The 20s back then clearly would have meant the Roaring 1920s, and The 90s would have meant The Gay 1890s. Not anymore. This woman was born 16 years after Lincoln's assassination.
you must be bad at math like other people that comment on videos like this because somebody from 1896 wouldn't be your grandmother should be your great-grandmother dummy
@@OfficialDJTasawennateken The first word in a sentence should be capitalized. When a sentence is finished, a period is necessary. Furthermore, if you're going to address a person directly, the name used must be offset with a comma.
You have no idea how old the person is that you are calling a "dummy". They may be 60 years old. In that case it would be very possible that their grandmother was born in 1896.
In 1975, I was 19 years old, and helping feed a woman who was in her 90’s. She was telling me about when her family had moved to Texas in a covered wagon. All I could think of was, WOW!
My ancestors were one of the first families in Texas. (Not the 300; they settled in Houston) They settled north of Dallas, a small town called Era Texas. Family farm is still there and originally built homes. You can see from the construction how things were built in rural America in the mid 1800’s. Most drive by and think nothing of it, but once you understand there is an actual history behind them, they become very intriguing and inspiring.
I am a RN and worked in a rural hospital for a time about 20 years ago. I would always ask the older folk about how they lived their lives - most were farmers. They would talk about hand milking 30 cows twice a day and hand threshing, and horse teams for plowing. I was often picked on by the other nurses for these conversations - they’d hear me talking with them and laugh saying “Molly’s getting the farm report again.” I enjoyed hearing stories of the lives lead by some of the hardest working folk I have ever known.
I would ask and listen, too. In the 90s though, plenty WWII veterans still around and people who grew up without paved places, telephones, tv... Hundreds of thousands of years people just did stuff rather than watched tv. Always in motion. We, as a civilisation, lost so much.
@SaraMKay The WWII era men, with their wives sitting at their bedside each and evey day. Not causing problems, just there to keep them company. They were the greatest generation. It was their kids who ruined . I am glad to be in between and have at least had the pleasure to have known these people and been taught and influenced by them. What the heck happened?
Working with older folks, taking care of them or just helping them out a little, especially with the dementia/ Alzheimer’s residents, was the best part of getting the pleasure of taking care of them.. I could sit and listen to them for hours.. most couldn’t tell you what day of the week it was, but they would remember many things from growing up or in their younger years..!! Bonus for keeping their minds active ..!! It’s not a job when you’re doing what you love..! Miss them and helping them terribly..!!
Jesus is the only way. We have all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins that may seem small in our eyes are big in God's and are worthy of Hell, such as lying lusting and stealing. But if we repent and trust only in Jesus, he is faithful and will save us from Hell and give us eternal life in Heaven. Trust in Jesus! John 3:16 Romans 6:23❤😊
@K Jhnsn I started programming in the 1990s on microcontrollers with less power than the Apollo Guidance Computer. The AGC was a wonderful piece of engineering, by the way. The first computer to use microelectronic integrated circuits, weighing less than a hundred pounds and using less electricity than an incandescent light bulb. The magic you can work with a few thousand transistors and a few kilobytes of storage might surprise you. Have some respect for the accomplishments of the generations that came before us. They weren't idiots. And yes, putting humans on the Moon was partly done for propaganda, and party to justify huge expenditures on missiles in the Cold War. A robotic probe like the Soviets used would be just as effective in terms of scientific value. And recent missions have all been robotic. Putting humans on the Moon is horribly expensive and largely pointless beyond a PR stunt. That's why we haven't gone back.
I use to take care of a 100 year old man and I will always remember what he said to me about today's technology, "people today have more accessibility with one and another but are more isolated than when he was young, people were more united".
Jesus is the only way. We have all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins that may seem small in our eyes are big in God's and are worthy of Hell, such as lying lusting and stealing. But if we repent and trust only in Jesus, he is faithful and will save us from Hell and give us eternal life in Heaven. Trust in Jesus! John 3:16 Romans 6:23❤😊
9:30 @@christianweatherbroadcasting EWW... You believe in a racist, vicious, mysogenistic, angry, vengeful, petty God. I'll pass, thank you very much. And according to Your Bible, we were made in God's image, God works in mysterious ways and HE will forgive mass murderers and rapists (except he also believes in an eye for an eye), yet all the children and ppl who came before the Bible around the world are burning in Hell simply bc they never knew about Him! He also believes in and encourages incest and all HE cares about is punishing those who do not choose to worship him. We literally were made to worship Him. How vain and petty can one being be?? Is he THAT insecure? Sounds like the typical abusive husband/family annihilator (don't forget about the flood and Babylon). So, I'll pass. But you go on worshipping...sin all week and ask forgiveness in church on Sunday. But don't forget to pay your tithes...or you won't get into Heaven!🫡😂😂😂😉😉
My Grandpa was born in 1892 in the mountains of North Georgia and said he never saw a car until he was 12. He died in 1978 and it's amazing the changes he lived through.
I sat with my 94 year old neighbor and watched Neil Armstrong step onto the moon in 1969. I was 15. He came to California in a covered wagon and lived long enough to see a man on the moon. While he did tell me stories of his youth I didn't understand at the time, the treasure of knowledge and history I had sitting next to me. I wish I had a few minutes with him today. He was a good man and I'm glad I knew him.
@@Ned88Man when I read your comment I thought about my grandparents. My dad was 40 when I was born in 1955 and my grandfather was 40 in 1915 when my dad was born. That means my grandfather was born when Wyatt Earp was Sheriff of Tombstone.. 1875.
I was born in 1981, yet I had a kindergarten teacher who was 93 years old. I knew people who, in turn, knew Civil War veterans and others who remembered that time. In my earliest years, an old man in my neighborhood was almost 100, the son of a former slave. And having known countless people who were born before 1920, they were contemporaries with people who were born in the last years of King George III's reign (he died in 1820). My point is, younger ones need to appreciate that these people and their stories aren't ancient. They're still very, very recent. We just don't live long enough. People will one day look at 2020 the way we look back on 1920 and 1820. It goes by fast, one second at a time.
So true. I seem to be the only millennial I know who appreciates boomers and the invaluable wisdom they have. Most people in my generation seem to think “old people” are expendable bygones who ruined society with their backwards thinking. I disagree. One of my favorite things to do is just listen to my grandparents speak about their views of the world. I may not agree with everything, but I take every word they say into consideration because they have done and seen far more than I have.
This is actually my biggest take away from these videos. I’ve watched a few and every time it puts into perspective how it all wasn’t that long ago even though the numbers seem so far
imagine if you told her about a small device that was only a few millimeters thick, almost the the length and just under the width of your hand that you could use to take pictures, make calls, record video, look at maps, play games, watch video, listen to music, browse the internet on, etc. i bet it would've blown her mind that you could do all that stuff and so much more on a small little device.
Fascinating. This woman lived through one of the greatest times of technological and social change in human history. She witnessed the invention of the phonograph, the automobile, the telephone, the airplane, the radio, the television, the atom bomb. She witnessed the Spanish-American War, WWI, the rise of communism and the Soviet Union, the women's suffrage movement, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism and WWII, the Holocaust, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the atomic age and the Cold War, Sputnik, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the moon landing, the Civil Rights movement, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassinations of JFK, MLK, and RFK, the Watergate scandal and the resignation of a president, Voyager 1 and 2, the dawning of the computer age, and the beginning of the women's liberation movement and the gay and lesbian rights movement. She lived through a time that saw the eradication of polio and smallpox, the discovery of insulin to treat diabetes, the world population explosion, the splitting of the atom, the discovery of DNA. An individual born in the 1880s would for the first time in human history hear recorded voice and music; ride in a horseless carriage; hear voices and see images transmitted live from hundreds or thousands of miles away; see people riding flying objects in the sky faster than the speed of sound; watch rockets soar into outer space carrying humans that would set foot on the moon; and witness human carnage and weapons of mass destruction that the world had never seen. There was no generation before or since that lived through such profound changes in human history.
Perfectly said! Amazing to consider. I wonder if people born today will experience similar drastic changes. If you look into tech now, neurobiology, AI, etc., it's easy to suppose that the next 100 years are going to be "sporty" as well! Interesting times ahead for sure.
I always hear that people must've lived miserable lives because they didn't have our modern conveniences. I used to believe that until I read historic literature. They didn't necessarily believe they were miserable, and interviews such as this one confirms my suspension.
@@billbradleymusic It's true that technology can make life easier but it can also make life harder. The washing machine, electric stove, refrigerator, etc made life easier in once sense of the word but it also made life harder in that people had to work harder and harder to pay for the stuff, i.e., it propelled them into the rat race. Progress is a double edged sword; always has been.
She speaks of “the youth of today”. I graduated high school in 1979, the year this was recorded. It’s now 2020 and I’ll be 59 in the spring, nearing retirement. I always marvel at the passage of time.
I mean I know it's a wig and dentures but my goodness she looks great! Such pride in her appearance. I worked in a care home in the 90s with plenty of residents that were born before the turn of the century. I absolutely loved hearing the stories and seeing how the past generations behaved. I made a genuine best friend in a 98 year old lady and I was 23 and newly married. She helped me be a newly wed and advised me on my first baby. learnt a lot to carry with me through my life. Absolutely priceless. Thanks for this.
M Tv I worked at homecare in 80s I had a lovely old lady in her 90s we emigrated to Australia in 89 and she wrote to me until she died at 102.a blessing indeed
@@karentaylor8660 are you okay? My comment was full of admiration and love and I only mention the wig and dentures to avoid the silly people on here that would point it out to me. Seems I haven't avoided silly comments in any case.
My great grandmother ( 1887 - 1977 ) said she loved her lifetime because she witnessed from horse and buggy to the moon landing. So very much innovation. Plane travel, automobiles, TV, two world wars, the depression era, it was wonderful listening to so much history lived by one person.
love is the answer . especially once everyone realises the moon landings look so fake it makes any starwars fan look like a dweeb. not even a dork nowhere near nerd status . sad.
@who else likes memes Soon it'll be that way when someone mentions the 20s. In maybe 15 years, when someone says the 20s they likely won't be talking about the 1920s
@who else likes memes well, actually, everyone in their right mind would think 1881. This isn’t that difficult. This video was recorded in 1979... soooo when she said 81 there’s only one option, 1881 because she’s not talking about being born in the future. If this video had been recorded in 1995 for example, then you’d still assume 1881 because it wouldn’t make sense to talk to someone over 100 who was born 1981. Make sense?
I said to my dad” I bet grand daddy wouldn’t believe that people would be walking & driving with phones & Tvs in their pocket huh?” My dad said “ Hell boy, daddy wouldn’t believe you’d be paying a dollar for a bottle of water!” That really put it in perspective.
I'm only 73 but won't pay for a bottle of water. Over my dead body, absolute foolishness except situations like Flint obviously. Had tap water tested and do it yearly, it's fine.
A little perspective for those young ones. This woman was 31 when the Titanic sank!!! I was comparing this woman to my Gram, then I realized she was born 1 year after my great great gramma. It's so wonderful to see this video. I hope it made it to her family. This is pure gold!
Cardinals Baseball Classics At 70 now, I remember finding (at about 8 years old) a very old Coach, abandoned in heavy brush, when out exploring with neighbor kids.
We still have stage coaches, if I recall right. But of course, they're for the tourists, mainly. I recall them having one in Greenville, SC several years ago; and they might also in Glendale, KY (though I can't be 100% sure because we couldn't stay that day to see; could just be a horseback ride by now; you'd have to go check). Glendale, KY is basically a town of antiques for the state.
@@Dave-tx1um Hip was said in the 90's as well. Have you never heard of Hip Hop? Still, assumptions are assumptions, but I am guessing Cardinals Baseball Classics is at least in their 40's, but a Boomer, doubtful.
@@Mathadar Wonder what she'd think about seeing all the pollution cleared up in the skies by the early 2000's, just to see the aerosol sprays from planes, alchemizing the weather, and blocking out the blue skies, by the later 20-teens, to geo-engineer the "climate crisis"
My great aunt Margret is 104, born February 8, 1916 and it blows my mind whenever I see her. She’s seen so much and she’s still sharp and sweet at 104. Bless her heart 💖
Unfortunately Margret passed away peacefully in her sleep a few months ago. Due to the climate of the world we weren’t able to hold a full ceremony for her. She will always be in my heart and I am forever grateful to have know her, I’m glad she’s in heaven with her children ❤️
@@spicyroo4429 This years surely been a year for loss and grief. Sending your family my condolences. For sure she witnessed a lot and got to meet several people. She was born 4 years after the titanic sank, that's unbelievable.
