05/01/25 Grif.Net - Back in my Day
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[Overheard some old codgers at the coffee shop chatting]
“When I was a boy, you could walk into a grocery store with two dollars in your pocket and walk out with a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, milk, and a jar of peanut butter. Now there are just too many security cameras."
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Took the grandson golfing. On the 5th tee, he set up to drive straight down the fairway that made a sharp dogleg left around a grove of trees. I said, “When I was your age, I would hit the ball left over the trees and cut a stroke or two off the hole. Can’t do it now.” He smiled and repositioned himself, lofting a shot high and left. It didn’t clear the towering pines, and I figured he’d lost the ball, too.
As we walked to begin searching the woods, I did casually mention one salient fact. “Just realized that when I was your age, these trees were only 8 feet tall.”
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Talking taxes in April, I said to my granddaughter, “When I was your age, America was only 25 years away from having a balanced budget. But today, we’re only 25 years away from having a balanced budget.”
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Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"
