98 Yr. Old Lady Remembers The 1890s

This interview was recorded in 1979.
See the full video here: • She Was Born In 1881! ...
Before the telephone. Before the automobile. Before the airplane. Before paved roads. When most people rarely traveled more than 25 miles from their homes. It was a time of horses and buggies and the early days of US mail delivery. She was 98 years old and was telling me about her life and times back in 1979 when I filmed this interview in Lancaster Pennsylvania.
Please remember when you are watching this that you are watching 16mm work print outtakes from my 1979 prime time television special, The Information Society. Unfortunately, the material that I selected as possible to be used, has been lost in my fire of 2008. This wonderful video presents what I was going to use, including a lot of irrelevant questions. I wish I had more of this. I wish I had been smart enough as a young filmmaker when I did this back in 1979 to realize the incredible history that she was so able to articulate. The time before the radio. Certainly before television. The time when she traveled by train and trolley and horse. The time when the telephone was a device where everyone in town could hear everyone else speaking. I found this old 16mm workprint in my basement and digitized it not knowing it would be as wonderful as it is. I recorded this for a television special I was making in 1979 called “The Information Society.” You can see the entire 1 hour film on my KZbin channel by searching it although I did not use this clip in the film.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Another amazing oldest lady story - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3S5lI2Vba2Dq7s

[@MV-um1tk]

this is something I suggested for my folks. I'll leave it at that

[@sherrisolomon2843]

@DavidH...Question? What year was this interview?

[@sonofgod1220]

she still alive?

[@Orchideology]

​@@sonofgod1220She would have been more than 130 y.o, so... nah

[@Orchideology]

​@@sonofgod1220i wish it would say!

[@P3nguin79]

This was probably filmed in the late 70s. Oddly walking to get the mail probably kept grandpa going for a long time.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

please read the description. this was recorded in 1979. David Hoffman Filmmaker

[@adidasaddict2023]

Do the maths 😂

[@joethetoker7560]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker I meann, they did say late 70's. 79'=late 70's

[@1983simi]

@@joethetoker7560 I think the point is that there is no use to say 'probably' as if you're doing some kind of smart guesswork here, because it clearly says it in the description and even if you didn't read that you just do the math and know it's the late 70s. It's like watching a video of Martin Luther King titled 'Speech of Martin Luther King' and going 'This man was probably Martin Luther King'. Yeah no shit, Captain Obvious.

[@WhoThisMonkey]

So it WAS written in the late 70s. Whothismonkey

[@LangstonDev]

Imagine rigging up the cart to your horse then doing a four mile round trip just to get a flier that says "We're installing solar panels in your area, give us a call for a quote"

[@AliBaba-mb1pu]

More light an advertisement for electricity but I see what you were going for

[@Blf23]

😂 4 miles in the rain just to get a Chinese restaurant menu

[@MicahScottPnD]

​@@Blf23"For delivery, send SASE, allow 6 wks for delivery" 😂

[@johnstanley5586]

If they're offering SOLAR panels and you can CALL them, you're not traveling by horse & buggy.

[@thediplomasta5891]

Congratulations! You've been pre-approved for a new credit card at only 38% interest! 😂

[@RickyIcecubes]

My great great grandma lived to be 108. Prior to her death in 1991 she was the oldest person in the United States and the 6th oldest in the world. She never lost a single marble. She was sharp as a tack until the day she died. I only met her once about a year before she passed, but it was absolutely unforgettable.

[@evanthe7634]

That's such a cool story! Thank you for sharing

[@jimwerther]

Only once? How far away did she live?

[@RickyIcecubes]

@@jimwerther She lived in Georgia, I grew up in Ohio.

[@jimwerther]

@@RickyIcecubes Makes sense now. I'm glad you at least got to meet her once.

[@scootermom1791]

I have a friend who's 85 and has a near perfect autobiographical memory like I have. It's great to hear her stories, too.

[@miapdx503]

I could listen to her all day long. One older lady told me "when I was young, everyone had horses. Only rich people had cars. Now everyone has cars and only rich people have horses." Time gives people great insight. We should treasure our elders, not lock them away in institutions like there's something wrong with them. They're old. It isn't a crime to get old. Bless her soul 🌹

[@wolf.eye._-]

Thank you for sharing ❤

[@romystumpy1197]

I dont have a car,I have 2 legs

[@meyo4158]

The old are locked up and their wealth is sucked dry Also the elites do not want them teaching us about crap they are pulling in the government or world Plus they don't want the wise teaching how to be self sufficient

[@O.Mundo.Dos.Mandocas]

​@@romystumpy1197Me too, but I hate cars...

[@Mister_Listener]

The crime is unchecked, untreated mental illness. If a person gets to be that old age without proper mental care given through life, they become unloving and unlovable, making things difficult in old age. Please dont oversimplify. Also…go get therapy when you need it, lol! Hugs!

[@juliaelrod2154]

Born in 67. We had pen pals from places around the world. I had one from Japan.

[@omar10213245]

I once owned a blue hat

[@miscellaneousyoutubeaccoun5917]

Do you know where your pen pal is now? Do you still have a way to contact him?

[@williamsherman1089]

I was born in 67 too but never had a pen pal because I was too lazy to write a letter 😂 I think that was actually more of a thing girls did

[@bobthebear1246]

Also born in 1967 here.

[@DomoniqueMusiclover]

I had a pen pal back in 2003 😮😊

[@ladymallowyt]

I can imagine videos like this being shown in 2100. People remembering the 1990s

[@savanthuman8809]

Me too, though unrealistic

[@Ntmoffi]

I'm remembering the 90's right now. Fantastic times and I miss them.

[@Admiralofthedeeps]

Born in 94, but I remember staying up to watch the millennium with my parents. I wonder how people from the 90s will describe growing up. I feel like we were the last generation to play outside.