She was in her youth during the turn of the century, with world unrest brewing, heading for World War I. Maybe she didn't need to pay attention to world events, although radio was then in infancy, but growing fast. Nice not to worry.
Up until the 70s my great grandma had her own garden, killed her own chickens and had no electricity through the 80s in Corbin Kentucky. She passed in 2018 at 103 I miss those times dearly
I'm from Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. My great grandparents did the same. Planted a 1-acre garden in late spring. They Slaughtered hogs, chickens, and cows for meat year around. I loved sitting with them and listening about the early 1900s, about tobacco and family. My great grandfather was one of 21 children.
RIP to your great grandma I'm sure she was a kind loving person as much as she was loved. Though, i must add that Corbin KY is a racist, trash town that runs off of the legend of KFC, illegal cock fighting, CORRUPT video gambling illegally ran by the state police, and Meth
My grandparents were born in the 90's (1890s), so I'm very familiar with folks like this wonderful lady. My late father was born in 1917, my mom is 93 and still with us. Time goes by quickly, best not to waste it griping about others.
She was young then. Also people tend to remember the positive parts of their childhood rather than the negatives. Also those who had horrible childhoods tend not to reach 98 and get interviewed. Generally healthy and happy people live longer. Their was plenty of misery back then as is clear from history. Each generation has its positive and negative aspects. It's likely the kids of today will remember now as a positive time to a large degree.
@@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104 I dont know about all of that as my Dad was born in the late 20's and stated everyone was in the same boat no one had any money. I believe she spoke as it was. We today over think things to death and if thats not good enough we get some statistics to back us up...........
I’m a software developer, so I’ve embraced technology in that way, but there’s also no doubt in my mind that on the whole, people are far less happy than when I was a kid in the 80s and early 90s. At this point the difference is actually dramatic. We’re evolving technologically but devolving culturally
TOTALLY agree. I have the same job as you and I love technology so much, but I genuinely think we were culturally closer without all the distractions tbh
makes me so depressed that i was born in 98, especially when i see comments like this. im so jealous of my parents who were my age in the 80s and im completely terrified of the future as technology is already bad enough. honestly makes me feel like shit
@@bighouse5804 same man and I was born in 99. The internet really changed things if I am honest a bit too much for the worse even if it has made things way easier.
I was born in 1960. A teenager in the 70s. Things have changed so much. We had a telephone and a black and white TV. I thought we were pretty well off compared to some of our friends. As kids we didn't use the phone without permission. We did what our parents told us to do, or you would get a good ass whipping. We had fun, but I do like modern technology to a point. Seems like people don't interact with each other as much. Go without your phone and computer for a month and you will see what I mean.
@@austinballard6815 Even more change happened in her lifetime. Also she saw the degradation of American culture and the rise of the polarization trend with everyone being heavily political and divided.
@@ImTheCrew Louise Souder...she lived in Lancaster, PA born 9/15/1881 died 5/23/1990....google her name and findagrave, I posted her 1990 obituary there last year. Pretty long, complete with a more recent pic of her. She was quite a woman!
My great-grandmother was born in 1889, and lived to be 103 years old. She never talked about the past, unless you asked her, and my aunt was always asking her about what life was like back then. It was fascinating to listen to. I remember she said that the first time she ever saw an automobile, it scared her, because she didn’t know what it was. She didn’t have any idea such a thing existed, and it was loud, and fast! Faster than the horse she was on!
My great grandmother lived to 105, born 1902. She described her first sighting of a car exactly the same as yours. She said it scared her so much she jumped and hid from it.
My Grandma was born in 1890 died in 1983. She grew up in Baltimore with a Bordello across the alley and she would visit the horses at the end of the block that would pull the steam fire engine. Blind and barley able to walk she still threatened to use her backhand on me when I was being a smart ass. Tough, great Grandma.
She feels the same way about technology as I do. "We live in a wonderful world today but...I'm not any happier than I was before I had all those things" What a beautiful soul.
“The family life isn’t what it used to be”...imagine if she could see it now. This is 41 years ago, and family life has changed so much since then for the worst in most instances
@Black powder Productions My wife and I were just talking about that last night. We're in our mid-fifties, both of our parents, grandparents and most aunts and uncles are past on. We feel just the same, disconnected from today. Too many things have changed in all aspects of life everywhere. It's ironic that we have mobile phones and internet on a constant basis and yet families rarely spend (actual) time together. Thankfully still on special occasions, but not like our parents generation, laughing and visiting while playing games together, dancing along with music in a living room or local fire hall with just a simple record player and small amp. It's as if the aspects of life that are good and simple no longer can exist. We have to keep up making good and simple memory-making times together with friends and family as best we can, for the sake of our children.
I have done the grandchild interview with my granny. She passed away a few months later. I have the 2 cassettes. Then I interviewed my great uncle charles (granny's brother). I have all these cassettes because I was being selfish. I wanted to keep them past the expiration date :( any time I am missing my granny I can listen to her
@@JLKDOOM That's so cool! I didn't really get to spend a lot of time my grandparents, not as much as many of my cousins did.... also was a picky eater never really got to enjoy grandma's cooking. Have you digitized any of it to share with others or just preserve them? Those tapes aren't going to last forever.
@@drasco61084 I haven't digitized anything :/ just kept them for me, my family doesn't want to listen to them so I dont play them for anyone for that reason
My grandmother said I was only one that was interested . . loved her stories. . her father had a bathhouse In down town Los Angeles when she was a youngster ..saturday night was a big deal indeed she said 😊 later how fun she had watching the silent movies being made in Hollywood.. Now its my turn to be old ..I miss her & sure do wish I asked more. 👍
I’m in my 40s and I should let my son interview me so that I can tell him of the games we played like marbles, jacks, hop scotch, riding bikes popping wheelies and making ramps with bricks and plywood, catching horned roads, catching lightning bugs, playing tag, hide and seek, red light green light, mother may I.. dang, kids these days are missing out
if you are a subscriber, on the community pulldown menu on my UA-cam channel homepage, you will find instructions for how to help your son interview in the most meaningful way to future generations who will watch the video. David Hoffman-filmmaker
also a 70s baby. don't forget coming in when the street lights go out, matchbox cars, bmx, and snow. remember when we actually had winters? what a concept....
@@HellcatMad flipping rocks for salamanders. rolling up pants to catch crayfish, snapping turtles to sell to the chinese restaurant (serious). staying up 48 hours straight in 1986 when mario bros came out. we could write a book
@@an0therdimensi0n99 don't forget the sore fingers and callouses that finally built up from the Mario game. of course pong got boring after a while. remember pong?
My great grand father was born in 1900.he passed in 1987,but once we sat down together and I asked him about what he was like as a young man. He told me great stories of being in the Cavalry Service... I miss him terribly!
I still remember my great grandmother who was born in the 1880's. She lived in this really cool old house that was built in the 1800's and was on the side of a small mountain in Roanoke Virginia. She was the sweetest person ever. The first time I met her was when I was 8 years old in 1970. In her thick southern accent she said to me and my siblings "well, hello theyah' little dahlins'! So wundahful' to meet you. Would yawl like some fudge? I made it special, just for yawl".
@@amandawestmoreland8512 Her name changed twice. Her maiden name was Ruth Wise and she was born in Bluefield WV. Her first husband was my great grandfather and his last name was Trail. He died in a flu epidemic way back in early the 20th century so she remarried and her last name changed to Graybel.
@@bassoonman2000 Progressiveness has done a lot of damage to this country. And when it doesn't work, the answer seems to be to push even harder. It's crazy. Virtually everything she talks about that made her happy is based on conservative values. People today are miserable because of the rise of extreme progressivism. You'd have to be blind not to see that.
@Frustrated Omegle who is "us"? And how can you accurately depict the minds of most of the younger generation? Conservativism is not the only thought process to bring the best out of this country. It is the one that white america is most comfortable with as it protects the privileged at all cost. Anything contradicting thought has been labeled an abomination.
@Frustrated Omegle If you think the ills and disappointments of this country rest in the hands of "leftists" only not conservatives equally you are totally missing the point. Every political thought stream has issues especially democracy. That is not an endorsement of socialism or anything else, it's a reality. I never said I support socialism I only stated that conservativism isn't the answer either.
Writing letters - it was far more special to send and receive than emails or texts. When I was a kid in the 80s, I would get letters from my pen-pal in Northern Ireland. I remember thinking I was a worldly big shot because the envelopes I received were clearly from overseas, and no one else in that small town was getting those. Thank you, lady, for bringing back those memories.
Because back then, there wasn't as much stuff. It hadn't been invented. You had one of whatever you needed, and style and design wasn't much of a factor. If you needed a wash tub, you could probably choose one from the Sears and Roebuck catalog, which only had one to choose from anyway. People made their own clothes or had someone make it, or again, the Sears Catalog or the one store in town that had clothing. So people didn't have four of everything, as what would be the point? There is no point, but that doesn't stop us from buying too much of everything, in every color. It was a utilitarian age, and focus was on necessity. Industry prided itself in quality, not quantity or the latest fashion. And people didn't have a lot of money, either, back then. They took care of what they had, making things last. They mended clothing, fixed their tools, their cars, etc. as buying more was considered wasteful.
I sometimes wish I lived back then when all you needed was a job, house and food and didn't need anything else to get by on. Now you gotta have a car and insurance for it you gotta have a phone and so on. A simpler life would be a nice change.
That TV in the background locks this in time for me. My grandmother ("nanny") was of this generation. She remembered horses bringing ice for the icebox, survived the depression with humour and could beat a large group of my teenaged friends at knowing the punchline of every dirty joke ever invented. I wish I could bring her forward in time for one dinner. Damn, I miss that woman.
I'm not her age yet but several years ago, late 90's, my oldest granddaughter, in first grade, asked how life has changed since I was her age. All I had to do was tell her, and her younger sister who was listening in, we didn't have video games. They were both shocked and almost in tears, gasping "poor grandma!" "what did you do?" I went further by telling them we didn't even have color tv back then, we had black and white. It was my turn to be shocked when the oldest said we didn't need color tv 'cause our clothes weren't colored. It took a while to realize I'd showed them old black and white photos of me and my family. They took that as a sign that the world was black and white way back then. Kids are funny. :)
@@hoosiergrandma7640 I love that story! My grandpa repaired TVs so they were the first to have a color TV! My other grandma was able to buy a business after my grandpa passed away and the other day I was looking at a picture of her at the store and realized that she never in her wildest dreams would have thought that was possible when she was young. Look at her driving herself around and wearing pants and stuff. Scandalous!
@@MattInIllinois Running a home IS work! It's definitely undervalued today. Many women do not want to be at home due to the responsibility. Cooking, cleaning, taking care of the children, paying the bills, etc. I would have loved to have done that with my son but divorcing a abuser/deadbeat dad, I was my son's only hope. And I did it WITHOUT government assistance! I'm very proud of that fact. My son turned out great and has his own family now.
Sarah saw the U.S. take part in 6 major world wars, women being granted the right to vote, civil rights signed into law, the new deal, people being sent to the moon, the fall of the berlin wall and the soviet union, and in her last years, the invention of the internet and disabled americans' rights. And last but not least, her 119-year long lifespan spanned 23 presidents. When she was born on 9/24/1880, Rutherford B. Hayes was president. When she died on 12/30/1999, Bill Clinton was president. "Who was the first president and/or candidate you voted for an election" / "Who was the best/worst president in your lifetime", are 2 questions that people her age are actually the best people to ask those questions to.
"Everything you have today depends on the people you have at the head of your government". Wow, she should know. She seen it all. These movie tapes are priceless, and should be archived in The Library of Congress.
