Over The Hill? I Think Not!
If you were born between the years of 1946 through 1964, you are considered a "baby boomer". Currently, the "baby boomer" population comprises almost three-quarters of our population in the USA. That's pretty amazing...isn't it? Let's take a walk back through time and see what you remember. I don't think I'm ready for the drool bib yet!
- You were born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, xerox, contact lenses, frisbees and the PILL.
- You were born before radar, credit cards, split atoms, lazer beams, and ball-point pens. Before pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes--and before manwalked on the moon.
- You got married first--and then lived together.
- Closets were for clothes, not for "coming out of".
- Bunnies were small rabbits and rabbits were not Volkswagens.
- Designer jeans were scheming girls named Jean or Jeanne; and having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with our cousins.
- Fast food was what you ate during Lent; and Outer Space was the back of the Norridge Theatre.
- You were before house-husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers, and computer marriages.
- You were before day-care centers, group therapy and nursing homes.
- You never heard of FM radio, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, wordprocessors, yogurt, and guys wearing earrings.
- For us, time sharing meant togetherness--not computers or condominiums.
- A "chip" meant a piece of wood. Hardware meant hardware, and software wasn't even a word!
- The term "making out" referred to how you did on your exam.
- Pizzas, "McDonald's" and instant coffee were unheard of. We hit the scene when there were 5 cent and 10 cent stores where you bought things for five and ten cents.
- You could buy ice cream cones for a nickel or a dime. For one nickel you could ride a street car, make a phone call, buy a Pepsi, or enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards.
- You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600. And, gas was only 11 cents a gallon.
- In our day, cigarette smoking was fashionable.
- GRASS was mowed.
- COKE was a cold drink.
- POT was something you cooked in.
- ROCK MUSIC was a grandmother's lullaby and AIDS were helpers in the Principal's office.
- We were certainly not before the difference between the sexes was discovered, but we were surely before the sex change.
- We made do with what we had.
- We were the last generation that was so dumb as to think you needed a husband to have a baby.