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Old 05-21-2009, 08:15 AM
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Ain't that the truth... a little different and maybe a whole lot simpler.

I had the privilege of knowing my great-grandmother as I grew up. She was born in 1890, and while she would never claim her life was anything special, she saw some of the major milestones in human history:
- the motorcar (she remembered her first ride in one)
- powered flight (she met the Wright Bros. when they landed near the school she was teaching at)
- what we consider modern medicine and vaccinations
- women's suffrage
- space travel and men on the moon
- two world wars
- a couple recessions/depressions
- radio
- television

And quite a few more...

She passed away in 1995 at the age of 104; I was 15... I wish now that I'd spent more time with her. She always had some really great stories.
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