Generational History Prints

When I was your age, I had to walk five miles through snow to skip school.

I understand that our cat Magus died. I miss her a lot. But I wish my parents wouldn't tiptoe around it. House of Java.net Cybercafe. You don't have to watch Youtube clips of CSI: Miami to understand that death is a part of life. The thing I don't understand about our cat's death is, who would've killed her and left a mountain of unresolved clues that only a crack forensics team can figure out? Where were you at 8:45 p.m.? The Youtube Generation grows up fast.

"Nice haircut."

"Right now, grandmom's bark is definitely worse than her bite!"

"Grandpa, how did you ever survive without apps?"

"I had a great weekend... My Grandpa talked about the war again and my Dad about his most daring facebook comments!"

How Grandma Sees the Remote

'Beware of the teenager.'

"1971... 2015..."

"1972: Kim and Doug invited us to their key party... Sounds groovy! 2017: We just got an evite from Kim and Doug to join them on an ayahuasca retreat in Peru... Tommy starts hockey and my father is about to die—no way."

In the not too distant future... "It's a tribal butterfly tramp stamp, honey. Same as yours."

"We added it just for the millenials."

Dear Sadie, I'm just an aging Baby-Boomer who still believes in America, and sees all the good around me, but I don't understand why we've become so mean. How can I feel good about us again? Signed, Marlemarion. Great question. There's an easy answer as to how you can feel better about the world. Change your name to something normal! I just don't agree with the @#$% premise that we've gotten mean.

"Date of birth?" "1989." "In 1989 I couldn't make ice... still can't." "Good lord, she could be my daughter! I'm so #!@* old." "That's the year my wife left me. Now I have a cold and I'm depressed!"

"How come they remember every word of any pop song but not a single line of poetry?"

"Gramps, you were alive before everyone knew what you were doing on social media... What was that called?" "Bliss!"

Fred Philpot, Born 1944.

"Generation X, Y or Z? No idea. My brat is Generation SLSLWMAF - Stinkin' Lazy, Still Living with Mom at Forty."

The Ageing Process.

"It's called a mobile... but I've been here an hour and have yet to see it move."

Millennials in the Year 2050...

'...and so begins the generation gap.'

Bubbies and technology

"Thank you for your service."

T-shirts read: 'Rock against racism' ; 'Classical against antisocial behaviour'

"Google says it's some form of ancient timing device."

"From rocker to rocker."

"I suppose in your day, you would have called these, 'radio dinners'."

"I'm glad you boys let me come along with you...it's nice to see how you kids live life! I mean, with youth on your side, I'm sure you live every moment to the fullest!"

"He wouldn't have rolled over and over in agony on the bombed-out cinder pitches we had to play on!"

"It's a cereal box. It's not supposed to be interactive!"

"How long do you think it'll take before he realizes I took his phone away?"

'A few years ago that wouldn't have even sounded like a sentence.'

"I'm Generation Z. Nice to meet you."

"How did people waste time before computers?"