That was neat, thanks for posting this thread.
My grandfather was in the hospital once in 1970; a heart 'flair-up'. I visited him from out of state. He was born in '89, or thereabouts and had cow-boyed between '05-'08 before he became an Attorney in 1912.
When I got to the hospital, he told me not to worry about him, that he'd had a wonderful life. Here are the examples he used to describe his life: He seen the Wright Brothers fly, he'd seen jet-engined planes and he'd seen a man on the moon.
GF told me that he read Jules Verne when he was a kid and people in the small town of Alvarado, Tx (where he grew) up used to laugh and guffaw when they'd see him with a Verne book in his pocket.
They'd say, "Why, Rob, do you think they'll ever be a Man on the Moon?!?"
So here we are 48 years later. The Moon is old news. A Falcon rocket is headed towards Mars. I'm beginning to formulate what I'll say to my young friends and grandchildren when my time comes.
Thanks again, Harry/gilded