Remember when.....

[girl_dee]

Nifty! Some folks waste their money on lottery tickets, but think this is the best vending machine I've seen (unless you count The Church of Elvis in Portland, OR).

i KNOW. i specifically remember the chocolate milk... it was heaven.

[girl_dee]

Including knife sharpener!

https://img1.etsystatic.com/023/0/8348792/il_570xN.571471501_b3gw.jpg

[homoe]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRgqfkNWW2J2Tu8dCpu5dxHx-0uZxi1nSP8QP2DzcsIZGoZU3S8

[Kätzchen]

http://classic1970s.weebly.com/uploads/2/9/8/0/29803043/1421678_orig.jpg?316

[Kätzchen]

http://retro-vintage-bazaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/vintage-dial-phone.jpg

My grandmother's phone, which looks exactly like the one above and has her old phone number on the dial too, sits atop a chest of drawers in my bedroom. :stillheart:

[homoe]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvBMlRJSKZwqG4opzLZwXvCLTKlGFUU hUGJ9_svYl7fcwzY_mCIw



Might of been before your time Miss Katz but I remember these..........

[Femmewench]

http://retro-vintage-bazaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/vintage-dial-phone.jpg

My grandmother's phone, which looks exactly like the one above and has her old phone number on the dial too, sits atop a chest of drawers in my bedroom. :stillheart:

A coworker was telling me about taking his daughter to Europe when she was in her teens - perhaps 10 years ago. She needed to call to a room in a hotel and went to use the hotel's phone. She came back to her dad and told him she didn't know how to use the phone. He checked it out, realized it was rotary dial and that she'd never seen one. I felt so old. But at least I don't remember party lines! lol

[Femmewench]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvBMlRJSKZwqG4opzLZwXvCLTKlGFUU hUGJ9_svYl7fcwzY_mCIw



Might of been before your time Miss Katz but I remember these..........

I'm hearing Lily Tomlin's voice.

[homoe]

I'm hearing Lily Tomlin's voice.

One Ringy Dingy Two Ringy Dindy...Is this the party to who I am speaking?

[girl_dee]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pI2WKGXYnx8/Vm7JHr3L05I/AAAAAAAAIkM/NDoCrNC3hsk/s1600/8%2BBig%2BFurniture.jpg

[FireSignFemme]

http://izquotes.com/quotes-pictures/quote-we-don-t-care-we-don-t-have-to-we-re-the-phone-company-lily-tomlin-185946.jpg

[Gayandgray]

Remember when people bought and used Bufferin, Anacin, Vanquish, Goody's Headache Powders? I still see all of these on the shelves in the drugstore.

[girl_dee]

Remember when people bought and used Bufferin, Anacin, Vanquish, Goody's Headache Powders? I still see all of these on the shelves in the drugstore.

GOODY's! ! Oh gosh Bufferin yesssss

[DapperButch]

Remember when people bought and used Bufferin, Anacin, Vanquish, Goody's Headache Powders? I still see all of these on the shelves in the drugstore.

My mother still has Bufferin and Anacin. She has every type of headache pill you can think of. And she (thinks) she can deduce which type of headache each pill works for. And it ALWAYS has to be name brand. Has to be Advil, can't be ibuprofen no name, etc. :|

[girl_dee]

this was used for EVERYthing.


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wkk3n9PFXao/hqdefault.jpg

[homoe]

aQBtw6nqFxY

[homoe]

GshovE9F3F8

[homoe]

iENQXIQ8wH0

[girl_dee]

http://s.hswstatic.com/gif/stuffmomnevertoldyou-86-2013-12-fly-me.jpg

[cathexis]

All those anxiety pills advertised on TV by Kotex.

[JDeere]

this was used for EVERYthing.


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wkk3n9PFXao/hqdefault.jpg

This is still sold at some stores, I've seen it at Walmart.

[FireSignFemme]

http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/Images/pings/1950s-Sleeperette-ad.png

[Medusa]

Remember when people would hit on other people online with this:



"A/S/L?"


