Do you remember when...... [Archive]

Kobi

03-19-2010, 09:35 AM

- When Kool aid was the only other drink for kids besides milk and juice?

- When there were 2 types of sneakers, Keds and PFFlyers and the only time you wore them at school was for gym?

- When it took five minutes for the tv to warm up?

- Nearly everyones mom was home when the kids got there?

- When no one owned a pure bred dog?

- When a quarter was a decent allowance?

- When girls neither dated or kissed until late in high school, if then?

- When your mom wore nylons that came in 2 pieces?

- When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked and gas pumped without asking......for free everytime and you didnt pay for air? And you got trading stamps to boot?

- When any parent could discipline any kid or feed him or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought anything about it?

- When they threatened to keep a kid back a grade if he failed....and they did?

- When being sent to the principals office was not as bad as the punishment awaiting a misbehaving student at home?

Ahhhh the good old days....when Leave It To Beaver was tops, gas was 39 cents a gallon, and penny candy actually cost a penny.

~Kobi~

Ms. Tabitha

03-19-2010, 10:53 AM

Our parents never had to look for a warning label on a single or an album

There was no such thing as "latch-key kids"

You did what you were told to do and you NEVER thought of even asking, WHY???

Designated as civil defense shelters I remember having "air raid" drills where we learned how to get under our desk or in the hallway on the floor with our heads and necks covered

There was a mother and father living at home

We called our elders Mr. Mrs. or Miss. there was no Ms. then, and definitely we did not call elders by their first name

Our parents knew exactly where we were and there were no posters seeking little children gone missing

You could safely leave both front and back doors wide open and all the windows too, and trust that noone would come in and rob you

You could go Trick or Treating and did NOT have to have your candy examined.

When I was a kid everyone knew the mailman by his name. The Ice Cream truck driver knew all the parents AND the kids. The milk man came to my parents door.

I remember playing outside with the other kids until dark and you came in when the street light came on..BTW I was told the "Tooth Fairy lived in what I know now to be the "transformer" box, on said light pole"

I remember when students respected teachers

There was no such thing as a "drug" problem

There was a Drive In just outside of town

Hide and go seek, Jacks and Jump rope.

We ate meals at home there were no fast food places and when we went out to Dinner, we dressed nice and we knew to "mind our manners"

Christmas toys were actual toys. You played outside and had to actually use your imagination. You drank out of the water hose because mom was moping the floors and cooking and she didnt want you getting things dirty.

WE were the remote control and the channels were 2, 11, 13, 8, 26 and 39.

Mutual of Omaha was on Sunday nights as well as The Wonderful World of Disney.

Leave it To Beaver, I dream of Jeannie, The Munsters and I Love Lucy were after school favorites.

Guns were for the police and the military

We had manners! Yes Ma'am, No Ma'am, Thank you and No Thank you. Please and Your Welcome. NEVER a No or Ya or "Whatever"

Shag carpet!!

mountainbikedyke

03-19-2010, 11:23 AM

I remember riding mine all over the place! I wore those damn plastic wheels out before I wore out the Big Wheel!

Ms. Tabitha

03-19-2010, 11:27 AM

I remember riding mine all over the place! I wore those damn plastic wheels out before I wore out the Big Wheel!

YES!! I rode my brothers all the time and the Mean Green Machine.

Guy

03-19-2010, 11:42 AM

I remember my blue Schwinn stingray chopper banana seat bike with the high handlebars and the cool three speed shifter.

I loved that bike, wish I still had it lol

Rockinonahigh

03-19-2010, 01:33 PM

I remember when...

I could go to the movies with a dollar...25 cents to get in...50 cents would get me an A&W root beer,candy and popcorn..the other 25 cents I saved for ice cream on the way home.

coke was 10 cents in a glass bottle.I miss the taste of coke in a glass bottle ,nothing like it so cold and crisp.

micky d's sold a burger for a dime...frys for a nickle.

the police officers were respected and not feared.

the world was a safer place to be.The cold war was still areoiund but I felt safe in my neighborhood.

Apocalipstic

03-19-2010, 01:44 PM

I lived in Argentina till I was 13, so the world was never safe for me, but I do remember penny candy when we visited the US, and I dream of Jeanie and Bewitched.

My mother died when I was 13, so we had a single parent home for a while. I was in charge and yes we were home alone for several hours before my dad got home.

My dad always had guns and taught me how to shoot when I was 4.

Loved the cokes in the cute glass bottles!!!!

People have always taken drugs. Always, they just did not talk about it to us as kids.

Sorry to be a kill joy....but were things really better in the 50's and 60's?
Especially the 60's. JFK, terrorism, MLK, racism, riots, and yes, even razor blades in apples at Halloween.

For as long as I can remember I was terrified of the cold war and nuclear bombs.

AtLast

03-19-2010, 02:13 PM

When I remember when.... I remember I am getting older and that there is much less time to waste! And although I have great childhood memories of so much, I do know that there existed a lot of denial of what was really going in people's lives. Abuse of every type has always been around.

That being said..... I do remember being able to count on a neighbor for help. Actually, I do remember when being a good neighbor was important and a hand-shake was taken seriously.... and honor was not a foreign term.

I do remember a time when one could be out in public and did not hear foul language at every street corner out loud because there existed a very different kind of social respect for others. And for me, family had a very different place than today. No... this does not have a thing to do with the 2.5 kids and two parents nuclear family thing!

There is quite a bit I love about younger generations and am happy to see that many of the things that were negative in my growing-up are better for them. But, I wouldn't mind some common courtesy being more a part of things now. I have to say that I appreciate that my son and his wife make it very clear to their daughters that adults are to be respected and that G-Ma really doesn’t care for hearing a litany of cussing. Its cool for them among their friends….. That’s what kids do!

Soft*Silver

03-19-2010, 05:27 PM

I remember growing up on a farm meant no indoor plumbing. It wasnt until I was in 2nd grade when we finally had it put in. Until then, we use an outhouse, took baths in a round tin tub and heated the water on the wood stove. We got water by pumping it off our back porch.

Sometime after indoor plumbing came, the 57 chevy with back wings followed. And a tv..black and white. No remote..lol. Bunny ears. Snow. National anthem. Ms Rosemary and Barney Bean and Captn Kangaroo.

I got a transistor radio. Rode roller coasters that would bore the kids today but scared the bejeeezuz out of me. As did the movie the 50 foot woman, the blob and godzilla.

I wore bobby socks then knee socks. Wasnt allowed to wear pants until HOT PANTS became the fashion and then somehow miraculously we girls could.

I wore garter belts before they were considered sexy lingerie. Women's nipples NEVER showed nor did men's underpants.

Daryn

03-19-2010, 08:18 PM

Funny Face (the other kool aid kind of drink) choo choo cherry, goofy grape, et al

Radios with tubes - transistor radios were a big deal when I was in grade school. And cassette tape decks were like IPods of today (except they had to be plugged in).

Telephones with 4 prong plug-ins, rotary dials and sharing your phone line (party lines).

Leaving your house and car unlocked all the time if you were small town or rural.

Drive In movies.

29 cents for a gallon of gas. 10 cents for an ice cream.

Bad things - out of control teachers and administrators using corporal punishment. As a 7th grader I watched a teacher break a full sized paddled over the backside of an honors student. Disagreeing with them was a bad idea.

Going anywhere in town or the surrounding countryside alone as a kid. We were warned about strangers but no one kept us on short leashes and there wasn't much reason to.

No bike helmets, no knee pads, no over protection. We climbed trees, jumped through hay shoots and off 2 story walls and lived with whatever scrapes we got.

Soft*Silver

03-19-2010, 08:24 PM

[QUOTE=Daryn;70172]Funny Face (the other kool aid kind of drink) choo choo cherry, goofy grape, et al
OMG! I remember them! I liked them better than Kool Aid. Do you remember swizzle sticks?
Radios with tubes - transistor radios were a big deal when I was in grade school. And cassette tape decks were like IPods of today (except they had to be plugged in). I still dont get what an IPod is or how it works. I am still trying to figure out why they stopped making albums. Album covers were part of why we bought the music!

Telephones with 4 prong plug-ins, rotary dials and sharing your phone line (party lines). I listened in!

Leaving your house and car unlocked all the time if you were small town or rural.
you can still do that where I live...
Drive In movies.
with playgrounds too!

29 cents for a gallon of gas. 10 cents for an ice cream.
anyone remember Isaly's ice cream?

Daryn

03-19-2010, 08:35 PM

Oh yeah and screaming yellow zonkers..... instead of cracker jacks.

Jukeboxes with 45s in them and 5 songs for a quarter.

bigbutchmistie

03-19-2010, 08:35 PM

My brother and I asked permission to play outside

We said Yes sir and yes maam please and thank you and your welcome

Going out to eat once a month was a treat. And we always made sure we got dressed up to go...

When kids were actually taught respect

No back talking when an adult told them to do something

When hard work ethic was actually taught and not just talked about. When parent actually gave their kids chores to do. Or as my father and so many like him did in the country gave us jobs as teenagers to earn money. To learn the responsibility of bills. We had to work for whatever we wanted it wasnt just handed to us. And we didnt "expect it"

When parents were comitted to their love for one another and making it work. When divorce wasnt an option

When mom cooked a homeade dinner for the family, and everyone sat down to eat...

Men/Butches bought their gf's or wives flowers just because

Took them to a nice dinner

Pulled out the chair for them

Opened the door for them

Took them home and walked them to their door

Kissed their hand goodnight

Just plain old fashioned courting.... :)

Lynn

03-19-2010, 08:49 PM

I remember...

playing on the gravel piles at the house constuction sites around our new neighborhood in the new suburbs.

Walking to the penny candy store when the candy was actually a penny.

Romper Room, Sherman and Peabody, Megilla Gorilla....

My mom looking like Jackie Kennedy, with her flipped up hair and portrait collar dress.

When my mom wore a paper dress to a Halloween Party, supposed to be dressed as a hippie!

Fondue parties.

All the kids gathered at the neighborhood park for "movie night." We all spread out on blankets and watched an old black and white movie on a big screen.