[@Whocares158]

Ewww

[@ibewill]

Too bad we won't have a society by then

[@soulfonic23]

My grandmother was born in 1891 (I’m 69) and lived to 102. She had a great memory up to her late 90’s. It was amazing to think she went from the horse and buggy era to man on the moon and the technology of the latter part of the century.

[@AlfredBrooks1831]

Flying cars, though? Where are the flying cars?!

[@AshtonCoolman]

Those changes must have been wondrous to her. I hope that we will get to see positive technological change at that scale in our lifetimes.

[@carolstrait8140]

Cell phones

[@jamesross1799]

Same situation in my family.

[@JordanCBaker]

My grandfather was born in 1896 (I'm 35) never met him he died 15 years before i was born. He was drafted in the first world war. The stories he could have shared....

[@kevindoran9389]

Remember We're becoming these people, I was born in 1985, so was among the last generations to reach adulthood without internet and phones in our pocket, we'll be passing on stories of how life was before the Internet and before every moment was recorded.

[@ReyOfLight]

Indeed, born in 1985 as well and our childhood was most definitely among the last to not be surrounded by constant technology

[@DanaTheInsane]

I was gonna say I was born in 1965 and I was already on the BBS bulletin boards in the 1980s.

[@davey815]

Gotta find some reason to make 1985 special. It's literally the rise of computers, and the information era. You had Internet and technology while you grew up. You wouldnt even get out of highschool until post 9/11... So the world was fully tech by that point man. Don't kid yourself.

[@junelynn63]

We had internet in the 1980’s around the mid 80’s we had😢 the PC I was born in 1963 5 Turned 18 iñ 1981 I was the last generation to reach adulthood without the internet

[@kevindoran9389]

"Among the last generations" Maybe you should learn to read.

[@JennahJones-v6q]

This makes me want to interview my patient. He’s 95, born in 1929, fully alert & oriented. He has such good stories about going through the depression, entertainment, & Detroit back in the day

[@politecat4236]

You should ask if you can record his interviews on audio. These living records are priceless to have

[@JennahJones-v6q]

@@politecat4236 yeah he wants to, I’m going to start. He’s also a retired Ford engineer so he’s seen the progression of the auto industry, just good stuff lol

[@mpizzle13]

5 mile and telegraph here! 👋🏽

[@kimweidner7351]

I just met my birth father for the first time in my life five years ago, he is in his 97th year now. Instead of seeing the bad in him, (remember, I just met him - when I was 50) I only saw the good. He joined the military when he was 16, fought in WWII and received a Purple Heart. Fought in the Korean War as well, served his country for 28 years. One of the most incredible things I want to point out is he is black and was part of the “colored troops” in the Army Air Corps, currently known as the Air Force. He was part of desegregation. He was still driving at 93, but his license eventually was revoked. Since then his health has declined, but his mind is sharp as a knife. God bless our elderly.

[@Harris_Isaac]

@@JennahJones-v6qare you going to post it to KZbin?

[@mrtrek64]

When I was a youngster we had pen pals. I really miss those friendships.

[@Kimi_V_K]

Me too

[@Throbbing_Gimp]

I'm 32, I'm English, and I've got a "pen pal" Greg who lives in Washington State. It's fantastic writing to him and recieving letters from him. The world is not as good as it was, but rest assured there are still people like myself that appreciate the old school, and us youngsters aren't all that bad. Although most suck.

[@mrtrek64]

@@Throbbing_Gimp There aren't many youngsters like yourself who appreciate how certain things were done in the past. It's a great quality to have.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

I have those qualities as a man born in 87. Always preferred the old school and find pretty much everything modern or thats a remake, repro or whatever of something that was once good is just soulless and not good for the human condition. I'd love to go back in time and not be wedded to a phone and to just enjoy the little moments. ​@@mrtrek64

[@deenabeauchamp5290]

Penpals were the best!!!!! Always used my thesaurus and dictionary. Could not have spelling mistakes or repeating the same words. Loved walking to the Public Library Saturdays and Sundays. I would work on my projects for school , check out new books, meet new friends and socialize. My grandson is 3 . I brought him to the library I went as a youngster❤️💕. He enjoyed looking at the books and toys but mostly running around because ITS HUGE . Great memories

[@michaelforen4786]

A horse and buggy was a big deal. Most people walked. Its amazing we have her interview. Thanks for sharing.

[@neverstopschweiking]

Yup, sounds like at least middle-class family. My grandfather's grandfather was not a poor man, he was a farmer, but he had one horse that was only used to pull a plough. Having a horse and a buggy was a sign of luxury.

[@debdodson5884]

​@@neverstopschweikingEspecially if you had something more modern than that...that was Illegally demolished 2016-2021.

[@debdodson5884]

Michaelforen can walk all he wants with a bunch of other specific humans that misused transportation.

[@debdodson5884]

Jesus; or a Jesus substitute, that didn't misuse transportation isn't going to walk it for them.

[@Orchideology]

​@@debdodson5884?

[@KimFsharpHarp]

I was fortunate enough to have my grandparents in my 20s. My grandfather was born in 1907, my grandmother was born in 1899. I learned so much and they told me so many stories I spent so much time with them. I am forever grateful for that time.

[@bassmangotdbluz]

Letter writing is a lost art. I had one grandmother that lived to be 109, and she sent me a Birthday Card with a beautifully eloquent letter enclosed and a $5 bill every single year until she died when I was 36. They really were the greatest generation. RIP dear Grandma.

[@kimwhatmatters4085]

I remember my grandma didn’t go to my high school graduation because I didn’t send her a formal invitation in the mail therefore she didn’t know all the details even tho I told her them in person. Plus her daughter and grandson were going so she could have went with ppl living in her household or ask about it. Nope!! She exclaimed she didn’t want to go to my graduation because my severe lack of civility let’s her know any function/ celebration of mine wouldn’t be remarkable + she not a barbarian so she wouldn’t know how to go about rsvp or take the steps needed to fashionably arrive to my social 😂😊😅

[@kaplingnag7267]

lmao 'greatest generation'

[@jeanthehumanbean8265]

​@@kimwhatmatters4085Aww, give her a break, there were so many "etiquette" rules during her younger days. It used to be unheard of to go someplace without an invitation, it was considered brash and tasteless. I was born in 1959 and girls were still being sent to "charm school" then!

