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Grandma's Age

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Stay with this -- the answer is at the end -- it will blow you away.

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:

There was no:

Man had not invented:

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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, 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.

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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 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:


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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 I am?

I bet you have this old lady 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. 

I am (and proud of it), was born in 1951 !

Grandma Quotes

Never have children, only grandchildren.  ~Gore Vidal


I always give my grandkids a couple of quarters when they go home.  It's a bargain.  ~Gene Perret


There's no place like home except Grandma's.  ~Author Unknown


If God had intended us to follow recipes,
He wouldn't have given us grandmothers.
~Linda Henley


Becoming a grandmother is wonderful.  One moment you're just a mother.  The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.  ~Pam Brown


We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.  ~Phyllis Theroux


It's one of nature's way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.  ~Igor Stravinsky


Being grandparents sufficiently removes us from the responsibilities so that we can be friends.  ~Allan Frome


Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them.  ~Gene Perret


When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.  ~Ogden Nash


Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete.  ~Marcy DeMaree


A married daughter with children puts you in danger of being catalogued as a first edition.  ~Author Unknown


Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies.  ~Author Unknown


Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever.  ~Author Unknown


Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.  ~Lois Wyse


Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all.  ~Fanny Fern


It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace.  ~Christopher Morley



A grandmother is a mother who has a second chance. ~Author Unknown


Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me. ~Lord Chesterfield


Our land is everything to us.... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it - with their lives. ~John Wooden


Two things I dislike about my granddaughter - when she won't take her afternoon nap, and when she won't let me take mine. ~Gene Perret


No cowboy was ever faster on the draw than a grandparent pulling a baby picture out of a wallet. ~Author Unknown


I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather - not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car. ~Will Shriner


I like to do nice things for my grandchildren - like buy them those toys I've always wanted to play with. ~Gene Perret


A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween. ~Erma Bombeck


My grandchild has taught me what true love means. It means watching Scooby-Doo cartoons while the basketball game is on another channel. ~Gene Perret