(but only once. :police:)

[gotoseagrl]

Omg. Still one of my favorite movies, I have it on DVD.


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pI2WKGXYnx8/Vm7JHr3L05I/AAAAAAAAIkM/NDoCrNC3hsk/s1600/8%2BBig%2BFurniture.jpg

[homoe]

Omg. Still one of my favorite movies, I have it on DVD.

This was a movie?

[firegal]

This was a movie?

Rowan and Martin Laugh in episodes.

[homoe]

Rowan and Martin Laugh in episodes.

gotoseagrl said she had a DVD of it and it was one of her favorite movies:|

[girl_dee]

http://clv.h-cdn.co/assets/16/04/980x669/gettyimages-127512070.jpg

[JDeere]

http://clv.h-cdn.co/assets/16/04/980x669/gettyimages-127512070.jpg

Carol Burnett and Friends! I miss that show!

[gotoseagrl]

I thought this was Incredible Shrinking Woman!

https://s1.postimg.org/1u6lzklk33/MV5_BYTg3_Nz_Rj_ZTct_OWU0_Ny00_ZGRl_LTll_NWEt_ZTAz _Mm_Mw_ODdj_ZDJl_Xk_Ey_Xk_Fqc_Gde.jpg

gotoseagrl said she had a DVD of it and it was one of her favorite movies:|

[FireSignFemme]

https://www.intersinema.com/film/resimler/11/11863_9393_enbuyuk.gif

[Kätzchen]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Perry-Mason-Look-1961.jpg/260px-Perry-Mason-Look-1961.jpg

[girl_dee]

I remember when we laid on the floor with a long cord to talk on the phone to our girlfriends

[C0LLETTE]

I remember when i was dragged out of gay bars in Montreal, beaten and arrested by the police.

[homoe]

I remember when all the windows were boarded up in gay bars! They were dark and gloomy as hell..........

[homoe]

I remember when i was dragged out of gay bars in Montreal, beaten and arrested by the police.



:goodpost:

[homoe]

I remember when you had to use a secret "password" to entry gay bars and you also usually had to enter thru a back door!

[C0LLETTE]

I remember when you had to memorise the fire exits in those dark, dingy Mafia- run bars and pray they hadn't locked the doors to keep people from getting in for free.

(Preventing a $2.00 cheated entry could cost over a hundred disaster taken lives cause we had no rights ...and no one cared.)

[homoe]

OMG that jogged my memory.....


In Milwaukee I remember the 'mafia' bagmen coming in to collect their "payoff"
making disgusting remarks about the butches who had the "best looking femmes" on their arm!

[homoe]

I remember when we laid on the floor with a long cord to talk on the phone to our girlfriends

OMG yes or try and stretch the cord, (ours was a kitchen phone & the ONLY one) to a more "private" area to talk :hangloose:

[Chad]

I remember when gay bars used to put on big celebrations and serve dinners for Thanksgiving and Christmas for all the folks that lost their families when they "came out".

[homoe]

I remember when gay bars used to put on big celebrations and serve dinners for Thanksgiving and Christmas for all the folks that lost their families when they "came out".

OMG YES, I remember that as well Chad...

I wonder if they still do? I haven't been to a gay bar in years!

[girl_dee]

OMG yes or try and stretch the cord, (ours was a kitchen phone & the ONLY one) to a more "private" area to talk :hangloose:

PARTY LINES! .....

[Kätzchen]

I remember when you had to use a secret "password" to entry gay bars and you also usually had to enter thru a back door!

I remember when you had to memorise the fire exits in those dark, dingy Mafia- run bars and pray they hadn't locked the doors to keep people from getting in for free.

(Preventing a $2.00 cheated entry could cost over a hundred disaster taken lives cause we had no rights ...and no one cared.)

I remember when all the windows were boarded up in gay bars! They were dark and gloomy as hell..........

OMG YES, I remember that as well Chad...

I wonder if they still do? I haven't been to a gay bar in years!