[@leslie594]

My Grandmother always sent me a Birthday Card too. As time goes by they become more treasured.

[@elijahsmall5873]

I wouldn’t say they were the “greatest generation” now.

[@jm7804]

I knew my great great grandmother, who was born in the 1880s and had a very long life. It's sort of mind blowing to have memories of my grandfather's grandmother. Having kids early was the norm back then so there were more opportunities to have multi-generational families. Just great grandparents are uncommon nowadays.

[@NoOne-bp2jw]

I had family members that were born in the late 1800s on both sides of the family and I loved their stories of the old days.

[@fernandaabreu5625]

Having kids early is the norm in NATURE. We don't do that because we're too damn sick in thr head, that'd why.

[@aquaabundance4077]

​@@fernandaabreu5625no, we don't do that because men are evil and children cost too much in 2024

[@southernpride2003]

Born in 2003 right here my great grandpa who passed away last built my guitar the one in my profile picture when I was 11 I'm 21 now and I remember my grandpa telling me and my grandpa to turn the guitar into an electric guitar so we did also my great grandpa served in WWII he remembered everything he was also still hard working guy all the way in his 90s my great grandpa would still work outside

[@aries200297457]

​@@fernandaabreu5625we don't do that because people aren't dropping dead left and right anymore and we actually have freedom to have children when we want now 😂 wtf are you on about?

[@antg113]

Can you imagine getting to have a conversation with her? The experience & wisdom. Rest in peace to her

[@diggingmary129]

My great grandmother was born 1899 and passed away in 2002 at age 103, I loved listening to talk about the older days!!! ❤

[@Appleduck2007]

Wow, she saw three centuries. Now that's quite an achievement.

[@gokuhansen6725]

@@Appleduck2007 You know my grandma born in 1940, remembers her great grandma born in 1851 and died in march of 1953. She might be one of the few people who personally knew someone born before 1860 I´d say. Not sure but unlikely that people still around remembers stories from back then. I will make a video and upload it on another channel when I interview her this summer and put some subtitles on.

[@pentti3715]

​@@gokuhansen6725There are still alive some people who were born in the 1910s and even 8 people born in the 1900s (1900-1909). Many of them have probably known someone born in the early 1800s.

[@yacobeinauan9533]

She died the year i was born omg. Rest In Peace to your grandmother.

[@josie4065]

​@Appleduck2007 My fiancé was born in '99, so she has a chance of doing that.

[@SpringTrap-4ever]

My Great Grandma was born in 1922 and I could honestly sit there all day and listen to the stories she would tell and the advice she gives me. She just turned 102 on March 8th.

[@Appleduck2007]

Oh wow, she's still alive? Talk to her as much as possible. Cherish those moments with her.

[@SpringTrap-4ever]

She's still alive and is also one of the most independent people that I know. She still goes to Walmart and does her own shopping. She refuses to sit in the pick-up area because "I still got two working legs so why should I sit here and wait when somebody else who either doesn't have legs or has a medical condition could use this spot?" 9/10 times she chooses to walk around in Walmart instead of using the scooters, for the same reason.

[@Appleduck2007]

@@SpringTrap-4ever Aww, that's really sweet. I'm glad that she's still going strong and is very independent.😊

[@burdman5620]

Cherish every moment. Your blessed truly I never got to know my grandparents I couldn't begin to tell you what I would give to have the same opportunity

[@holyexperience1976]

I would have loved to meet my great grands. They were born in the 1800s, my maternal grands in 1906 & 1918, paternal, 1922 or 23 and 1929. I wish I can ask the grands and great grands stories. I would like to start a thing where I share stories with my son, then pass it to if I have any grands and so forth. I got my paternal grandma's ring my father gave me after her passing, my late father wanted me to have. I was childless then. I was to give to my daughter, and she to her daughter, etc. I only have a son, so will give to him, and if he has a daughter, her. If not, then son. I wish there was a generational cook book. I should make one myself, even if much of it will be a no-braimer or basic so future generations can see earlier cooking and baking.

[@joe_8699]

I miss talking with my grandma about her life growing up. She was born in 1922. She passed in 2015. Rest easy, Ma

[@ghostwrench2292]

My great grandmother was born in 1890 and was 96 when she died - I was 14 years old. My only memory’s of her are this weird, old lady whose home smelled funny. I now wish I would have appreciated her wisdom, life experience and stories she must have had. I know I spoke with her but I cannot remember what we talked about. 😢

[@kimwhatmatters4085]

That old folks smell is their body decaying while they’re still alive a lot of old ppl have it but a lot don’t I’ve always wondered if it was associated with certain diseases or what because my grandma didn’t smell like it ever even in her last days granted she died prematurely at like 89 because she was loosing her mobility and couldn’t take losing her independence along with other things ( mostly my shitty family treating her like she was a burden and me not finding out until it was too late her heart was broken) 😮

[@scootermom1791]

I totally understand! I actually really didn't care for older people when I was a teen and well into my twenties. It's because I worked customer service jobs, and many elderly customers tended to be grouchy, impatient and rude. I wish I had more empathy for them, though. I'd be grouchy, impatient and rude, too, if my body hurt all the time or if my health was declining, etc. To be fair, though, I didn't really get to experience grandparents, though. Mine all passed away when I was young except for my Papaw who lived several states away. I think it was harder for me to develop empathy for older people as a result, but thankfully, my attitude changed as I matured and "grew up" so-to-speak.

[@stepha2642]

My great great grandmother was born in 1890. I met her twice but was too young to remember. She died when I was 2.