Winning a "mod" doll in the Easter egg hunt. She had long, black hair, a psychedelic headband, and orange bell bottoms.

.... Wow.

WolfyOne

03-19-2010, 09:41 PM

Slinkys, hoola hoops, Picking teams to play softball on the school yard and hoping you weren't the last one picked, playing marbles, pick up sticks, barrel of monkeys, and yoo hoo in small glass bottles.

Anyone remember tablets called fizzies (many flavors) that you'd drop in water and get as close as you could to having a bottle of pop?

bigbutchmistie

03-20-2010, 09:20 PM

I remember when someone said they'd do something they did it.

I remember that if someone you knew or didnt know was in need you helped them not expecting anything in return..

I remember when I love you was said you could take it to the bank cause it was true

I remember when kids didnt have computers and cell phones or tv's in their room.

I remember being taught good work ethic, respect for elders and authority, punctuality, loyalty....

I remember being taught love of God and country

I remember when pledge of allegiance was stated every morning before school.

I remember when kids spoke to their parents with respect. Didnt holler back or scream back when told to do something. It was you were told once you didnt do it and you knew the consequences

I remember when mom and dad was the one who taught their kids sex ed. Not the school

Corkey

03-20-2010, 09:54 PM

Remember when my telephone # had 4 digits, that's it, and rotary dial.
Skates that attached to the sneakers, yes sneakers not tennis shoes.
playing army for hours for hours in about a 10 block area, and hearing my dads whistle for us to come in for dinner.

Good times.

Soft*Silver

03-20-2010, 10:54 PM

Oh Corkey,.you just brought back a huge memory of my Daddy opening the back door and stepping out and whistling loud..and the pony picking his head up and running for the barn...FEED TIME!!!

Duchess

03-20-2010, 11:40 PM

~When capitalism wasn't a dirty word
~When Christianity wasn't stifled
~When teachers weren't scared for their lives
~When political correctness didn't rob us of our freedom of expression
~Prayer in school. I wasn't a religious zealot, but it made me feel mighty fine.
~When we weren't so eager to sue for something as lame as 'choosing' to put hot coffee near a crusty cooch.

Duchess

Daktari

03-21-2010, 09:35 AM

I remember:
listening to the wireless
when having a colour tv was special
when there was only two tv channels
when every home did not have a telephone let alone every person having a mobile phone
going to the shop with 2p and being able to get black jacks, fruit salads AND an ice-pop
proper unions with actual power
'music centres'
when all shops were closed on a Sunday
being able to play on the road outside the house.
when not every family had a car and those that did just had the one.
when fruit and vegetables were bought from the greengrocer and weren't all uniform colour, size and shape.
when all chickens tasted like chicken not just those that one pays a premium for.
playing outside at every opportunity
vinyl records
proper Curly Whirlies - not the half hearted fake chocolate version available now
Spangles
the Corona fizzy pop van coming round once a week
the rag-and-bone man and his horse and cart
when meals were cooked from scratch every day
free higher education
when the health and safety 'police' didn't spoil everyone's fun
when wine was considered sophisticated and 'exotic'
my Mum's Girl Guide whistle that she used to call us in from playing out. One blast for me, two for my middle brother and three for my baby brother and five for all of us at the same time.
being walked to school
standing when a teacher entered the room
not daring to misbehave in public
the local 'bobby' (policeman)
milk delivered to the doorstep in bottles

Miss Scarlett

03-21-2010, 12:37 PM

I remember my parents loading up us 4 kids into the back of the station wagon and going to the drive-in movies. They'd put the back seats down, spread out blankets and pillows. We'd eventually fall asleep and they could enjoy a night out without having to hire a sitter.

Apocalipstic

03-22-2010, 04:36 PM

I remember our school guards with uzis

Bombs on our street

Shortages of toilet paper, sugar and cooking oil

700% inflation

Listening to the coup on my transistor radio

Martial Law

People just dissapearing

Planes getting hijacked all over

Terrorists at the airport

"Yankees Go Home" signs

Pretending not to speak English to be safe

New Math

The Police and the Army shooting at each other in the street

Being afraid of Communists

Wondering if the German kids we knew were related to Nazi criminals and finding out some were

Short wave radios

Morse Code

The same stuff going on in the Middle East

The Vietnamn War

Watergate

Nixon

The Voice of America

Leigh

03-22-2010, 05:23 PM

These are some things that I remember from being young:

~ Bad mullets
~ Spandex pants
~ Neon colors, big and bold
~ Not having to lock any of the doors and still feeling safe
~ When crime wasn't rampant in the streets
~ Guns weren't killing teens/kids every day
~ Drugs were not found on every street
~ There were no real cares in the world
~ Hair bands, aka good old fashioned rock and roll
~ Going on trips in My grandfather's truck, and wearing his work boots

WickedFemme

03-22-2010, 05:32 PM

I remember when:

We had extracurricular activities after school like sports, band, skiing, tennis, etc.. and actually had equipment for these things.

Sitting down at the table at dinner time and having conversation with the parents and siblings about our days; no tvs., no phones - just the family.

Being told to go and play outside and then actually playing games outside like hide and seek, etc..

Life before cable and remote controls, computers, cell phones, texting, etc.

buying albums.

Regular gas and it being less than $1.00 a gallon.

Being taught respect and not being allowed to talk back to adults.

Being taught that it's not okay to be mean.

Being taught manners.

The list goes on....

Dean Thoreau

03-22-2010, 05:42 PM

I remember when
someone walking down the street talking was thought of as crazy, not bluetoothed.

kids played outside and got dirty and did not need to be sanitized from head to toe every 30 seconds.

you could go to a grocery store and touch a grocery cart without fear of getting sick

u didnt worry when you flushed your toilet that your toothbrush (now stored in the garage) would get microscopic spray of shit on it.

you sang songs with the kids in the car not bring the television.

black and white photos were not a novelty but the standard.

you sat a table to eat dinner not in the car

eating watermelon was something you did in the summertime not all year round.

You did not need to call 20 friends while you were grocery shopping, or 10 friends while driving to work...

no one needed to be in constant contact with everyone except the president and other world leaders.

there were payphones instead of cell phones. and when you lifted the phone receiver a pretty voiced lady said "number please" When I was 3 I spent a lot of time talking to number please.

ten cents could buy a mounds bar, or make a phone call for 3 minutes, or get you a bus ride down town or a subway ride uptown, pay the toll across the bridge, buy 1/2 pound of ground beef, or a package of minute steaks, a box of frozen waffles, or a bag of apples.

a nickel could buy you a pack of baseball cards with a hunk of powdery bubble gum in it.

i remember when i thought 30 was old,,,40 was ancient and 50 was just beyond acknowledgment..now i think 30 is young 40 still to young 50 is younger than me and 60 is not going to be to bad...

i remember when dating an older woman meant dating someone that was over 30.....now when i refer to dating an older woman it is that sexy hot octogenarian down the street :angel:

I remember when i was 20 thinking i would change the world....now at 58 i wonder how everything changed so quickly and where did those 30 years go anyway?

I remember bye bye american pie...when we all drove our fords to the fiords and drank all sorts of whiskey and rye and a case of black label beer was 3 dollars....and you could get 23 cases in a 66 gto's trunk and 8 more cases in the hole for the convertible top....

i remember buying a brand new 71 toyoto corolla for 1800 dollars had to pay extra because it was an automatic.

yeah i remember when...i just forget where i put those damn keys! :nerd:

Apocalipstic

03-23-2010, 09:09 AM

I remember when there were no 24hour news channels to let us know every possible bad thing that can happen to us.

I remember that there have always been germs.

I remember that there has always been crime.

I remember that there have always been drugs.

I remember that people just did not talk about these things.

Apocalipstic

03-23-2010, 01:27 PM

I remember when you lost a parent and no one ever mentioned them again.

I remember when someone had cancer and everyone ignored them and whispered about it

I remember when in the 60's crime doubled.

I remember when there really was not good treatment for mental illness.

I remember when people started to find out how mentally ill patients were being treated in institutions.

I remember when pregnant women smoked and weree given amphetamines if they felt tired. (most of our mothers friom that era)

I remember the kids of women who were given Thalidomide for pregnancy nausea

I remember when a woman was being abused and she was too embarrased to get a divorce

I remember when children were abused and no one lifted a finger to help

I remember photos of people from Japan who had been a little too close to Hiroshima and Nagasaki...how deformed some of them were

Back when the World was safe...

Ps. yes, I was a weird little kid. I noticed how things were.

AtLast

03-23-2010, 02:18 PM

I do have to admit remembering more kindness and compassion.Well, at least from the folks that were not abusing their family members.

zannadyke

03-23-2010, 02:38 PM

I remember when I cried myself to sleep just because I wanted to stay up later.

I remember when "getting high" meant swinging on the swingset.

I remember when the only monsters in the world were those living under my bed!

I remember when tv ended at midnight with the National Anthem playing.

Apocalipstic

03-23-2010, 03:20 PM

I often wonder if I grew up in the same world as other people did.

No monsters in the world? When?

zannadyke

03-23-2010, 04:01 PM

I often wonder if I grew up in the same world as other people did.

No monsters in the world? When?

I meant when I was small, little, a kid. I grew up in a happy home with no other monsters known to me other than those under my bed, and occasionally in my closet!Of course, I grew up... and realized that many people are monsters and they probably did exist when I was small, but I never ran into them then. And life was good!

...and oops... I just realized I am posting in a thread meant for those a bit (not much) older than I!!!

Apocalipstic

03-24-2010, 12:03 PM

I remember when we had one televsion channel run by the government in black and white.

I remember when we dressed up to fly on an airplane

I remember having to wear white gloves to church and getting them filthy

I remember dancing to Beatles songs :)

I remember when Led Zeppelin was incredibly hard rock!

I remember when my feet did not kill me in really high heels (when I was too young to wear them)

I remember when you saw 2 movies back to back at the theatre

Kobi

03-24-2010, 12:16 PM

I remember Bazooka bubble gum with flavor that lasted longer than 2 minutes.

