I am 'doing' a first posting this blog. I am suggesting that a specific age-group read today's blog. The age group that should read are those over 65-years old; folks under 65 may read but you will likely not 'GET-IT' and I just hate that !
Okay, you oldsters, here's the deal, as my son likes to say; There are specific awareness's, which build in our lives that cause us to become ready to board the 'out-bound-glory-train.' These occurrences, listed below, manifest and causes mental dizziness rendering us clueless. If you are like me, you begin talking to yourself saying things like: 'Did others notice THAT?' 'Holy crap, has everybody gone nuts?' 'What the hell are the parents doing?' 'What is anybody thinking?' 'Why have we allowed this to happen?'
Consider the following: Those sixty-five and older people grew up in the 1930's, '40's and '50's. Check it out...
THEN & NOW
Then.. noticed an occasional tattoo on a male; Now.. both males & females have bodies that look like finger-painting
Then.. watched 'others' serve us; Now.. wait in lines to 'serve ourselves'
Then.. told the kids to pick up toys and take a bath; Now.. ask the kids 'if' they think it's time to pick up toys and bathe
Then.. wore "Sunday' clothes to interviews, (shirt-tie / skirts); Now; wear shorts & jeans to interviews, which is 'Sunday" clothes
Then.. ate home cooked meals; Now.. checkout any restaurant parking lot any day of the week
Then.. did chores for allowance; Now.. parents get 'second' job so kids get a higher allowance
Then.. occasionally used family auto; Now.. checkout the high school student parking lot in your town
Then.. boys paid the 'way' for the girl on a date; Now girl calls boy & pays own way
Then.. a boy's expected a goodnight kiss on first date; Now.. both boy & girl anticipate sex first week of dating
Then.. widowed Grandma lived w/ children until she died; Now.. the 'Home' telephones children to tell them she died
Then.. preacher told us we had to repent (publicly) to be 'saved;' Now.. preacher hints all going to heaven & can take their smart phones
Then.. little leagues kept score / not everyone got in game; Now.. everyone plays and gets a trophy & we don't care who wins
Then.. family doctor came to your house; Now.. see a medicine advertised on T.V. & tell doctor to give us some
Then.. American workers bragged about how good they were at job; Now.. workers brag about how much they are paid for how little they do
Then.. discreet about out-of-wedlock pregnancy; Now.. appear on Maury's T.V. show to find out who is the daddy
Then.. singer, Marv Johnson wore a suit & tie as he sang, 'You Got What It Takes.' Now.. male singers wear baggy-pants, 'jerk on their Johnson' and chant bad rhymes demonstrating they DO NOT have what it takes
"ALL ABOARD !"
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