[@pinupdoll97]

My great grandmother was born in 1898 and lived to be 100. The stories about her I have treasured. Her daughter, my grandmother, is now 96. We live on opposite ends of the country, but I saw her in mid February. Please treasure your elder family. They have so much knowledge to pass on❤❤❤

[@anakatrien2463]

My great-grandmother was born in 1889, and lived until 1989, and I loved every visit with her. She was a charming, sweet lady, and I miss her dearly

[@techgaming-on4wg]

Wow she live a good live

[@anakatrien2463]

@@techgaming-on4wg she did for sure. Was alive for everything from the first airplane flight to the moon landing. Numerous inventions, and wars, medical breakthroughs, so many world changes in her lifetime. She was a gentle and caring woman who was loved by so many

[@Jake.03-g3k]

She lived through 2 world wars , the Cold War, and possibly the fall of the Berlin wall.

[@anakatrien2463]

@@Jake.03-g3k oh she lived through the Spanish American war, the Philippine American war, the boxer rebellion, but passed away before the wall came down. I was in West Germany when it came down, so I watched it for both of us

[@christianmcbrearty]

My grandma is 95, she was born in 1929. I lived with her for 3 years and always liked hearing her stories about life during the Great Depression and WW2. I'm from Melbourne Australia and she said even at that time not many people had cars. She told me she could easily park on any of the main roads in the Melbourne CBD. She remembers before television and said her family used to huddle around the radio every night to hear the news and talk shows etc. During WW2, she used to have to do air raid training at school, learning what to do in the event of bombs being dropped. Her sister was in Sydney when the Japanese submarines came into the harbour. Her parents owned a grocery store in the Great Depression and she would sell things for only a few cents like cigarettes, meat, bread and lollies for the kids. For her age, shes surprisingly still mentally acute and even drives, dances Tango every week and learns Italian. She has an active social life and spends most nights with a glass of whiskey and some food, watching TV whilst knitting. She is an amazing knitter and can easily craft a jumper (sweater) or socks or a beanie in only a few weeks. Amazing woman. My grandpa isn't around anymore but he was very well known in the medical field. He invented a lot of the surgery tools used even today, wrote many academic books and had a reputation as being one of the best spinal surgeons in the world. He even met Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip many times. His whole life was his work and he built a huge legacy off it.

[@LILDOLLEDIOR]

Fellow Australian here! This is so fascinating thanks for sharing!

[@mike17gr]

Your grandma sounds like a very inspiring person so does your grandpa. The bad thing is most grandpas are more than 10 year older than most grandmas and lifespan is supposed to be less on men. I'm saying that cuz I didn't really had any conversation with grandpas since one died when I was 6 and other couldn't speak or move at all since I was 5 and we can learn about them via our grandmas (and parents)

[@TheIpastelezii]

Wow incredible. What was your Granfathers name?

[@romymasella2702]

Your grandparents sound like amazing people! I’m so happy your grandmother doesn’t have cognitive problems and still has a full, busy and wholesome life at her age. 🥹☺️ It gives me hope that not all elders are unhappy (though all of my grandparents are/were)

[@tylerrichards6427]

gee aren't u cool buddy

[@doctornova3015]

My great grandmother was born in 1890. I knew her when I was a kid. She was a fascinating person.

[@tmsplltrs]

My great grandmother was born in 1907 and had been very depressed since WWII. She finally passed away in 2009, when I was about 11. Can't imagine what she's been through

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

I was born in 1966, as a kid I knew both of my two grandmothers' mothers born in the 1800s...

[@Irish_Georgia_Girl]

If I live to be 98 I hope my mind is as awesome and I look as great as this lady did!

[@dolphsantitho5301]

😁💪🏻💯

[@VINCENT-sr4oz]

YES

[@williamsparks1521]

Writing letters is so much more personal. It's still a great way to engage yourself from afar.

[@Solutions3000]

Occasionally, I pen and mail a letter. I no longer get a written letter in return. They just call.😆I laugh, because I despise talking on the phone for long periods.

[@hannahdyson7129]

It really wasn't personal

[@Danxethenightaway]

This was filmed in the 70’s. It’s insane how much humanity has progressed in such a short time. My mom was in her 20 in the 70’s, and this lady was alive and remembered the 1890’s! Sick.

[@ricksmith9256]

Yeah we sure have progressed... in a downward direction.

[@neverstopschweiking]

Now imagine two people from one family, but completely different eras. Otto and Francis. Old man Otto watching Game of Thrones on his smartphone in 2010s. Young toddler Francis, future Holy Roman Emperor, pulling the hair of teenage Marie Antoinette in 1760s. How close were they historically? Well, they both lived, played with and shared stories with the same man, Franz Joseph.

[@Caterina...3]

Progresses but intellectually we have regressed! 😢

[@fernandaabreu5625]

Progressed? Debatable.

[@Mister_Listener]

Wig manufacturing technology has advanced since the 70’s, thats for sure. Eyeglasses too.

[@shanenoel1270]

We've come a long way from this but sometimes, the serenity of those times would be a welcome change.

[@brendagroff8478]

I could listen to her forever.

Lovely lady. When I was growing up letter writing was something everyone did. In my hometown we had mail delivery twice a day. The postman on my grandmother‘s route was her nephew and would frequently stop and have coffee with her. Now letter writing is a lost skill.

[@Thuja814]

Hmm, that does sound like a much slower pace, more human than machine. I believe that writing letters has evolved along with language itself, to keep pace with this sort of time or information communication acceleration. To keep pace with the machines feels a bit like remaining on a malfunctioning treadmill, but to be honest, it’s because of humans that I have become a bit like Diogenes, without the public indecency. Do you know if there is a well-known classic kind & courteous hermit cynic? Perhaps Diogenes, much like GG Allin, did what it takes to enter the history books, but we all simply make manure before we’re compost, and I’d prefer that nobody dwells on my behaviour, certainly not weep when I return to the cool, dark, quiet soil, with the mushrooms and all the other marvelous living things. As a thirty-something year old, I often write several longwinded “letters” per day. At least one of them goes to a person I haven’t had the pleasure of writing to yet, and they could be anywhere in the world, because we’re all instantly connected by machines. Yet I am mostly alone, in front of these communication machines. It is my belief that making friends is a lost skill, too. Pleased to meet you, your comment has encouraged me to make peace with my human pace, to call my grandfather, and to visit an old friend 😊

[@modickens1272]

There use to be letters to penthouse. Now those were definitely worth reading.

[@EmilySweet]

Lmao I read the first part as "lonely lady" then, when I got to the end, I was like TF this girl seems anything but lonely. Then I noticed 😂

[@nuthinbutlove]

​@@coppertopv365❤

[@scootermom1791]

So is cursive.

[@ErnestJay88]

some adult today proudly said that they were "90's Kid", she's also "90's kid" but 1890's

[@chernovbrichtofen4767]

I prefer 990 AD

[@SherryHill-k5y]

My grandmother wrote letters and thank you notes. She was born in 1892 and thankfully came from a well to do family BUT she would clean the house (where she lived with her husband )like the dickens! My mom was a secretary and hand wrote letters and thank you notes as well. And then I would and still do ,even if sadly it's a lost art and nicety. The biggest things that saddens me is the lost art of etiquette, real communication and those days of sitting on the front porch with my grandmother helping her string green beans. It wasn't the beans really but more of spending time with her. Time today is too rushed. And why? It's as if we're in a giant race that speeds up faster and goes nowwhere. No wonder people are frustrated to the nth degree! BTW I did see pics of my grandmother in a buggy led by horses: She kept scrapbooks. Treasured today.

[@NoOne-bp2jw]

I love your description of life today moving faster and faster and going absolutely nowhere. I understand exactly how you feel.

[@SherryHill-k5y]

@@NoOne-bp2jw Thanks so much!❤

[@strashinsky]

Faster and faster to go nowhere. Love it.

[@SherryHill-k5y]

@@strashinsky Thanks! And it's true.😗

[@corinnecepeda7063]

So true!!!

[@grandmaheidi5757]

My husband and I are disabled and virtually homebound. Once a month, our oldest grandson (born in 1996) picks up our prescriptions for us. He usually does this after work, when he's on his way home to his wife and 2-year-old son, but when he has the time (he usually MAKES the time), he comes in to visit with us a while. It could be that he's just being polite (he is a good kid, after all 😊), but he seems to really enjoy listening to our stories of "way back when", and we enjoy telling them. Like, just the other day, we were reminiscing to him about when McDonald's was just a walk-up restaurant. You walked up to one of two or three windows, placed your order, and then got your food. There was no inside seating, which he was surprised to learn. They used to advertise that you could order a hamburger, fries, and a soda and get change back from your dollar (yes, ONE single dollar). You'd only get a penny back, but hey, they weren't lying. 😂 It was just a regular hamburger, with about the equivalent of today's small fries and a small soda. That was before Big Macs, "Biggie sizes, free drink refills, etc., and we weren't used to eating as much back then as we are these days. For most folks, it was a decent sized meal, bit if not, you could always tack on another hamburger. Or maybe one of their delicious fried apple pies (not baked, like today's pies 😢). Oh! And you could get hotdogs at Burger King! 😂😮😮😮

[@jeanthehumanbean8265]

I remember walk-up only at McDonald's, but only through local lore. The only McDonald's was in our state capital, Little Rock, Arkansas, and we lived 300 miles away!

[@glassawata]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Chris-jw8vm]

Based grandma.

[@kerrikolby6124]

I really enjoyed reading that! Thank you! 😊

[@stevenFokonkwo]

Did you guys have pizza places like pizza hut or papa john's back then?

[@mammabear9041]

My mamaw is 92 going on 93 and I absolutely love hearing her stories

[@mitsuomits9077]

Wow, that horseback riding picture is magnificent!!! Whoever took that picture knew what they were doing.

[@DoSomDiff]

She's like 3-4 years older than my Dads mom that hit 100 in 1984 when i was 16. She could also remember the 1890s/Turn of the Century. You ladies had a Good run, REST WELL!!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾😇🕊️🕊️❤❤❤

[@ruben3305]

I don’t know why this younger generation find old people boring. I’ve always found it interesting and captivating whenever they told stories from their past. It’s almost like I was reliving an era that was before me.

[@MydNyteRayne]

They will be old before they know it..

[@IamRocque]

I don’t find them boring I see my self in them and realize I will be them one day if God permits! Maybe it’s because I was raised by grandma (she’s 73 currently) and I’m 22. In 5 decades I will be where she is. I listen to the stories to keep them alive but also to understand how to make this life worth while!

[@PettyIsMyMiddleName]

I love and have always loved talking to older people. I can listen to them for days .

[@coltongoff456]

they find it boring because they are immature and don't have the appreciation for history.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

How do you know that this generation of young people find old people boring? How do you know that this generation of young people are any different from previous generations? Are you simply making assumptions or do you have anything to back up your claim?

[@johnorlitta]

Fantastic. I'm 59 and I can barely remember the 1980's

[@LydiaWhitting]

Same at 64 .. it's was a boring period .. but rewarding raising children in peace.

[@JLranchmomma]

Technology certainly has its perks but also a lot of downfalls. Many basic skills have been lost.

[@donnalayton6876]

I am 81yrs old, my four grandparents on both sides were born in 1865, my great grandparents were born in the early 1800s, one greatgrandfather was born in 1796 or 7. I have often wondered about their lives. I was blessed to have known all 4 of my grandparents, my daughter blessed to know my fathers parents.

[@Tinyteacher1111]

My grandmother died in 2000, but was born in 1897 in Belgium and told my old boyfriend stories he used to teach his AP History classes about WWI and the Germans taking over their house. It boggles my mind she lived in 3 centuries!

[@guru6831]

Actually, 1901 to 2000 is one century.

[@OkhranaOKH]

​@@guru6831 She lived in 3

[@Appleduck2007]

She didn't see three centuries - almost though - as the 21st century began in 2001. But that's still amazing though.

[@Appleduck2007]

@@OkhranaOKH No she didn't. The 21st century began in 2001.

[@Tinyteacher1111]

@@Appleduck2007 That’s a strange thing to say.

[@Rob-metoo527]

For people who don't remember, we used to have journalists in the 70s. Now they're just entertainers, and they're not even good at it.

[@mistermegalomania-theytcha8823]

"Are you not entertained?!"

[@craigjonesISno.1]

​@@mistermegalomania-theytcha8823 No.

[@mistermegalomania-theytcha8823]

@@craigjonesISno.1 Frl

[@redtube8667]

If you think journalism is any different now you're delusional. Open a book instead of parroting bad conspiracy theories.

[@lindamoorhead3007]

I try to avoid conspiracy theories and we prolly disagree about what It would take to make things Great. But I do miss the McNeil-Lehrer Report and the days when journalists researched their subjects, editora fact-checked rather than aimed for inflammatory rumors to drive up reactions and. numbers - and most reportera used correct grammar and spelling.... Anyone remember Walter Cronkite and Roger Mudd? Or The National Enquirer ?!!🙄😂

[@stacynewton34]

My grandmother is 99 this year.i lover Haring her talk about her childhood

[@dianesorbello9676]

This lady doesn't look anywhere near 98..she would be so interesting to talk to. ❤❤❤

[@Caterina...3]

I wish we still had these people with us! I miss my grandparents! Todays youth needs a bit of the life these people lived!

[@al_9739]

No they don’t. “Today’s youth” doesn’t need life to be harder just for the sake of it, things get invented for a reason. Younger people have their struggles too but I’m sure you think we’re all too “comfy”, “spoiled” or “entitled.” Better yet why not put unfortunate kids in dirty, unsafe factory work again? Yeah because that’s smart.

[@fieldsonfire]

@al_9739 I don't think they meant the hardships lol. They're probably just referring to simpler times

[@BootyWarrior555]

Bruh. Boomers made life harder for all. Print money. Print money. Stfu lmao

[@hannahdyson7129]

​@@fieldsonfireLife wasn't simpler back then though

[@fieldsonfire]

@@hannahdyson7129 in some ways it was, you know exactly what I'm saying, no need for semantics.

[@Babesinthewood97]

I love listening to her. My great grandmother lived to 105, and she too had memories from 100 years back. I love listening to this.

[@kandydewey1286]

My great grandmother was born in the early 1890's and I loved listening to her talk. She was in her late 70's and early 80's raising me from the time I was born. I miss her always

[@GHOST-FACE594]

Born in 92 and I remember wanting to be an adult so bad lol and now I wanna go back. Time goes by so quick.

[@tandiparent1906]

😂Born in 61 & I totally agree with you

[@dannysells9761]

time doesnt exist. its always now . now is eternal.

[@RubenCastillo-c2s]

Awesome, only if the interview was longer, n she talked about her grandfather, if we could hear his stories from her ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@hitomihonda7573]

We wrote letters until 2005 😢

[@rebeccarichards9474]

My Grandad was born in 1883. I’m only 48. Never met him but I’m fascinated how far back that seems yet so close hearing her talk. Thank you.

[@Jwalkiin]

My Great Grandma was born in 1910 and passed at the young age of 102 in 2012. She was sharp as a tack all the way up to 99 when she developed dementia. But man, the stories that woman could tell.

[@rickwhite3181]

David Hoffman this full interview is awesome, my mom was born in 1925 in Massachusetts and she is 99 years old. I promised her I would never let her go to a nursing home so this year she finally moved in with us she hated to give up her independence but it was time. As a nation we don't take our elderly family members in and it's a shame neither one of my brothers would take her in but the way I look at it it's their loss she has so much to offer and I'm always talking to her about our ancestors and. just how this country was years ago when she was born less than half this country had electricity in their homes. She's experienced a lot of Changes

[@scootermom1791]

If a person is capable of providing the care their parents need (ie medical care) then I think they should have them live with them. After all, their parents raised them. It's the least they could do in return. The exception would be if the parents were abusive to their children. In that case, I completely understand children not taking care of their parents.

[@dianal.clausen8118]

I love ❤ this short. I remember writing letters and later sending Studio Cards to friends and co-workers by mail. It was so nice to come home to personal mail after a hard day's work.

[@carolmizelle1317]

She's 98 and remembers 1890? Do the math...this is an old video😂

[@Ninjanimegamer]

​@@carolmizelle1317 sure, but it's still informative. History doesn't change.

[@scootermom1791]

I never heard of studio cards. I was born in 1970.

[@newjargon1697]

For 98 years young , this Woman looked incredible !

[@Choo-choo-chookcha]

Imagine riding 2 miles on a horseback to receive an envelope which contain a letter saying “Bro, you up? Lol”

[@TheLordOfNothing]

In the 1890's it would have looked like this: "Dearest, my fine brother. Can you arrange for a cup of tea at Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Smith's residence at 2:00 pm precisely on the twenty fifth of April, 1894. Please write back to me as soon as you see this. Regards, Mr. E. R. Oslow"

[@arianathearyan]

@@TheLordOfNothing My dearest brother, are you willing to participate in my moving picture project in where I, along with thy, engage in tomfoolery with the public in the setting of us clothing up in Prussian uniforms and initiating a false yet comical invasion of the United States of America. I hope to hear from you, with this comical project, hilarity will ensue. Yours truly, Garold Fuffletinks Jr.

