Thank You
Robert Serge
VVA 17 Member
Blog Master
To all my fellow veterans friends and family my we all remember
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 01:29:14 -0500
From: garykat@centurylink.net
Subject: Fwd: 1950's email
I have no idea who put this together, but it is wonderful!For Ike was in the White House in that land where we were born, Where navels were for oranges, and Peyton Place was porn.Only girls wore earrings then, and 3 was one too many, And only boys wore flat-top cuts, except for Jean McKinney.We fell for Frankie Avalon, Annette was oh, so nice, And when they made a movie, they never made it twice.We had a Mr. Wizard, but not a Mr. T, And Oprah couldn't talk yet, in the Land That Made Me, Me. We had our share of heroes, we never thought they'd go, At least not Bobby Darin, or Marilyn Monroe.T-Birds came with portholes, and side shows came with freaks, And bathing suits came big enough to cover both your cheeks.And Coke came just in bottles, and skirts below the knee, And Castro came to power near the Land That Made Me, Me. We had no Crest with Fluoride, we had no Hill Street Blues, We had no patterned pantyhose or Lipton herbal tea Or prime-time ads for those dysfunctions in the Land That Made Me,Me.There were no golden arches, no Perrier to chill, And fish were not called Wanda, and cats were not called Bill.And middle-aged was 35 and old was forty-three, And ancient were our parents in the Land That Made Me, Me.But all things have a season, or so we've heard them say, And now instead of Maybelline we swear by Retin-A. They send us invitations to join AARP, We've come a long way, baby, from the Land That Made Me, Me. So now we face a brave new world in slightly larger jeans, And wonder why they're using smaller print in magazines. And we tell our children's children of the way it used to be, Long ago and far away in the Land That Made Me, Me.If you didn't grow up in the fifties, You missed the greatest time in history, Hope you enjoyed this read as much as I did If So, PLEASE FORWARD to someone who might appreciate it.
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