The Big 7-0
My dad is turning 70 in a number of days, and we're heading up to Sacramento this weekend to attend the big surprise party! Shhh — don't tell him, it's a surprise.
See*?
In 1935, the Hoover Dam was completed. Great Plains farmers fled the Dust Bowl and migrated west, while Hitler began rearming Germany, in violation of the Versailles Treaty.
1935 introduced us to:
- nylon
- tighty-whiteys
- parking meters
- Penguin paperbacks
- Social Security
- the WPA
- Elvis Presley
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- and, perhaps most important, Monopoly.
Happy Birthday!
* That's a fire sprinkler on the invitation (by me); he engineered fire-sprinkler systems for buildings.
4 comments:
I think my Grandfather is 75, but the only things on your that apply to him (not his birthyear) are:
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Social Security
- Tighty whiteys
and
- Hitler rearming Germany. He's an old Kraut that isn't satisfied with post WWII Europe.
Personally, I'm a big fan of those sprinklers! In an office where there are 3 computers on every desk, I dream of the day the sprinkler system accidentally goes off.
Rock!
Also, hoo boy. You were a late(ish) child like me, eh?
joysus, that looks so good.
is it possible that i could pay you to redesign my primary sex organ so it looks more "retro". i'm bored of it.
Aristotle - yep! He was 40 when I was born. (Well, not "born" so much as "lifted out")
Thanks, Alex. Yes, I will certainly do that. I don't see any reason why not.
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