This blog is about the entrants in the year 1960, to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo. The email address for communications is, 1960batch@gmail.com. Please BOOKMARK this page for easier access later.Photo is the entrance porch of the old General Hospital, Colombo, still in existence. Please use the search box below to look for your requirement.
Monday, March 3, 2014
HOW OLD IS GRANDMA?
email from Piyusha Atapattu
This is a snap shot of what we grew up with - it wasn't too bad at all!
One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother About current events.
The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought About the shootings at schools, the computer age, and
Just things in general. The Grandmother replied, "Well, let me think a minute,
I was born before:' television
' penicillin
' polio shots
' frozen foods
' Xerox
' contact lenses
' Frisbees and
' the pill
There were no:' credit cards
' laser beams or
' ball-point pens
Man had not yet invented:' pantyhose
' air conditioners
' dishwashers
' clothes dryers
' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and
' man hadn't yet walked on the moon
Your Grandfather and I got married first, and then lived together. Every family had a father and a mother.
Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, "Sir."
And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man With a title, "Sir."
We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy.
Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense.
We were taught to know the difference between Right and Wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions.Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was A bigger privilege.
We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent.Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with Your cousins.
Draft dodgers were those who closed front doors as the Evening breeze started.
Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the Evenings and weekends — not purchasing condominiums.We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CD's, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.
We listened to Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios.
If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan ' on it, it was junk.The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam.
Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of.We had 5 &10-cent (5 and dime) stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents.
Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel.
And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.
You could buy a new Ford Coupe for $600, but who could Afford one? Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon. In my day:' "grass" was mowed,
' "coke" was a cold drink,
' "pot" was something your mother cooked in and
' "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby.
' "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office,
' "chip" meant a piece of wood,
' "hardware" was found in a hardware store and.
' "software" wasn't even a word.
We were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby.We volunteered to protect our precious country.No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap.How old do you think I am?
Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time. Are you ready?????
This woman would be only 61 years old.She would have been born in late 1952.GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
PASS THIS ON TO THE OTHER “OLD ONES.”
Sunday, March 2, 2014
This is what’s coming down the pipe very soon!!
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27 Feb (4 days ago)
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Very soon!! Some great ideas.
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| Rubic's cube for the blind. |
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| Solar panel car chargers. |
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| Wearable mouse. |
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| Knives |
The chamber of horrors.
Jerry Hayes, former British MP_.
Exposes, like our own Sir John Kotalawala.
Don’t let Sri Lankan MPs get at this link!
jksw
Subject: FW: A dailymail.co.uk article
You will find this interesting!!!
The Chamber Of Horrors: Booze-soaked brawls. Sex galore. Savage stitch-ups. The hair-raising unexpurgated memoirs of one wickedly irreverent backbench MP
Today's behaviour in the chamber is a teddy bears' picnic, according to former Tory MP for Harlow, Jerry Hayes, in his memoirs An Unexpected MP.
Full Story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2570727/The-Chamber-Of-Horrors-Booze-soaked-brawls-Sex-galore-Savage-stitch-ups-The-hair-raising-unexpurgated-memoirs-one-wickedly-irreverent-backbench-MP.html
1 March 2014
http://www.dailymail.co.uk
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Expected publication by April 2014.
If you have read the earlier two publications by the same author this
would be a good addition to your library.
Philip G V.
The Pope and The Poor Beggar.
email sent by Dennis Aloysius.
Two
beggars are sitting side by side on a street in Rome, Italy.
One has a Cross in front of him; the other one is holding the Star
of David.
Many people go by, look at both beggars, but only put money into
the hat of the beggar sitting behind the Cross.
The Pope comes by. He stops to watch the throngs of people giving
money to the beggar who holds the Cross while none give to the beggar holding
the Star of David.
Finally, the Pope approaches the beggar with the Star of David and
says: "My poor fellow, don't you
understand? This is a Catholic country; this city is the seat of
Catholicism. People aren't going to give you money if you sit there with a
Star of David in front of you, especially when you're sitting beside a beggar
who is holding a Cross. In fact, they would probably give more money to
him just out of spite!"
The beggar with the Star of David listened to the Pope, smiled,
and turned to the beggar with the Cross and said: "Moishe, would
you look who's trying to teach the Goldstein brothers about marketing!"
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