I remember when Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, and other westerns dominated the airwaves.

I remember Lost in Space.

I remember bell bottoms, gogo boots, and nehru jackets.

I remember the soda fountain at the local drug store.

I remember the italian festivals on the hill where you could get a bouncing monkey on a stick and sausage and pepper subs that melted in your mouth.

I remember wanting to go to Providence College which was males only at the time.....:)

Turtle

12-03-2010, 02:50 AM

I remember when Davey And Goliath was the ONLY thing on TV early Sunday mornings - that show is probably why I turned out halfway decent

LipstickLola

12-03-2010, 03:10 AM

I remember playing outside in summertime, after dark catching lightening bugs to keep in a jar.......and the smell the jar had the next morning

I remember playing in the snow in winter, gathering around the fire built from an old tire..........and how frozen we were and how much we smelled like the fire when we went inside to warm up

I remember how much we couldn't wait to put up the Christmas tree......the house smelled wonderful for days, and the vacuum cleaner would still smell like pine needles in July :)

I remember loving a song sooo much, that I'd pick up the stereo arm and start it over a thousand times (yes, vinyl)

I remember My Friend Flicka, The Horse in the Grey Flannel Suit, National Velvet and how I'd do anything to see them repeatedly

I remember my older sisters taking me to see Night of the Grizzly in our local theater and being terrified for months

deb_U_taunt

07-02-2011, 05:29 PM

I remember butterscotch dipped ice cream cones at the corner store, that also had a penny candy counter.
I don't remember seat belts, booster seats or car seats.
We had a old rambler wagon which all the doors, but one back one, were tied shut with rope, since they wouldn't stay closed.
Party lines meant the whole neighborhood knew your business. (who needed facebook lol)
In the summer, we were outside early and we came in when the street lights came on.
All the parents in the neighborhood would get on you, if you were doing something you weren't supposed to. AND we listened.
Girls had to wear dresses to public school, no matter what the weather.

Cid

12-03-2011, 07:05 PM

I remember
going to the drive-in in our pj's.
playing hopscotch with chalk on the sidewalks
playing hide and go seek and running to hide in the neighbours yards
staying out til the streetlights came on
watching my dad make a homemade ice rink in the backyard

uglyboi

12-03-2011, 08:04 PM

Do you remember when

Elvis died

there was no call fowarding, waiting, damn if the line was busy you just called back later.

gas was .50 cents a gallon

mood rings

when penicillin was not in pill form had to have a nice shot in the rear end if you needed it.

local TV stations signed off at midnight with the National Anthem

shag carpet

most places didn't accept credit cards, if you even had a credit card

no bottled water

Bayer chewable baby aspirin, there was no ibuprofen.

no air conditioning

Buster Brown shoes

soft drinks came in bottles

PoeticSilence

09-15-2013, 03:35 AM

I remember:

when the kids would get together and catch snakes by turning over all the rocks in the neighbors yards and the nasty smell on my hands afterwards.

when we'd all get together and play red rover in the street.

my parents kept us home when they had the moon landing so we could watch it on television.

after school if you ran home fast enough, you could watch the afternoon movie with dialing for dollars.

when ALL the kids talked about the big boxers in school, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier (and I went to an all-white school) and we watched it on television.

when space food sticks came out and my mom bought the peanut butter flavoured ones for our lunches.

after creature feature on Saturday nights we had to wait for the stupid geritol commercial to be over before we could watch WWF and root for Mad Dog Vschon.

having to wear tights and gloves and a purse to church, but after the service they had cookies and coffee or Kool-Aid for everyone and everyone hung out and talked with each other.

going to the cemetery after church with my grandma and my parents to change out flowers on all the graves of all of the family members.

begging my mom to let us have a few rolls of caps to use in our capguns and promising NOT to bang rocks on the rolls to pop them.

sunday night was always Mr Bubbles night.

when it was summer I would raid the mobile library that came to our neighborhood on Wednesdays, and then on Fridays the "playmobile" came to our school playground and taught us different art projects or games.

going to my cousins every other Saturday and the adults played canasta while we kids ran around the neighborhood playing baseball and stuff.

when my mom used to take in laundry to help make ends meet so we could move out of the projects.

we didn't have a lunchroom, they put up tables in the auditorium and we brought our lunches in paper sacks or lunchboxes and paid a nickel for milk.

at the beginning of the school year we lined up in the hall to be measured, weighed, and given a cursory eye test etc.

every week we watched films in the auditorium (sitting on the shiny wood floors) about being a good neighbor, doing civic duties, and preparedness for bombs (which ended in us doing a bomb drill down in the basement)

watching the macys parade every year with my dad.

SaltyButch

02-01-2014, 03:21 PM

I remember when roller skates were metal creations you strapped to your running shoes...
rubber bands tied together made many hours of fun being used as a game of limbo
a ball in Mom's old stocking was a game that you played against a wall swinging it between and around your body
Spud a game that was played with one of those balls that bounced really high and you each had a number and when it was called had to catch the ball
an imagination was celebrated and that picnic table was a ship, a car, a fort an island and many other things
4 Square was a game played at recess
tying chestnuts on a string and trying to break your opponent's was a challenging feat
throwing those collector cards against a wall was many hours of fun and I got some really cool cards
I remember when I had to get up to turn the channel on the TV...and we only had 1 TV
the short stubby bottles that pop came in and they were glass and required a bottle opener

Oh the memories.....

musicman

02-01-2014, 04:29 PM

I remember when you didn't have to lock your doors at night
I remember when you knew and grew up with the same neighbors you had for years
I remember being able to go into any neighbor and ask for help if you needed it.
I remember playing with slinky down the stairs.
I remember the school allowing us to watch Canada against Russia hockey game in 1972
I remember when the local papermill blew it's whistle every night at ten pm. That was when the kids under 18 had to be in their houses.

Apocalipstic

02-02-2014, 01:16 PM

I remember the monster living in my house.

Orema

08-26-2014, 05:00 AM

I remember when a quarter would buy a pepsi and a bag of chips with change left over, or a gallon of gas, or a pack of cigarettes.

I remember "ladies day" at the movies and ladies would get in for a fraction of the price.

I remember my mama's friends calling her to let her know someone Black was appearing on television.

I remember when making long-distance phone calls on Chistmas was a big deal.

homoe

08-26-2014, 02:23 PM

Candy bars costs a nickle (you could get a bigger one for ten cents)

Soda only came in glass bottles or cans and you'd pay a deposit and then cash them back in for money when you were truly broke..lol

Blade

08-26-2014, 05:56 PM

I remember Daddy sending me to the store with $1 for a gallon of lawn mower gas, a pack of Salem's, and I could have the change.

I remember Sunday evenings with Walt Disney and Wild Kingdom

I remember when a cigarette salesman would see us in the store and ask if our parents smoked and would give us sample cigarettes to take home to them. Umm no they never made it home.

I remember "be home before the street lights come on"

I remember, "the people down the street were hippies and we needed to walk on the other side of the street not on the side their house was on.

I remember vinyl records...33 1/3

I remember when I was the remote control

I remember our first experience with cable TV. There was a box under the TV and a little hand held box with a keypad they were attached with a cable like a phone cable.

I remember riding in the back of Pa's truck and driving years before I was old enough.

I remember when my Dad could beat up your Dad LOL

Jacks
Around the World (at night under the yard light)
Mother May I
123 red light
I spy
and many more

Blade

08-26-2014, 07:36 PM

Do you remember when school started in September and ended in May

Do you remember Clarence the cross eyed lion

Do you remember The land of the lost and Johnny Quest

Do you remember Tom Landry and Bum Phillips

EnchantedNightDweller

08-26-2014, 07:56 PM

Do you remember when teachers used a chalkboard? Now they use a Promethean board - a large screen connected to a computer. It's actually amazing!

JDeere

08-26-2014, 09:11 PM

Do you remember when teachers used a chalkboard? Now they use a Promethean board - a large screen connected to a computer. It's actually amazing!

Yep I do! One of my teachers used to scratch her nails on it, if we misbehaved!:glasses:

Daktari

08-27-2014, 07:22 AM

Orema

08-27-2014, 07:48 AM

Do you remember handwriting classes with a mandatory fountain pen in school?

I remember Mrs.Kershaw in 1st juniors (age 8/9) teaching us. Also remember getting a wooden ruler across the hand for mucking about in class.

Fountain pens weren't mandatory when I was a child, but on a similar note many of our desks had a hole in the upper-right corner for an ink well.

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Luckily, my hand never met the ruler!

Daktari

08-27-2014, 07:51 AM

I'm really glad I learned to write in such an old school way and still carry a fountain pen.

We had similar desks at secondary [UK>US: high] school only the frames were metal and the seat flipped up. I loved those desks. I made sure my name was on the inside of the lid in my class home room. :cheesy:

Blade

10-19-2014, 07:30 PM

Do you remember when you'd walk to the store, picking up bottles knowing that when you got to the store you'd have picked up enough bottles for a drink or candy bar and some penny candy

Gayandgray

02-18-2016, 10:34 AM

I remember the days of just one rotary phone and it was in the kitchen. It had a really long cord and my sisters and I would stretch it to the max going going down the hallway to talk in private. I remember pay telephones, no such thing as a cell phone, Being sent outside to play and playing hide and seek, red rover, dodge ball, tag. Riding bikes and building forts in the woods. Only going out to eat on special occasions. The teacher could pull your hair and hit you with a paddle or ruler for misbehaving, and being afraid to go home because as soon as Daddy got home, you were gonna get hit with the "switch"! I remember records, no cd's or cassette tapes till I was older. I remember 8 track tapes. I remember my mom washing our mouth out with a bar of ivory soap she kept in the kitchen for saying "bad words" (cussing). I remember being told to get up and change the tv channel. I remember wearing saddle shoes and Buster Browns. I remember having pen pals and writing lots of letters. Man I miss the old days:koolaid:

meridiantoo

02-18-2016, 11:42 AM

Playing with my hula hoop, lemon twist and skateboard for hours

Outside play wasn't only encouraged, it was mandatory

Shag carpet

After school special movies

Pre-MTV, Pre-Walkman, reel-to-reel home movies, when cars just had radios, vinyl records, bootleg copies you cherished, Peel sessions on BBC radio

Saturday nights at the skating rink

When kids behaved and respected elders because 1) everyone told mom what you did wrong before you even got home 2) mom always told dad and you knew what that meant 3) spanking and anything rougher than a time-out were not considered archaic and a form of child abuse 4) kids were not given so many choices when they had no idea how to make them yet

Block parties

Having to write 500 times "I will not talk in class" over the weekend because I wanted to socialize instead of listening to the teacher

Emergency Broadcast System tests on TV on a regular basis

Every dad got soap-on-a-rope and/or Old Spice every Christmas

Hearing Eddie Murphy's comedy album "Raw" for the first time

When Studio 54 was still going strong

Girls/Women laid out in the sun until they got burnt to a crisp, using nothing but baby oil on the skin

Sock Hops after school in Jr. High

Listening to your grandparents talk about the good 'ole days when couples courted on front porches, kids were respectful and everything was made better (and everything was made better)

Awesome thread!

