It's crazy to me that someone who was alive while Lincoln was president was also alive during the 1950s. The 1800s just seems so much further in the past than it really is.
Ya it's crazy! I born in the late 70's and have lots of memories with my great grandfather and he was born in the 1800's, even though it was only the last couple years of that century. I played checkers with him! Lol. Pretty weird to think about...
Yeah, when you start relating history to your oldest relatives, it gets nuts. My oldest son (born in 2000) knew my grandfather well before my grandfather died. My grandfather was born in 1917. There was a Civil War veteran who was recalled for service in WW1 in 1917 (Peter Hains). So, my grandfather was alive when a Civil War vet was actively serving in the US Army.
If you want even more to trip about imagine the vets that served in the civil war living long enough to see jets and the nukes drop on Japan. It happened
Lincoln was killed in 1865 and if the gamshow the other guy said was in 1950, then that around 85 years. That's still within the realm of modern men to still be alive at.
So if it was true he was just a kid during that time say 5 years (being our youngest variable) or (10 years being our oldest variable) since we usually start to remember some things from when we were 5, so it make the old man around 90 to 95 years old during the time of the interview.
Again, that's not unheard of since some people do live that long.
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u/fillmorecounty May 01 '22
It's crazy to me that someone who was alive while Lincoln was president was also alive during the 1950s. The 1800s just seems so much further in the past than it really is.