It was a lot more fun being 20 in the 70s than being
70 in the 20s!
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A tribute to Phil Johnson from Dan Carlton. Do you have one about a PHS friend? Post it on their profile! 
 

Phil and I (Dan Carlton) were like brothers growing up.  Phil, John Plaster, Joe Roth, Vernon Johnson, Matt Brawley, Mark Warner all hung out a lot together thru elementary and most of Junior High.  Phil and I went to the Church of Christ right across the street from the PHS.   Many of our closest friends went there as well, John Plaster, David Gyer, Jim Hollis, Johnny Epperson, Buz Ellis, Lee Waters, Winona Chisum, Judy Cox, Gary Isbell, Danny Hogsett, Danny Searl, Rebecca Douthit and Dwayne Mathis to name a few.  What a great bunch of kids to grow up with.  Phil kept everyone laughing.

The group used to come over to my house and play pool in our basement.  Phil was the life of party, a blast to be around, awesome sense of humor, great pool player, talented trombone player and overall the best friend anyone could have.  The first color TV I watched was at his house.  In Junior High Phil lost his Dad to a heart attack on a hunting trip.  He had to run five miles to get help.  That always stuck with me how much he loved his Dad and made me appreciate mine so much more. 

Phil lost a long battle with cancer of the liver.  Phil was living in Houston and received the best care possible at that time.  He waited several years for a transplant and according to him it was too long.  He undwent Chemo several times and I witnessed what it did to him.  I became involved in several cancer charities and groups that promoted organ donation due to Phil's situation. 

I lived in Houston and was lucky to spend time with him.  He managed a large furniture store and worked most of the time while he was ill.  He finally got a liver and the transplant seemed to go well.  He just never complained when around friends.  He was back to the old Phil and enjoyed several years before he passed.  I miss him and think of him often. 

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They call us ”The Elderly”

We were born in the 50s.

We grew up in the 50-60-70s.

We studied in the 60-70-80s.

We were dating in the 70-80-90s.

We got married and discovered the world in the 70-80-90s.

We venture into the 80-90s.

We stabilize in the 2000s.

We got wiser in the 2010s.

We got young again in the 2020s.

And we are going firmly through and beyond 2020.

Turns out we've lived through EIGHT different decades...

TWO different centuries...

TWO different millennia...

We have gone from the telephone with an operator for long-distance calls to video calls to anywhere in the world.

We have gone from slides to YouTube, from vinyl records to online music, from handwritten letters to email, various social media such as Facebook and X. 

From live matches on the radio, to black and white TV, colour TV and then to 3D HD TV. And now streaming services galore. 

We went to the Video store and now we watch Netflix, Amazon Prime and others!

We got to know the first computers, punch cards, floppy disks and now we have gigabytes and megabytes on our smartphones and tablets.

We wore shorts throughout our childhood and then long trousers, Oxfords, flares, shell suits & blue jeans. Now we wear shorts whenever we feel like it! 

We dodged infantile paralysis, meningitis, polio, tuberculosis, swine flu and COVID-19.

We rode skates, tricycles, bicycles, mopeds, petrol or diesel cars and now we drive hybrids or electric.

Yes, we've been through a lot but what a great life we've had!

They could describe us as “exennials”; people who were born in that world of the fifties, who had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood.

We've kind of “Seen-It-All”!

Our generation has literally lived through and witnessed more than any other in every dimension of life.

It is our generation that has literally adapted to “CHANGE”.

A big round of applause to all the members of a very special generation, which will be UNIQUE.

-Author unknown