They Call Us "The Elderly"

[Muddyboots]

They call us "The Elderly"..

We were born in the 40-50-60s.
We grew up in the 50-60-70's.
We studied in the 60-70-80's.
We were dating in the 70-80-90's.
We got married and discovered the world in the 70-80-90's.
We venture into the 80-90s.
We stabilize in the 2000s.
We got wiser in the 2010s.
And we are going firmly through and beyond 2020.
Turns out we've lived through EIGHT different decades...
TWO different centuries...
TWO different millennia...
We have gone from the telephone with an operator for longdistance calls to video calls to anywhere in the world.
We have gone from slides to YouTube, from vinyl records to online music, from handwritten letters to email and Whats App.
From live matches on the radio, to black and white TV, colour TV and then to 3D HD TV.
We went to the Video store and now we watch Netflix.
We got to know the first computers, punch cards, floppy disks and now we have gigabytes and megabytes on our smartphones.
We wore shorts throughout our childhood and then long trousers, Oxfords, flares, shell suits & blue jeans.
We dodged infantile paralysis, meningitis, polio, tuberculosis, swine flu and now COVID-19.
We rode skates, tricycles, bicycles, mopeds, petrol or diesel cars and now we drive hybrids or electric.
Yes, we've been through a lot but what a great life we've had!
They could describe us as "exennials," people who were born in that world of the fifties, who had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood.
We've kind of "Seen-It-All"!
Our generation has literally lived through and witnessed more than any other in every dimension of life.
It is our generation that has literally adapted to "CHANGE."
A big round of applause to all the members of a very special generation, which will be UNIQUE!

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[gltaylor]

Amen!
I are one! And proud of it!
Also saw a trip to the moon! And Sputnick go across the sky

 

[Muddyboots]

And we paid our own tuition. Just sayin.

 

[joe16]

You da man, Muddy

Well said

 

[Grizzly60]

You left out party lines.
(For those that don't know. )
Where several houses shared the same phone.

 

[Mountainman]

You left out party lines.
(For those that don't know. )
Where several houses shared the same phone.

We lived at the end of the road. I was in third grade before we even got a phone..........party line naturally

 

[ButterBean]

Got the T-Shirt

 

[memtb]

We lived at the end of the road. I was in third grade before we even got a phone..........party line naturally

My wife didn’t even have indoor plumbing until she was in 9th grade. Can anyone imagine a child of today surviving without video games? memtb

 

[Grizzly60]

My wife didn’t even have indoor plumbing until she was in 9th grade. Can anyone imagine a child of today surviving without video games? memtb

I don't think those of today couldn function without these phones and video games. If they were beamed back to 1960's, they'd be at a total loose.

 

[memtb]

I don't think those of today could function without these phones and video games. If they were beamed back to 1960's, they'd be at a total loose.

Absolutely! Many kids of today are on medication and spending time in the “shrinks” office because of the hardships that they must face daily. Go figure! memtb

 

[Richcotte]

Well, I’m just outside of that range, being born in 70, but I certainly relate. I even remember picking up the phone and asking the operator to connect me to the number I was calling.

 

[Reemtyj]

Was a gift to be born in the 40s to the 60s little did we know what a wonderful time it was!

 

[HARPERC]

They may not do it the same way we did, and maybe its just my circle, but I'm pretty impressed by the work ethic, etc demonstrated by a group not getting much positive feedback from media.

Definitely easy to focus on the knuckleheads, plenty out there.

 

[Rosebud]

1951 vintage, born in the Appalachian Mountains in Western Virginia. Coal mining was the only source of income. They also had lax control of the dynamite and blasting caps. 12 and 15 year old kids with explosives. Man, that was fun.

 

[Koda]

I still have a couple packages of legally purchased firecrackers.....

 

[HARPERC]

I watched a SWAT episode the other night, and they were flipped out over missing black tip AP rounds. I got an AMMO can full for my birthday once upon a time. Shot up God knows how many more.

 

[Darkside]

Yes, definitely the Good Old Days.
My dad was a coal miner, I grew up with 6 brothers and sisters. S.W. Pa
Our mom would tell us in the morning to get out of the house till we seen our dad come home from work. He worked shifts,
so there were times we didn't come home till dark. Theirs not a kid in this country that will go outdoors and find something to do from mourning till evening.
Thanks Muddy

 

[memtb]

I watched a SWAT episode the other night, and they were flipped out over missing black tip AP rounds. I got an AMMO can full for my birthday once upon a time. Shot up God knows how many more.

We watched the same episode…..wife and I were commenting on how stupid the “hollywierd” writers are. It truly is amazing the garbage they regurgitate on television watchers! memtb

 

[Rosebud]

Yes, definitely the Good Old Days.
My dad was a coal miner, I grew up with 6 brothers and sisters. S.W. Pa
Our mom would tell us in the morning to get out of the house till we seen our dad come home from work. He worked shifts,
so there were times we didn't come home till dark. Theirs not a kid in this country that will go outdoors and find something to do from mourning till evening.
Thanks Muddy

We felt like we were being punished if we had to stay inside. Only showed up for lunch and then back it. But we always got home by 5pm to watch Batman!

 

[Rosebud]

Try to picture this in your if you can, steep mountain side that is cut out for a road, and a cliff of about 80 to 100 feet. A row of houses, two lane highway, another row of houses then seventy yards to a river. Steep river bank to to a rail road. Then up another mountain. I could stand on the old road bed atop the cliff top with my fiberglass 40 pound bow and fire a wooden arrow across the whole thing. One mountain side to the other. There were about a dozen houses and a gas station in our little community. We were nine miles from Grundy Va. Didn't realize how good I had it. Father died in mine accident when I was in the 9th grade. He owned three mines left to him by my grandfather. We were rich by the standards there, but I never thought about that. We just played with all the neighbor kids. Didn't matter if you worked in the mine or owned it. We were all covered in coal dust. My mother didn't want me and my brother to be coal miners and moved to Alabama. Her best move in my opinion.