ARE
YOU A SURVIVOR?
TO THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE 30's, 40's, AND 50's
... WE HAD IT MADE!
First,
we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while
they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can,
and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in
baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets
and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention,
the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats,
booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special
treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
Remember
the Good Ol' Days?
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and
NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-Aid
made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because,
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as
we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were OK!
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then
ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After
running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games
at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no
surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers,
no Internet or chat rooms ...
WE HAD FRIENDS, and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there
were no lawsuits as a result of these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not
live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with
sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen,
we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the
door, or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those
who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard
of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers,
problem solvers and inventors ever. The
Greatest Generation!
The past 50 years have seen an explosion of innovation and new
ideas.
We experienced freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and
we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
Then,
it was Moody Blues,
"In Search of the Lost Chord."
Today,
it's Environmentalists,
in search of the lost cord.
The
quote of that year
"Where's
the beef?"
Senior
Boomer T-shirts
Senior Boomer Biker Bar
There is
nothing like the feel of the sun
on your face and the wind in your hair.
Boomer
Metrics
Despite
never having adopted the metric system for day to day life, American
Boomers are familiar with the basic units, like grams, kilograms,
meters and such. But when it comes to lesser known units, they're
clueless.
1
millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
Ratio
of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi
2,000
pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
Time
between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond
Weight
an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram
Time
it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong
16.5
feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
Half
of a large intestine = 1 semicolon
1,000,000
aches = 1 megahurtz
Basic
unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
Shortest
distance between two jokes = 1 straight line
453.6
graham crackers = 1 pound cake
1
million-million microphones = 1 megaphone
2
million bicycles = 2 megacycles
365.25
days = 1 unicycle
2000
mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds
52
cards = 1 decacards
1
kilogram of falling figs = 1 FigNewton
1,000
milliliters of wet socks = 1 literhosen
1
millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
1
trillion pins = 1 terrapin
10
rations = 1 decoration
100
rations = 1 C-ration
2
monograms = 1 diagram
4
nickels = 2 paradigms
2.4
statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University
Hospital = 1 IV League
100
Senators = Not 1 good decision
Remember
Barney Miller?
Remember
Carol Barnett?