Soooo, I remember that two years ago, come December, BFP member Virago created a forum thread about how lesbians used to congregate at certain local bars in their community, if there were any types of places safe enough to gather around. I posted in that thread and here's a link to my post:

http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1030291&postcount=14

As I remember, there was no such thing in my home state of Idaho. Lesbian members of my community back then usually held posts in the community as academics, or in other fields of employment, but especially so, during the 1960s and 1970s, you could lose your job, lose your standing socially or even be arrested or held against your will in an mental institution. I imagine if it weren't for the sexual revolution during those twin decades, and the high social price paid by people who participated in Stonewall, and other similar social protests, that what social standing and privileges afforded to members of the LBGTQ community would not exist.

There was no such place for lesbian or gas to meet in the state I grew up in. We mostly held private get together by private invitation only. Of course, even later during the late 1980s, there still was no public bars where members of the LBGTQ were free to mingle and socialize without fear of reprisals.

I haven't lived in my home state since the late 1980s, but even here in Oregon, it's not always been an easy thing either, unless you count only two or three communities I know of in Oregon, where members of the LGBT can mingle free of social consequences. We used to have an Lesbian owned bar close to the Hawthorne district, back in the 1990's, early 2000's. But it went out of business. The only other lesbian owned entity that I know of in Portland, is the book store In Other Words, which used to be located in the Hawthorne district, but has since relocated to the Alberta neighborhood in the inner North Northeast sector of Portland. We still have a small collection of Women's Resource Offices at state community college campuses or at state owned universities across the state of Oregon. Private universities I am not sure about but I am guessing they don't offer any resources for women who identify anywhere on the lesbian spectrum.

At any rate..... I think Virago thread was very interesting and filled with numerous posts by members from all.over the US.

I think it's important to remember our roots and to do all we can at an local level to ensure our rights and social standing remains strong during turbulent times across the country!

Here's a second post I made in Virago's forum thread:

http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1030441&postcount=28

[homoe]

Being in my mid 60's I remember families more or less "forcing"their lesbian daughters to marry a man!

[Gayandgray]

Being in my mid 60's I remember families more or less "forcing"their lesbian daughters to marry a man!

Homoe, my butch is almost 75 yrs old and she definately remembers that too!

[girl_dee]

http://duckie.harmsen.net/userfiles/gatewayssalon.jpg

[Kätzchen]

Back in the day, when the only types of pans or pots were stainless steel or cast iron skillets? And if you were not so talented in using them properly and you scorched puddings or soups or pancakes on the cast iron griddle, you'd have to take an copper wire brillo pad (which would wreck your hands and fingernails) or later on, you'd try the SOS soap wool wire mesh pads, to scrub your pots and pans clean????

Yeah, that... heaven help you if you ruined your pricey enamel cookware too!


My oldest son finally procured some talent to cook and not ruin my pots and pans. My youngest son was super talented in wrecking all my best pots and pans.

It's just me now at home, so it's not an problem anymore, but I did not like scour pads of any kind, now or then, because you can't get them clean to use another time. They harbor bacteria and leave your pots and pans in worse shape than before being wrecked by 'talented' cooking skills.

[Kätzchen]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvBMlRJSKZwqG4opzLZwXvCLTKlGFUU hUGJ9_svYl7fcwzY_mCIw

Might of been before your time Miss Kätz but I remember these...............

No, not quite! My Aunt Mary began her career in Portland as an switchboard operator for Pacific Bell, then worked her way up the ranks to be an administrator in an department which served transitory processes for the post-switchboard era. :balloon:

:bunchflowers:

[Kätzchen]

A3yt2aH42JE

[firegal]

Growing up in Tacoma washington where there is a Army and Airforce base,it wasnt unusual to see a couple of military police in full uniform walk in the gay bars on a fri or sat nite lokking for off duty enlisted men/women.

Many times they would crawl under the table as we all used what ever we could to hide/shield them.

[girl_dee]

i remember when Saturday morning cartoons were the BEST!