[@TheLordOfNothing]

@@arianathearyan Mr. Fuffletinks, I have checked my regiment and it appears that I will sadly be unable to attend your event as my thirty fourth child has died of dysentery and I must attend her funeral. Yours sincerely, Mr. E. R. Oslow

[@handelknob]

My great-grandmother was born in 1884 she died in 1980 at 96 years old she lived in the mountains outside of Naples in cucullo Abruzzi. All the old records were destroyed in an earthquake so when Mussolini took power in 23 they went around to give people whose records were destroyed a rural registration number that they tattooed to their arm! They use to walk the donkey to get fresh water down in the Town Square from the fountain, stream near the house was brackish and only good for watering the vegetables!

[@sarab2324]

My great grandma was born in 1899 and died in 1998. Almost 100. She walked like 10 blocks or more every day until she was about 95 and her arthritis made her stop. I have a bunch of letters that she wrote to my grandma (who is gone as well) and it’s so cool. They still smell like my great grandma’s perfume and they are from the 1980s. It’s fascinating that her generation always wrote the same because so many of them were farmers. She always talked about the weather. 😂

[@thetruthispotenza3602]

Man. If you could go back to even to the 1920s and show them smart phones. They would probably think you're some magic being or alien from another planet

[@susanb2015]

They wouldn't give a hoot.

[@roberterwine7650]

no signal for calls or internet though

[@thetruthispotenza3602]

@@roberterwine7650 true. But smart phones can do a lot even without internet

[@thetruthispotenza3602]

@susanb2015 yes they would. Even without internet.

[@audreypaige9857]

Having been born in the early 60s, I've experienced modern technology from its conception, and I still think they are some magic beings or aliens from another planet!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Im always asking my kids 'how does this thing work?' As they look at my phone and ask me 'what did you do now?!?' 🤷🏾‍♀️ I have learned how to use The Googler pretty good!! 😂 Now THATS magic!! 👍🏾

[@stephaniejacobs3809]

Almost want to cry

[@MichelleMcGill-ej3bk]

Ikr?! She is so precious 💕

[@DEEPERSTATER]

Wow i could listen forever...

[@tigeresco]

I bet she remembers the Van der Linde Gang

[@Theevil6ify]

I remember this burly fellow named "Arnold" I think, he used to call me "boah" even though I was a little girl. Lovely man, he was. Except for the time he robbed my pa's general store

[@michellewolters9319]

This dear woman is absolutely precious!!!🥰 God bless her sweetheart, and may God give her good health and much happiness!👍💜

[@EmilyCook-wx1eq]

Back in the 1980's getting the mail was my chore. Wasn't that far but communication was different from today

[@celosemnexo]

My grandfather is 101, will be 102 in May. Still very healthy and very lucid. He was born in 1922. Lived most of the 20th century and 24 years of the 21st, until now. I hope he lives forever. 🥺😥😢 His mother was 104 when she died.

[@zacharyfindlay-maddox171]

I remember my great grandmother when she was alive, She passed away in the 1980's.

[@Appleduck2007]

I remember my great grandmother too. She died in 2020, unfortunately.

[@lisaanderson7924]

I love these life stories of the elderly, their insight & history during difficult times is captivating.

[@TheOfficialZombieWhisperer]

Someday I'll be telling young people about the 1970s and how it was the best time to be a kid 🛼

[@greenbanana1001]

One day they’ll be asking people do they remember the 1990s like this

[@Fredrik7le]

Im born 86. I hope im around to tell those stories 😅

[@lala3489]

​@@Fredrik7le😅😅

[@Speculector]

I work in a shoe store and one day a lady customer in her 80's was telling me how different shoes are now than they were when she was young.

[@johnnydonlon8514]

My Grandfather was born in 1893 I still remember his stories.

[@jasparramirez9554]

It's amazing how much life has gotten easier

[@chrisphares4772]

Lazier!

[@smith2781]

Exactly. Obesity wasn’t even a word back then 😂. Even my generation I’m 42 and we still had video games but we would still play sports more than video games. Now everyone is scared to let there kids out on their own.

[@Gravyballs2011]

Greater speed but people have become stale.

[@mumbles215]

Life is never easy. It’s was simpler back then

[@linollieum3742]

The issue is while life gets easier, the world moves with that ease. We have cars? Youre then expected to drive an hour plus to work each day for example.

[@bransturgery1543]

bless this lady for gracing us with first hand experience that is impossible to record now, truly a gift of history

[@Sugarglidergirl101]

One thing I love watching is interviews with 90-100+ year olds in the recent years. But this? Interviews from long before with people who were born even further back is so interesting!!

[@The.Messenger.2832]

What a wonderful life she paints. It would've been fascinating and an absolute delight to have had the chance to have tea and cakes and listening to this amazing lady.

[@DanteLOL-u5s]

I love how positive you always are about everything. I was watching your new mystery box video earlier today. You have a very captivating personality. Thank you for posting.

[@couleuredgirl6314]

This is so true. My grandfather wrote often teaching me about GOD!

[@aquaabundance4077]

My grandpa too. He passed away at 87 yrs old, two years ago. Rest in peace, grandpa. You're with the Lord now.

[@billfeld5883]

My 92yr old neighbor told my 12yr old daughter the whole history of our little town when we moved in, years later she was telling me about it. At 70 I still remember the 1950s, a very good time to be an American!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@OkhranaOKH]

Actually it was only good if you were white.

[@alexfons3667]

definitely not a good time to be american, why are you acting ignorant about all the bad stuff that was going on?

[@billfeld5883]

@@alexfons3667 two sides to every story!!!

[@jamesrobertson7906]

My grandad 1883-1969 and grandma1886-1981 were a wondeful source of incredible stories of the past. My great grandad had an unbelievable life that affects everyone in the family literally to this day.

[@vanessa9024]

I hear The Grandpa of the RugRats cartoon saying “ Back in my day ; we had to walk 15 miles from the house to get the mail !”😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤ like this if you know what I’m talking about. 90’s babies time to represent ❤❤❤

[@janetcohen9190]

Fascinting lady! Kudos for recording her. I dont know how widely true is: That most people of her generation whether girls or boys only had 1st to 5th grade education. But, commons-sense / horse-sense was very popular. In recent decades what she, children did during childhood is become prohibited, aka forced Dumbed-down. Trivia, as of 1940+ about 50% of military voluteers or conscripts were illiterate.

