To someone with way too 'way much time on their hands. I am reminded of something I bet more than one of our mother's laid on us - "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." With the corollary "So go pick up your toys! If I get tangled up in that Slinky again, there's going to be hell to pay!" Since Betty White is about as far from devilish doings as one can get, that part doesn't apply but have you found yourself lately thinking of how may things Betty White is older than? Somehow I didn't think so ...
To catch up - she was born January 17, 1922, and is therefore 98 years old. For our Brit readers, Betty is four years older than Queen Elizabeth II. They have met during "Golden Girls" fame. It is not known if "Lizzy" was auditioning for an appearance.
Things we take for granted (and a great deal more) today:
The microwave - 1946 when Betty was 20 years old.
The ball point pen 1930 when she was 8.
The electric garage door opener 1926. And given the lack of cars to put in them, kind of a show-offy thing, no?
Instant development cameras - think Polaroid in 1923. She was only a year old - 'way too young for selfies.
The juke box in 1927 but she was only 5 and perhaps her parents frequented neither bars nor soda shops?
Scotch-tape in 1930 - at 8 I bet she could get into all kinds of trouble taping things together - the rabbit and the cat didn't work out too well for one ..
The Slinky Toy came along in 1943 and Betty, 21, got a Congressional Hearing to determine if a Slinky was a toy for all ages or invented to torture all ages. The result was unfindable.
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