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8b/64/b1/8b64b1905b802d4db03f909e1d4fc974--yosemite-sam-bugs-bunny.jpg

[girl_dee]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YV1KlsEgFKs/Vl5EJ4f7x6I/AAAAAAAADRs/jsM4KyQq-tE/s400/e8ec54b620267d01203d008402f2617f.jpg

[girl_dee]

i SO miss a rolodex....


https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ae/77/d6/ae77d6ae332aff6c94a3ff415427de0e--telephone-number-rolodex.jpg

[girl_dee]

i LOVED putting people on hold with these!

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/da/7e/4c/da7e4c65ab5af5761d0d237f86aa4381--the-office-office-jobs.jpg

[homoe]

I remember when we only had to wait about 2 and a half months for our favorite TV programs to return! The season ended a few weeks into June and returned in early September (usually right after Labor Day)!

The way programs are scheduled now by they show up again, I've forgotten half the story lines!

[girl_dee]

I remember when we only had to wait about 2 and a half months for our favorite TV programs to return! The season ended a few weeks into June and returned in early September (usually right after Labor Day)!

The way programs are scheduled now by they show up again, I've forgotten half the story lines!

I thought it was just me! I am so confused. I haven’t really watched much TV in years and now by February they are all played out!

[homoe]

I thought it was just me! I am so confused. I haven’t really watched much TV in years and now by February they are all played out!



Yup! I guess it was easier seeing as we just got the 3 networks, but still...:scarytv:

[JDeere]

i SO miss a rolodex....


https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ae/77/d6/ae77d6ae332aff6c94a3ff415427de0e--telephone-number-rolodex.jpg

My dad still has one, it was his dad's but he kept it.

[girl_dee]

i LOVED this thing when i was young, i just bought a new digital labeler and it reminded me of this.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c4/6c/af/c46caf4491f24ba1d690aa1534196bc9.jpg

[homoe]

Jams and Jelly came in jars and then mom recycled them to serve as glass wear for drinking from.......

[girl_dee]

YES! and the oatmeal glasses (plastic! )

https://img.etsystatic.com/il/80a269/1446295082/il_570xN.1446295082_oan6.jpg?version=0

[homoe]

I remember how I knew I was in hot water with one of my parents :| they would yell out my full given name..:seeingstars:

[homoe]

I remember when flying was an enjoyable experience unlike these days where you have a seat the size of a postage stamp to plunk your ass on, nada leg room, zero elbow room, being jammed in like sardines in a tin can, plus being nickled and dimed to death!:seeingstars:

[Plaidandroses]

I remember when flying was an enjoyable experience unlike these days where you have a seat the size of a postage stamp to plunk your ass on, nada leg room, zero elbow room, being jammed in like sardines in a tin can, plus being nickled and dimed to death!:seeingstars:

No kidding, I hate flying! It's so claustrophobic being squeezed in that tiny space! And I always feel sorry for the flight crew because they have to deal with cranky, stressed people and it's not their fault the airlines make people so cranky and stressed!

[girl_dee]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6_caR1bkOEg/hqdefault.jpg

[Reach *BANNED*]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6_caR1bkOEg/hqdefault.jpg


On an airplane no less. Just looking at that pic and thinking of all the second hand smoke I would be inhaling.

No thanks.

The short skirts on the other hand.. :|

[girl_dee]

On an airplane no less. Just looking at that pic and thinking of all the second hand smoke I would be inhaling.

No thanks.

The short skirts on the other hand.. :|

Yah... I am not a fan of making women wear short skirts on the job.. or anything like this:


https://i.pinimg.com/236x/43/da/a1/43daa1870bc54c3e939d0362c74f3df6--hawaii-vintage-vintage-hawaiian.jpg

[Reach *BANNED*]

Yah... I am not a fan of making women wear short skirts on the job.. or anything like this:


https://i.pinimg.com/236x/43/da/a1/43daa1870bc54c3e939d0362c74f3df6--hawaii-vintage-vintage-hawaiian.jpg


Exactly. I am not a fan of ANYTHING that demeans a woman. Period.

