Subject: Fwd: DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN...?

E-mail from my sixty-five-year-old Mother-in-law . . .

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From: Grandma Maudie
To: Lisa Madden; Elaine Thompson; Jack Butler
Sent: Friday, May 9, 2008 7:48:04 AM
Subject: Fwd: DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN...?

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O YOU REMEMBER WHEN...?

• All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?
  
• It took five minutes for the TV warm up?
  
• Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?
  
• Nobody owned a purebred dog?
  
• When a quarter was a decent allowance?
  
• You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?
  
• Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?
  
• All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels?
  
• You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time? And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?
  
• When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?
  
• Yadda Yadda Yadda . . .

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Re: Fwd: DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN...?

From: Jack Butler
To: Grandma Maudie
View: Friday, May 9, 2008 8:46:37 AM

Maudie,

Wow! This is stuff I've seen only in antique shops, black and white movies on American Movie Classics, and in Time-Life books. You must be older than I even thought.

Jack

P.S. - Lauren is doing a report on the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. Can she give you a call to talk to you about what health measures you and your family implemented to safeguard against it? She would really appreciate it.