stay with this - the answer is at the end, and put your glasses on.
One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events. The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.
The Grandfather 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 invented:
' pantyhose
' air conditioner
' dishwashers
' clothes dryers
' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and
' man hadn't yet walked on the moon
Your Grandmother 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 me, '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, daycare centers, and group therapy.
Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense.
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, frozen 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 1 letter and 2 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 Grandpa is? I bet you have this old man in mind...you are in for a shock! Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time.
This man would only be 59 years old. And if your over 59 your a fossil?
Did you need the glasses?
xina said
05:51 AM Mar 12, 2009
Here's to us Fossils.
Cheers,
xina.
mike and Judy said
07:25 AM Mar 12, 2009
I guess I prefer the company of Fossils too
jandas fun said
09:59 AM Mar 12, 2009
yeh.
come on the Fossils. at least we know what a happy hour is!!
JohnW
JRH said
11:48 AM Mar 12, 2009
And this fossil reckons life was much simpler and far more enjoyable.
John (Circa 1941)
dave06 said
12:19 PM Mar 12, 2009
well I'm not as old as that but I can remember the introduction of a hell of a lot of those things,
JRH said
01:07 PM Mar 12, 2009
dave06 wrote:
well I'm not as old as that but I can remember the introduction of a hell of a lot of those things,
You'll get there sonny, no need to rush. John
dave06 said
01:10 PM Mar 12, 2009
no I wont, I've made up my mind, I am not ageing a single year more, that's it no arguments about it
mike and Judy said
01:21 PM Mar 12, 2009
silly boy, think of what you will be missing from the government
and we need your taxes to continue our lifestyle
dave06 said
02:24 PM Mar 12, 2009
will there be a pension when I get there, the way it's going I dont think there will be, after all that's 10 years away before I'm eligible
I think I will do what I have always done and provide for myself, plenty of work around that pays more than the pension, I can still operate anything with wheels or tracks, if it's got an engine I can operate it
drongo & wendy said
02:27 PM Mar 12, 2009
im with u Mike come on Davo couldnt u get out there and earn more dollars gawd we depend on blokes like u
and dosent your subject bring back childhood memories like a 1penny bag of brocken bickies and wernt we made if an unbrocken one appeared id go back to those days in a heartbeat
JRH said
02:44 PM Mar 12, 2009
Hey Dave give a thought for us poor old pensioners pal, after all your taxes go towards paying our pension so we can keep travelling this great country, I mean every little bit helps and all dontions gratefully received.
Keep up the good work mate. John
dave06 said
03:11 PM Mar 12, 2009
yeah!!! but I didnt think that I would have to support the bloody lot of you ratbags on my own, hell the ammount of tax I pay now would choke a fair size dingoe, seems to increase every year
earn more dollars he say's, not enough hours in a day. flat out now at an average of 60 hours a week sometimes more, should be gratefull I guess they let me out on the weekends sometimes, who said slavery was banned, not around here it's not
did you hear about the young feller who went in to his boss after pulling an all night work shift, he put 25 hours on his time sheet
"there's only 24 hours in a day" his boss say's
"yeah" he say's "but I worked through my lunch hour as well"
Dave I keep on saying the world has changed and it's not for the better, funny we have never had so many possesions and yet valued them so little,
god our house looks like an advertisement out of one of those electrical stores and better homes magazine, too bloody good for me, I keep expecting the real owner to come back and kick me out
I remember as a youngster when we were the first family on our street to have a telly with the appropriate license proudly framed above the monster set complete with those curly antennae that sat on the top of the telly
then to see a game of cricket in the adelaide bowling alley IN COLOUR hell they couldnt drag me away from it, I was enthralled
monster licorice straps, humbugs, stripeys, gumdrops and as much as you could drink all for a penny at our local shop, if you had tuppance the whole street was your freind, sixpence and you owned the town
an unbroken bickie, there would have been hell to pay from my 6 brothers and sisters, do you remember the anzac biscuits, ohhhh!!! and those bush biscuits, not the poofy things that you get now, the real thing that when you threw it on the ground it would crack the concrete, it was 6" long and 4" wide and took two fairly big kids to eat the thing
wagon wheels the size of the real thing, I'll shut up now co's I'm all nostalgic and melancholy!!................................................. oh well back to work, boss is looking.
JRH said
03:36 PM Mar 12, 2009
Geez Dave all us ratbags need a hell of a lot of support mate don't desert us now in our hour of need.
As I have mentioned before I was raised in Zimbabwe and I never saw a TV until November 1958 when I went to Britain, couldn't take my eyes off the thing, and when colour TV came in well I couldn't believe my eyes.
I remember going to the local milk bar for a milkshake and forking over a whopping great big sixpence, hell it cost a shilling to go to the movies and thruppence for an ice cream at interval, a penny for some bubblegum and tuppence for a bag of mixed lollies, a few bob went a long way then and to earn it I used to go around and collect all the cool drink bottles I could find, give them a good wash and take them to the shop and if I was lucky I would have enough cash to go to the movies and a bit left left over for a few lollies.
tonyd said
09:37 PM Mar 12, 2009
Hey, I used to buy a magazine called Outdoors and Fishing. It cost 2/6.
I now buy a magazine called Outdoors (no fishing). It costs $7.95.
OK, it's got colour pictures and a better layout ... but ...
And remember when beer was the working man's drink? Now it's only for yuppies and merchant bankers. Sigh.
Cheers, Tony
Cruising Granny said
11:00 PM Mar 12, 2009
After the news of these young people shooting whoever has wronged them in their life makes me very sad.
No one is taught self-control or respect for others anymore.
They play deafening, very angry music in the iPods, blasting their brains with savage lyrics.
They play computer games. They shoot a bloke today, and when they play the game tomorrow he's back to be shot again. Real life isn't like that.
Unfortunately this is what we "fossils" have to deal with. Even stopping to help someone in trouble could be fatal. No such thing as a dead hero.
And none of these things have anything to do with difficult financial times.
I remember most of those things on the list. The broken bisuits were good for us because all the calories had fallen out.
I'm sure you Dave are doing your best just to survive and ferret a bit away to enjoy your life. Most of us have done, and continue to do it.
Unless Mr. Rudd sits down and has a really good look at the pensions, someone may push him off his perch. Thank God for superannuation and a cautious lifestyle.
Keep smiling fellow Nomads. Cheers Granny
Road Ranger said
09:22 AM Mar 13, 2009
Bloody hell!
The Fossils are on the war path.
I only posted that as a point of interest, but we all know the best is behind us 1,6d for a good haircut is gone so I cut my own hair, have done since shops sold electric hair clippers.
Barbers (if you can find one) charge $15 if there are any ex shearers reading this, remember how many bloody big weathers a bloke had to fight to earn $15 thats why I cut my own hair, and I'm not sitin in one of those stinken saloons to get ripped off I'll give ya the drum.
An ya all on about savin a bob, but ya rolled ya jaffers down the floor at the flicks and wasted money, har! har ! that should learn ya.
dave06 said
11:11 AM Mar 13, 2009
I refuse to think that the best days are behind us, I am forever an optimist, the glass is half full rather than empty, tomorrow will be better than today because if it isn't then whats the point of finishing today, why am I working my tits off as usual, for another crap day tomorrow, no, life in all it's glory will continue to improve, if we dont believe that then we should get off the planet and let another species have a go
most of my money, or so it seems, goes to highly paid carers who look after my son so I can be a valuable member of society and contribute to the nations wealth
I dont think I will have an actual retirement, my super is worthless, my savings are a joke I keep spending them on silly things like food, bills, donations, clothing and holidays,
I will continue working but I will choose when and where, our house will fund our retirement, all the work we have put into it over the years will pay us very good dividends (far better than any super) we will not be rich but we will not be broke either, I wont have to work much, probably a month out of a year will be sufficient, couldn't sit on my freckle doing nothing all day anyway
I have many skills to fall back on thankfully, you name it I have probably done it, including rolling the jaffas down the isle, I still do, but now, when caught I point to the little redheaded kid behind me, and you know what because of my age and supposed respectability THEY BELIEVE ME, they think it was him who threw the paper or rolled the jaffa, the idiots, simple pleasures in life!!!!
Basil Faulty said
05:35 PM Mar 16, 2009
I prefer the acronym WOOF worn out old fart to being called a fossil....