Chad

02-18-2016, 12:48 PM

I would have loved to have gone to Studio 54, that would have been awesome!

meridiantoo

02-19-2016, 10:09 AM

I would have loved to have gone to Studio 54, that would have been awesome!

Me, too! I was only able to listen to people talk about it.

Greyson

02-19-2016, 12:16 PM

I remember "paper boys" that sold newspapers on the corner or in front of the grocery store. I was one of them, every weekend I sold the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and the grown up always asking me if I were a boy or a girl.

I remember watching my grandma take out her teeth and putting them into a glass of water to sit overnight. :blink:

I remember always challenging my mom about her letting my brothers stay out later and they never had to do any house work, cooking or babysitting.

I remember listening to Wolfman Jack on the radio.

I remember Tommy's Hamburger stand at the corner of Beverly and Rampart.

I remember $2 night at the drive in theater.

I remember home made skate boards and concussions.

I remember ice cream was 5 cents a scoop.

I remember walking into the Wilshire Bullocks store with my parents and being asked to leave.

I remember watching the funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy pass along the screen of our Black and White T.V. screen.

I remember the eery silence of the grown ups as we watched with reverence.

I remember stepping outside the front door to go to school and seeing National Guard troops deployed on the streets of Los Angeles in response to the Watts riot.

Gayandgray

08-26-2016, 08:18 PM

introverted1

11-24-2016, 04:40 PM

I remember watching the tv shows Family, The Waltons, Welcome Back Kotter, Family Affair, The Secret Garden, Captain Kangaroo, Captain Noah and his Magical Ark, Barnaby Jones, The Courtship of Eddie's Father. Tv was so cool back then.:hangloose::hangloose::hangloose:

Gayandgray, I think we are in the same age group!

I remember Captain Kangaroo, Family Affair...I loved public television and was a faithful watcher of Kukla, Fran and Ollie...

We had S & H green stamps and gas stations had promotional giveaways.

There was layaway in those days, and I bought my first ten speed bicycle at the age of fourteen by depositing five dollars at a time from my babysitting jobs at Haack's Cycle shop near my house. I wonder how many miles I put on that bike! It was a sky blue Schwinn Traveler.

In those days, kids were outside as many hours as possible and we had neighborhood wide games of hide and seek and kick ball. I was sports dyslexic and shy, but was never excluded by the neighbor kids because of this.

When I was ill, I read the Sears catalogue for entertainment, LOL! I was fascinated with the women's lingerie...now I know why. ; )

homoe

11-24-2016, 05:58 PM

I also must be in the same age group!

I remember when the A & P gave dishes ,a piece a week, when you spent over a certain amount in groceries. Most all businesses gave their patrons a calendar. A service man ran out and filled up your tank, checked your oil, and washed the windshield. I remember when repair men showed up to fix things we now simply toss away and re-purchase.

I remember all the above mentioned tv shows as well as Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, and Rawhide!

introverted1

11-24-2016, 07:54 PM

easygoingfemme

11-24-2016, 08:40 PM

[QUOTE=homoe;1110581

I remember when the A & P gave dishes ,a piece a week, when you spent over a certain amount in groceries. [/QUOTE]

I have a set of those dishes and we use them as our everyday dishes. I grew up with them and mentioned to my mom about 6 years ago how much I loved them and she was like... I still have them, you want? I was so excited.

We had the green stamps at Macys. I remember my mom trying to explain them to me but I also remember not getting it.

I remember weekends were spent outside on my bike when I was younger, checking in a few times each day. When I was older it was walking to a friends house who had a television to watch weekend entertainment. Usually PeeWee Herman followed by Hulk Hogan wrestling. Then we would take out a boom box and walk around all day listening to cassettes, usually Cyndi Lauper. We would walk to my grandmothers and she had the big block of yellow "government cheese" they called it. I think it was food bank cheese. She would cut off a hunk and hand it to me and my friends with a sleeve of saltines and we'd think we struck rich. We'd walk up the road to another neighbor who had a massive garden and sneak a cucumber or a carrot and then go hang out either by the railroad tracks or on a cliff overlooking our river and feast.

I remember our bookmobile, the beloved red bus filled with books that would come to a church up the road a way every few weeks. I loved climbing up those steps and smelling the books.

Gay and Grey- Yes to Pen pals, getting my mouth washed out with soap, and Buster Browns!

cathexis

11-25-2016, 03:13 AM

Do you remember when your parents didn't have to tell you not to take candy from stranger, hitchhiking was safe and everybody did it, when men a;ways held doors open for a "lady", okay for a teacher to give kids a spanking, when penmanship was graded, phonics, Woodstock, there were no color TVs, there were no person computers, everybody was so excited when they were building a McDonalds, when you had a flat tire someone always stopped to change it, when doctors would make housecalls

homoe

11-26-2016, 08:31 AM

Blade

11-26-2016, 08:50 AM

Does anyone else remember a program the banks offered, I believed they were simply called "Christmas Club" where you'd deposit a set amount of money each week and then around the first of December they'd send you a check? Maybe they still have something like that?

My company offers a Christmas savings like this but we don't get any interest on it. They cut us a check the Friday before Thanksgiving.
My credit union will deduct a set amount from checking into savings each week or whatever, but they don't send you a check

*Anya*

11-26-2016, 12:40 PM

Does anyone else remember a program the banks offered, I believed they were simply called "Christmas Club" where you'd deposit a set amount of money each week and then around the first of December they'd send you a check? Maybe they still have something like that?

Absolutely I remember.

I would do it every year putting a little away each time so my girls would get some presents from Santa.

I also remember when you would get a toaster with new accounts, when they did not charge you for checking accounts and most of all: I rember when I would get 3-5% interest on savings accounts.

Oh yeah, free checks, too.

Ha!

deeds

11-26-2016, 01:48 PM

Does anyone remember back in the 70's when they used to put dish rags and hand towels in powdered laundry soap?

homoe

11-26-2016, 05:27 PM

Does anyone remember back in the 70's when they used to put dish rags and hand towels in powdered laundry soap?

YES, I do and I always thought that was such a rip off! You might of gotten a free towel BUT it took up so much room that you got less soap!

homoe

11-30-2016, 09:42 AM

homoe

12-01-2016, 11:28 AM

Does anyone else remember a kids TV show, prolly had to be in the mid 60's, about a monkey named either Chadder or Chatter? The theme song was.....

Chadder doesn't know that he's a pest...
Chadder's only trying to do his best....
BUT CHADDER WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU

Poor Chadder it was one catastrophe after another with him!

girlin2une

12-01-2016, 11:39 AM

Maybe it's because I am in Canada, but I don't remember any of this... at least anything on this page...
I'm not that young, but I do not recall anything from the 70's... having been born in the middle of that decade...

I DO recall, milk and orange juice being delivered to my house... put in between the storm door and the screen door...

homoe

12-01-2016, 11:43 AM

I remember everything in this thread and MORE but then again I'm OLD:sigh:

girlin2une

12-01-2016, 11:46 AM

How about sticker books? Does anyone remember collecting stickers in the 80's? That was one of my favourite past times... I had a very diverse collection with my "scratch n' sniff" collection being the envy of my peers! :canadian:

homoe

12-01-2016, 12:18 PM

Disco and everything Disco related.....

Shystonefem

12-01-2016, 04:08 PM

Disco and everything Disco related.....

My brother was a DJ and he was so I to Disco. I was like 14 maybe but he would come for Christmas and tell me how awesome it was.

deeds

12-02-2016, 05:56 AM

Do you remember when a pack of smokes a pepsi and a snickers were a buck for all,really only .90 after you got your dime deposit back for your pop bottle?Reagan's trickle down policies didn't do America so well in such a short amount of time..

*Anya*

12-02-2016, 07:22 PM

Does anyone else remember grocery stores having home delivery?

I mean of course you still had to go to the store in person, shop for them, pay for them, etc etc but still it was nice if you had other errands to run. Oh and of course we left the door unlocked so they could just walk and leave them on the kitchen counter.

Actually they do home delivery now, at least here in Southern CA.

After I got out of the hospital, I used it all the time.

Amazon Prime (the $99 per year one not the Amazon Fresh for $299 a year) delivers food from several different grocery stores for no extra charge. A couple charge the same prices as in-store.

I still do it when I am too lazy to go to the store or if I am sick.

firegal

12-03-2016, 05:32 PM

Disco and everything Disco related.....
I was a DJ at a disco i have 200 12 inch extended versions records

homoe

12-03-2016, 05:40 PM

I was a DJ at a disco i have 200 12 inch extended versions records

WOW you've kept them all this time! Do you have a turntable to play them on? If so, I'm think you've got the start of the makings for a GREAT disco party soon:party:

easygoingfemme

12-03-2016, 07:00 PM

WOW you've kept them all this time! Do you have a turntable to play them on? If so, I'm think you've got the start of the makings for a GREAT disco party soon:party:

I have a turntable! You can bring them here, firegal, it will be epic. :party:

~ocean

12-03-2016, 08:09 PM

I was a DJ at a disco i have 200 12 inch extended versions records

firegal has rythum !:shocking:

Blade

12-03-2016, 08:27 PM

Do you remember when a 30 minute show only had about 5 minutes of commercials

Gayandgray

12-04-2016, 01:09 PM

Do you remember when you looked in the paper in the "Want Ads" for a job? And you filled out a paper application? And they called you if they were interested?

introverted1

12-04-2016, 07:13 PM

Do you remember when you looked in the paper in the "Want Ads" for a job? And you filled out a paper application? And they called you if they were interested?

