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Chattanooga High School
Class of 1946

~ The Way Things Were In Our Day ~

(Playing ~ "Pennsylvania 65000")

Consider the Changes Witnessed By Our Generation

We were born before television, computers or the Internet; before penicillin, before polio shots
or frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, frisbees and "The Pill."

We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ballpoint pens. Before panty hose,
dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes
...... and before man walked on the moon.

We got married first; 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 Volkswagons. Designer "jeans" were scheming
girls named Jean; having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.

We thought "fast" food was what you ate during Lent. We were before house husbands, Gay Rights,
computer dating, dual careers and commuter marriages.

We were before FM radio, tape decks, electronic typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors,
yogurt and guys wearing earrings.

For us, time sharing meant togetherness ..... not computers and condominiums. A chip was a piece
of wood. Hardware meant hardware, and software wasn't even a word.

Back then, "Made in Japan" meant junk, and the term "making out" referred to how you did
on your exam. Pizzas, McDonalds and instant coffee were unheard of.

We hit the scene when there were 5 and 10 cent stores, where you actually bought things
for 5 and 10 cents.

For one nickel, you could ride a street car, make a phone call, buy a Coca-Cola or enough stamps
to mail one letter and two postcards.

You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600 ....... but who could afford one? A pity, too,
because gas was only 11 cents a gallon.

In our day, grass was mowed, coke was a cold drink and pot was something you cooked in.
Rock music was a grandma's lullaby, and aids were helpers in the principal's office.

We were certainly not before the difference between the sexes was discovered,
but we were surely before the sex change.

We made do with what we had, and we were the last generation that was so dumb as to think
that you needed a husband to have a baby.

There is a tremendous generation gap today......... but, we survived !!!

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