[Age of Reason]

My grandmother was born the year the Titanic sank, and has lived to see the space shuttle scuttled.

My grandfather was born before Custer's last stand, and lived long enough to see men orbit the moon.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

My great-grandfather was born in 1868 and lived till the B-52 went into service, 1955.

I still remember him.

I remember seeing on I’VE GOT A SECRET, an old Indian who was a warrior with Geronimo.

[Smokin' Joe]

My grandfather was born before Custer's last stand, and lived long enough to see men orbit the moon.

Add in a couple of world wars, the atomic age, electrification, radio, television, automobiles, lasers, aircraft, jet engines, computers, etc. etc. etc. and I just hope I can deal with the technological and other changes I witness in the remainder of my life as gracefully (when being graceful is appropriate). (8^D)

[21twelve]

My grandmother was born in 1887 in the mountains of Norway and died in 1985. She always said she live through the most fast-paced time in human history of unbelievable change. I would tend to agree. Especially from her vantage point of growing up in rural Norway and reaching old-age in American Suburbia.

My mom is 94 and still kicking and a better memory than me, is also very interesting to talk with. We visited over the summer and took a tour of her old haunts. At her grade school playground she said in the rare sighting of an airplane they would shout “Lucky Lindy” and sing some song they made up and would pretend to fly.

And now we have robots digging dirt on Mars and guys parachuting from space!