MY 1890 BORN, GRAMOTHER~ FROM LEEDS~BRITTANIA, A VICTORIAN,& MY bABOOSHLA IMPOSSIBLE, TO SPEEK, ABOUT 1917~THE FALL, OF RUSSIAS ROMANOV TSARS, I'VE READ ALL ABOUT IT~
My great grandma is thankfully still alive, 92, stays at home, never learned to drive, and surviving COVID-19. I prayed for her to live to be 100, and I’m still praying. Love you Bonnie Gordon👍😊🙏❤️💚💕✝️ She will be 93 on November 26, 2021. (Born November 26, 1928)
Mi abuelito paterno nació en 1922 y falleció en el 2022, vivió 100 años y ya murió por secuelas del covid-19. Recuerdo él me contaba historias de su juventud, de su trabajo y familia. Es triste porque quedó huérfano y muy pequeño, los únicos familiares que tenía eran sus padres, al fallecer ellos quedó completamente solo. Fue muy dura su infancia. Mientras mi bisabuela materna nació en 1933 y aún sigue viva, me da un poco de tristeza verla ahora y recordar cómo ella era antes, cuando yo era niña. Yo tengo 27 años, y mi bisabuela está cerca de cumplir los 100 en unos años si Dios lo permite. Me parece nostálgico ver cómo en dos décadas ha envejecido mi bisabuela tan drásticamente, apenas caminar puede, comparado con antes que sembraba y mataba gallinas.
billp4 ! Well one thing they was not lazy back in the late 1800’s Back then they got their cocaine out of a fountain soda called coke cola for only 5 cent & blacks folk couldn’t have none even if they had a nickel or two.
petalgoth I agree and disagree. Agree that our society is shit and so sensitive to offence. Back in those days people were happier and all liked the way things were run, no social media and no bullshit. I disagree because we undervalue the standard we are living in which people in 1800’s would only dream about, with the TVs and luxuries we all have, we are v lucky to have this. However I would still rather live in those older times :/
@@katerinadicamella The first commercially made radio available to the public was made in 1921 by Westinghouse. Previous to that, people used crystal sets. The first radio station was KDKA Pittsburgh in 1920.
What a treat to listen to her. My grandma was born in 1918, she passed two years ago, she was 101, I loved hearing her stories. Thank you for sharing this!!!
I would say for starters at the television and telephone made her happier. Life was good for her all the way along but she loved new technologies. David Hoffman - filmmaker
“Depends on what kind of people you have at the head of your government” was the quote. It might be a little semantic to point out the difference, but she is talking about character and integrity, not dependence on the government.
@@gardensofthegods I was referring to her ability to remember thing very clearly and articulate her thoughts better than most people. I wouldn't think she was in her 90s if I spoke to her. Why would she complain?
@@erniellerena earlier there were a bunch of comments from one or two younger people here totally trashing the baby boomer generation.... I noticed today , just now , those comments have been removed ... anyway they were full of nasty sniping and bitterness . There is a big trend right now to blame everything on baby boomers . That is what I was referring to and you will see it in a number of places . Surely , you've heard of the saying okay Boomer . Yes I was also of course noticing her excellent recall .
I have a relative who's no longer alive that wrote his life memoirs... entirely in longhand. A huge book full of stories relating to his experiences and watching technology advance from horse and buggy to first man on the moon. It saddens me to think that this kind of knowledge is overlooked by so many people and is largely lost to the ravages of time. History is so important, and a person can gain so much empathy by looking into the past and seeing how folks lived when things were truly harder than they are now. Her patriotism is inspiring, also. Great clip, as always.
It's at my parents' house, but I will definitely look into getting it online somehow the next time I visit (this April.). I will have to warn you, I don't know how the paper has held up over the years and his handwriting was quite spidery.
She had me when she mentioned the stage coach. She got her radio in 28. "One Man's Family" started in 32 and ran for 27 years. She mentioned how it was easy to help back then. We were more of a team than today. In the 19th century you would let a stranger sleep in your house or even your bed. You would give bread to a passing Indian or wary traveler. All of this is why I love to hear from folks back then. Thank you for posting this. If you're interested in this, read a New York Times from the early 1800s. They are awesome. Currently, I'm around June of 1843.
I was born in the early '60s, & was brought up by my grandparents, who were born in the late 1890s, from '64 to approx. '84. My grandfather, may God rest his soul, used to love watching certain TV shows. Hogan's Heroes was one of his favorites. He also loved All In the Family. He used to call it One Man's Family, & when I corrected him, he told me the reason he called it that was there used to be a radio show by that name 🙂
My dad passed away January 5th, 2019 just 5 month shy of his 99th birthday. Listening to her reminds me of my dad. So much has changed in their lifetimes. Old people have such a wealth of knowledge to share.
How did they stay in touch and get information? They wrote letters! I love it!!! I mail handwritten letters to friends. A handwritten letter and greeting card are so meaningful...and they still touch people today.
They sure do. A group of us childhood friends met up the other day and we all brought the hand written letter we used to send to each other when we growing up between the ages of 12 to our late teens. We all opened these letters and read out loud what we had wrote and each one of those letters was so special, funny. It captivated a time of our lives that was easily relived as we listened. We wrote about everything that was happening to us with great detail and we made sure to write BFF with hearts and XOXO and a promising P.S. at the end. We had boyfriend, we had gossip, and we laughed out loud. We even had some passing of family members. There are no words to really describe the profound feelings felt as we heard those words and thoughts of our youth. Those letters are priceless treasures of our lifetime growing up. We are in our 40s and things are sadly very different now.
I was so blessed. My grandparents came from huge families. My I am the youngest child of youngest children of youngest children. My grandmother was born a 13th child in 1889. Growing up in the 70's I was surrounded by these great aunts and uncles who were born in the 1800's. What a blessing ❣️
This lady is amazingly lucid with clear memories of her past. Also, looks great at 98 with pretty nice skin and teeth, dressed well, obviously took care of her self. Wish you had asked the secrets to her long life.
She had an obvious wig, but so what. Makeup isn't any better/worse than hairpieces and wigs. Fred Astaire wore a toupee in all his films, and just regarded it as a necessary piece of makeup. Off-screen, he took it off.
They are dentures . Which fit quite poorly fitting actually hence her slight lisp. They keep moving.(im a dental nurse of 18yrs) Years ago it was custom for the bride to have all her teeth removed as a gift to the husband as its lower maintenance. Also gum disease was terrible back then and they would just remove all your teeth . My nan had hers removed at 21yrs old . Its so fascinating listening to stories of the past . I.vould listen a day long . Bless her🥰
It reminds me of Warren buffets philosophy. He doesn't just buy businesses. He said he goes to personally meet those who own/run it and invests if their character is good. He cares about who's behind the wheel.
I highly recommend a video called "Why Western Civilization needs Christianity", by Voxiversity channel. He shows a number of articles on the reproducibility crisis in science, and makes a compelling case that science has been successful at its outset because of Christian morality among scientists, as opposed to the modern era where we remove this incentive to tell the truth, and add incentives to bend truth in order to get funding from corporations and governments with a conflict of interest, and then we act surprised when nobody can replicate anybody else's results!
Too bad you didn’t interview my grandfather who remembered EVERYTHING! Even each day of the week anything happened on! He lived to 101, grew his own veggies and was the healthiest man I’ve ever seen. I miss him to much! But I agree with this movie producer... why didn’t we get so much more of these beautiful people? Darn.
This is why we should stop calling them "elderly" and again call them our "elders"! The word elderly was created to give the idea that your usefulness is gone and now you are a burden. Elders on the other hand are respected for their wisdom and years of experience (both good and bad). This is awesome. Sad it couldn't have been more, but we all live and learn right? Love your work. Thanks!
Over here in the UK, we 'elders 'are called ' old aged pensioners'. Just an awful piece of terminology. To be addressed as an elder is far more preferable.
I think it's important to listen every day, every chance we get, to the people who will tell us what their lives were like. we only have so much time with those who will share their stories with us, but it is an amazing gift to receive.
I love listening to anyone older than me relating their former days. Everyone has something interesting to recall, in my opinion. However, to have your faculties in your late nineties is a plus and she has great recall doesn't she. Such a span of history and the changes she has experienced is amazing. Im glad you found this piece of film to keep her memory alive for posterity. Thank you for this.
I agree❣️ We have so much to learn from the elderly.. so many important lessons and interesting experiences they recall 💞 It's very disappointing to me when I see how often younger generations will disregard, disrespect and dismiss the elderly, as if they don't know anything or don't have anything of value to say 😞 that couldn't be further from the truth. It was also actually common, at least for all of the elderly people who I knew to live well into their 90s and still had their wits about them. People who say we "live longer today" are talking about those who are sadly kept alive through medical technology but when speaking about true quality of life, nothing compares to that era.. even growing up poor, they were still healthier, happier and humble.
@@merncat75 they didn't have genetically modified foods that have been modified to remove nutrients, and makes its own internal pesticides. There's no nutrients in gmo food tbags been forced upon us. Our water is poisoned with flouride and whatever else they decided flouride is a industrial waste and Nazis used it to make prisoners more docile. It blocks a enyMe in the brain. And calcifis the pineal gland. If flouride helps teeth and so great why does a spill require level 3 hazmat suit? Where did they get their example of humans drinking? Do you swish water arou d your mouth before swallowing. How is the flouride protecting teeth if it's not touching them. If babies don't have teethyet and in5-6 years get their adult teeth. Why are infant waters have the heaviest flouride levels? Wouldn't adult needs more not brand new teeth? Back to GMO this is why weed is now being legalized it's been GMO it's not like weed 30 years ago. It's been modified for a long time. Mississippi State has a1000 acre farm they do research on. Even your dirt weed is much stronger. But it has been made to hurt people they don't know it yet. One-day people will compare the DNA of today's weed to samples of past and seeitsnot true marijuana anymore. Jus like corn has bat genes in it weed is changed now
@@JamesSmith-lt5zz Yep, I agree. Your comment looks like ones that I have left myself almost word-for-word on other channels. I'm first-generation American, my parents raised me very old school we actually grew our own food, I physically helped from planting seeds to harvesting crops and cooking everything.. I ate homemade every single day.. as a matter of fact I didn't even try fast food for the first time until I was 16 years old and I never ate processed or packaged food growing up. We never even kept "snacks" in the house. If I wanted a snack there were a dozen options but we never opened up a bag or box of something. All those preservatives are changing people's DNA too!!! Each generation is being affected by medication and GMO "foods"
@@merncat75 glysophates is what is changing our DNA. Look up Dr. Stephanie Seneff she is leading scientist on such topics. Also, we need HDL cholestero. don't listen to the FDA! They are communist
@@mickeythompson24 trust me, I know ALL about that stuff, even the cholesterol topic.. I have studied herbalism, naturopathy and holistic healing along with some Eastern Philosophy.. But I have to tell you that the fact that our DNA is literally changing quickly from one generation to the next goes SO much deeper than glysophate.. many more reasons but way too much to explain here. it is refreshing to see that someone is at least aware of it happening at all because most people are oblivious.
Interviews like this are gold. My grandmother was first gen American, born in 1888 in North Georgia and died in Tennessee in 1982 when I was 21 and she was 94. She was bright and vibrant until her very last year. I adored her! She had gone from horse and buggy to seeing a man on the moon! I remember my mother telling me I should ask her questions and even record her (on my cassette player!) but I never did, too busy living in the present, I suppose, not knowing that the future depends a lot on the past. I’m 60 now and seeing this vid really makes me regret even more that I didn’t record her. Moral of the story - listen to your mama, she probably knows best (at least mine did.)
My favorite grandmother was born in 1878. She was 72 when I was born and lived to see 2 of my children. I learned so much from her. How to grind corn pick herbs from the pasture for hash grind your own beef. . She carried her money in a pouch around her neck and was only in the hospital once. She gave birth to her children at home and buried two of them. She never made a telephone call in her life. She had an outhouse, a lot of chickens, cows dogs and cats which slept with us on her feather bed. You got breakfast and supper. She took all day to grind pick and cook supper. I could go on and on. She was also very independent. She fell out of the barn loft throwing hay down to her cows when she was in her seventys and my daddy bought her cows to keep her out of the loft and she turned around and bought registered cows because that was something she’d always wanted. My mother couldn’t stand her but I loved her so much
You are lucky to be able to have favouristes. I only ever knew one grandmother and one grandfather. The other ones died when my mother was still a child.
