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1. [FOLKLORE FAMILY] Profile of a Prime Timer
3. --part1_103.3fff95c.2843c8ea_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >=20 > Profile of a Prime Timer >=20 > We true prime-timers were here before the Pill, the=20 > population explosion and disposable diapers. We were here=20 > before we were called "senior citizens." > We were here before TV, penicillin, polio shots,=20 > antibiotics and open-heart surgery. Before frozen food, nylon,=20 > Xerox, radar, fluorescent lights, credit cards, ballpoint pens,=20 > Frisbees and fiber optics. > For us, time-sharing meant togetherness, not computers or=20 > condos. Coeds never wore jeans. Girls wore Peter Pan collars. =20 > We were here before panty hose and drip-dry clothes, before=20 > icemakers and dishwashers, clothes dryers, freezers and electric=20 > blankets. Before men wore long hair and earrings and before=20 > women wore tuxedos. > We were here before Ann Landers, Grandma Moses and the=20 > Kinsey Report. We were here before facelifts, tummy tucks,=20 > liposuction and hair transplants. We thought cleavage was what=20 > butchers did. We were here before sex changes. Before Viagra. =20 > We just made do with what we had. > We were here before computers. A mouse pad was where mice=20 > hung out. To log-on was to add wood to fire. A chip was a=20 > piece of wood. Hardware meant hardware, and software wasn't=20 > even a word. A hard drive was a long, grueling journey. A CD=20 > was something you invested in. Windows were for looking out of. =20 > A virus was a flu bug that people caught. Backing up was what=20 > you hoped never happened to your toilet, especially when you had=20 > company. > We were here before vitamins, Jeeps, pizza, Cheerios,=20 > instant coffee, decaffeinated anything, light anything and=20 > McDonald's. We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent. =20 > If we had been asked to explain VCR, CIA, NATO, UFO, PMS, GNP,=20 > MBA, BMW, SDI, NFL, PSA and ATM, we'd have said "alphabet soup." > We prime-timers are a hardy bunch when you think of how our=20 > world has changed, all we have learned and the adjustments we=20 > have made. I'm pretty proud of us. > Let's keep in touch. Just e-mail me, send a fax, leave a=20 > message on my answering machine or call me on my cell phone. If=20 > I don't answer, tell my voicemail you called - after the beep,=20 > leave your name, your number and a brief message, and I'll get=20 > back to you as soon as I can. If you need me quickly, call my=20 > pager. If all else fails, come on over to my house, take a seat=20 > in one of the rockers on my porch and we'll visit the old- > fashioned way - face to face and in person - and let the rest of=20 > the world go by. >=20 > By Nardi Reeder Campion > Reprinted by permission of Nardi Reeder Campion (c) 2000, from=20 > Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor=20 >=20 =BB=A7=AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB:*=B4`= =B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB You're Just Jealous Because The Voices=20 Are Talking To Me Richiele Sloan ICQ #63829109 (Missi) =BB=A7=AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB:*=B4`= =B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB --part1_103.3fff95c.2843c8ea_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY BGCOLOR=3D"#ffffff"> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">        Profile of a Prime Timer      We true prime-timers were here before the= Pill, the=20 population explosion and disposable diapers.  We were here=20 before we were called "senior citizens."      We were here before TV, penicillin, polio= shots,=20 antibiotics and open-heart surgery.  Before frozen food, nylon,=20 Xerox, radar, fluorescent lights, credit cards, ballpoint pens,=20 Frisbees and fiber optics.      For us, time-sharing meant togetherness,=20= not computers or=20 condos.  Coeds never wore jeans.  Girls wore Peter Pan collars= .   We were here before panty hose and drip-dry clothes, before=20 icemakers and dishwashers, clothes dryers, freezers and electric=20 blankets.  Before men wore long hair and earrings and before=20 women wore tuxedos.      We were here before Ann Landers, Grandma=20= Moses and the=20 Kinsey Report.  We were here before facelifts, tummy tucks,=20 liposuction and hair transplants.  We thought cleavage was what=20 butchers did.    We were here before sex changes.  B= efore Viagra.   We just made do with what we had.      We were here before computers.  A mo= use pad was where mice=20 hung out.  To log-on was to add wood to fire.    A c= hip was a=20 piece of wood.  Hardware meant hardware, and software wasn't=20 even a word.  A hard drive was a long, grueling journey.  A CD= =20 was something you invested in.  Windows were for looking out of. &n= bsp; A virus was a flu bug that people caught.  Backing up was what=20 you hoped never happened to your toilet, especially when you had=20 company.      We were here before vitamins, Jeeps, pizz= a, Cheerios,=20 instant coffee, decaffeinated anything, light anything and=20 McDonald's.  We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent. &nb= sp; If we had been asked to explain VCR, CIA, NATO, UFO, PMS, GNP,=20 MBA, BMW, SDI, NFL, PSA and ATM, we'd have said "alphabet soup."      We prime-timers are a hardy bunch when yo= u think of how our=20 world has changed, all we have learned and the adjustments we=20 have made.  I'm pretty proud of us.      Let's keep in touch.  Just e-mail me= , send a fax, leave a=20 message on my answering machine or call me on my cell phone.  If=20 I don't answer, tell my voicemail you called - after the beep,=20 leave your name, your number and a brief message, and I'll get=20 back to you as soon as I can.    If you need me quickly,=20= call my=20 pager.  If all else fails, come on over to my house, take a seat=20 in one of the rockers on my porch and we'll visit the old- fashioned way - face to face and in person - and let the rest of=20 the world go by.            &nbsp= ;By Nardi Reeder Campion Reprinted by permission of Nardi Reeder Campion (c) 2000, from=20 Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor=20 Hansen, Paul J. Meyer, Barbara </BLOCKQUOTE> =BB=A7=AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7= =AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB<FONT=20= COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> You're Just Jealous Because The Voices=20 Are Talking To Me Richiele Sloan ICQ #63829109 &nb= sp;(Missi) =BB=A7=AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7= =AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB:*=B4`=B3=A4=B3=B4`*:=BB=A7=AB </HTML> --part1_103.3fff95c.2843c8ea_boundary--
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