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COL Mustard

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34. My grandfather was almost that same age

Sun Aug 11, 2024, 02:40 PM

Aug 2024

Born in 1888 in rural Alabama, lived until 1978. He had seen some things, but man did he have an attitude about race. I’ve never understood it, but I didn’t walk in his shoes.

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They call us 'The Elders' [View all] calguy Aug 2024 OP

I'll take it. nolabear Aug 2024 #1

And we wouldn't have had the life we've had calguy Aug 2024 #2

Well Said...Appalled folks my age(71) have anything to do with todays GOP/tRump. IA8IT Aug 2024 #8

Very true. When my mother reached 90 and my wnylib Aug 2024 #12

Back to your second paragraph. Clothes.. hung outdoors. And in spring and fall, there was a fresh smell to the clothes 3Hotdogs Aug 2024 #22

And a certain stiffness you don't get from pulling marybourg Aug 2024 #27

True. But that stiffness could be softened a bit by wnylib Aug 2024 #49

Try doing that on a pair of king sized sheets. marybourg Aug 2024 #53

King size (and other) sheets need dryers. So do towels. wnylib Aug 2024 #54

But you seemed to be talking about smoothing marybourg Aug 2024 #55

I am not in favor of still hanging clothes outdoors to dry. wnylib Aug 2024 #56

. . . marybourg Aug 2024 #57

Not in favor? I hope you're not against it. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2024 #64

No, I am not against it, either. wnylib Aug 2024 #68

Today we imitate that fresh smell with scented dryer sheets, wnylib Aug 2024 #46

Read a great reply once for kids impatient with their parents' EverHopeful Aug 2024 #26

Thank you. betsuni Aug 2024 #63

Amen and amen. nolabear Aug 2024 #21

I thought this was going to some kind of H. P. Lovecraft post. LudwigPastorius Aug 2024 #3

shame it wasn't Celerity Aug 2024 #31

My grandmama went from traveling west in a covered wagon to the Apollo moon landing. cbabe Aug 2024 #4

my grandmother went from horse & buggy to the space shuttle. lastlib Aug 2024 #40

Grandparents -from horse power to the moon biophile Aug 2024 #5

My grandfather was almost that same age COL Mustard Aug 2024 #34

I feel honored to have seen these things happen and played a small part in it 0rganism Aug 2024 #6

Yes, we should remember when we congratulate ourselvess wnylib Aug 2024 #17

My Grandmother went from dirt roads, mercuryblues Aug 2024 #7

Life is truly amazing calguy Aug 2024 #9

I always laugh when people of our/my generation mercuryblues Aug 2024 #10

You're talking about California Girls! Abolishinist Aug 2024 #59

When I was a teenager in the early 1960s, I talked with my grandmother. MineralMan Aug 2024 #11

I remember back when I was a little kid, younger than ten calguy Aug 2024 #15

Yes. I was a curious young lad, and MineralMan Aug 2024 #18

My grandmother was born near Tomarza, Turkey in 1903 LeftInTX Aug 2024 #29

Thank you for sharing that. MineralMan Aug 2024 #37

I'm sure Anatolia was developed by 1960 LeftInTX Aug 2024 #50

They still make ribbon candy... lame54 Aug 2024 #13

I would personally like to forget about ribbon candy! LeftInTX Aug 2024 #28

Hey I remember it all.. even got married Cha Aug 2024 #14

Good for you Cha! You just made my day. calguy Aug 2024 #47

LOL! Happy to oblige! Cha Aug 2024 #60

Happy Birthday, big sister! calguy Aug 2024 #61

Yeah, I wish I were 74 Cha Aug 2024 #62

What? Speak up! DavidDvorkin Aug 2024 #16

Oh, THOSE elders. I thought you meant these elders: DFW Aug 2024 #19

And now, the majority of us vote GOP. speak easy Aug 2024 #20

misleading Cirsium Aug 2024 #36

Not me. calguy Aug 2024 #38

The 'elders' mamacita75 Aug 2024 #23

Count me in.... Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #24

Wisdom sagetea Aug 2024 #25

Soon I pray we will finally see a female President! joanbarnes Aug 2024 #30

Your dream will come true. It's less than 90 days away calguy Aug 2024 #39

My grandparents lived from a time before automobiles and electric appliances of any kind. Before airplanes. Some people Martin68 Aug 2024 #32

Spans. Codifer Aug 2024 #33

Yeah well half of us are utterly horrible. Voltaire2 Aug 2024 #35

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2024 #65

Good morning!! GP6971 Aug 2024 #66

I was born in 1944. FDR was running for Prez. D Day was a few months away. Ping Tung Aug 2024 #41

I miss flirting. tavernier Aug 2024 #42

KnR - I love this thread. Thank you alm for psoting your memories from your elders. iluvtennis Aug 2024 #43

I wore dresses most of my childhood and teens. ShazzieB Aug 2024 #44

We've come a long way and there's no going back. Dave Bowman Aug 2024 #45

They call me "Old-timer". Midnight Writer Aug 2024 #48

Or old. I simply go with old. And I am on the lower end of old. But old is old LizBeth Aug 2024 #51

I often say I was born in the first half of the 1900's. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2024 #52

It's a privilege to be old, everyone gets to be young. broiles Aug 2024 #58

Yup, it has been a wild ride, would do it again with no changes. republianmushroom Aug 2024 #67