When she was born in 1881 there were still some people alive who were born in the late 1700's. It's possible she could have even met someone who was alive in the 1700's when she was a little girl in the 1880's. (Edit - I understand life expectancy was a lot lower back then than it is today, but the chances of someone who was born in the 1700's still being alive in 1881 are still pretty good. They would have had to have been at least 82 years old in 1881 when this lady was born.) A woman named Margaret Ann Neve, who was born in 1792, died when she was 111 years old in 1903. Here's the link to the Wikipedia article about her, it's some really interesting stuff - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ann_Neve
When I was born in 1984 my great grandmother was still alive, and she was born in 1888, so she could possibly have met some people born in the late 1700's too.
In the 70s when I was a preteen my Great Grandmother would tell me stories of her childhood in Yugoslavia in the 1800s. I remember always asking how they lived without radios.
I’m so glad you found this treasure! She was a gem and wasn’t she patient with you...? It’s funny how we think, when we are so young, that we are being patient with older people, but they’re really being patient with us... thank you for posting this.
Her parents probably remember the Civil War, her grandparents could've fought in it. FYI I read about a guy still alive (at least a few years ago) who's great grandfather was I think in the war of independence, as a 12 or 14yr old, remarried around 85 & had another child, who also remarried around 70-80 and had another child... IIRC...
My grandfather was born in 1900. I loved listening his stories about life in tbe early 1900's. I was just a kid of course. He told me about the great flu pandemic, the start of unions, both world wars.
My grandmother was born in 1900 too, but she never wanted to talk about “that old junk”. She threw away anything old and never warned anyone, so beautiful things and old family pieces just vanished. I think the Depression made her feel like having something old was a sign of poverty, and shiny new stuff was better. I feel the exact opposite way. Now my mom and aunt are gone too, so there goes all the knowledge.
Future generations. Only 5-10 % of the people alive today will have any future generations. 1/3 of America is to expire through formal genocide by 2030. Videos like this will have been an absolute waste of time because no is willing to see the truth and even less willing to save the lives of themselves or even their children. It's sad to think all history is about to be erased and the entire world sleeps.
Patriotism is stupid. You should be pro-human. Borders are made up nonsense and the common people of other countries aren't your enemy. So-called patriots are brainwashed by propaganda and it's a shame.
DAVID HOFFMAN! What a gift this is. At 40, I can say I adore my 87 year old grandma! She is the wisest woman I know. This video touched me. Thank you deeply
Don't beat yourself up about what you could have asked, could have filmed, could have saved with this wonderful woman Mr Hoffman. If you hadn't done this all these years ago, her story would have gone to the grave with her. As a non-American but citizen of this planet, this story still resonates strongly with many lessons for today. Thank you for bringing her and her era back to life through my smart phone across the gulf of time. A fascinating clip.
I wasn't even alive when this interview was filmed, now here I am watching this on my phone. I bet she never even imagined people would be watching this interview on a small device we hold in our hands. It's so cool to see stuff like this, we do not ever want to forget our past generations, or our history.
Imagine if our ancestors were to see the world today. They would so totally amazed at the advances, but probably horrified at what has happened to family values and morals
Here is another incredible storyteller - old lady - 100 years old!
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She looks great for being 100 years old.
Very interesting. 🤔
Love your content ❤
I can't believe this is 45 years ago that is crazy how much everything has changed I wasn't even born yet I was born in 1980
4:19 did she fart?
I think she burped lmao @@kyla6538
"Back in 81"... Hits a little different when talking about 1800s
So shes now 139 years old??? WOW!!!!
@@999manman i thinkshes passed away by now .
@@imme9498 Yeah...I was just funnin'...
The 20s back then clearly would have meant the Roaring 1920s, and The 90s would have meant The Gay 1890s. Not anymore. This woman was born 16 years after Lincoln's assassination.
What's funny (or unsettling) is that you could tell young people today that she was referring to 1981 and they might actually believe you.
My grandmother, born in 1896, used to call underwear, "unmentionables."
you must be bad at math like other people that comment on videos like this because somebody from 1896 wouldn't be your grandmother should be your great-grandmother dummy
@@OfficialDJTasawennateken The first word in a sentence should be capitalized. When a sentence is finished, a period is necessary. Furthermore, if you're going to address a person directly, the name used must be offset with a comma.
You have no idea how old the person is that you are calling a "dummy". They may be 60 years old. In that case it would be very possible that their grandmother was born in 1896.
@@classicpontiac37 Or, they could be 74 and their mother could still be alive at 95 years old.
@@Susan.Lewis. my grandmother is still alive at 90. I remember my great grandmother as a young child. I believe she was born around 1898. 🙂
In 1975, I was 19 years old, and helping feed a woman who was in her 90’s. She was telling me about when her family had moved to Texas in a covered wagon. All I could think of was, WOW!
My ancestors were one of the first families in Texas. (Not the 300; they settled in Houston)
They settled north of Dallas, a small town called Era Texas. Family farm is still there and originally built homes. You can see from the construction how things were built in rural America in the mid 1800’s. Most drive by and think nothing of it, but once you understand there is an actual history behind them, they become very intriguing and inspiring.
Thank you for your story
And now her memory passes on through you.
so you were born in 1956? that’s cool!! :)
Actually 1955! 😊
I am a RN and worked in a rural hospital for a time about 20 years ago. I would always ask the older folk about how they lived their lives - most were farmers. They would talk about hand milking 30 cows twice a day and hand threshing, and horse teams for plowing. I was often picked on by the other nurses for these conversations - they’d hear me talking with them and laugh saying “Molly’s getting the farm report again.” I enjoyed hearing stories of the lives lead by some of the hardest working folk I have ever known.
I would ask and listen, too. In the 90s though, plenty WWII veterans still around and people who grew up without paved places, telephones, tv...
Hundreds of thousands of years people just did stuff rather than watched tv. Always in motion.
We, as a civilisation, lost so much.
@SaraMKay The WWII era men, with their wives sitting at their bedside each and evey day. Not causing problems, just there to keep them company. They were the greatest generation. It was their kids who ruined . I am glad to be in between and have at least had the pleasure to have known these people and been taught and influenced by them. What the heck happened?
Working with older folks, taking care of them or just helping them out a little, especially with the dementia/ Alzheimer’s residents, was the best part of getting the pleasure of taking care of them.. I could sit and listen to them for hours.. most couldn’t tell you what day of the week it was, but they would remember many things from growing up or in their younger years..!! Bonus for keeping their minds active ..!! It’s not a job when you’re doing what you love..! Miss them and helping them terribly..!!
I love this! My grandma is 98 and I love her stories
Jesus is the only way. We have all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins that may seem small in our eyes are big in God's and are worthy of Hell, such as lying lusting and stealing. But if we repent and trust only in Jesus, he is faithful and will save us from Hell and give us eternal life in Heaven. Trust in Jesus!
John 3:16
Romans 6:23❤😊
She was born 16 years after Lincoln was assassinated and interviewed 10 years after the Moon landing.
The Moon landing movie, probably more apt to say 2 years after Star Wars.
K Jhnsn shut up
@K Jhnsn I started programming in the 1990s on microcontrollers with less power than the Apollo Guidance Computer. The AGC was a wonderful piece of engineering, by the way. The first computer to use microelectronic integrated circuits, weighing less than a hundred pounds and using less electricity than an incandescent light bulb. The magic you can work with a few thousand transistors and a few kilobytes of storage might surprise you. Have some respect for the accomplishments of the generations that came before us. They weren't idiots.
And yes, putting humans on the Moon was partly done for propaganda, and party to justify huge expenditures on missiles in the Cold War. A robotic probe like the Soviets used would be just as effective in terms of scientific value. And recent missions have all been robotic. Putting humans on the Moon is horribly expensive and largely pointless beyond a PR stunt. That's why we haven't gone back.
Nice reference points
@K Jhnsn there's no satellites either!! (Not like they define them anyway)
I use to take care of a 100 year old man and I will always remember what he said to me about today's technology, "people today have more accessibility with one and another but are more isolated than when he was young, people were more united".
Unless you were another race than white :P
Jesus is the only way. We have all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins that may seem small in our eyes are big in God's and are worthy of Hell, such as lying lusting and stealing. But if we repent and trust only in Jesus, he is faithful and will save us from Hell and give us eternal life in Heaven. Trust in Jesus!
John 3:16
Romans 6:23❤😊
9:30 @@christianweatherbroadcasting
EWW...
You believe in a racist, vicious, mysogenistic, angry, vengeful, petty God.
I'll pass, thank you very much.
And according to Your Bible, we were made in God's image, God works in mysterious ways and
HE will forgive mass murderers and rapists (except he also believes in an eye for an eye), yet all the children and ppl who came before the Bible around the world are burning in Hell simply bc they never knew about Him!
He also believes in and encourages incest and all HE cares about is punishing those who do not choose to worship him. We literally were made to worship Him.
How vain and petty can one being be??
Is he THAT insecure?
Sounds like the typical abusive husband/family annihilator (don't forget about the flood and Babylon).
So, I'll pass.
But you go on worshipping...sin all week and ask forgiveness in church on Sunday. But don't forget to pay your tithes...or you won't get into Heaven!🫡😂😂😂😉😉
@@DigitalViscosity ok tipster clone thanks for the tip.
Wow, just 3 “automobiles when she moved there” then everyone had horses and couldn’t afford cars now everyone has cars but can’t afford horses
Adrian Derrett Yes! Only wealthy people can afford to have horses now!
My Grandpa was born in 1892 in the mountains of North Georgia and said he never saw a car until he was 12. He died in 1978 and it's amazing the changes he lived through.
I wish we switch cars to horses
EverlastGX after you’ve stepped on tons of shit through the course of one day you’ll change that wish back real quick
@@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484 much better than breathing pollute air and horse shit is not that bad
I sat with my 94 year old neighbor and watched Neil Armstrong step onto the moon in 1969. I was 15. He came to California in a covered wagon and lived long enough to see a man on the moon. While he did tell me stories of his youth I didn't understand at the time, the treasure of knowledge and history I had sitting next to me. I wish I had a few minutes with him today. He was a good man and I'm glad I knew him.
thats crazy, that means he was born in 1875..mind blowing..
@@Ned88Man when I read your comment I thought about my grandparents. My dad was 40 when I was born in 1955 and my grandfather was 40 in 1915 when my dad was born. That means my grandfather was born when Wyatt Earp was Sheriff of Tombstone.. 1875.
MOONLANDING???
@@TheDJRoqone let me guess... It was filmed in a studio in Hollywood or an Air Force hanger in Nevada? Right?
@@coptertim GOOD Guess
I was born in 1981, yet I had a kindergarten teacher who was 93 years old. I knew people who, in turn, knew Civil War veterans and others who remembered that time. In my earliest years, an old man in my neighborhood was almost 100, the son of a former slave. And having known countless people who were born before 1920, they were contemporaries with people who were born in the last years of King George III's reign (he died in 1820). My point is, younger ones need to appreciate that these people and their stories aren't ancient. They're still very, very recent. We just don't live long enough. People will one day look at 2020 the way we look back on 1920 and 1820. It goes by fast, one second at a time.
Very true! It's quite hard to believe!
Oof. The reality of this is painfully apparent
So true. I seem to be the only millennial I know who appreciates boomers and the invaluable wisdom they have. Most people in my generation seem to think “old people” are expendable bygones who ruined society with their backwards thinking. I disagree. One of my favorite things to do is just listen to my grandparents speak about their views of the world. I may not agree with everything, but I take every word they say into consideration because they have done and seen far more than I have.
This is actually my biggest take away from these videos. I’ve watched a few and every time it puts into perspective how it all wasn’t that long ago even though the numbers seem so far
@@redcomic619 Le wrong generation
I am thinking, she had no idea she would be seen and listened to around the earth on little super computers we held in our hands....