Oh my gosh, yes! And we had to actually visit a brick and mortar building for an interview, LOL! For my now job, I conducted the interview over bluetooth in my car on my way up to my best friend's dad's funeral! How times have changed...

introverted1

12-04-2016, 07:14 PM

Do you remember when a 30 minute show only had about 5 minutes of commercials

I sure do!

~ocean

12-06-2016, 11:46 AM

living life with less was easier than all the complications of having more.

Gayandgray

12-06-2016, 11:57 AM

living life with less was easier than all the complications of having more.

Oh I agree!!!!!

homoe

12-23-2016, 03:32 AM

When Christmas didn't seem to be the materialistic event it is today?

homoe

12-23-2016, 03:34 AM

The family had one TV and one automobile to share, and we all survived it!

~ocean

12-23-2016, 04:04 AM

we all spoke with respect every word had a distinct pronunciation~ we had control in our manners ~ our children would be humiliated if they knew they acted w/ disrespect. helping each other was a sincere neighborly choice. We made it a point to wish our local store owners a Merry Christmas.

homoe

12-25-2016, 11:32 PM

Kids got two full weeks off during Christmas break?

Of course back then we didn't have spring break just the Good Friday off before Easter was all.

introverted1

01-02-2017, 07:01 PM

The family had one TV and one automobile to share, and we all survived it!

Not only that, any large number of kids were tossed into the family sedan sans safety belts...and we all managed to survive, somehow. Let the children land where they may, LOL!

introverted1

01-02-2017, 07:02 PM

Kids got two full weeks off during Christmas break?

Of course back then we didn't have spring break just the Good Friday off before Easter was all.

Yes, Easter was sort of a non event, days off from school-wise.

Jesse

01-02-2017, 07:33 PM

The family had one TV and one automobile to share, and we all survived it!

...and the kids were the remote control!

homoe

02-15-2017, 10:05 PM

And when the TV knob broke, you used a pair of pliers to change channels!

Brisa

02-16-2017, 05:35 AM

When cars were so much easier to work on and so MUCH cheaper for repairs!

MsTinkerbelly

02-16-2017, 09:20 AM

When you could play outside until dark, and you weren't grabbed by a serial killer?

introverted1

02-22-2017, 05:32 PM

When you could play outside until dark, and you weren't grabbed by a serial killer?

We played outside as late as we could...our folks would holler for us from the front doors when the street lights came on! And serial killers were literally the last thing on anyone's mind.

cathexis

02-22-2017, 06:21 PM

When cars were so much easier to work on and so MUCH cheaper for repairs!

When all the guys worked on cars and "souped" up their own muscle cars with

their buddy's help. Your brother would "soup" up a lesser car for you with

your help. Hence, you too, learned how to work on cars.

homoe

04-02-2017, 05:58 PM

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Gayandgray

04-08-2017, 09:13 AM

Do you remember when groceries were so much CHEAPER??????

introverted1

04-08-2017, 05:29 PM

Do you remember when kids used to ride their bikes for at least 500 miles per summer?

homoe

04-09-2017, 05:05 PM

Do you remember when kids used to ride their bikes for at least 500 miles per summer?

NOT only do I remember it but I was one of those kids:hangloose:

~ocean

04-09-2017, 05:25 PM

do you remember when you could play outside with out looking over your shoulder life and living was safe

introverted1

04-09-2017, 09:33 PM

NOT only do I remember it but I was one of those kids:hangloose:

I was one of those kids, too! All summer long was one long adventure of biking into the country, and pretending I was an archaeologist when the nearby gravel company would blast for more limestone gravel. I found so many fossils in that place.

Gayandgray

04-12-2017, 04:31 PM

Do you remember when you were a kid and went to family reunions, picnics, etc. and there was always groups of adults playing crochet, batmitton, tossing horse shoes, bean bag toss or some called it corn hole toss? You don't see people playing these kinds of outdoor games much anymore.

Lecheloco

04-12-2017, 05:13 PM

Do you remember when you could ride in the back of a pick up truck, that's where my friends and I would pile up on, calling dibs on the wheel well

homoe

04-15-2017, 02:03 AM

I remember when everything closed down from noon to three on Good Friday!

~ocean

04-15-2017, 05:28 AM

DYR Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, the scent of new fabrics, twirling dress' ,pocketbooks matching your shoes , visiting family and then going to a fancy restaurant .

easygoingfemme

04-15-2017, 07:45 AM

Do you remember when kids used to ride their bikes for at least 500 miles per summer?

I'm still that kid :) Just with much fewer urges to do things like tear through the woods and fall into ditches while riding around.

Gayandgray

04-15-2017, 04:47 PM

Do you remember when people sat out on the front porch and just sat there watching the cars go by?

introverted1

04-17-2017, 05:38 PM

Do you remember when people sat out on the front porch and just sat there watching the cars go by?

And chatted with neighbors walking by? When neighbors actually spoke to each other! And walked.

Gayandgray

04-18-2017, 11:11 PM

Do you remember those Butter Rum Lifesavers that were out many years ago? I haven't seen them since I was a kid!

cathexis

04-19-2017, 01:25 AM

And chatted with neighbors walking by? When neighbors actually spoke to each other! And walked.

And neighbors would play horseshoes and crochet together.

If you were a kid watching from your porch, someone would wave you over.

Kätzchen

04-22-2017, 12:52 PM

Do you remember when you could get a copy of your birth certificate from the hospital, rather than pay for a copy of it from a state agency???

introverted1

04-23-2017, 11:14 AM

Do you remember neighborhood-wide games of hide and seek that would go on until the street lights came on and our parents were hollering for us from our front porches?

Chad

04-23-2017, 11:29 AM

Do you remember those Butter Rum Lifesavers that were out many years ago? I haven't seen them since I was a kid!

I love butter rum lifesavers. You can get them at Cracker Barrel restaurants.

*Anya*

04-23-2017, 02:48 PM

Wrong thread, sorry!

:|

Kätzchen

04-24-2017, 10:55 AM

I remember the summer before my last year in high school, and how my mom and I shopped every weekend to find the perfect prom dress for the fall dance (my first) and being worried that my senior pictures would turn out terrible (I was SO self conscious).

I remember all the stories told at Sunday afternoon supper when our family invited other family's out to spend the day with our family.

I remember watching Shirley Temple movies at my grandparents house when I spent Saturday afternoon's with my grandmother, while she worked on quilts or sewing projects.

I remember my mother hardly ever buying us store bought clothes and how my mom took all if us to our family friend and seamstress, Mrs. Reisch, four times each year, to have clothes made for each of us.

I remember our family hardly ever buying anything at a grocery store --- we had most everything one needed at home, and of course, all the chores one could think of too.

I remember my grand father's hobbies of rock hunting and all his gadgets for rock polishing or making rock tables or other big rock projects, oil painting, or sitting quietly at the dining room table with his binder tracking stock market trends, etc.

I remember how the Sunday paper was only $1.00, which was expensive back then, but oh (!) How fun it was to read Ann Landers, Sunday Parade, the comics (Blondie! ), and all the other things you'd find for sale in the Want Ads.

I remember sitting through long Sunday sermons or attending hot summer evenings at revivals and shooting down every plausible loop hole in their sermons. It's how I entertained myself during Sunday sermons because we had to make sure we could pass a surprise Quiz during Sunday supper hour. Which in our house, failure to pass the quiz meant big trouble.

introverted1

05-21-2017, 05:05 PM

Does anybody remember making "Creepy Crawlers and Fun Flowers" in the late 60's and 70's? The activity called for metal molds of critters and flowers, several bottles of latex "goop" to pour into the molds, and a heating device with which to "cook" the goop creatures/flowers. Of course, liability issues would prevent such activities nowadays, but what fun we had...especially when glow-in-the dark goop came out!

cathexis

05-22-2017, 12:26 AM

cathexis

05-22-2017, 12:38 AM

Anyone remember pay toilets at department stores in the downtown shopping areas? One stall was usually free, but UGH.

Anyone remember restroom attendants that you tipped for your paper towel?

Remember ladies rooms with nice lounges, located before the actual restrooms, with comfy chairs to watch the daytime soaps?

Kätzchen

05-24-2017, 07:07 PM

I remember spending Saturday afternoon's with my cousin at our great aunt's house. She'd let us pick out any dress of hers to wear, shoes and costume jewelry too. Our aunt would wash our hair and put it up in big rollers, then tie a scarf around our roller sets, while we paraded around her house looking just like her, *lol*. Our aunt would be out in the kitchen slaving over cookies for us and listening to her favorite big band music on an am-radio music show.

Glen Miller was her favorite big band.
Good times, for sure. :stillheart:

n92ATE3IgIs

homoe

05-30-2017, 07:55 AM

Gayandgray

05-30-2017, 10:01 AM

Glenn

05-30-2017, 10:14 AM

Nowadays, I wonder how many people would get their container of pepper spray out of their purse or glove compartment?

Kätzchen

05-31-2017, 01:22 PM

Do you remember when gas stations were called Service Stations?

Usually it was a man who ran out and asked you how much gas you wanted, checked the oil, washed the windshield, and then asked if you wanted your tires checked?