[@NerdAdventurer85]

What an amazing thing. To still be able to listen to these remarkable People from earlier Generations. Being 38 and brought up around Seeeegaaaaaa and other tech, i find a real Beauty in sitting by candlelight or open fire with a book. In our Town, the roads are still the same width they were when the Horse Carts were around. Parking for folks is a Nightmare i hear, but i just walk by in a daydream of what it must've looked like back in the day. 🙂 Best Wishes from the UK folks. 🤝👍

[@karenmiller553]

We have more information than ever and we're stupider.... Stressed out...everybody's on anti depressants....

[@Jayden-3]

We as humans must ask ourself, is it worth creating these inventions for the sake of the individual's well-being? Or keep trying to force ourselves to adapt to an artificially made world? Also might be worth asking who is in charge of such poweful tools, do they truely have their people's interests at hand, how do we keep it that way?

[@bigmon6223]

while human beings are social creatures, we were not built to be this hyper social, it actually does negatively effect us in several ways like you just listed

[@TaylorWilliamsnaturalisttaylor]

I agree. Life even seemed so much happier and simpler then, despite the work that has to be done. Fair seemed fair .if you worked you were successful, if not, then you weren't.

[@lrvz7187]

“Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom.” - Albert Einstein

[@lrvz7187]

the amount of information there is today and how is feed, if anything, only hinders most people, look at the effect of internet/social media and (despite whatever good you may take from it) how has harmed society in just a couple decades

[@rhondaenglish4022]

❤.I've every letter my grandmother sent me. ❤️. She was so amazing. All my anscestors demand recognition, too. Thankyou. Prayers for humanity. ❤.

[@tannguyen95]

She eaten food with less chemicals back in the day that's why she 98 and sharp.

[@saleemkirmani5583]

She's a wonderful lady with a very sharp mind.

[@daryljay7057]

I drove for a big city Transit System for 33 years. Awful job, but there was one bright spot. I got to talk to wonderful elders, like this great lady! To hear about the events in their lives, the things they'd seen, was just amazing! God Bless them!

[@The_Not_So_Great_Cornholio]

I've written a letter to daddy. His address is Heaven above. I've written, dear Daddy, we miss you, And wish we had you here to love. Instead of a stamp I put kisses. The postman says that's best to do. I've written a letter to daddy, Saying, I looooove yoooooou.

[@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper]

Whatever happened to baby Jane

[@The_Not_So_Great_Cornholio]

@@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper She got _really_ weird.

[@unnot5706]

Imagine being as close to Lincoln's assassination as we are to the First Gulf War and the rise of Nirvana

[@richardbradley5217]

My great grandmother was born in 1897 and died in 2003. 3 different centuries she lived in.

[@im2s1ckk]

She was alive during the van der linde gang respect

[@bestcaseoh_clips]

damn o'driscolls

[@AutisticAl]

She speaks in BOIOIOIOINGGGG

[@YogsenForfoth]

My great grandmother was born in the year 1900. She passed in 1996, when I was 10 years old. She was one of the sweetest and most welcoming people I have ever known in my entire life. Her mind was as sharp as a tack for the vast majority of her life, and she would tell us stories of when she was a young girl. She lived to be 96, but she never learned how to drive an automobile. Her husband, my great grandfather, came to Arkansas with his family via a covered wagon in the 1890’s. I never got to meet him, but my memaw told me all about him. I cherish the fact that I got to know her so well. She was a very special lady and I loved her very much. ❤

[@LightS_bRight]

That's what a strong woman looks like! Hello 2024!!!!!

[@ejam4345]

I don't exactly understand what makes her particularly strong compared to others, is it because she lived so long?

[@aquaabundance4077]

And what do strong men look like?

[@romancatholicgameing]

​@@ejam4345 Yes that is exactly it

[@mc0winn]

She talks like with that one TikTok filter that distorts voice in a funny way.

[@NightFall429]

I can’t believe she’s 98 you would think she’s in her late 60s or 70s what a treasure.

[@Marshmallowskies689]

Nostalgia

[@jamesross1799]

To be honest until the Internet and social media life hadn't changed all that massively. I think we have lost a lot of skills thanks to the "web"

[@alexfons3667]

Oh you think that? Wow, what a valuable opinion

[@jamesross1799]

@@alexfons3667 yes I do. I think it's got a lot to answer for. Go into a pub (bar if you're a yank) people don't talk anymore even couples are sat glued to there phone screens instead of interacting. I really couldn't care less if you think my opinion is valid interesting or whatever. Its my opinion though. Society is becoming dumber and I have the opinion it will continue to do so plus people don't interact as they used to even 25 years ago. That's my experience anyway mate.

[@DanMarshburn-il2sd]

I used to love these old folks when I was a teenager. The stories about the way things were when they were my age was so fascinating to me.

[@scotbeve591]

And now? Most folks couldn't string together a comprehensible sentence much less write one.

[@spartacus17.]

Go and compare literacy rates and I'm sure you'll be retracting that statement.

[@balazs7235]

@@spartacus17.I mean OP is technically right, as are you, you also have a great point. In having more access to learning tools these days, it’s easier than ever to be educated, we are very fortunate to have such a big range of ways at our disposal. Back in about a century ago, you had to be quite privileged to be able to afford schooling and general education. What OP refers to is the fact that with education being so abundant, people are getting dumber and dumber due to lack of care for it, unfortunately. Back then, the people that couldn’t afford to be educated, were dreaming of being able to study some day. When they finally did, you best believe they did their best to take advantage of it. Nowadays, we are too privileged and instead of doing all that we can to educate ourselves and elevate our lives, we ignore it, not care about it and outright not attend school, because who needs school. I could go on and on and there’s a good argument to be made for both sides, but here is my very drawn out two cents lol.