We were born before television, penicillin, polio vaccines, frozen foods, xerox and fax machines, contact lenses, frisbees, CDs and the PILL.

We were born before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams, and   ball-point pens; before pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes and before man strolled about the moon.

We got married first-and then lived together. How quaint can you be?

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

We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent; and Outer Space was the back of a Drive-In Theatre.

 We were before house-husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers, and computer 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 who wear earrings.

 For us, time share meant togetherness, not computers or condominiums; a chip" meant a piece of wood; hardware meant hardware, and software wasn't a word!

In 1940, "Made in Japan" meant Junk, and "making out" referred to how well you did on your exam. Pizzas, "MacDonald's" and instant coffee were unheard of.

We hit the scene when there were five & dime stores where you bought things for a nickle or ten cents. You could buy ice cream cones for a nickel or a dime.  For one nickel you could ride a street car, make a phone call, buy a Pepsi, a candy bar or enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards.

You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $1600...but who could afford one? A pity, too, because gas was 20 cents a gallon.

In our day, cigarette smoking was fashionable. GRASS was mowed. COKE was a cold drink.   POT was something one boiled a hard egg in. ROCK MUSIC was a grandmother's lullaby and AIDS were helpers in the principal's office.

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