Subject: We are " The Elderly" AN INTERESTING READ ....... We were born in the 40-50-60's. We grew up in the 50-60-70's. We studied in the 60-70-80's We were dating in the 70-80-90's. We got married and discovered the world in the 70-80-90's. We venture into the 80-90's We stabilize in the 2000's. We got wiser in the 2010's And we are going firmly through the 2020's., despite the Covid debacle. Turns out we've lived through: EIGHT different decades, TWO different centuries, TWO different millennia. We have gone from the telephone with an operator for long-distance calls to video calls to anywhere in the world. We have gone from pictures and slides to YouTube, from vinyl records to online music, from mailing handwritten letters to email and "WhatsApp". We have gone from listening to live matches and speeches on the radio, to black and white TV with 2 channels,, and then to HD TV. We went to the Video Club and now we watch Netflix and all the other streaming services.. We got to know the first computers, punched cards, diskettes ,floppy discs, hard drives,and now we have gigabytes and megabytes in hand on our cell phones or iPad. We wear shorts throughout our childhood and then long pants, oxfords, Bermuda shorts, etc. We dodged infantile paralysis, meningitis, H1N1 flu ,SARS, MERS,and now COVID-19. We rode skates, tricycles, invented cars, bicycles, mopeds, gasoline or diesel cars and now we are told to drive hybrids or 100% electric. Yes, we've been through a lot but what a great life we've had! They could describe us as "exennials"- people who were born in that world of the fifties, who had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood. We're kind of "Yaseen-it-all." Our generation has literally lived through and witnessed more than any other in every dimension of life. It is our generation that has literally created and adapted to "CHANGE". A big round of applause to all the members of a very special generation, which will be UNIQUE." A precious and very true message that I received from a friend. **TIME DOES NOT STOP* Life is a task that we brought ourselves to do at home. When you look... it's already six in the afternoon; when you look again, it's already Friday; when one looks, the month is over, when one looks, the year is over, when one looks, 50, 60 and 70 + years have passed! When you look, we no longer know where our friends have moved on to.. When you look, we lost the loves of our life and now, it's too late to go back. Do not stop doing something you like due to lack of time. Do not stop having someone by your side, because your children will soon not be with you, and you will have to do something with that remaining time, where the only thing that we are going to miss will be the space that can only be enjoyed with the loyal friends. That time, unfortunately, never returns. The day is today. WE ARE NO LONGER AT AN AGE TO POSTPONE ANYTHING. Hopefully you have time to read and then share this message, or else, leave it for *Later* and you will see that more than likely, you will never share it Always together in thought Always united in purpose Always friends Dave. .
I always thought of my grandpa as seeing tremendous change. He was born in 1902 and started farming with only horses. The first tractor he got on he tried to woah to a stop. He lived to see space shuttles and the dawn of the computer age.
My father too farmed with horses for many years. I don't think he said whoa to the tractor though. This is the first tractor he ever drove. This was our family car and the one that took me to the hospital when I got polio in 1947.