Gas was so cheap then I think my father always replied 'fill her up"I do! I even posted a few years ago that the economy was soooooo bad after grad school, that the only place I could find a job was working at a service station. :)

Did you ever own a car that didn't have an operational gas gauge??? *lol* I did. I remember having to calculate how many gallons of gas the tank would hold, then keep track of how many miles I could get from one gallon of gasoline. Then because I had this irrational fear of being stuck in gridlock traffic, with no gas station around for miles, that I'd always pull.into the service station, my favorite one ;), and say "fill her up!", knowing I had only used about one or two gallons of gasoline. *lol* :|

Nowadays, I wonder how many people would get their container of pepper spray out of their purse or glove compartment?

I have several pepper spray devices: a big one on my key chain, one for my purse, and one by my nightstand table. I've never kept them in a glove box. Close proximity works best for me.

JDeere

06-10-2017, 07:58 PM

I wonder if there are any left in small towns somewhere??

There are a few in small towns in Oklahoma, the service stations are mainly what helps keep the small town afloat.

StoicStone

06-11-2017, 08:54 AM

Does anyone remember when telephones had a rotary dial and you shared a line with 8 other houses?
When I was young that is the way it was. I, unfortunately, had two old women on my party line, they lived next door to each other. They spoke everyday for something like 5 hrs about nothing of any consequence. The line was always busy lol

homoe

06-11-2017, 09:17 AM

Chad

06-11-2017, 09:22 AM

Yes, I'm old enough to remember party lines and they were NO party:giggle:

Me too! :)

Degotoga

06-11-2017, 09:23 AM

I love butter rum lifesavers. You can get them at Cracker Barrel restaurants.

You can also get them at Buc-ee's. I usually buy a couple of rolls and toss them in the console of my truck. They're an instant happy place while stuck in traffic.

Kätzchen

07-06-2017, 10:48 AM

Do you remember when gas stations were called Service Stations?

Usually it was a man who ran out and asked you how much gas you wanted, checked the oil, washed the windshield, and then asked if you wanted your tires checked?

Gas was so cheap then I think my father always replied 'fill her up"

http://offbeatoregon.com/assets-2016/1601d.bomber-gas-station.375/bomber-postcard-1960s-1200.jpg

The Bomber Gas Station is no longer in business, but when I first moved to the Portland area in the Mid-1980s, I often rode by on the bus, when my boys were just babies. When my son's were toddlers, I would stop there to let them marvel at the ww2 bomber, and buy them an ice cream cone.

Here's a link to the story about The Bomber:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2968

PS: the picture above is an actual vintage post card that is out of circulation. If you come across this post card, it's pretty much a miracle.

cathexis

07-06-2017, 02:19 PM

Yes, I'm old enough to remember party lines and they were NO party:giggle:

Sometimes, you couldn't get the parties to relinquish the line in case of an emergency (which was required by law). If they didn't give up the line, you couldn't even call the fire department unless you were able to get to a neighbor's house. Didn't happen very often, but you'd read about it in the paper every once in awhile.

It was a BIG deal!

Femmewench

09-04-2017, 03:37 PM

Do you remember when gas stations were called Service Stations?

Usually it was a man who ran out and asked you how much gas you wanted, checked the oil, washed the windshield, and then asked if you wanted your tires checked?

Gas was so cheap then I think my father always replied 'fill her up"

There are two states where you cannot pump your own gas. Oregon and...damn my memory, NJ I think. Anyway, I stopped at a gas station in Oregon, pulled up to the pump, got my credit card in hand, turned to open the door and nearly had a heart attack. Standing at my door is a big, big man who says "Cash or credit?" I have no idea why he's asking this and say so. I get the explanation. I get the joy of getting my windshield cleaned since I'm too flipping short to reach the top of the Ford E450 or the middle.

Please don't tell me to get a squeegee with an extended handle. If you can't apply the pressure at the correct angle, it doesn't help.

Femmewench

09-04-2017, 03:39 PM

Femmewench

09-04-2017, 03:41 PM

I love butter rum lifesavers. You can get them at Cracker Barrel restaurants.

Thank you! I've only found them at truck stops. I'll be heading over to Cracker Barrel soon. Wonder if they'd sell me a case?

Femmewench

09-04-2017, 03:43 PM

Do you remember when a 30 minute show only had about 5 minutes of commercials

And when you watch them on Netflix you discover just exactly how many minutes are now devoted to commercials in a one hour show. The least they could do is cap it at 15, but I've seen 17.

Chad

09-04-2017, 04:31 PM

Thank you! I've only found them at truck stops. I'll be heading over to Cracker Barrel soon. Wonder if they'd sell me a case?

They are so yummy.😊

BullDog

09-04-2017, 04:55 PM

nhplowboi

09-04-2017, 05:57 PM

Hmm......well we are small town and country but Butter Rum is a good seller at our store! That just ain't right that you are searching for a Butter Rum Lifesaver!Do you remember those Butter Rum Lifesavers that were out many years ago? I haven't seen them since I was a kid!

homoe

09-05-2017, 02:57 PM

Yes I remember this. It is true that you can't pump your own gas in Oregon and it definitely did take getting used to. It isn't the same as the full service from the past, but it is nice - except when you are in a hurry since you often have to wait.

The grocery store that I go to in the next town over does have kids take your shopping cart out and load your groceries in the car - which is also something that used to always be done when I was a kid.

Our town was so small that the A & P would send the boy over to our place with the groceries my parents had paid for and had other errands to do before heading home! That was back when we kept our doors unlocked of course.

Kätzchen

09-21-2017, 05:51 PM

Our town was so small that the A & P would send the boy over to our place with the groceries my parents had paid for and had other errands to do before heading home! That was back when we kept our doors unlocked of course.

our town was so small, and so far away, that we never locked out doors, much less hooked the screen door.

The family cars were left unlocked, too.

in fact, at times, mom and dad just left the keys to the cars on the floor boards of the big truck or family car.

BUT. ... the gate to the corral, and especially the field gates, were never left unlocked. Ever.... :giggle: ;) :balloon:

Gayandgray

09-29-2017, 07:43 PM

It's funny how now they don't want kids riding bikes without helmets, drinking out of garden hoses, riding in the back of a truck, etc, but we did all that as kids and my sister and I survived just fine!

cathexis

09-29-2017, 08:27 PM

Our town was so small that the A & P would send the boy over to our place with the groceries my parents had paid for and had other errands to do before heading home! That was back when we kept our doors unlocked of course.

When I was young you could do all of the above. Also, the neighbor would come in to shut your windows if it rained. Your dog made the rounds and most people had a treat for her and all knew her name. You signed for your neighbor's UPS package and sent the kids over with then when you noticed their car sitting in their driveway. It was safe for an 8 year old kid to take the bus downtown alone.

All this and more that I can't think of in the close suburbs of Indianapolis.

In some ways, I miss the "good old days."

Kätzchen

02-18-2018, 10:56 AM

Remember when no one had an answering machine for the landline telephone? If you weren't home to answer your phone, it would just ring and ring (the telephone).

homoe

02-21-2018, 08:08 PM

Remember when no one had an answering machine for the landline telephone? If you weren't home to answer your phone, it would just ring and ring (the telephone).

Yup, and I remember the anticipation of who might be on the other end of that call, of course this was also WAY before caller I.D. ........

~ocean

02-21-2018, 08:39 PM

Yup, and I remember the anticipation of who might be on the other end of that call, of course this was also WAY before caller I.D. ........

I Love my landline ~ I never ask can u hear me now ~ my calls never get dropped ~ and when I'm not home I don't get bothered.

homoe

02-22-2018, 08:58 AM

We have a landline as well and would NEVER consider giving it up!

homoe

02-22-2018, 09:58 AM

I remember receiving an allowance on my dad's payday.

As I recall most paydays back in the day were on a Friday......:hangloose:

homoe

02-22-2018, 09:59 AM

I remember when the father was the primary breadwinner in the family.

homoe

02-22-2018, 10:28 AM

Remember when households had one automobile and the family 'shared' it?

~ocean

02-22-2018, 11:52 AM

I remember when having self respect was admirable and not insulted.

cathexis

02-22-2018, 02:57 PM

I remember when having self respect was admirable and not insulted.

Dad always had the most current model of Mercury. Kids tried to be the first to wash his car, that Saturday chore was numeuro uno. We would do extra duties in order to win that. Also, it was a special time to be asked to ride in that car.

That car was dingless, rubber smudgeless, and always perfect. The inside was clean, no mud, no toys or even bits of gum wrappers.

Now mom's station wagon is where the groceries were picked up, kids taken to school, trips to drop kids at skating. There were surface scuffs in and out. It was obviously the kidmobile, but each Saturday was cleaned in and out. Dog prints to wipe up, crayon marks to wipe off. The outside was worse with all the mud and twigs. Washing it was a much bigger deal.

Detailing was simply cleaning well :|. Both were waxed and shined.
then.......on to next chore (no skating until finished).

homoe

02-22-2018, 04:44 PM

Dad always had the most current model of Mercury. Kids tried to be the first to wash his car, that Saturday chore was numeuro uno. We would do extra duties in order to win that. Also, it was a special time to be asked to ride in that car.

That car was dingless, rubber smudgeless, and always perfect. The inside was clean, no mud, no toys or even bits of gum wrappers.

Now mom's station wagon is where the groceries were picked up, kids taken to school, trips to drop kids at skating. There were surface scuffs in and out. It was obviously the kidmobile, but each Saturday was cleaned in and out. Dog prints to wipe up, crayon marks to wipe off. The outside was worse with all the mud and twigs. Washing it was a much bigger deal.

Detailing was simply cleaning well :|. Both were waxed and shined.
then.......on to next chore (no skating until finished).

WOW impressive you had two cars! :hangloose:

Kätzchen

02-22-2018, 06:45 PM

I remember the long late summer evenings of watering the yard, by irrigation canals we had in our property, and sitting on the swing set we had in the yard, swishing my feet through the water and watching the sun go down and the quiet evenings, when all you could hear were the crickets' chirping late in the evening, after a really warm day.

homoe

02-22-2018, 06:57 PM

I remember, even tho it may be hard for younger folks to believe, when the whole family shared 1 phone and 1 television set..........

homoe

02-23-2018, 06:51 PM

I remember when playing outdoors as a kid you were left to roam and do as you pleased just as long as you were home by dark..........

