OUR GENERATION

 OUR GENERATION 

This is about us, who are  60/70 years and above. Youngsters may not read as they may feel highly envious of us* -

COLLEGE FRIENDS

Wow !!!What a journey it has been!!

We should be proud......

 Best  Era  Ever; Best ever generation

Born in ....................40s/50s /

Grew up in ..............50s/60s

Educated in ...........60s/70s/

Ventured out in ......70s/80s

Stabilised a bit in....2000s 

Got a bit wiser in.....2010s

Made it to .............2022 oooph! 

 We have lived in .....

EIGHT Different Decades

TWO  Different Centuries

TWO  Different Millennials 

We have been through... 

 Phonebooth, Pager, Beeper, Thuraya/Satellite phone, Mobile phone to latest Smart phone - 

Used Radio, Transistor radios, Black & White TV, TV with glass shell screen (From big one with shutter door) to compact TV, flat screen, to Smart TV.

Gramophone player, Tape recorder, Betamax/VHS Video Cassette Recorder (VCR), Walkman, Cassette player, Cartridge player,  YouTube to Wireless Streaming.

Handwritten letters , Typewriter (Popular brand of Remington, Imperial, Oliver, Olivetti, Underwood, Halda), Dictaphone, Pitman Stenography as shorthand to Electric Typewriter, Electronic typewriter (Brother, golf ball, typewheel), Telegrams, Teleprinters (Telex), Fax Machine to eMail   WhatsApp, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram. 

Money Orders, Postal Orders, Hundi, Bankers Cheque, Travellers Cheques, DD to

NEFT, RTGS, PayTM, Google Pay, etc.

Comptometer, Facit machine

Basic computers (20 MB  Hard disk drive to 2 TB) to latest laptop, 5.25 inch to 3.5 inch floppy disk to CD disk to PenDrive to Laptops , tablets and I pads

And ...

thank God, we missed the  Spanish Flu 

Got through the plague

and on time for Corona.. Ah!

Some of us were hippies and yuppies.

We looked good in bell bottoms and turn-ups, went through pencils "drainpipes" 

Followed best  hygiene, enjoyed nature in it's best, loved animals, endless

Walk, cycled, rode drove, went on train, on sea🛳️, played in the streets with dust, mud, waded through water, scuba,snorkelling,went underwater sea walks, 

hung in the air , surfed  flew   & now awaiting the Elon Musk SpaceX to Moon!!!

Wow !!!

FAMILY FRIENDS

What a Life it's been 

Yes, we also went through many more... like:

Typically, we can be termed as "Xennials".... 

a "cross-over generation" of people whose birth yrs were in the 40s/50s ....

had an analogue  childhood, a digital adulthood, and now a 'SeenAll ager👨🏻‍🦯' 

Literally....our generation has lived through, witnessed so much n more in every dimension of life...       

This is our generation that 

has given a new paradigm 

to the word "CHANGE"

We thank God for this wonderful, meaningful, amazing rollercoaster life ...          

Surely... 

We went through our 20s & crossed over our 30s, 40s, 50s & 60s, holding each other's hands with fun & frolic...        

Best Wishes, my dear friends, to all of you who are from the golden era that was, that is, that will be ~ none such as ours

Let us continue to live our lives to the fullest, one day at a time.

From WhatsApp, posted 28/8/2022