Proof America Is Dumbing Down

[fatbaldguy]

The farmhouse didn't get electric til 1962.  The phone was at the store two miles  up the road.  In town we were two short-two long (?), and then every one else on the line picked up too.    Then we moved to Ohio and got citified.

[santahog]

What the heck are all you old fogies talking about?

One that puzzles me is "Generations", when they take place on the calendar, (and who names them???).
I found out just in the last few years that I'm a "Baby Boomer", just under the wire, I suppose, in 64..
I remember the units of measure in the conversation, but not the phone numbers, though I just missed the party line thing when I moved to Maine in 98, (where I was).
BTW, I believe that a "foot" is the length of King Charlemagne's foot..
+1 on the hectare being used outside CONUS to tell you how big the farm is.. At least in South America..