Actually in our small town, the fire dept checked/blew their whistle every night at 9 and we'd best be home or close to it by then or we were in big trouble!

homoe

02-25-2018, 11:32 AM

I remember nickle bags of potato chips and nickle candy bars!

homoe

03-19-2018, 12:41 PM

I remember a HUGE box of popcorn at the Delft Theater in my hometown costing only a dime! For a nickle you'd get a good size bag of popcorn and for a quarter you'd get a container of buttered popcorn WITH REAL BUTTER!

homoe

03-19-2018, 01:51 PM

Remember when no one had an answering machine for the landline telephone? If you weren't home to answer your phone, it would just ring and ring (the telephone).

Yup, and I remember the anticipation of who/whom just might be on the other end of the call coming in!

DAMN you caller ID.....

homoe

03-19-2018, 01:55 PM

I remember our town being so small you'd get a wrong number and still end up talking for 30 minutes!

Gayandgray

03-19-2018, 07:23 PM

I remember being able to go in the department stores barefooted when we went down south to visit my stepdad’s kinfolk.

cathexis

03-20-2018, 12:31 AM

I remember, even tho it may be hard for younger folks to believe, when the whole family shared 1 phone and 1 television set..........

You bet cha, 1 television black/white - 4 channels, 2 of which signed off at night, and privileges with could be denied for not minding. Friday night, 1 TV
station stayed on late with scary movies.

One phone with the number drilled in to your memory so effectively that I still
remember it. Had a party line where 2 families shared the line. You couldn't
make a call if they were in the line, you didn't tie up the line with long calls, and you relinquished the line for emergencies.:typewriter:

cathexis

03-20-2018, 12:33 AM

I remember, even tho it may be hard for younger folks to believe, when the whole family shared 1 phone and 1 television set..........

You bet cha, 1 television black/white - 4 channels, 2 of which signed off at night, and privileges with could be denied for not minding. Friday night, 1 TV
station stayed on late with scary movies.

One phone with the number drilled in to your memory so effectively that I still
remember it. Had a party line where 2 families who shared the line. You couldn't
make a call if they were on the line, you didn't tie up the line with long calls, and you relinquished the line for emergencies.:typewriter:

homoe

03-20-2018, 10:12 AM

cathexis

03-20-2018, 04:33 PM

I remember Ben Franklin and Woolworth stores where you could find just about everything!

When you were exhausted from shopping, you could go nourish yourself with something to eat at Woolworth's lunch counter!

Oh, yeah, the daily special was only a buck.

The candy counter is what I miss.

All sorts of candy in a paper bag by the quarter pound hand filled to order.

homoe

03-21-2018, 02:35 AM

Oh, yeah, the daily special was only a buck.

The candy counter is what I miss.

All sorts of candy in a paper bag by the quarter pound hand filled to order.

OMG yes, the bulk candy case, how on earth could I forget that! Chocolate covered peanuts, stars, bridge mix, malted milk balls, just to name a few:eatinghersheybar:

introverted1

04-12-2018, 05:27 PM

I remember Ben Franklin and Woolworth stores where you could find just about everything!

When you were exhausted from shopping, you could go nourish yourself with something to eat at Woolworth's lunch counter!

We still have a Ben Franklin in my town... I love that place!

homoe

04-29-2018, 05:43 PM

penny candy and the HUGE selection of it!

Reach *BANNED*

04-29-2018, 05:59 PM

Thank you all for these posts. I think given the State of our Union right now nostalgia is becoming to be at the forefront of a lot of people's minds.

A lot of people do wish for those good ole days.

homoe

04-29-2018, 06:23 PM

I remember when America had a President most of the citizens respected!

cathexis

04-29-2018, 07:46 PM

I remember when you could walk around oblivious to your
surroundings without the fear that someone would disturb
you except to maybe ask directions somewhere.

Kids had no fear riding around visiting neighbors blocks away
that your parents didn't even know.

Go on a hike in the woods or large park in the city without fear.

I had to learn to be cautious of strangers, poking around abandoned houses, getting a ride home from someone who lived around the neighborhood that I didn't necessarily know.

You get the idea? When first moving to a city, got into a few jams due to my gullibility. It made me hard and suspicious. Sad.

Dean Thoreau

04-30-2018, 06:38 PM

I remember when someone walking around talking to seemingly no one in particular was though to have a psychiatric disorder .

When a person was using hand gestures and speaking loudly to no seen person in particular was thought delusional and an ambulance called.

When a person standing in front of u in line says “says excuse me” u just nodded and figured they let out a silent one or burped.

When a person went to a store they said hello to the person they were walking by not someone u can’t see

Cellphones. Now if u don’t walk around talking to seemingly no one u r thought to be crazy for not keeping up with technology.

Oh and by the way. Plato also longed for the good old days when youth behaved and did not cause a ruckus.

homoe

05-24-2018, 03:07 AM

.

Parking meters took pennies, nickels, and dimes!

Chained Daisy

05-24-2018, 04:46 AM

.

Parking meters took pennies, nickels, and dimes!

Yes ! And to `spend a penny` meant to use a public toilet which had a lock on requiring a penny to access it. :|

homoe

05-24-2018, 05:25 AM

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The excitement of arriving to pick up your photos and hoping they all turned out!

WheatToast

10-17-2018, 11:13 PM

I remember when America had a President most of the citizens respected!

In the early 70's, I had an amazing little orangie-red Opel GT. I used to fill the tank for around $3.50. The tank held 14 gallons and gas was a quarter a gallon.
To compare, gas prices the day before Trump was inaugurated were $1 a gallon. The day after, they doubled to $2 a gallon. Now they average about $2.59 per gallon, and this is in fracking crazy South Texas.
:|:|:|

WheatToast

10-17-2018, 11:43 PM

I remember nickle bags of potato chips and nickle candy bars!

Sodas were a dime and the bottle deposit cost 2 cents.
Some drive-ins with older movies charged $2-3 per carload, but the fancier ones charged per-person, so teens would hide in the trunk and pop out once the driver parked.
You could smoke cigarettes everywhere, including in non smoker's homes where they'd be socially obligated to put out a giant ashtray on the coffee table. :cigar:
Even hospital beds had ashtrays, and on airplanes the smoking section and non smoking sections were directly adjacent.
On airplane trips, everyone dressed up in their Sunday best. Full meals were served, with metal cutlery and china plates.
This part was horrible--when an African American athlete, singer or actor was successful, the media would say, "they were a credit to their race."
In high school, only sluts used tampons. Good girls wore Kotex, with ridiculously flimsy, elastic belts that never quite worked.
Panties were gigantic, thorax hugging eyesores, with about 75% more fabric than was needed. The femmie girls loved the nylon kind with the day of the week sewn on or embroidered into the fabric.

Five dollars was considered a fortune to most kids and teens.

But then, adults often worked for less than $1.50 an hour. Executives, like CEOs, would all be male and make about $30,000 a year.

A tooth left under a pillow for the tooth fairy would fetch from 15 cents to a quarter (molars).

In the 70's, an ounce of decent pot was $10. A matchbox was $5. So I hear.

homoe

10-18-2018, 04:04 AM

Sodas were a dime and the bottle deposit cost 2 cents.
Some drive-ins with older movies charged $2-3 per carload, but the fancier ones charged per-person, so teens would hide in the trunk and pop out once the driver parked.
You could smoke cigarettes everywhere, including in non smoker's homes where they'd be socially obligated to put out a giant ashtray on the coffee table. :cigar:
Even hospital beds had ashtrays, and on airplanes the smoking section and non smoking sections were directly adjacent.
On airplane trips, everyone dressed up in their Sunday best. Full meals were served, with metal cutlery and china plates.
This part was horrible--when an African American athlete, singer or actor was successful, the media would say, "they were a credit to their race."
In high school, only sluts used tampons. Good girls wore Kotex, with ridiculously flimsy, elastic belts that never quite worked.
Panties were gigantic, thorax hugging eyesores, with about 75% more fabric than was needed. The femmie girls loved the nylon kind with the day of the week sewn on or embroidered into the fabric.

Five dollars was considered a fortune to most kids and teens.

But then, adults often worked for less than $1.50 an hour. Executives, like CEOs, would all be male and make about $30,000 a year.

A tooth left under a pillow for the tooth fairy would fetch from 15 cents to a quarter (molars).

In the 70's, an ounce of decent pot was $10. A matchbox was $5. So I hear.

:cannabis: In Upper Michigan it was called a "nickle bag"' and correct went for $5 bucks......

~ocean

10-18-2018, 12:06 PM

fresh cuts of meat & seafood were wrapped in paper.

dairy products were delivered

you could shop and shop and your purchases were delivered within 24 hours

Lifesymphony

10-28-2018, 11:33 PM

introverted1

02-23-2019, 11:48 AM

Men never swore in front of women.

It was considered poor taste to call after 9pm.

Men stood when a woman left the table.

We went to bed with no tv in the bedroom.... sigh, how nice it would be to meet someone without a tv in their bedroom these days.

I have never and I never will have a t.v. in the bedroom. That's not what the bedroom is for!

I know somebody at work who has a t.v. in every room but her bathroom. Can you imagine?

I don't have any t.v. service, not even local. I do have a t.v., but I use it for streaming videos off of my laptop with an HDMI cord.

cathexis

02-23-2019, 12:26 PM

I have never and I never will have a t.v. in the bedroom. That's not what the bedroom is for!

I know somebody at work who has a t.v. in every room but her bathroom. Can you imagine?

I don't have any t.v. service, not even local. I do have a t.v., but I use it for streaming videos off of my laptop with an HDMI cord.

No bedroom TV here, either. We do have this large monstrosity in the livingroom, which usually has Music Choice Smooth Jazz all night after Colbert, Rachel and Lawrence O'Donnell are over for the night...maybe Chris Hays.
Rather have a large stereo system with vinyl, cassettes, and CD capability. Wish I'd not lost my albums.

cathexis

02-23-2019, 02:29 PM

Remember when Bose speakers could be about 4 feet, and music was played Loud. We just had bands that were made to played loud, The Who, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, and others from the seventies and late sixties.

