We were before house-husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers and commuter marriages. We were before day care centers, group therapy and nursing homes. We never heard of FM radio, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, 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!

In our time, closets were for clothes, not "coming out of." Bunnies were small rabbits and rabbits were not Volkswagons. Designer jeans were scheming girls named Jean or Jeanne, and having a meaningful relationship meant getting along well with our cousins.

We thought fast food was what you ate during lent, and Outer Space was the back of the Riviera Theatre.

We hit the scene when there were 5 & 10 cent stores, where you bought things for five and ten cents, Sanders and Wilson sold ice cream cones for a nickel or a dime. For one nickel you could ride a street care, make a phone call, buy a soda, enough stamps to mail a letter and two post cards. You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600, but who could afford one; a pity too, because gas was .11 cents a gallon!

We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ballpoint pens, before panty hose, dishwashers, clothes dryer, electric blanket, air conditioners, drip dry clothes, and before man walked on the moon.

We got married first and then lived together. How Quaint can one be?

In 1950, "made in Japan" meant junk and the term "making out" referred to how you did on your exam. Pizzas, McDonalds and instant coffee were unheard of.

In our day, cigarette smoking was fashionable, GRASS was mowed, COKE was a cold drink and POT was something you cooked in. ROCK MUSIC was a Grandma's lullaby and AIDS were helpers in the Principal's office.

We were certainly not before the difference between the sexes was discovered but were surely before the sex change; we made do with what we had. And we were the last generation that was so dumb as to think you needed a husband to have a baby.

WE ARE SURVIVERS!!! Consider these changes we have witnessed: we were born before television, before penicillin, before polio shots, frozen foods, frozen meals, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, Frisbees and the PILL.

NO wonder we are so confused and there is such a generation gap today!

BUT WE SURVIVED!!!! WHAT BETTER REASON TO CELEBRATE??

actually Radar was used quite successfully by the British and US-Forces in WWII!

So were some of the other Items you mentioned!

instant or soluble coffee was invented and patented in 1890, by David Strang of Invercargill, New Zealand, under patent number 3518.[2] It was sold under the trading name Strang's Coffee[3] citing the patented "Dry Hot-Air" process. The invention was previously attributed to Satori Kato, a Japanese scientist working in Chicago in 1901. Kato introduced the powdered substance in Buffalo, New York, at the Pan-American Exposition.[4] George Constant Louis Washington developed his own instant coffee process shortly thereafter, and first marketed it commercially (1910). The Nescaf� brand, which introduced a more advanced coffee refining process, was launched in 1938.WIKI

mowildflower----they where the happy days----i remember-it was a more peaceful time-life was not so complicated--thanks for the memories--

instant or soluble coffee was invented and patented in 1890

and actually Radar was used quite successfully by the British and US-Forces in WWII! So were some of the other Items you mentioned.

Conrad, Thank you for the corrections, your input is actually appreciated. These are just some random thoughts that I was discussing with my grandchildren. They couldn't imagine having to carry water from the well into the house, no plumbing in many country homes.

Some folks especially those living in the country didn't have running water in the house, they bathed once a week everyone used the same water.

I guess I just missed that date by a couple of years. :(

You are welcome!
You are pretty much on the button,though!
And Life was more slow!
Still,wouldn't necessarily want to go back there!
Yes,some today definitely can't imagine what it was like back then!

Folks still used the wringer washer!