VOICE OF A YOUNG MOTHER IN SINGAPORE

[MR06]

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[CloudeeDaz]

MR06:

Why nobody understand my post? ..............

i got the grandma story....hehe ...it takes one to noe one :evil:

but dont understand yr other comments also leh

MR06:

It may soon be a reality, not an exaggeration if we choose to be led by the nose to progress towards achieving economic benefits at the expense of everything else.

Try imagining your child living the life of a SAHP if he/she doesn't belongs to the highest economic echelon.

Got relation to grandma story meh?
why so cheem one?

[sharonkhoo]

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Sorry, was that an explanation? This not-yet-grandma can't see because it's too small!

[pirate]

This grandma also knows how to pull a fast one. As far as I can tell, penicillin, television, FM radio broadcasts, electric typewriters and ball-point pens were all commercially available before 1952. No wonder sometimes the young don't believe us. :skeptical:

[wonderm]

slmkhoo:

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Sorry, was that an explanation? This not-yet-grandma can't see because it's too small!

Can see but still catch no ball because it is not an explanation. Luckily it seems I am not the only one who needs a \"more obvious explanation\".

[Harlequin]

Howard Hughes flew his \"Spruce Goose\", a H4 Harlecules Aircraft made from wood, in 1947..... after he built Huges H1 Racer, a racing aircraft in 1935....


So, I wonder what was 1952 like? May be there were lesser \"Howard Hughes\" alike among us to beat...so life was easier and happier :?

Edit to add on:- H4 Hercules- built from wood because of wartime restrictions on the use of aluminum and concerns about weight.... it is the largest flying boat ever built and has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in history.

[sharonkhoo]

pirate:

This grandma also knows how to pull a fast one. As far as I can tell, penicillin, television, FM radio broadcasts, electric typewriters and ball-point pens were all commercially available before 1952. No wonder sometimes the young don't believe us. :skeptical:

Well, it depends on whether you are talking about Singapore or the whole world? I believe TV only reached Singapore in 1963. Not sure about the other items. And it depends on circumstances too - although colour TV apparently reached Singapore in 1973, my family only got a colour TV in 1979, and my husband's family even later.

[Harlequin]

The author mentioned dime and gallon, thus my conclusion is it's referring to the USA.

[sharonkhoo]

Harlequin:

The author mentioned dime and gallon, thus my conclusion is it's referring to the USA.

Now you mention it, that's true. I had forgotten. I still wonder what the relation to this discussion is? I know I do a lot of the 'When I was your age...' to my kids, but that's just to show them that change is a given and they mustn't get lazy and allow themselves to get into a rut.

[wonderm]

slmkhoo:

Harlequin:

The author mentioned dime and gallon, thus my conclusion is it's referring to the USA.

Now you mention it, that's true. I had forgotten. I still wonder what the relation to this discussion is? I know I do a lot of the 'When I was your age...' to my kids, but that's just to show them that change is a given and they mustn't get lazy and allow themselves to get into a rut.

Haha, when I do that to my kids, it is to show them how fortunate they are, so they don't take things for granted (esp when it refers to the better school prog they have now). So same story, different lessons to be drawn?