VideoPro Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 László József Bíró invented the ball point pen in 1931 so grandma is at least 82. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 "pantyhose" had to have been invented:- what do we think the dancers in the Hollywood movies wore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 She could have been 59 when this was written but it must have been long before 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 "pantyhose" had to have been invented:- what do we think the dancers in the Hollywood movies wore?tights weren't available until a while after the mini skirt came along ... I seem to remember buying my first pair in a boutique in South Kensington in the late 60s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 tights weren't available until a while after the mini skirt came along ... I seem to remember buying my first pair in a boutique in South Kensington in the late 60s?Also, I never got my hands on a ball point pen till I was in my teens .... in the mid 60's. It was pencil, then ink well, then fountain pen up till that point. I'm 60 by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Television UK Broadcasting 1936 Penicillin clinical trials 1943 Mass Production 1946 Polio shots Human Trials 1957Licensed 1962 Frozen foods Clarence Birdseye 1929 Xerox Invented 1938 Office availability 1959 Contact lenses 1887 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I suppose the Grandmother should have replied: "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before the existence of any of the following became common knowledge to us as kids. Maybe:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I suppose the Grandmother should have replied: "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before the existence of any of the following became common knowledge to us as kids. Maybe:confused: No Saxon - grandma was fibbing:hihi::hihi: Quite a lot of people got TV's in 1953 for the Coronation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 No Saxon - grandma was fibbing:hihi::hihi: Quite a lot of people got TV's in 1953 for the CoronationI got a bloody dummy shoved in my gob so's our tribe could listen on't wireless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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