One evening a grandson asked his grand dad: “Grandpa, how old are you?”

“Let me think for a minute.”he answered.

click

“I was born before the television,

the polio vaccine, the copier, the kontact lenses, and the birth

control pill was invented.

At that time there were no radar,

nor credit card, laser beam and roller skates.

No one stepped an the Moon yet, and commercial jets

didn’t exist.

Your grand Ma married me, we lived together, and every

family had one Dad and one Mom..

There was no air conditioner, washing machine, or dryer. (simply we hung the clothes outside on the clothesline)

I was born before the computer and group

therapy…

The people didn’t go forany evaluation, except when a doctor sent them for blood

or urine tests.

Until I reached 25 years of age,

I addressed every policemen and man as Sir, and every women as Miss or Missis.

Only the pigeons and rabbits had a mate, not men and

women.

In my time if a woman got on the bus, the youngsters were the first to stand up and offer

their seats.

The women got out of the elevator first, and we held the

chair till she was seated.

A men always greeted a women by standing up,

opened the auto or any other for her, and helped to take off

her coat.

In my time, the virginity did not cause cancer, it was a

proof of the families morality and chastity toward her

husband. Our life was ruled by the Ten Commandments,

common sense and respect for the law and elderly.

We were taught to see the difference between right and

wrong and that we are responsible for our deeds and

their consequences.

An earnest association meant that we were in good

relationship with all our relatives and friends.

The wireless connection was unheard of, let alone the

cellular phone.

We newer heard of; stereomusic, short wave radio,

casettes, CD, DVD, electronic typewriters, computers,

(not to mention the notebooks).

A "notebook" was a plain excercisebook.

The watches were wound up daily. Nothing digital

existed.

There weren’t any : automatic bank machines,

microwave ovens and timed radios, to wake you

up to music. There was no video

recorder or videocamera either.

Instantly developed color photos did not exist. There were only black and white

pictures, and for developing we had to wait

3 days at best.We never heard of Pizza

Hut or McDonald, nor instant caffe or, artifical sweeteners.

In my time, the grass used to be mowed, not smoked.

We were the last generation who believed that in order to

get pregnant a woman needed a man.

-And now, what do you think; how old I am?”

- Well, Grandpa at least 200! – said the child…

- No, my dear, I am only 60! ...

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