You haven't gotten a letter from AARP, YET?
When we started our Boomers International 
site in 1995 at Prodigy and AOL, we were 
in our late 40's ..... Well, as years passed
on and then suddenly, now, in this vines riping
year of 2002, many of us either 
hitted 50 or, getting to or is getting smack 
right in the middle of 50's! 

Dear friend, we are finally getting to 
the age where we are called SENIORS!!

Seniors? Seniors? Oh, well, the Seniors
Citizen Discount program is quite handy  
thank you but, BUT WE ARE NOT SENIORS
in those senses. (rocking chairs, gray 
hair, depends, walking canes...etc)

ARE YOU A SENIOR???? ... I know some of 
Seniors online that don't fit some of 
the seniors that people have in mind.. 
As a matter of fact, I call them 'SASSY 
SENIORS' LOL!! (*See below) 


What do you mean them, WE ARE THEM!! 
LOL



WHO is a senior citizen? WHAT is one? 
  

A senior citizen is one who was here 
before the Pill and the population 
explosion. We were here before TV, 
penicillin, polio shots, open-heart 
surgery and hair transplants. Before 
frozen food, nylon, Dacron, Xerox, 
radar, fluorescent lights, credit cards, 
ball-point pens and Frisbees.

For us, time-sharing meant togetherness, 
not computers or condos. Co-eds never 
wore slacks. We were before panty 
hose and drip-dry clothes, before ice 
makers and dishwashers, clothes dryers, 
freezers and electric blankets. Before 
awaii and Alaska became states. 
Before men wore long hair and earrings 
and women wore tuxedos.

We were before Leonard Bernstein and 
Ann Landers, plastic, the 40-hour week
and minimum wages. We got married first 
and then lived together. How quaint! 
Closets were for clothes, not for coming 
out of. Girls wore Peter Pan collars 
and thought cleavage was what butchers
did. 

We were before vitamins, disposable 
diapers, Jeeps, pizza, face lifts, 
Cheerios, instant coffee, decaffeinated 
anything and McDonald's. We thought 
fast food was what you ate during Lent. 
We were before Boy George and Chiquita 
Banana. Before FM radios, tape 
recorders, electric typewriters, boom 
boxes, word processors, electronic music 
and disco dancing. 

In our day, cigarette smoking was 
fashionable; grass was for mowing. 
Coke was a refreshing drink, and 
pot was something you cooked in. If 
we had been asked to explain CIA, 
NATO, UFO, VCR, GNP, MBA, BMW, HMO, 
SDI, NFL, JFK and MS; we'd have said 
'alphabet soup.'

We are today's senior citizens, a hardy 
bunch when you think of how our world 
has changed and the adjustments we have
had to make. I'm pretty proud of us.

AARP Chapter 2889, Elmhurst (Queens), NY


 
 


WOW!!! Hard to imagine
 
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 television, 
penicillin, polio shots,
frozen foods, Xerox, contact 
lenses, Frisbees and the
pill. There was no radar, 
credit cards, laser beams or
ball-point pens.

Man had not invented pantyhose, 
air conditioners,
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 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! r!
esponsibility 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, 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 
this grandmother is?

Read on to see -- 
pretty scary if you think about it
and pretty sad at the same time.

This Woman would be 
only 58 years old!


  

 


 

 

 
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