I’M A ‘49ER

NO, IT’S NOT FOOTBALL, I’M STILL A GREEN AND GOLD LIFE LONG FAN OF THE PACKERS. I WAS BORN IN 1949, AND THAT MAKES ME A ‘49ER.

THERE ARE OVER 10,000 OF US TURNING 65 EVERYDAY, THE HEART OF THE BABY BOOMERS. MEDICARE MUST BE SICK OF US ALREADY, AND NEXT YEAR SOCIAL SECURITY GETS US ALL, TOO.

IN 1949……

* HARRY TRUMAN WAS PRESIDENT.

* I WAS BORN ON A SATURDAY, AND THE NEXT DAY WAS MY MOTHER’S 21ST BIRTHDAY.

* BRUCE SPRINGSTEIN AND MERYL STREEP ARE ‘49ER’S

* THE DOCTOR WAS LATE FOR MY DELIVERY, AND I WAS DELIVERED BY A NUN AT ST. CLAIR HOSPITAL IN MONROE, WIS.

* GAS WAS .17/GALLON

* THE NEW YORK YANKEES WON THE WORLD SERIES

* AMERICANS WERE BUYING 100,000 TELEVISIONS A WEEK

* “SILLY PUDDY” WAS INTRODUCED

* MINIMUM WAGE INCREASED FROM .40 CENTS TO .75 CENTS PER HOUR

*  BREAD WAS .14 A LOAF

 

GOD BLESS THE ‘49ER’S !!!