Lol fucking crazy right🤯
Adam Slosar abd 30 years from now people will be watching us thru their heads or eyes or even download content right away into their memory who knows
Or even on an Android smart watch going one step further. makes you wonder the tech in the next 100 years.
imagine if you told her about a small device that was only a few millimeters thick, almost the the length and just under the width of your hand that you could use to take pictures, make calls, record video, look at maps, play games, watch video, listen to music, browse the internet on, etc. i bet it would've blown her mind that you could do all that stuff and so much more on a small little device.
steviebboy69 lol just imagine 15 years from now, tech moves quick dude
Fascinating. This woman lived through one of the greatest times of technological and social change in human history. She witnessed the invention of the phonograph, the automobile, the telephone, the airplane, the radio, the television, the atom bomb. She witnessed the Spanish-American War, WWI, the rise of communism and the Soviet Union, the women's suffrage movement, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism and WWII, the Holocaust, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the atomic age and the Cold War, Sputnik, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the moon landing, the Civil Rights movement, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassinations of JFK, MLK, and RFK, the Watergate scandal and the resignation of a president, Voyager 1 and 2, the dawning of the computer age, and the beginning of the women's liberation movement and the gay and lesbian rights movement. She lived through a time that saw the eradication of polio and smallpox, the discovery of insulin to treat diabetes, the world population explosion, the splitting of the atom, the discovery of DNA.
An individual born in the 1880s would for the first time in human history hear recorded voice and music; ride in a horseless carriage; hear voices and see images transmitted live from hundreds or thousands of miles away; see people riding flying objects in the sky faster than the speed of sound; watch rockets soar into outer space carrying humans that would set foot on the moon; and witness human carnage and weapons of mass destruction that the world had never seen.
There was no generation before or since that lived through such profound changes in human history.
Wow.I could not have stated a better response.
Right on!
Perfectly said! Amazing to consider.
I wonder if people born today will experience similar drastic changes. If you look into tech now, neurobiology, AI, etc., it's easy to suppose that the next 100 years are going to be "sporty" as well! Interesting times ahead for sure.
Design & more How could I forget that! I added it to my comment. Thanks!
What a very thoughtful and informative comment.
"I'm no happier now than I was in those days. Then I thought I had everything... maybe a little more." This speaks volumes.
I always hear that people must've lived miserable lives because they didn't have our modern conveniences. I used to believe that until I read historic literature. They didn't necessarily believe they were miserable, and interviews such as this one confirms my suspension.
I didn't grow up with modern conveniences; today, I'm glad that many of them exist. @@grace52775
I think she has her wig on backwards.
I often did this, because it looked more natural, and prettier.❤
And I love her jewelry, especially that broche!
Yes...the bliss of youth. Innocence can be bliss. If it is all you know you don't know why you shouldn't be happy!
When she talks about how none of the technology made her any happier, that's a valuable lesson we could all learn from.
Technology helps in other ways which can make life easier. Dumb people confuse ease with happiness. Wait.... maybe they're happier from ease. Geez.
Technology brings me social media, and I think that's making me less happy.
IncognitoTorpedo ..ya exactly. Social media, specifically, is the problem and not technology in general
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@@billbradleymusic It's true that technology can make life easier but it can also make life harder. The washing machine, electric stove, refrigerator, etc made life easier in once sense of the word but it also made life harder in that people had to work harder and harder to pay for the stuff, i.e., it propelled them into the rat race.
Progress is a double edged sword; always has been.
She speaks of “the youth of today”. I graduated high school in 1979, the year this was recorded. It’s now 2020 and I’ll be 59 in the spring, nearing retirement. I always marvel at the passage of time.
I was 9 in 1979.
Me also
I graduated high school in 2019. Going to be a blink of the eye and I'll be 59 too
@M Harris Good advice.
Sharon H I was born this year, a great year to be born.
I mean I know it's a wig and dentures but my goodness she looks great! Such pride in her appearance.
I worked in a care home in the 90s with plenty of residents that were born before the turn of the century. I absolutely loved hearing the stories and seeing how the past generations behaved. I made a genuine best friend in a 98 year old lady and I was 23 and newly married. She helped me be a newly wed and advised me on my first baby. learnt a lot to carry with me through my life.
Absolutely priceless. Thanks for this.
M Tv I worked at homecare in 80s I had a lovely old lady in her 90s we emigrated to Australia in 89 and she wrote to me until she died at 102.a blessing indeed
If your comment had to include remarking about her wig and dentures then maybe there's something about YOU that needs fixing.
@@karentaylor8660 are you okay?
My comment was full of admiration and love and I only mention the wig and dentures to avoid the silly people on here that would point it out to me. Seems I haven't avoided silly comments in any case.
@@mtv4701 right???? Like what was that comment even about?? Jesus.
@@mtv4701
Ignore The Karen!!!
Your comment was Beautiful
My great grandmother ( 1887 - 1977 ) said she loved her lifetime because she witnessed from horse and buggy to the moon landing. So very much innovation. Plane travel, automobiles, TV, two world wars, the depression era, it was wonderful listening to so much history lived by one person.
Similar to my great grandfather (1875-1977).
Im curious that if someone of that people borned in 1880's.. mentioned about XIX century reset, etc..
I was born in 1977
This is a treasure. Not enough stuff like this in the world.
blindpringles - This is an American Treasure 🙏 Thank You David Hoffman 🙏
Lorryn SilverSpike - TRUE - 💕 and you are a sweetie 💕
if you're a reader, there's a treasure trove of this stuff in the world.
love is the answer . especially once everyone realises the moon landings look so fake it makes any starwars fan look like a dweeb. not even a dork nowhere near nerd status . sad.
grasshopper man - 👍 👍 👍 👍. 👍
I always say, older people are living history books.
@@goopapa4758, lol.
well the ones that are of sound mind at least
And that's why I like being around them they always have stories of the good times and the bad either way they are interesting
Lmao you are wise beyond your years.
Thought that up all by yourself, eh? Smooth.
She goes..."I was born in '81" That's 1881, ha.
Just like I say I was born in the 50s oh, I will always be 1950s in my head but it's already a long time to the 1900
@who else likes memes Soon it'll be that way when someone mentions the 20s. In maybe 15 years, when someone says the 20s they likely won't be talking about the 1920s
Yeah I was also born in '81!
Pretty close to the civil war...
@who else likes memes well, actually, everyone in their right mind would think 1881.
This isn’t that difficult. This video was recorded in 1979... soooo when she said 81 there’s only one option, 1881 because she’s not talking about being born in the future.
If this video had been recorded in 1995 for example, then you’d still assume 1881 because it wouldn’t make sense to talk to someone over 100 who was born 1981.
Make sense?
Watching her makes me realize how fast life goes by and then our time on this earth is gone.
And she is still glamouorus
@@AliBaba-mb1pu her hair is flawless
So true life here on earth is very very short
@@Swank1079 Pretty sure that's a wig.
And that’s ok :) enjoy what you have now because none of it will matter when you are gone
I'm a care provider for old people. The best part is listening to the stories that they tell.
Save trump from what?
Marie Ferguson look at the username of the comment
My great grandpa never stops talking😩😩
@Marie Ferguson I'm a tiny kid. 🙌🙌🐇🐇🐥🐥👐👐I only ask him to buy me Toys.
@Marie Ferguson I think you'll be fine Baby Marie
I said to my dad” I bet grand daddy wouldn’t believe that people would be walking & driving with phones & Tvs in their pocket huh?” My dad said “ Hell boy, daddy wouldn’t believe you’d be paying a dollar for a bottle of water!” That really put it in perspective.
Even worse $3 water
Inflation... $1 today could be the equivalent of .05 cents in the past depending on what year you’re referring to.
Same same
I'm only 73 but won't pay for a bottle of water. Over my dead body, absolute foolishness except situations like Flint obviously. Had tap water tested and do it yearly, it's fine.
I remember when water was free and you had to pay for porn. LOL
@@furtherahead5867 So funny!
This is a huge gift to people my age. More young people need to treasure history and learn from it
A gift to all ages
Vintage same😊
Yup definitely agree.
Sam brown I'm 11 years old and I HATE geography history maths and most subjects
FACTS 💯
A little perspective for those young ones. This woman was 31 when the Titanic sank!!!
I was comparing this woman to my Gram, then I realized she was born 1 year after my great great gramma. It's so wonderful to see this video. I hope it made it to her family. This is pure gold!
She's old enough to remember stage coaches, but hip enough to have Hollywood Squares on the TV. This is just fantastic stuff!
Cardinals Baseball Classics At 70 now, I remember finding (at about 8 years old) a very old Coach, abandoned in heavy brush, when out exploring with neighbor kids.
We still have stage coaches, if I recall right. But of course, they're for the tourists, mainly. I recall them having one in Greenville, SC several years ago; and they might also in Glendale, KY (though I can't be 100% sure because we couldn't stay that day to see; could just be a horseback ride by now; you'd have to go check). Glendale, KY is basically a town of antiques for the state.
Hip??? Ok boomer
@@Dave-tx1um Hip was said in the 90's as well. Have you never heard of Hip Hop? Still, assumptions are assumptions, but I am guessing Cardinals Baseball Classics is at least in their 40's, but a Boomer, doubtful.
@@Mathadar Wonder what she'd think about seeing all the pollution cleared up in the skies by the early 2000's, just to see the aerosol sprays from planes, alchemizing the weather, and blocking out the blue skies, by the later 20-teens, to geo-engineer the "climate crisis"
My great aunt Margret is 104, born February 8, 1916 and it blows my mind whenever I see her. She’s seen so much and she’s still sharp and sweet at 104. Bless her heart 💖
Take a viedo of hers now and upload her wisdom God bless
Ask her the secret to longer living?
Unfortunately Margret passed away peacefully in her sleep a few months ago. Due to the climate of the world we weren’t able to hold a full ceremony for her. She will always be in my heart and I am forever grateful to have know her, I’m glad she’s in heaven with her children ❤️
@@spicyroo4429 This years surely been a year for loss and grief. Sending your family my condolences. For sure she witnessed a lot and got to meet several people. She was born 4 years after the titanic sank, that's unbelievable.
My grandma was born in 1930 and told me people over things is the secret of happiness and also gratitude towards God
"in my youth, I had no worries"
wow, what's that like
she was just saying that because she was old and looking back on life, she definetely would of had worries like every other normal person
She was in her youth during the turn of the century, with world unrest brewing, heading for World War I. Maybe she didn't need to pay attention to world events, although radio was then in infancy, but growing fast. Nice not to worry.
Really though
Probably the same as your youth was
@@anwjuice I’m in my youth and have endless worries, so yeah, I can’t relate
Up until the 70s my great grandma had her own garden, killed her own chickens and had no electricity through the 80s in Corbin Kentucky. She passed in 2018 at 103 I miss those times dearly
Did she ever eventually get electricity? 💡
I had some relatives in that area! Yes, very rural.
I'm from Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. My great grandparents did the same. Planted a 1-acre garden in late spring. They Slaughtered hogs, chickens, and cows for meat year around. I loved sitting with them and listening about the early 1900s, about tobacco and family. My great grandfather was one of 21 children.
That was the best way to live and eat
RIP to your great grandma I'm sure she was a kind loving person as much as she was loved.
Though, i must add that Corbin KY is a racist, trash town that runs off of the legend of KFC, illegal cock fighting, CORRUPT video gambling illegally ran by the state police, and Meth
This woman is the definition of blast from the past
Rd ok
Rd - In the snow!
4:20 now thats a blast from the past lol
This old coot is off her rocker. You can tell. She's sitting in on the sofa.
My grandparents were born in the 90's (1890s), so I'm very familiar with folks like this wonderful lady. My late father was born in 1917, my mom is 93 and still with us. Time goes by quickly, best not to waste it griping about others.
So your parents have a 10 year age difference.
@@euronymid Yup. 10 years, 5 months, 28 days.
Very true and well said.
My pop pop was born in 1917 and he's still here!
I think thay are the greatest generation, then the silent generation then boomers then gen X. Gen Y, Millennials, and gen Z
"Technology"Not much happier now than she was then. Back then she had everything she needed! GOLDEN words right there!
None of us could survive in that world. We would have to be born again. Gee, where have I hear THAT before?!
And cares they had none..That is what they have loaded off onto our backs today.....staggering
And now everybody whines that they don't have enough.
She was young then. Also people tend to remember the positive parts of their childhood rather than the negatives. Also those who had horrible childhoods tend not to reach 98 and get interviewed. Generally healthy and happy people live longer. Their was plenty of misery back then as is clear from history. Each generation has its positive and negative aspects. It's likely the kids of today will remember now as a positive time to a large degree.
@@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104 I dont know about all of that as my Dad was born in the late 20's and stated everyone was in the same boat no one had any money. I believe she spoke as it was. We today over think things to death and if thats not good enough we get some statistics to back us up...........
I’m a software developer, so I’ve embraced technology in that way, but there’s also no doubt in my mind that on the whole, people are far less happy than when I was a kid in the 80s and early 90s. At this point the difference is actually dramatic.
We’re evolving technologically but devolving culturally
TOTALLY agree. I have the same job as you and I love technology so much, but I genuinely think we were culturally closer without all the distractions tbh
makes me so depressed that i was born in 98, especially when i see comments like this. im so jealous of my parents who were my age in the 80s and im completely terrified of the future as technology is already bad enough. honestly makes me feel like shit
@@bighouse5804 same man and I was born in 99. The internet really changed things if I am honest a bit too much for the worse even if it has made things way easier.
The convenience of using the internet has a huge downside. If your grandparents were here, they would say quit wasting your time.
I was born in 1960. A teenager in the 70s. Things have changed so much. We had a telephone and a black and white TV. I thought we were pretty well off compared to some of our friends. As kids we didn't use the phone without permission. We did what our parents told us to do, or you would get a good ass whipping. We had fun, but I do like modern technology to a point. Seems like people don't interact with each other as much. Go without your phone and computer for a month and you will see what I mean.
She is a very sharp individual for 98 years. Very well spoken, cognizant, and oriented.
She lived for another 11 years by the way...this was filmed in late 1979, and she lived to see 1990. Amazing.
@@austinballard6815 Even more change happened in her lifetime. Also she saw the degradation of American culture and the rise of the polarization trend with everyone being heavily political and divided.
@austinballard6815 she made it to 109? that's incredible!
@@austinballard6815what is this lady’s name? And how do you know when she died?
Thanks!
@@ImTheCrew Louise Souder...she lived in Lancaster, PA born 9/15/1881 died 5/23/1990....google her name and findagrave, I posted her 1990 obituary there last year. Pretty long, complete with a more recent pic of her. She was quite a woman!
My great-grandmother was born in 1889, and lived to be 103 years old. She never talked about the past, unless you asked her, and my aunt was always asking her about what life was like back then. It was fascinating to listen to. I remember she said that the first time she ever saw an automobile, it scared her, because she didn’t know what it was. She didn’t have any idea such a thing existed, and it was loud, and fast! Faster than the horse she was on!
wow
I could of talked to your great grandmother for hours on end!!
My great grandmother lived to 105, born 1902. She described her first sighting of a car exactly the same as yours. She said it scared her so much she jumped and hid from it.
That must’ve been like seeing a UFO up close coming at you
My Great Grandmother was born in 1904 my Great Grandfather was born in 1897.
Rip to all grandmas and grandpas that were born in the 1800's.
I still remember my grandma.... RIP
@@Awakeningspirit20 my grandma was born in 1888. Died 1979. I was five! Nowadays without medications most people wouldn't make it to 60...
Most of my great grandparents born before 1900 and born 2001
Same generation as my great grandmother who died nearly 20 years before I was born
My Grandma was born in 1890 died in 1983. She grew up in Baltimore with a Bordello across the alley and she would visit the horses at the end of the block that would pull the steam fire engine. Blind and barley able to walk she still threatened to use her backhand on me when I was being a smart ass. Tough, great Grandma.
Wow
She feels the same way about technology as I do. "We live in a wonderful world today but...I'm not any happier than I was before I had all those things"
What a beautiful soul.
“The family life isn’t what it used to be”...imagine if she could see it now. This is 41 years ago, and family life has changed so much since then for the worst in most instances
I'm 22, and I know what you mean. Ive seen how people have drawn away. By people I mean family.
@Black powder Productions My wife and I were just talking about that last night. We're in our mid-fifties, both of our parents, grandparents and most aunts and uncles are past on. We feel just the same, disconnected from today. Too many things have changed in all aspects of life everywhere. It's ironic that we have mobile phones and internet on a constant basis and yet families rarely spend (actual) time together. Thankfully still on special occasions, but not like our parents generation, laughing and visiting while playing games together, dancing along with music in a living room or local fire hall with just a simple record player and small amp. It's as if the aspects of life that are good and simple no longer can exist. We have to keep up making good and simple memory-making times together with friends and family as best we can, for the sake of our children.
Amen more and more single mothers an entire generation of men raised by women.
Fix it! Help! Learn from Q
The family unit has been raped by Uncle Sam. I.E the American voter.
This makes me wish that I would have asked my own grandparents more questions!
I have done the grandchild interview with my granny. She passed away a few months later. I have the 2 cassettes. Then I interviewed my great uncle charles (granny's brother). I have all these cassettes because I was being selfish. I wanted to keep them past the expiration date :( any time I am missing my granny I can listen to her
@@JLKDOOM That's so cool! I didn't really get to spend a lot of time my grandparents, not as much as many of my cousins did.... also was a picky eater never really got to enjoy grandma's cooking. Have you digitized any of it to share with others or just preserve them? Those tapes aren't going to last forever.
@@drasco61084 I haven't digitized anything :/ just kept them for me, my family doesn't want to listen to them so I dont play them for anyone for that reason
@@JLKDOOM one day they may wish they had. You never know.
My grandmother said I was only one that was interested . . loved her stories. . her father had a bathhouse In down town Los Angeles when she was a youngster ..saturday night was a big deal indeed she said 😊 later how fun she had watching the silent movies being made in Hollywood.. Now its my turn to be old ..I miss her & sure do wish I asked more. 👍
I’m in my 40s and I should let my son interview me so that I can tell him of the games we played like marbles, jacks, hop scotch, riding bikes popping wheelies and making ramps with bricks and plywood, catching horned roads, catching lightning bugs, playing tag, hide and seek, red light green light, mother may I.. dang, kids these days are missing out
if you are a subscriber, on the community pulldown menu on my UA-cam channel homepage, you will find instructions for how to help your son interview in the most meaningful way to future generations who will watch the video.
David Hoffman-filmmaker
also a 70s baby. don't forget coming in when the street lights go out, matchbox cars, bmx, and snow. remember when we actually had winters? what a concept....
horned toads are now almost extint. we caught them too
@@HellcatMad flipping rocks for salamanders. rolling up pants to catch crayfish, snapping turtles to sell to the chinese restaurant (serious). staying up 48 hours straight in 1986 when mario bros came out.
we could write a book
@@an0therdimensi0n99 don't forget the sore fingers and callouses that finally built up from the Mario game. of course pong got boring after a while. remember pong?
My great grand father was born in 1900.he passed in 1987,but once we sat down together and I asked him about what he was like as a young man. He told me great stories of being in the Cavalry Service... I miss him terribly!
I still remember my great grandmother who was born in the 1880's. She lived in this really cool old house that was built in the 1800's and was on the side of a small mountain in Roanoke Virginia. She was the sweetest person ever. The first time I met her was when I was 8 years old in 1970. In her thick southern accent she said to me and my siblings "well, hello theyah' little dahlins'! So wundahful' to meet you. Would yawl like some fudge? I made it special, just for yawl".
Who was your great grandmother? I'm from Roanoke Virginia!
@@amandawestmoreland8512 Her name changed twice. Her maiden name was Ruth Wise and she was born in Bluefield WV. Her first husband was my great grandfather and his last name was Trail. He died in a flu epidemic way back in early the 20th century so she remarried and her last name changed to Graybel.
Oh she sounds delightful
I used to live in Roanoke myself!!
That sounds like a treasured memory of your great grandma, and the fudge was probably great! Thanks for sharing Steve.
It hurt when she smiled and talked about the future generations keeping and loving this country.
the future generations love what this country can be, not what it is. Sometimes that could be misconstrued as not loving this country.
@@bassoonman2000 Progressiveness has done a lot of damage to this country. And when it doesn't work, the answer seems to be to push even harder. It's crazy. Virtually everything she talks about that made her happy is based on conservative values. People today are miserable because of the rise of extreme progressivism. You'd have to be blind not to see that.
@Frustrated Omegle who is "us"? And how can you accurately depict the minds of most of the younger generation? Conservativism is not the only thought process to bring the best out of this country. It is the one that white america is most comfortable with as it protects the privileged at all cost. Anything contradicting thought has been labeled an abomination.
@@kevin9c1 and you'd have to be blind not to see what the damage conservativism has done to this country as well. Divided we stand.
@Frustrated Omegle If you think the ills and disappointments of this country rest in the hands of "leftists" only not conservatives equally you are totally missing the point. Every political thought stream has issues especially democracy. That is not an endorsement of socialism or anything else, it's a reality. I never said I support socialism I only stated that conservativism isn't the answer either.
This piece of film is an absolute treasure. And this woman is just fantastic.
*Was just fantastic.
Reminds me of my grandma and other elderly people of my neighborhood growing up we sat around the fire place and I would listen to them for hours 😊
Spot on 👌🏻❤️
The real treasure is at 4:19.
@@tomrobards7753 I love & loved listening to elderly people tell about the past when I was growing up.
Writing letters - it was far more special to send and receive than emails or texts. When I was a kid in the 80s, I would get letters from my pen-pal in Northern Ireland. I remember thinking I was a worldly big shot because the envelopes I received were clearly from overseas, and no one else in that small town was getting those. Thank you, lady, for bringing back those memories.
I had a pen pal from Hong Kong & it was very exciting to receive Air Mail!
“The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry.” - Brooks Hatlen
why soserious ..in a hurry. to take everything you have...looters
why soserious Great movie
@@MR..181 The quote from Brooks was from the movie Shawshank redemption sir.
@@shanghunter7697 Shawshank Redemption is such a great movie. Poor ol Brookes just couldn't make it on the outside.
A fantastic movie.
"I'm not any happier now, I thought I had everything back then" just wow.
I love that “I thought I had everything and more back then” really puts things into perspective
Because back then, there wasn't as much stuff. It hadn't been invented. You had one of whatever you needed, and style and design wasn't much of a factor. If you needed a wash tub, you could probably choose one from the Sears and Roebuck catalog, which only had one to choose from anyway. People made their own clothes or had someone make it, or again, the Sears Catalog or the one store in town that had clothing. So people didn't have four of everything, as what would be the point? There is no point, but that doesn't stop us from buying too much of everything, in every color. It was a utilitarian age, and focus was on necessity. Industry prided itself in quality, not quantity or the latest fashion. And people didn't have a lot of money, either, back then. They took care of what they had, making things last. They mended clothing, fixed their tools, their cars, etc. as buying more was considered wasteful.
I sometimes wish I lived back then when all you needed was a job, house and food and didn't need anything else to get by on. Now you gotta have a car and insurance for it you gotta have a phone and so on. A simpler life would be a nice change.
@@yellowbird5411 My grandmother said her family went by the motto: "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." Different mindset back then.
@Matthew Stuart By convincing us that we needed more, and more
Commercial ads limited to print and radio. Social media would have been neighbors using the rumor mill.
That TV in the background locks this in time for me. My grandmother ("nanny") was of this generation. She remembered horses bringing ice for the icebox, survived the depression with humour and could beat a large group of my teenaged friends at knowing the punchline of every dirty joke ever invented. I wish I could bring her forward in time for one dinner. Damn, I miss that woman.
I want to get this old so I can tell people about before the internet 😂
This was the year I was born.
I was born in 81 also. Damn she aged!
I'm not her age yet but several years ago, late 90's, my oldest granddaughter, in first grade, asked how life has changed since I was her age. All I had to do was tell her, and her younger sister who was listening in, we didn't have video games. They were both shocked and almost in tears, gasping "poor grandma!" "what did you do?" I went further by telling them we didn't even have color tv back then, we had black and white. It was my turn to be shocked when the oldest said we didn't need color tv 'cause our clothes weren't colored. It took a while to realize I'd showed them old black and white photos of me and my family. They took that as a sign that the world was black and white way back then. Kids are funny. :)
@@hoosiergrandma7640 I love that story! My grandpa repaired TVs so they were the first to have a color TV!
My other grandma was able to buy a business after my grandpa passed away and the other day I was looking at a picture of her at the store and realized that she never in her wildest dreams would have thought that was possible when she was young. Look at her driving herself around and wearing pants and stuff. Scandalous!
@@notafuckinpplperson8233 yeah but then it will be like Tron or something so the shock is greater. 😜
I love the fact she brings up how close the family and community were back then. She was happier. Makes sense.
@@MattInIllinois Running a home IS work! It's definitely undervalued today. Many women do not want to be at home due to the responsibility. Cooking, cleaning, taking care of the children, paying the bills, etc. I would have loved to have done that with my son but divorcing a abuser/deadbeat dad, I was my son's only hope. And I did it WITHOUT government assistance! I'm very proud of that fact. My son turned out great and has his own family now.
@@MattInIllinois Thank you so much.
“The family life isn’t what it used to be”.... she was spot on about Patriotism, as well....very wise lady❤️
She was alive during the Victorian Era, The Edwardian Era, the 2 world wars, and Martin Luther King.
i actually think more about rosa parks more what she may have thought at the time
Also she was alive when Garfield, McKinley and jfks assassinations took place
Sarah saw the U.S. take part in 6 major world wars, women being granted the right to vote, civil rights signed into law, the new deal, people being sent to the moon, the fall of the berlin wall and the soviet union, and in her last years, the invention of the internet and disabled americans' rights.
And last but not least, her 119-year long lifespan spanned 23 presidents. When she was born on 9/24/1880, Rutherford B. Hayes was president. When she died on 12/30/1999, Bill Clinton was president. "Who was the first president and/or candidate you voted for an election" / "Who was the best/worst president in your lifetime", are 2 questions that people her age are actually the best people to ask those questions to.
Powerful
Jfk That's not a huge deal even your father or grandfather would have been living during jfk assassination@@jmgjmg3110
"Everything you have today depends on the people you have at the head of your government".
Wow, she should know. She seen it all.
These movie tapes are priceless, and should be archived in
The Library of Congress.
My dad said he never knew he was poor until he joined the army and somebody told him. Perspective is everything.
As a little girl I was fascinated by the stories my elderly neighbor told me of her family's move to Kansas in a covered wagon.
MY 1890 BORN, GRAMOTHER~ FROM LEEDS~BRITTANIA, A VICTORIAN,& MY bABOOSHLA IMPOSSIBLE, TO SPEEK, ABOUT 1917~THE FALL, OF RUSSIAS ROMANOV TSARS, I'VE READ ALL ABOUT IT~
My grandma was born in Bismarck, North Dakota 1914. She said that when she was a toddler, her family took a covered wagon to Los Angeles.
My great grandma is thankfully still alive, 92, stays at home, never learned to drive, and surviving COVID-19. I prayed for her to live to be 100, and I’m still praying.
Love you Bonnie Gordon👍😊🙏❤️💚💕✝️
She will be 93 on November 26, 2021.
(Born November 26, 1928)
You should have recorded her before she died you dork
@@funkmonster don’t be an authentic a$$h0le and show disrespect - thank you.
@@funkmonster she's still alive you idiot! And maybe she'll live longer than you...you know the intelligent do have longer life expectancies.
How’s she doing now?
Mi abuelito paterno nació en 1922 y falleció en el 2022, vivió 100 años y ya murió por secuelas del covid-19.
Recuerdo él me contaba historias de su juventud, de su trabajo y familia. Es triste porque quedó huérfano y muy pequeño, los únicos familiares que tenía eran sus padres, al fallecer ellos quedó completamente solo. Fue muy dura su infancia.
Mientras mi bisabuela materna nació en 1933 y aún sigue viva, me da un poco de tristeza verla ahora y recordar cómo ella era antes, cuando yo era niña. Yo tengo 27 años, y mi bisabuela está cerca de cumplir los 100 en unos años si Dios lo permite.
Me parece nostálgico ver cómo en dos décadas ha envejecido mi bisabuela tan drásticamente, apenas caminar puede, comparado con antes que sembraba y mataba gallinas.
Don't worry, 100 years from now people won't be able to imagine how we are able to live like we do now.
probably like ''you guys drive the car wow ''
billp4 ! Well one thing they was not lazy back in the late 1800’s Back then they got their cocaine out of a fountain soda called coke cola for only 5 cent & blacks folk couldn’t have none even if they had a nickel or two.
@billp4, whinning about everything LOL
I doubt it. I think we're almost at a stalemate technology wise.
petalgoth I agree and disagree. Agree that our society is shit and so sensitive to offence. Back in those days people were happier and all liked the way things were run, no social media and no bullshit. I disagree because we undervalue the standard we are living in which people in 1800’s would only dream about, with the TVs and luxuries we all have, we are v lucky to have this. However I would still rather live in those older times :/
"I think it was about 1928 we got a radio, it sat right here.." ...points to the 1979 TV.
I think it was invented earlier than that. on Downton Abbey show the radio exist in 1924/5🤭
@@katerinadicamella The first commercially made radio available to the public was made in 1921 by Westinghouse. Previous to that, people used crystal sets. The first radio station was KDKA Pittsburgh in 1920.
Keyword: sat
It's a late 60s tv but I thought the same thing
She didn't have a radio until she was 47!
Family life and neighbourliness practically don't exist today.
Sadly that's true
that's because the education system, careers and urban life has driven it out of us.
@@CartoonManWhoo And, on the macro side, corporate globalization has driven us out of it.
maybe in european countries it dosent but it still does in asia
Yeah but Facebook and Twitter
What a treat to listen to her. My grandma was born in 1918, she passed two years ago, she was 101, I loved hearing her stories. Thank you for sharing this!!!
Was listening to her and watching the TV behind her. The days when a tv was something you could put stuff on. We had one like that.
Looks like Hollywood Squares is playing in the background... ❤️
Yeah, I appreciated watching the TV behind her too. Those scan lines were thick.
There's a business for someone: Making narrow objects you can stick on top of your TV, and really narrow ones you can put on top of your laptop.
That looks like Bernadette Peters on the show at about 3:30...
@@Nonduality non-scratch clips could help hold useful things in place. I'm wondering what we might put on top of tvs today if we could.
The title is this clip should be: “None of the technology has made me any happier.” So profound!
I would say for starters at the television and telephone made her happier. Life was good for her all the way along but she loved new technologies.
David Hoffman - filmmaker
99% correct!!!! And, I only speak for myself. At least, amputations don't have to be done while you're wide awake.
@@thomastedder654 Chloroform was widely used as an anesthetic before amputations even during the Civil War.
@@jaredison2708 but that chloroform is terrible for you, I'm glad we have modern anesthesiologists haha
Exactly! The technology has only enslaved us more to the technocrats.
Two and a half miles to get the mail. This was a young girls chore.
Where is my 16 year old??? She needs to hear this!
She's listening to WAP and making tik tok videos.
@@rovingmauler7410 very true.
Lol you act like you walked 2 1/2 miles to do anything 😂
You missed the part where she went both ways, up hill in the snow.
^_^ LOL
"What you have today. Depends on your government." She summed up life in America, with 8 words.
Patriotism 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@rebeccalynn1804 lol barf
Yes! I would have loved to hear more of her thoughts on that and how politics has changed throughout the decades.
@Imatellyasumtn ua-cam.com/video/UxcesKtJ844/v-deo.html
“Depends on what kind of people you have at the head of your government” was the quote. It might be a little semantic to point out the difference, but she is talking about character and integrity, not dependence on the government.
Imagine sending a kid for a 5 mile round trip every day, or a couple times a week, alone. How the world has changed in 100 years.
..just to get the mail!
Some days they probably never saw anyone on the entire trip. Hard times, but much safer and more innocent.
Thats not that crazy i would walk nearly a mile to and from school in austin starting in 3rd or 4th grade in the early 2000's
Kids do every day for water and to climb mountains to get to school.
hehe, back in 74 I used to walk to school a couple of miles each way with my little brother. I was 10 he was 7. My parents would be arrested now.
This lady is sharper than most the young people I know today.
Way sharper and she's not busy scapegoating and blaming people who were alive before her
@@gardensofthegods I was referring to her ability to remember thing very clearly and articulate her thoughts better than most people. I wouldn't think she was in her 90s if I spoke to her. Why would she complain?
@@erniellerena earlier there were a bunch of comments from one or two younger people here totally trashing the baby boomer generation.... I noticed today , just now , those comments have been removed ... anyway they were full of nasty sniping and bitterness .
There is a big trend right now to blame everything on baby boomers . That is what I was referring to and you will see it in a number of places . Surely , you've heard of the saying okay Boomer . Yes I was also of course noticing her excellent recall .
@@gardensofthegods I am glad that I didn't see them. I do find it interesting that it took a virus for that trend to be over.
I have a relative who's no longer alive that wrote his life memoirs... entirely in longhand. A huge book full of stories relating to his experiences and watching technology advance from horse and buggy to first man on the moon. It saddens me to think that this kind of knowledge is overlooked by so many people and is largely lost to the ravages of time. History is so important, and a person can gain so much empathy by looking into the past and seeing how folks lived when things were truly harder than they are now. Her patriotism is inspiring, also.
Great clip, as always.
Can you either publish that or put it up as a google drive with a link or something? I’d be very interested in reading that
Have you ever thought about publishing it somewhere? I'd sure love to read it!
Heck, I'd read that.
It's at my parents' house, but I will definitely look into getting it online somehow the next time I visit (this April.). I will have to warn you, I don't know how the paper has held up over the years and his handwriting was quite spidery.
@@alyssav2124 I'd also be very interested in that
Her talking about her wedding trip to boston and her chuckle as she had a mental flash back is the best.
She had me when she mentioned the stage coach. She got her radio in 28. "One Man's Family" started in 32 and ran for 27 years. She mentioned how it was easy to help back then. We were more of a team than today. In the 19th century you would let a stranger sleep in your house or even your bed. You would give bread to a passing Indian or wary traveler. All of this is why I love to hear from folks back then. Thank you for posting this.
If you're interested in this, read a New York Times from the early 1800s. They are awesome. Currently, I'm around June of 1843.
I was born in the early '60s, & was brought up by my grandparents, who were born in the late 1890s, from '64 to approx. '84.
My grandfather, may God rest his soul, used to love watching certain TV shows. Hogan's Heroes was one of his favorites. He also loved All In the Family. He used to call it One Man's Family, & when I corrected him, he told me the reason he called it that was there used to be a radio show by that name 🙂
My dad passed away January 5th, 2019 just 5 month shy of his 99th birthday. Listening to her reminds me of my dad. So much has changed in their lifetimes. Old people have such a wealth of knowledge to share.
I am so sorry
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It is amazing how well her brain works being 98 years old....
How did they stay in touch and get information? They wrote letters! I love it!!! I mail handwritten letters to friends. A handwritten letter and greeting card are so meaningful...and they still touch people today.
I vow to go back to writing letters myself, or god forbid actually call someone..lol
They sure do. A group of us childhood friends met up the other day and we all brought the hand written letter we used to send to each other when we growing up between the ages of 12 to our late teens. We all opened these letters and read out loud what we had wrote and each one of those letters was so special, funny. It captivated a time of our lives that was easily relived as we listened. We wrote about everything that was happening to us with great detail and we made sure to write BFF with hearts and XOXO and a promising P.S. at the end. We had boyfriend, we had gossip, and we laughed out loud. We even had some passing of family members. There are no words to really describe the profound feelings felt as we heard those words and thoughts of our youth. Those letters are priceless treasures of our lifetime growing up. We are in our 40s and things are sadly very different now.
Yeah, I love getting cards I eventually throw away. 😂
I was so blessed. My grandparents came from huge families. My I am the youngest child of youngest children of youngest children. My grandmother was born a 13th child in 1889. Growing up in the 70's I was surrounded by these great aunts and uncles who were born in the 1800's. What a blessing ❣️
Hello Nida how are you doing
This lady is amazingly lucid with clear memories of her past. Also, looks great at 98 with pretty nice skin and teeth, dressed well, obviously took care of her self. Wish you had asked the secrets to her long life.
100% agreed. The whole time I was staring at her teeth wondering if they were real.
Money. You can tell she wasn't poor he had a good life i bet.
She had an obvious wig, but so what. Makeup isn't any better/worse than hairpieces and wigs. Fred Astaire wore a toupee in all his films, and just regarded it as a necessary piece of makeup. Off-screen, he took it off.
It's mainly a healthy mind, do your daily routine, and love from family.
They are dentures . Which fit quite poorly fitting actually hence her slight lisp. They keep moving.(im a dental nurse of 18yrs)
Years ago it was custom for the bride to have all her teeth removed as a gift to the husband as its lower maintenance. Also gum disease was terrible back then and they would just remove all your teeth . My nan had hers removed at 21yrs old .
Its so fascinating listening to stories of the past . I.vould listen a day long . Bless her🥰
"I don't care what you say. It all depends in who's in the government." Last words, wise ones.
I came into the comments to comment on that. Wish more people would listen to that advice. I'm sure for her, it came from experience.
It reminds me of Warren buffets philosophy. He doesn't just buy businesses. He said he goes to personally meet those who own/run it and invests if their character is good. He cares about who's behind the wheel.
They were owned back then like now
In 2020 that is the most profound statement
I highly recommend a video called "Why Western Civilization needs Christianity", by Voxiversity channel.
He shows a number of articles on the reproducibility crisis in science, and makes a compelling case that science has been successful at its outset because of Christian morality among scientists, as opposed to the modern era where we remove this incentive to tell the truth, and add incentives to bend truth in order to get funding from corporations and governments with a conflict of interest, and then we act surprised when nobody can replicate anybody else's results!
My great-grandmother, who was born in 1896, would tell me about the 19th century. She died at 97 when I was 4 years old. She was a fascinating women.
I was born in 1996
@@mysteriousmuffins4217 i was born in 2008
@@mysteriousmuffins4217 I was born in 1990 and I can remember going to my Great Grandmothers house in West Virginia quite often she was born in 1917.
@@mysteriousmuffins4217 i was born in 2006
Too bad you didn’t interview my grandfather who remembered EVERYTHING! Even each day of the week anything happened on! He lived to 101, grew his own veggies and was the healthiest man I’ve ever seen. I miss him to much! But I agree with this movie producer... why didn’t we get so much more of these beautiful people? Darn.
CheriByGrace - How lucky! Both of you.
This is why we should stop calling them "elderly" and again call them our "elders"! The word elderly was created to give the idea that your usefulness is gone and now you are a burden. Elders on the other hand are respected for their wisdom and years of experience (both good and bad).
This is awesome. Sad it couldn't have been more, but we all live and learn right? Love your work. Thanks!
Over here in the UK, we 'elders 'are called ' old aged pensioners'. Just an awful piece of terminology. To be addressed as an elder is far more preferable.
Well said friend. Elders aren't respected anymore
A.C and lots of “ information “ have made most of us lazy . Everything is a burden when one becomes lazy ..... even the ppl we relate to.
I second the motion!
I have never thought of that , so simple well said . I know enough people do not respect there elders. I am going to point that out to my friends .
Snippets of history straight from the mouths of those who lived it. For me, your docs are golden.. Thank you David.
Wish I could give this a 'Love' instead of a 'Like'. What a wonderful lady. An amazing glimpse into the every day lives of our ancestors.
This guy is the gift that keeps on giving
There's so much to learn and appreciate from women like this.
Exactly 👏🏆 A breed that may not exist anymore??
I think it's important to listen every day, every chance we get, to the people who will tell us what their lives were like. we only have so much time with those who will share their stories with us, but it is an amazing gift to receive.
I love listening to anyone older than me relating their former days. Everyone has something interesting to recall, in my opinion. However, to have your faculties in your late nineties is a plus and she has great recall doesn't she. Such a span of history and the changes she has experienced is amazing. Im glad you found this piece of film to keep her memory alive for posterity. Thank you for this.
I agree❣️
We have so much to learn from the elderly.. so many important lessons and interesting experiences they recall 💞
It's very disappointing to me when I see how often younger generations will disregard, disrespect and dismiss the elderly, as if they don't know anything or don't have anything of value to say 😞 that couldn't be further from the truth.
It was also actually common, at least for all of the elderly people who I knew to live well into their 90s and still had their wits about them.
People who say we "live longer today" are talking about those who are sadly kept alive through medical technology but when speaking about true quality of life, nothing compares to that era.. even growing up poor, they were still healthier, happier and humble.
@@merncat75 they didn't have genetically modified foods that have been modified to remove nutrients, and makes its own internal pesticides. There's no nutrients in gmo food tbags been forced upon us. Our water is poisoned with flouride and whatever else they decided flouride is a industrial waste and Nazis used it to make prisoners more docile. It blocks a enyMe in the brain. And calcifis the pineal gland. If flouride helps teeth and so great why does a spill require level 3 hazmat suit? Where did they get their example of humans drinking? Do you swish water arou d your mouth before swallowing. How is the flouride protecting teeth if it's not touching them. If babies don't have teethyet and in5-6 years get their adult teeth. Why are infant waters have the heaviest flouride levels? Wouldn't adult needs more not brand new teeth? Back to GMO this is why weed is now being legalized it's been GMO it's not like weed 30 years ago. It's been modified for a long time. Mississippi State has a1000 acre farm they do research on. Even your dirt weed is much stronger. But it has been made to hurt people they don't know it yet. One-day people will compare the DNA of today's weed to samples of past and seeitsnot true marijuana anymore. Jus like corn has bat genes in it weed is changed now
@@JamesSmith-lt5zz Yep, I agree. Your comment looks like ones that I have left myself almost word-for-word on other channels.
I'm first-generation American, my parents raised me very old school we actually grew our own food, I physically helped from planting seeds to harvesting crops and cooking everything.. I ate homemade every single day.. as a matter of fact I didn't even try fast food for the first time until I was 16 years old and I never ate processed or packaged food growing up. We never even kept "snacks" in the house. If I wanted a snack there were a dozen options but we never opened up a bag or box of something. All those preservatives are changing people's DNA too!!! Each generation is being affected by medication and GMO "foods"
@@merncat75 glysophates is what is changing our DNA. Look up Dr. Stephanie Seneff she is leading scientist on such topics. Also, we need HDL cholestero. don't listen to the FDA! They are communist
@@mickeythompson24 trust me, I know ALL about that stuff, even the cholesterol topic.. I have studied herbalism, naturopathy and holistic healing along with some Eastern Philosophy..
But I have to tell you that the fact that our DNA is literally changing quickly from one generation to the next goes SO much deeper than glysophate.. many more reasons but way too much to explain here.
it is refreshing to see that someone is at least aware of it happening at all because most people are oblivious.
Interviews like this are gold. My grandmother was first gen American, born in 1888 in North Georgia and died in Tennessee in 1982 when I was 21 and she was 94. She was bright and vibrant until her very last year. I adored her! She had gone from horse and buggy to seeing a man on the moon! I remember my mother telling me I should ask her questions and even record her (on my cassette player!) but I never did, too busy living in the present, I suppose, not knowing that the future depends a lot on the past. I’m 60 now and seeing this vid really makes me regret even more that I didn’t record her. Moral of the story - listen to your mama, she probably knows best (at least mine did.)
did she talk all old timey or did people back then sound as casual as us today?
Chattanooga?
My favorite grandmother was born in 1878. She was 72 when I was born and lived to see 2 of my children. I learned so much from her. How to grind corn pick herbs from the pasture for hash grind your own beef. . She carried her money in a pouch around her neck and was only in the hospital once. She gave birth to her children at home and buried two of them. She never made a telephone call in her life. She had an outhouse, a lot of chickens, cows dogs and cats which slept with us on her feather bed. You got breakfast and supper. She took all day to grind pick and cook supper. I could go on and on. She was also very independent. She fell out of the barn loft throwing hay down to her cows when she was in her seventys and my daddy bought her cows to keep her out of the loft and she turned around and bought registered cows because that was something she’d always wanted. My mother couldn’t stand her but I loved her so much
where did she live?
@@ECapo-uw2cl she lived in Cullman county Alabama but her community was called birdsong
You are lucky to be able to have favouristes. I only ever knew one grandmother and one grandfather. The other ones died when my mother was still a child.
So now you're almost 72!
I’m only 32 and my Great Grandmother was born in 1894.
When she was born in 1881 there were still some people alive who were born in the late 1700's. It's possible she could have even met someone who was alive in the 1700's when she was a little girl in the 1880's.
(Edit - I understand life expectancy was a lot lower back then than it is today, but the chances of someone who was born in the 1700's still being alive in 1881 are still pretty good. They would have had to have been at least 82 years old in 1881 when this lady was born.)
A woman named Margaret Ann Neve, who was born in 1792, died when she was 111 years old in 1903.
Here's the link to the Wikipedia article about her, it's some really interesting stuff - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ann_Neve
And then those people would have already been old enough to know someone from the 1600's 😳
@@FreezyPop I know, that blows my mind! 🙂
When I was born in 1984 my great grandmother was still alive, and she was born in 1888, so she could possibly have met some people born in the late 1700's too.
Wyatt Earp was still a sherif inn1881...imagine the folks in 1881 who where 80 years old
People died a lot younger then though.
In the 70s when I was a preteen my Great Grandmother would tell me stories of her childhood in Yugoslavia in the 1800s. I remember always asking how they lived without radios.
Thank you so much for your work, Sir Hoffman!
I’m so glad you found this treasure! She was a gem and wasn’t she patient with you...?
It’s funny how we think, when we are so young, that we are being patient with older people, but they’re really being patient with us... thank you for posting this.
She was born a little over 100 years after the USA was formed
Now THERE'S some perspective!
she might have known someon who was alive when george washington was presidenr
And lived to see the bicentennial!
Her parents probably remember the Civil War, her grandparents could've fought in it.
FYI I read about a guy still alive (at least a few years ago) who's great grandfather was I think in the war of independence, as a 12 or 14yr old, remarried around 85 & had another child, who also remarried around 70-80 and had another child... IIRC...
The true heroes. Black Americans who survived slavery and one of the wicked nations
My grandfather was born in 1900. I loved listening his stories about life in tbe early 1900's. I was just a kid of course. He told me about the great flu pandemic, the start of unions, both world wars.
you'll tel your grandkids about the corona virus and the great election scandal of 2020
@@MrHowzaa first will brag about the cool concerts I attended Grateful Dead, Stones , I got to hear Rock n Roll performed live as I gushed over Plant.
My grandmother was born in 1900 too, but she never wanted to talk about “that old junk”. She threw away anything old and never warned anyone, so beautiful things and old family pieces just vanished. I think the Depression made her feel like having something old was a sign of poverty, and shiny new stuff was better. I feel the exact opposite way.
Now my mom and aunt are gone too, so there goes all the knowledge.
@@amyslingsby6947 my mom is the same way. Everything has to be new.
@@_oly_241 It's more likely history will not be kind to Trump. He may gone down as Nixon has.
Interesting, the bit about how times arent necessarily happier now than they were then for her. They had everything they needed. Beautiful
future generations will be amazed listening to this 19th century woman
I hope so
@@_oly_241 gezuz lay down the pipe
22nd century generations will be amazed listening to a 21st century person too
Future generations. Only 5-10 % of the people alive today will have any future generations. 1/3 of America is to expire through formal genocide by 2030. Videos like this will have been an absolute waste of time because no is willing to see the truth and even less willing to save the lives of themselves or even their children. It's sad to think all history is about to be erased and the entire world sleeps.
"Because everything you got in the world, I don't care what you say - Depends on what kind of people you have at the head of your government."
Amen
PATRIOTISM 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I read your comment at the exact time she said that! Wow! Lol
I was going to add the exact same quote!
Patriotism is stupid. You should be pro-human. Borders are made up nonsense and the common people of other countries aren't your enemy. So-called patriots are brainwashed by propaganda and it's a shame.
DAVID HOFFMAN! What a gift this is. At 40, I can say I adore my 87 year old grandma! She is the wisest woman I know. This video touched me. Thank you deeply
Don't beat yourself up about what you could have asked, could have filmed, could have saved with this wonderful woman Mr Hoffman. If you hadn't done this all these years ago, her story would have gone to the grave with her. As a non-American but citizen of this planet, this story still resonates strongly with many lessons for today. Thank you for bringing her and her era back to life through my smart phone across the gulf of time. A fascinating clip.
I wasn't even alive when this interview was filmed, now here I am watching this on my phone. I bet she never even imagined people would be watching this interview on a small device we hold in our hands. It's so cool to see stuff like this, we do not ever want to forget our past generations, or our history.
I can still remember when we had to walk all the way... across the room to change channels on the TV!
Imagine if our ancestors were to see the world today. They would so totally amazed at the advances, but probably horrified at what has happened to family values and morals
Trump would have horrified them!!!!!!
@@sammyb1001 Biden would have horrified them!!!!
Indeed so....
Amazed and dismayed.
Totally, prudes!