Popular Post ravip Posted December 30, 2022 Popular Post Posted December 30, 2022 This is about us (who are 50/60/70 years and above) we should be proud.... *Best Era Ever; Best ever generation* Born in ....................40s/50s /60s/70s Grew up in ..............60s/70s Educated in ............70s/80s Ventured out in ......80s/90 Stabilised a bit in....2000s Got a bit wiser in.....2010s *Made it to .............2022 oooph!* *We have lived in* ..... EIGHT Different *Decades* TWO Different *Centuries* TWO Different *Millennials* We have been through... Phonebooth, Pager, Beeper, Thuraya/Satellite phone, Mobile phone to latest Smart phone. Used Radio, Transistor radios, Black & White TV, TV with glass shell screen (From big one with shutter door) to compact TV, flat screen, to Smart TV. Gramophone player, Tape recorder, Betamax/VHS Video Cassette Recorder (VCR), Walkman, Cassette player, Cartridge player, YouTube to Wireless Streaming. Handwritten letters ????, Typewriter (Popular brand of Remington, Imperial, Oliver, Olivetti, Underwood, Halda), Dictaphone, Pitman Stenography as shorthand to Electric Typewriter, Electronic typewriter (Brother, golf ball, typewheel), Telegrams, Teleprinters (Telex), Fax Machine to eMail ???? WhatsApp, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram. Money Orders, Postal Orders, Bankers Cheque, Travellers Cheques, DD to NEFT, RTGS, PayTM, Google Pay, etc. Basic computers (20 MB Hard disk drive to 2 TB) to latest laptop, 5.25 inch to 3.5 inch floppy disk to CD disk to Pen Drive. And ... thank God, we missed the Spanish Flu ???? .....but on time for Corona????... Ah! Some of us were hippies and yuppies. We looked good in bell bottoms ????and turn-ups, went through pencils "drainpipes"????????♀️ and then settled for a cut in-between. Walked????????♀️, cycled????????♂️, rode ????️, drove ????, went on train????, on sea????️, played in the streets with dust, mud, went underground ????, hung in the air ????, surfed ????????♀️, flew ✈️ & now awaiting the Elon Musk SpaceX ????to Moon. Wow!!! What a Life it's been *Yes, we also went through many more... like:* Typically, we can be termed as "Xennials".... a "cross-over generation" of people whose birth yrs were in the 40s/50s .... had an analogue childhood, a digital adulthood, and now a 'SeenAll ager????????????' Literally....our generation has lived through, witnessed so much n more in every dimension of life... This is our generation that has given a new paradigm to the word "CHANGE" We thank God for this wonderful, meaningful, amazing rollercoaster life. Surely... We went through our 20s & crossed over our 30s, 40s, 50s & 60s, holding each other's hands with fun & frolic... *_Best Wishes my dear friends, to all of you who are from the era that was, that is, that will be ~ none such as ours_* *Let us continue to live our lives to the fullest, one day at a time* 4 1
Popular Post ballpoint Posted December 30, 2022 Popular Post Posted December 30, 2022 1 minute ago, ravip said: One day, a lawsuit in the US will make that sign compulsory. The only surprising thing is that it hasn't already happened. 1 3
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