[girl_dee]

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ee/96/72/ee9672537b5dd692ec0b9b7f9629f50a--flight-attendant-travel-brochure.jpgExactly. I am not a fan of ANYTHING that demeans a woman. Period.

[homoe]

I remember when the airlines treated you royally and not like a friggin cash register!

$$$ to check a bag, $$$ for a snack, $$$ for requesting the bulkhead seat, the list goes on and on....

[Esme nha Maire]

I remember when you could buy a type of ice-cream-on-a-stick called "Strawberry cream Woppas". Those things were ice-cream perfection to me, and I can still remember the taste to this day. Then one year, all of a sudden - nothing. They'd simply stopped making them. I cried. I can't remember the name of the company that made them, and can't even find any hint of their existence on the internet. But I remember the taste, and how the one thing I looked forward to in summer when I was a child of a certain age, was buying strawberry cream Woppas with my pocket-money.

[homoe]

I remember when the airlines treated you royally and not like a friggin cash register!

$$$ to check a bag, $$$ for a snack, $$$ for requesting the bulkhead seat, the list goes on and on....

I remember when making an reservation involved only one simple phone call to the airline (or airlines) that flew to your destination INSTEAD of now having to scan site after site after site..........

[girl_dee]

I remember when making an reservation involved only one simple phone call to the airline (or airlines) that flew to your destination INSTEAD of now having to scan site after site after site..........

Yes! AND you got nice tickets in the mail.

[homoe]

I remember when Doctors made house calls.....

[cathexis]

I remember when the cure for most ailments was a shot in the ass and maybe a short course of antibiotics, not some major ordeal.

[cathexis]

This will be PI, but here it is anyway. "Drugs" were just something your mom didn't want you to take like weed, mushrooms, or acid NOT that what could truly be lethal like "H", white, krocodill, Fentanyl (at unknown dosages).

My mom would turn over in her grave to learn what some folks were using in the name of "drugs."

[girl_dee]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRinBjz_41qIHw-jcLJ13xG3ElYEUIdE-p_EdXj1etGNS-CHEsV

[ReadandSnapFemme]

I remember when families still sat at the kitchen table for meals without being glued to electronics (and my house still does this)...

[homoe]

..

I remember a time there were no "latch key" kids..

[homoe]

...

I remember when going out to eat or just stopping by a drive-in for hamburger was a real treat NOT an everyday occurrence!

[ReadandSnapFemme]

...

I remember when going out to eat or just stopping by a drive-in for hamburger was a real treat NOT an everyday occurrence!


Can I just say really? I know people who eat out daily... Now, I won't lie... Starbucks is my daily addiction.... but... (well there's really no excuse for that either)

[girl_dee]

...

I remember when going out to eat or just stopping by a drive-in for hamburger was a real treat NOT an everyday occurrence!

Yes but mom usually stayed home and prepared meals back then.

I like going out for a meal because I enjoy time out with someone but it because a convenience thing.

[homoe]

Yes but mom usually stayed home and prepared meals back then.

I like going out for a meal because I enjoy time out with someone but it because a convenience thing.

Yup, moms more often than not shopped for the food and cooked the food indeed!

Maybe she got a break on Mother's Day and her birthday, but otherwise she did it 363 days a year!

[girl_dee]

Yup, moms more often than not shopped for the food and cooked the food indeed!

Maybe she got a break on Mother's Day and her birthday, but otherwise she did it 363 days a year!

She sure did. and in my house dinner better be on the table by God. True for most wives I believe.

That’s one remember when that I can live without

[homoe]

Yes but mom usually stayed home and prepared meals back then.

I like going out for a meal because I enjoy time out with someone but it because a convenience thing.

These days Mary and I are more often to grab something on the run or run out and get either Thai or whatever than cook...

IMHO it's not the cooking that is a pain so much as is the time it takes to shop and then the clean up mess afterwards........

[homoe]

..

I remember when the Macy's Day Thanksgiving Parade was JUST a parade and it didn't get interrupted every couple of minutes with singers and dancers.......