Basil Faulty said
05:36 PM Mar 16, 2009
Chip meant a piece of wood, now yar talking anyone else remember a "chip Heater" for hot water for a bath?
dave06 said
05:46 PM Mar 16, 2009
yep had one in the first house we bought, also had one in our parents house before we got married
mike and Judy said
01:35 AM Mar 17, 2009
bloody oath, have you ever been looking for chips and have run out ,
We were surrounded by pines, and had used all the stuff that fell, ended up using tight rolled newspaper, and there were 6 of us in this old house in the bush, it was bush in those days back in the 50s now an outer suburb
xina said
11:05 AM Mar 17, 2009
Behave your self you young upstart!
Rolly said
03:03 PM Mar 21, 2009
A-a-a-a-h-h-h, Nostalgia ain't what it used to be!
(1942 WWII Special Edition )
PeterH said
03:40 PM Mar 21, 2009
I can remember my grandmother washing in one of the old copper tub boilers, fired by chips/wood, stirring it with the broom handle. Also one of the old hand winding 'mangles' over a cement laundry tub....now that was modern........ AND.....I don't consider myself a fossil.....not just yet......
dave06 said
03:49 PM Mar 21, 2009
yep the double concrete laundry tub and the "washboard" as well as the big yellow bar of soap, cant remember it's name but it had its brand in it,
PeterH said
03:54 PM Mar 21, 2009
dave06 wrote:
yep the double concrete laundry tub and the "washboard" as well as the big yellow bar of soap, cant remember it's name but it had its brand in it,
Sunlight
dave06 said
04:05 PM Mar 21, 2009
yep that's it, cracked up if you left it on the window shelf, I knew it started with an "S"
xina said
04:27 PM Mar 21, 2009
There was also one called Velvet. [Soap bars that is.]
Cheers,
xina.
PeterH said
04:32 PM Mar 21, 2009
xina wrote:
There was also one called Velvet. [Soap bars that is.] Cheers, xina.
What about Solvol...the one with the grit in it to take the grease and dirt off.....none of that 'sissy' hand cleaner back then.
Stay with this - the answer is at the end, and put your glasses on.
One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events.
The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.
The Grandfather 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 invented:
' pantyhose
' air conditioner
' dishwashers
' clothes dryers
' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and
' man hadn't yet walked on the moon
Your Grandmother 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 me, '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, daycare centers, and group therapy.
Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense.
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, frozen 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 1 letter and 2 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 Grandpa is?
I bet you have this old man in mind...you are in for a shock!
Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time.
This man would only be 59 years old.
And if your over 59 your a fossil?
John (Circa 1941)
John
and dosent your subject bring back childhood memories like a 1penny bag of brocken bickies and wernt we made if an unbrocken one appeared id go back to those days in a heartbeat
Keep up the good work mate.
John
Geez Dave all us ratbags need a hell of a lot of support mate don't desert us now in our hour of need.
As I have mentioned before I was raised in Zimbabwe and I never saw a TV until November 1958 when I went to Britain, couldn't take my eyes off the thing, and when colour TV came in well I couldn't believe my eyes.
I remember going to the local milk bar for a milkshake and forking over a whopping great big sixpence, hell it cost a shilling to go to the movies and thruppence for an ice cream at interval, a penny for some bubblegum and tuppence for a bag of mixed lollies, a few bob went a long way then and to earn it I used to go around and collect all the cool drink bottles I could find, give them a good wash and take them to the shop and if I was lucky I would have enough cash to go to the movies and a bit left left over for a few lollies.
The Fossils are on the war path.
I only posted that as a point of interest, but we all know the best is behind us 1,6d for a good haircut is gone so I cut my own hair, have done since shops sold electric hair clippers.
Barbers (if you can find one) charge $15 if there are any ex shearers reading this, remember how many bloody big weathers a bloke had to fight to earn $15 thats why I cut my own hair, and I'm not sitin in one of those stinken saloons to get ripped off I'll give ya the drum.
An ya all on about savin a bob, but ya rolled ya jaffers down the floor at the flicks and wasted money, har! har ! that should learn ya.
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be!
(1942 WWII Special Edition
AND.....I don't consider myself a fossil.....not just yet......