Were you born prior to 1945? If you were born prior to 1945 you are a survivor! Just stop and consider the changes you have witnessed. You were before television, before penicillin, before polio shots, frozen foods, xerox copies, contact lenses, frisbees and the Pill. (Just as well you were before the last one, or you mightn't be here, full stop!) You were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ball point pens; before pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes driers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip dry clothing and before man walked on the Moon. You got married first and then lived together. How quaint can you be? In your times, closets were for going in to, not for coming out of. Bunnies were small rabbits and had nothing to do with skateboards (what are they?). Designer jeans were scheming girls named Jean or Jeanne and having a meaningful relationship meant getting along well with your cousins. You thought fast food was what you ate during Lent and outer space was the back of the local theatre (or bike sheds). You were before house-husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers and computer marriages. You were before day-care centres, group therapy and nursing homes. You never heard of F.M. radio, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, yoghurt and blokes with earrings! For you, time sharing meant togetherness - not computers or condominiums (is a condominium a birth control supermarket?) A chip meant a piece of wood or potato, hardware meant hardware and software wasn't even a word. In the 1940's, "Made in Japan" meant "JUNK", and the term making out referred to how you did in an exam. Pizzas, Instant Coffee and McDonalds weren't heard of. In your day, cigarette smoking was fashionable, grass was something you mowed, Coke was a cold drink and pot was a name for something you cooked in. Rock was a grandma's lullaby and Aids were people who helped others. You were not before the difference between the sexes was discovered, but you were certainly before the sex change. You made do with what you had! You were the last generation that was so stupid that you needed marriage to have babies. No wonder we're so confused and there is such a huge generation gap! But..... you SURVIVED!!! What better reason to celebrate?