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if she was about 58 in 2002 then she was born about 1944

Brigid, surely that is six monarchs - Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II.

How life has changed!

Not all for the better!

She was 58 at least by 2002.

http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=81;t=000167;p=0

fantastic post annin ;it's a pity there are so many gaps between all the sentences it makes it harder to read ;scrolling down is not easy for me ;
why are some posts like this is it from emailing thru lots f people .

My nana' lived thru 5 monarchs from Victoria - present queen
I've only known the 1 ! we had No mobile phones , computers have been around for longer than you think .i certainly did computer studies at uni but don't think we envisaged having personal ones let alone portable we used to collect bread directly from bakery(at the side of the shop) and my "village " Oadby was less like the urban district it is today.
I'm still glad i came back to live here after many yrs abroad .
Today a man let me get on 1st ...I used to oppose "ladies 1st sexism" I love it when driver's or shopkeepers in leicester say "Thank -you duck" . " pet " is used further North . I was called "chicken" by a female radio presenter live on air on Sun
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In nana's day(early 1900's) "Coke" was what you put in the coal bunker wasn't it ?
photography was becoming more common + controversy ranged about what was artistic + what indecent .

Considering Penicillin was discovered by Fleming in 1928 I should think Grandmother would be in her eighties lol...

.....oh Chris what an awful lot of changes your nan would have witnessed,and we've had so many inventions in this 21st century alone. When I talk to my grandsons they say it's like a history lesson ;o)

I'd seen the email before Ann.but as you say it does get you thinking.

When you think about it! what about all the war babies, Not all their parents where married????? Their was alot of Americans who went home, and left their Babies behind...............

Probably the e mail started out a while ago but still gets you thinking/talkjing doesn't it?

My nans list would be pretty long too, she's 101 bless her. She's obviously seen many many inventions and changes.

Chris

I know penicillin was around some time in the forties, because when dad was at the rubbish dump during the war he found some sachets labelled penicillin so he took one to the local chemist to ask what it was, and the chemist was "ooh, I have heard about it but never seen any, can you get me some more". It would presumably have been dumped by the Americans who had R & R camps in the district, about 1943.

Grandma would have been nearer to 70 than 60, in my opinion, but perhaps the item has been floating around the internet for 10 years now.

Huia.

I am 58 and I think she would be about seventy now because some of those things pre-date me. There were ballpoint pens and penicillin before me and we certainly didn't listen to Tommy Dorsey. I do remember music pre-Beatles and will always think Joe Meek was a genius.

A friend from school and I were discussing (gossiping about) people from school. We mentioned one girl who had to get married and my friend's daughter couldn't understand why that would be. Sadly that daughter is nearly forty now.

I'm a grandmother, and have been for over 4 years, and Penicillin and frozen foods definitely preceded me by about 20 years, and I remember eating Ski yogurt before I went to school.

I can't comment on the prices of things because I've no idea what the exchange rate was then!

OMG How good is that!!! Does make you wonder,just how much our lives have changed since 1952..........................But has it all changed for the better???????

HOW OLD IS GRANDMA?
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> >One evening a grandson was
> talking to his grandmother about current events.
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> >The grandson
> asked his grandmother what she thought about the shootings at schools,
> the computer age, and just things in general..
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> >The Grandmother
> replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before:
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> >' polio shots
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> >Man had not invented:
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> >Every family had a father
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> >Until I was 25, I called every man older than me,
> "Sir".
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> >And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every
> man with a title, "Sir."
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> >We were before gay-rights, computer-
> dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy.
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> lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common
> sense.
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> >We were taught to know the difference between right and
> wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions.
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> >Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a
> bigger privilege...
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> >We thought fast food was what people ate
> during Lent.
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> >Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along
> with your cousins.
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> >Draft dodgers were those who closed front
> doors as the evening breeze started.
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> >Time-sharing meant time the
> family spent together in the evenings and weekends-not purchasing
> condominiums.
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> >We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs,
> electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.
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> listened to Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our
> radios.
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> >And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out
> listening to Tommy Dorsey.
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> >If you saw anything with 'Made in
> Japan ' on it, it was junk
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> >The term 'making out' referred to how
> you did on your school exam....
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> >Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and
> instant coffee were unheard of.
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> >We had 5 &10-cent stores where you
> could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents.
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> phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel.
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> enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.
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> new Chevy Coupe for $600, . .. . But who could afford one?
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> bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.
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> >' "grass"
> was mowed,
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> >' "coke" was a cold drink,
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> >' "pot" was something
> your mother cooked in and
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> >' "rock music" was your grandmother's
> lullaby.
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> >' "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office,
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> " chip" meant a piece of wood,
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> >' "hardware" was found in a
> hardware store and
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> >' "software" wasn't even a word.
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> >And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed
> a husband to have a baby.
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> confused" and say there is a generation gap.
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> >How old do you think
> I am?
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> >I bet you have this old lady in mind....you are in for a
> shock!
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> >Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and
> pretty sad at the same time.
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> >Are you ready ?????
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> >This woman would be only 59 years old.
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> >GIVES YOU
> SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT..