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The World When Grandpa Was My Age

by Jacob P. H.
Michigan, WKAR

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My Grandpa T is very special to me. I always enjoy his stories. It is interesting to hear what the world was like when he was my age.

He was born in 1936 at home instead of a hospital. They didn't have a telephone. His father ran to the store to call his sister telling her they had a girl. When he returned home, he discovered to his surprise, twins! Back then they didn't have ultrasounds.

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