ot - A Stunning Senior Moment

A friend forwarded this to me today - something to think about? jennellh

Apparently, a self-important college freshman attending a recent football game took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation.

'You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one' the student said, loud enough for many of those nearby to hear. 'The Young people of today grew up with television, jet planes, space travel, man walking on the moon. Our space probes have visited Mars. We have nuclear energy, ships and electric and hydrogen cars, cell phones. Computers with light-speed processing... And more .'

After a brief silence the senior citizen responded as follows:

'You're right, son.

We didn't have those things when we were young . so we invented them. Now, you arrogant little s**t, what are you doing for the next generation?'

The applause was amazing

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, It's about learning to dance in the rain!

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jennellh
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joining in with applause, Polly

"jennellh" A friend forwarded this to me today - something to think about?

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Polly Esther

This brings to mind a conversation I had with one of our ITU [Information and Technology unit] guys this afternoon.

We have now put a film together as an introduction for Unlawful Detainers (evictions). We play it each week before the calendar starts, so those on calendar without attorneys can understand the process. Now, according to John they are going to make it accessible on our court's website, and not play it in the courtroom since "everyone has a computer, or knows someone with one so they can look at the website". He was just as adamant about this nugget of information as I was saying "that's not true, and some people do not want anything to do with a computer".

G> A friend forwarded this to me today - something to think about?

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Ginger in CA

WOO-HOO! joining in here!!!! (i often remind my children that i invented stuff they think i have no clue about....they cant get away with hardly anything!!)

amy in CNY

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amy in CNY

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