Vincent

02-23-2019, 03:37 PM

I have never and I never will have a t.v. in the bedroom. That's not what the bedroom is for!

I know somebody at work who has a t.v. in every room but her bathroom. Can you imagine?

I don't have any t.v. service, not even local. I do have a t.v., but I use it for streaming videos off of my laptop with an HDMI cord.

Same here,no free to air TV
I mainly just buy series I like
I like quiet then music,or practice guitar
Although I do read a lot of non mainstream media on the net

Glenn

02-23-2019, 03:42 PM

I remember when:

Street curbs in Chicago were still almost a foot high because of the Model T's, and the alleys were mostly still dirt or brick.

Taking electric trolley buses that shot sparks out of the top when it rained or snowed. The seats were real leather stuffed with straw.

Every Saturday afternoon my friends and I would see a double feature for 15 cents, and big candy bars were a nickle, and pop a dime. Newspapers and comic books were a dime too.

I remember when people could rent horses and ride along Chicago's lakefront.

I remember when "pitching penny's" was a fad. The one who threw their coin closest to the line in the sidewalk, won the pot.

I remember seeing the bad kids sitting in the "bad kids row" in class, sitting under the teacher's desk with the teacher's legs, and being made to stand in a corner all day, even with wet pants.

cathexis

02-23-2019, 05:33 PM

A time when the neighbors would help you prime the pump, all night if necessary. Everyone left their door unlocked, safely. Families next door would put your windows down right before it starts to rain. Their mom and kids would take down your line laundry. When families could leave stuff on the lawn (not always, my bike stolen x2, but we knew who).
Also, neighbors would pass clothes and such to our moms, if they think might fit, and your mom would pass them on when grown out of. Ugh!

Families played croquet outside, they'd invite individual kids to play. Neighbor dads would play horseshoes in one another's yard. Yes, I grew up in the suburbs.

Bicycling was safe from shady characters and strangers in other neighborhoods. They would ask where you came from when you went visiting. Would call your mom, she'd bitch at you for going so far away, ask you if you need a ride home. I'd tell her no, and she'd say to get home right away.

Even families of neighbors not known would want to visit, had gum and candy in their livingroom. If they had a pool or swingset, you were generally permitted to use it.

Sheese, really wish to be in those times and places, again

homoe

07-19-2019, 09:03 AM

~ ~
Adults rode in cars unencumbered by seat belt restrains :carride:

homoe

07-19-2019, 09:04 AM

~~
Women used "spit curls" as a way to set their hair

homoe

07-19-2019, 09:35 AM

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There were no such things as SUV's! The largest vehicle a big family owned was called a station wagon!

homoe

07-19-2019, 03:59 PM

~~
Parents didn't knock themselves out planning "play dates" for their kids!

Parents told kids to entertain themselves and just to be home before dark..:hangloose:

Esme nha Maire

08-21-2019, 05:42 AM

Touch calculations were done with slide-rules, pencil and paper!

Esme nha Maire

08-24-2019, 02:47 AM

Touch calculations were done with slide-rules, pencil and paper!

That should have been "tough", not touch.

Right now, I'm remembering when I could leap out of bed rather than slide out slowly bemoaning an achey hip! 8-}. Back then I could take a bus ride to the other side of town and another back and still have change from half a crown (12.5p in the new-fangled money)!

homoe

11-19-2019, 07:19 PM

Parents, well mine at least, put the wrath of god into me when getting over either a cold or flu with the fear of a relapse!

"Button that coat up", "wrap that scarf around your neck", "put those mitten on", yada yada yada

As a child, luckily I never encountered a relapse but once I started managing the video store, I had one after the other......:|

cathexis

11-19-2019, 08:52 PM

School bus driver and teachers would yell at you for arriving with long frozen icicles where hair ordinarily hung when showering after an AM run.
It's a similar verbal tactic as the one that seems to have been employed in the above post.
Nosy teachers and school employees. They're lucky students stay home when sick and take showers at all.
Wonder how many of us went to school with sneezy, sniffly, stinky classmates?

C0LLETTE

11-19-2019, 09:53 PM

Do you remember when "STD" stood for standing room ticket seats at a football game?

C0LLETTE

11-19-2019, 10:07 PM

Kätzchen

05-30-2024, 11:00 AM

Your employer issued you a paper check for your wages earned but when you took it to the bank to deposit it into your checking account, you had to wait 48 hours to access your earnings?

Remember when people actually ate their meals at home, on the table, with other members of your family, at designated times during the day? Breakfast and dinner were sit-down meals at home. Lunch was a paperbag meal you took to school or work.

Remember when people wanted to travel, you had to book your air fare and lodging via a travel representative? I remember when you couldn’t just walk into the airport to buy a ticket; that didn’t happen until I was in junior high school. It wasn’t until I was out of high school that the advent of the computer was available to anyone except government offices. Heck. Computers and personal cell phones were exaggerated machinations yet to be reduced to a handy hand held machine.

Soft*Silver

05-30-2024, 05:28 PM

I remember when my parents had to get up early to pull the chains of the coal furnace to stoke the embers to warm the house in the morning.
I remember visiting my grandfather, who would take me to the outside handpump to give me something cold to drink, in an old beat up white tin ladle. Sometimes he would wash my sweaty face with that spring fresh water.
I remember the outhouse that was only replaced when I was in second grade with an indoor bathroom. And of course, that means I also remember the chamberpot that was used for nighttime.
I remember every Farm having a scrap pile. You never threw anything away. You kept it all because you never knew when you were going to need it either in its original form or some concoction that you created out of need.
I remembered the big big BIG draft horses of my other grandfather. It’s no wonder I grew up with a passion for horses!
I remember the beautiful peonies and lilacs and Holly hocks and roses, in my grandmothers’ and my mother’s yard. It’s no wonder I grew up addicted to gardening!
And of course I remember the necessary vegetable garden that was small in comparison of other gardens back then but huge in comparison to gardens nowadays. I remember my mother making me pick off those gross big thick green worms. I was so mad at her for making me do that!
And of course, I remember a time when we only ate Canned Goods from canning instead of a metal can. I can still hear the tops of the Canned Goods Popping as they rested on her clean Dish cloths.

Stone-Butch

05-31-2024, 05:03 PM

Ahh that perfume scented outhouse of my youth. Cold water from the latest rain barrel with the metal dipper. Cold chamber pot on my little butt in the middle of the dark night. Hearing father get up and get the wood stove burning to cook and warm the house. Mother scurrying to feed father and make a lunch for him to go to workin the early morning light. Going to the cellar door and watching mother go down the ladder to the well in the floor right next to the coal bin. Playing on my friends swing and flattening an old milk can with my shoe so run and make noise. Till once we came HERE, I hate here. Running water, ice box, bathtub, flush toilet (don't let it take you down). Cars, noise, people , all new to me. School I did not understand the teachers stoic position. Children who teased me and took my mitts my grandmother had knit for me and put them in the icy snow . I guess just because I was new and they could. Never happened to me before but seemed like a daily happening. Late for school and strapped OMG, first time in my life I had been hit in anger. It turned me and stayed with me. Yes I remember when.

Kätzchen

06-02-2024, 08:25 AM

Remember when …..

Claiming your sexual orientation was seen as a badge of courage flying in the face of hostility???

I’m not sure when PRIDE events became officially accepted in America but the Castro district in San Fransisco was something everyone could read about and experience via photographers documenting brothers and sisters displaying publicly our relationships with people we share our lives with.

Here is an amazing press release provided by CNN today: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/06/style/nicholas-blair-lgbt-street-photography-cnnphotos/

Stone-Butch

06-02-2024, 09:38 PM

I remember in Toronto back when there was only Butch or Femme or just gay. Stone Butch always existed but not spoken about as everyone could recognize what they called a hard butch and a soft femme. I kissed a girl when I was 12 yrs old and never looked back. Boys were good for hockey and touch ball. Other than that no need for them. I remember when having a car meant you got a lot more dates. (saved and first thing I bought, a used car). Rock and Roll was all they played and Chuck Berry and Little Richard hit the lights till Elvis came along. Ahhh yes, I remember when.

Kätzchen

09-22-2024, 09:21 AM

Remember when people used to plan big family get-together’s with kin-folk during the summer? Back in the day, our family would plan a big get-together at a destination in our home state (backyard party) and we would spend an entire weekend boating on the lake or having a horseshoe or badminton tournament or spend an entire afternoon in the kitchen cooking up a huge family dinner for everybody (40+ people, complete with cousins!).

https://www.gardengatemagazine.com/review/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/GG-backyard-party-1024x683.jpg

Kätzchen

06-02-2025, 10:49 AM

Back in the 1960’s how Marvin Gaye used his musical talent in songs to teach American’s about environmental concerns…🎶

I remember when doctors and nurses in America founded an organization to go help people in the world who had nothing: no doctors or nurses to care for those needing medical help and those who cared about women being mistreated in country’s that practice cruelty toward women…

I remember when our American government and its officials cared about the status of ordinary American’s needing a reprieve from the cruel tax and pay structures that limit a person’s mobility to achieve any sort of meaningful economic benefit to actually enjoy life.

I remember how people used to care about the lives of their own families and their neighbors next door and how people cared about electing honest people to elected office of duty.

I remember (…) (f)(f)(f)

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Happy_Go_Lucky

06-03-2025, 05:43 PM

Remember when we used to never end your sentence with a preposition?

Kätzchen

06-04-2025, 10:59 AM

People could sleep at night because we had a brilliant Constitutional Scholar and Lawyer elected to office. OBAMA :stillheart:

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We didn’t have to worry about how to get an abortion after being violated sexually.

We didn’t have to worry about a felon destroying the pillars of American Institutions that serve THE PEOPLE.

We didn’t have to live in fear of being arrested for not being white and shipped off to some billionaire wanna-be’s private prison where they slowly torment you to death.

We didn’t have to listen to a bajillion lies daily.

I Remember (…) (f)(f)(f)