{UAH} We should be proud.....

Jal,

Kop ango? Wapoyo oo imwaka manyen 2023.

🤡 *This is about us, who are 60/70 years and above. Youngsters may not read as they may feel highly envious of us* -

We should be proud......

 *Best  Era  Ever; Best ever generation*

Born in ....................40s/50s /60s

Grew up in ..............60s/70s

Educated in ............70s/80s

Ventured out in ......80s/90

Stabilised a bit in....2000s 

Got a bit wiser in.....2010s

*Made it to .............2022 oooph!* 

 *We have lived in* .....

EIGHT Different *Decades*

TWO  Different *Centuries*

TWO  Different *Millennials* 

We have been through... 

    📞->☎️📲 ;  

      📽️ -> 📺📲; 

       📻+🎙️+📀 ->

 Phonebooth, Pager, Beeper, Thuraya/Satellite phone, Mobile phone to latest Smart phone - 

Used Radio, Transistor radios, Black & White TV, TV with glass shell screen (From big one with shutter door) to compact TV, flat screen, to Smart TV.

Gramophone player, Tape recorder, Betamax/VHS Video Cassette Recorder (VCR), Walkman, Cassette player, Cartridge player,  YouTube to Wireless Streaming.

Handwritten letters 💌, Typewriter (Popular brand of Remington, Imperial, Oliver, Olivetti, Underwood, Halda), Dictaphone, Pitman Stenography as shorthand to Electric Typewriter, Electronic typewriter (Brother, golf ball, typewheel), Telegrams, Teleprinters (Telex), Fax Machine to eMail 💻  WhatsApp, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram. 

Money Orders, Postal Orders, Hundi, Bankers Cheque, Travellers Cheques, DD to

NEFT, RTGS, PayTM, Google Pay, etc.

I

Basic computers (20 MB  Hard disk drive to 2 TB) to latest laptop, 5.25 inch to 3.5 inch floppy disk to CD disk to PenDrive -

And ...

thank God, we missed the  Spanish Flu 🤧 

.....but on time for Corona.. Ah!

Some of us were hippies and yuppies.

We looked good in bell bottoms 🕺and turn-ups, went through pencils "drainpipes"🏃🏼‍♀️ 

and then settled for a cut  in-between.

Walked🚶🏼‍♀️, cycled🚴🏻‍♂️, 

rode 🏍️, drove 🚗, 

went on train🚆, on sea🛳️, played in the streets with dust, mud, went underground 🚇, 

hung in the air 🚠, surfed 🏄🏻‍♀️, flew  ✈️ & now awaiting the Elon Musk SpaceX 🚀to Moon.

Wow!!!

What a Life it's been 🥰

*Yes, we also went through many more... like:*

💾📟🏧💸💳🎞️ 

🎢 🛶 ⛵ 🚁 🛰️

Typically, we can be termed as "Xennials".... 

a "cross-over generation" 

of people whose birth yrs were in the 40s/50s ....

had an analogue ⏰🔠 childhood, a digital 📀🖥️🖱️adulthood, and now a 'SeenAll ager👨🏻‍🦯' 

Literally....our generation has lived through, witnessed so much n more in every dimension of life...

         

This is our generation that 

has given a new paradigm 

to the word "CHANGE"

  💪🎩👒🎓⛑️🧢

We thank God🙏 for this wonderful, meaningful, amazing rollercoaster life ...  

            🙏🏻

Surely... 

We went through our 20s & crossed over our 30s, 40s, 50s & 60s, holding each other's hands with fun & frolic...  

        😍🤣😉

*_Best Wishes, my dear friends, to all of you who are from the era that was, that is, that will be ~ none such as ours_*

*Let us continue to live our lives to the fullest, one day at a time!!! * 🥳💃🏾🕺🏾🙏🏻👌🏻👏🏻👍🏻👆🏻

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