[girl_dee]

kids today won’t know what a dial or landline is!


https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_498f0647-d93e-4515-8df5-b5452aed68e5?wid=488&hei=488&fmt=pjpeg

[homoe]

http://static-37.sinclairstoryline.com/resources/media/d4798a64-bbaa-4276-8cf6-1fa10f1d8132-131104_scarecrow_bigt.jpg?1448251364253



Kids (unless they live near Scarecrow in Seattle's University District) will never know what fun it was to peruse isles and isles of movie possibilities :movieguy:

[GeorgiaMa'am]

I remember when the lights on the Christmas tree were a fire hazard.

They sure were pretty, though . . .

[homoe]

I remember when luggage didn't have wheels.....

[homoe]

http://static-37.sinclairstoryline.com/resources/media/d4798a64-bbaa-4276-8cf6-1fa10f1d8132-131104_scarecrow_bigt.jpg?1448251364253



Kids (unless they live near Scarecrow in Seattle's University District) will never know what fun it was to peruse isles and isles of movie possibilities :movieguy:

I remember VHS tapes that came with the reminder; Be Kind Rewind

[homoe]

...
I remember when you had to wind them up at once within a 24 hour period so they'd keep running!

[girl_dee]

https://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleWidth/815/cached.offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/OMC/708089E2-AEC0-9191-5EF52879D365B921.jpg

[girl_dee]

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-80yVim6_Efc/WE6rrkBP0II/AAAAAAAAo50/jaXY9_a7Gk4Z030CJlJIIPzqicjQHFXJwCLcB/s1600/Middle-Aged%2BWomen%2BPosing%2BNext%2BTo%2BChristmas%2BTr ees%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2B1950s-60s%2B%252811%2529.jpg

[Bèsame*]

Remember when the slowest time of the year was when you were on Christmas vacation, counting down the days???

[girl_dee]

http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/2n1mxs9bw5r6gq.jpg

[girl_dee]

http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/glv762jy9tv2pw.jpg

[girl_dee]

http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/tkh0vqnh85l4f0.jpg

[girl_dee]

http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/1a8panoo8wn0fq.jpg

[homoe]

http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/tkh0vqnh85l4f0.jpg


I remember the commercial's tag line was.....I'd Rather Fight Than Switch!

[girl_dee]

I remember the commercial's tag line was.....I'd Rather Fight Than Switch!

yes its at the top of the poster, and i had forgotten that until i read it!

[girl_dee]

remember when women got chore gadgets for gifts?

http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/um0tk0f5hwgukc.jpg

[homoe]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSSX9vXLlWbymxCVfp81wLRick4OCjez IUzoJambYTUY27yrmu1ZJxdgkI


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e3/f1/90/e3f1905c4edcaa1c74c059e3807f0e28.png


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/11/07/d71107e18413f34b099ba87909382609.jpg

I remember when soda came in nice glass bottles not that shitty plastic like it does today!

[girl_dee]

https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/schlitz-xmas-ad.jpg

[cathexis]

I remember when soda came in nice glass bottles not that shitty plastic like it does today![/QUOTE]

Also, that they were returnable, but you generally sat at the gas station to finish the pop shooting the breeze with the employees. Things weren't as rushed then. If leaving in a hurry, you made apologies telling them why. If no apologies made, you were considered rude becoming the topic for the next couple of hours.

If you were a kid, you collected those bottles people left with, for repair of a bike tire which cost anywhere 50 cents to a dollar. If anyone charged a kid more than that, it was called "highway robbery."

[homoe]

I remember when soda came in nice glass bottles not that shitty plastic like it does today!

Also, that they were returnable, but you generally sat at the gas station to finish the pop shooting the breeze with the employees. Things weren't as rushed then. If leaving in a hurry, you made apologies telling them why. If no apologies made, you were considered rude becoming the topic for the next couple of hours.

If you were a kid, you collected those bottles people left with, for repair of a bike tire which cost anywhere 50 cents to a dollar. If anyone charged a kid more than that, it was called "highway robbery."[/QUOTE]

Hope you don't mind but I'm going to borrow "highway robbery" for the Cat Got Your Tongue thread!

