My one Grandfather lived 95 years. He remembered electricity being brought to our home town, the first car in the town, he lived through both world wars. Towards the end he mostly ignored the modern world. He was an interesting man. I regret not recording his stories he had a very interesting life.
It must be crazy, seeing so much change in one's lifetime. No wonder old people nowadays would tend to stay away from the modern world.
You gotta wonder what the world will be like by the time our generation reaches their age, though. Our children will already have a hard time fathoming how we lived without cell phones and the Internet.
I don't suppose she'd understand if you said that a polycultural virtualised avatar wolf from the blogosphere had sent her an electronic yowl of approbation, so I'll just congratulate you instead. Well done for having a Century Granny.
Actually, I'd gladly tell her that, to the word, but she can't hold a phone very long anymore and it might take me a while to get all that out correctly. :/ Thanks for the good thoughts, though! *noses*
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He was an interesting man.
I regret not recording his stories he had a very interesting life.
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You gotta wonder what the world will be like by the time our generation reaches their age, though. Our children will already have a hard time fathoming how we lived without cell phones and the Internet.
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