ATLANTIS SHUTTLE ALL SYSTEMS GO SO FAR FOR TODAYS FINAL LAUNCH TO SPACESTATION

[wendilla]

I heard this was been televised here this afternoon but you can go to Nasa tv on here to keep up with info. Time for lift off GMT TIME is 4 26pm if I have calculated right but no doubt some one will put me right .I have checked there is 5 hour difference . The only thing that will delay lift off will be the weather .

[starone]

How exciting. Wish I was young enough to see more advancements in space flight (although there is no way I would go myself).

[wendilla]

Yes Starbuckone it is amazing what we have now from when I was young. Don't bear thinking about what the future for my Grandkids will be like.

[emmie]

thought there was a delay due to some weather problems, on news few minutes ago.

[wendilla]

Yes they have been watching weather but will check . Not had tv .on just checked from Nasa tv.

[starone]

Subject: How Old is Grandma?
Stay with this -- the answer is at the end. It will blow you away. One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events. The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.. The Grandmother replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before:

* television

* penicillin

* polio shots

* frozen foods

* Xerox

* contact lenses

* Frisbee s and

* the pill

There were no:

* credit cards

* laser beams or

* ball-point pens

Man had not invented:

* pantyhose

* air conditioners

* dishwashers

* clothes dryers

* and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and

* man hadn't yet walked on the moon

Your Grandfather and I got married first, .. .... ... and then lived together..

Every family had a father and a mother.

Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, "Sir".

And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, "Sir."

We were before gay-rights, computer- dating, dual careers, day-care centres,

and group therapy.

Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense.

We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions.

Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege...

We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent.

Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins..

Draft dodgers were those who closed front doors as the evening breeze started.

Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends-not purchasing condominiums.

We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CD's, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.

We listened to Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios.

And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey.

If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan' on it, it was junk

The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam....

Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of.

We had 5 &10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents.

Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel.

And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.

You could buy a new Ford Coupe for $600, . .. . but who could afford one?

Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.

In my day:

* "grass" was mowed,

* "coke" was a cold drink,

* "pot" was something your mother cooked in and

* "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby.

* "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office,

* "chip" meant a piece of wood,

* "hardware" was found in a hardware store and

* "software" wasn't even a word.

And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby.

No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap.

How old do you think I am?

I bet you have this old lady in mind....you are in for a shock!

Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time.


Are you ready ?????


This woman would be only 59 years old.

GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.......

[emmie]

Indeed it does.

[wendilla]

YES seen a few stories like that and it is true.

[emmie]

not all sad when you think about it, some things are for the better.
The pill for one, pencillin another, anything that saves lives, and for the most part would rather live now, than then. There are things we could change if we wanted to, but life moves at such an incredible rate, you hardly have time to catch your breath.

[dotty.]

Yes it is almost true, things that were a scandal and shocking when I was 10 or 11, like long haired rock stars, Les Large kissing a nurse on tele and Princess Margaret smoking, wouldn't raise an eyebrow now.

[jake-the-peg]

Penecillin was first used to treat patients in 1942 so that makes her at least 69 not 59

and the first patent on a ball point pen was 1888 the Biro was patented in 1940.

Is this an old piece you're sharing with us?

[emmie]

I thought it might be. Going on how old i am.