[homoe]

I remember when metropolitan library systems had "ready reference" lines you could call to get answers from.They were manned by a human and they always seemed to come up with the information you were seeking......

Now we just type in a query and get a response, no human touch at all.

[homoe]

When you placed a call to a business or doctor's office and you didn't have to select from a menu, you got an actual person who answered the phone....:phonegab:

[homoe]

..
When schools had dress codes! Girls HAD to wear skirts or dresses.....

Homoe was not a happy camper needless to say.....:seeingstars:

[girl_dee]

..
When schools had dress codes! Girls HAD to wear skirts or dresses.....I asked WHY we had to wear dressed. I was told it was to prepare us for the working world. It was SO ridiculous!

Homoe was not a happy camper needless to say.....:seeingstars:

Neither was I. I wore the dress but I wore pants under it. No one challenged me.

[ksrainbow]

Neither was I. I wore the dress but I wore pants under it. No one challenged me.

My Mom made all of my school/church/social clothes etc. except for the hand me downs from my Aunts daughters.

Born/raised/lived on the farm,it was really nice to *dress-up* for those occasions. Generally speaking for myself: I have not found either to be traumatizing.

All are part of my education curve to learning/earning/respecting and living in an era of acceptance!

Ks-

[~ocean]

My Mom made all of my school/church/social clothes etc. except for the hand me downs from my Aunts daughters.

Born/raised/lived on the farm,it was really nice to *dress-up* for those occasions. Generally speaking for myself: I have not found either to be traumatizing.

All are part of my education curve to learning/earning/respecting and living in an era of acceptance!

Ks-

Well slap y knee kick up my sunday boots fantastic ~ :) (((((( ks ))))) I bet u all looked adorable too ! my grandmother made my clothes ~ she was a tailorette !

[ksrainbow]

Well slap y knee kick up my sunday boots fantastic ~ :) (((((( ks ))))) I bet u all looked adorable too ! my grandmother made my clothes ~ she was a tailorette !

OMG (((~Ocean)))

You and I could share a few pics/stories *Hands Down (me downs)* and carry a few smiles with them!

Ks- :bowdown:

[homoe]

Remember when after work on Friday or maybe out during your errands on Saturday you'd swing by a brick and mortar video store and make your selection of what movie or movies you'd watch.

My last retail job was managing a mom and pop video store on Milwaukee's Eastside. It was a movie buff's paradise! We carried every genre of movies, foreign films in both subtitled and dubbed. The store was unique to say the least! Patrons interacted with each other. Often times giving suggestions of what to or perhaps what not to rent. There was a section of employee picks. The rental clerks were very approachable and knowledgeable, especially when you were trying to recall a certain film.

While modern technology is wonderful in the way it lets us view movies now, to say nothing of the money some save from late fees and rewind fees, I must admit I miss the camaraderie and atmosphere of the old brick and mortar days.

[homoe]

:musicnote:

I remember when I purchased all my music at Tower Records..........


Sidebar: And for those who have no idea what Tower Records was there is an excellent document called All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records

[homoe]

Remember when after work on Friday or maybe out during your errands on Saturday you'd swing by a brick and mortar video store and make your selection of what movie or movies you'd watch.

My last retail job was managing a mom and pop video store on Milwaukee's Eastside. It was a movie buff's paradise! We carried every genre of movies, foreign films in both subtitled and dubbed. The store was unique to say the least! Patrons interacted with each other. Often times giving suggestions of what to or perhaps what not to rent. There was a section of employee picks. The rental clerks were very approachable and knowledgeable, especially when you were trying to recall a certain film.

While modern technology is wonderful in the way it lets us view movies now, to say nothing of the money some save from late fees and rewind fees, I must admit I miss the camaraderie and atmosphere of the old brick and mortar days.

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy question (in the category Business & Industry) for Tuesday, November 19, 2019 (Season 36, Episode 52):
Peaking at 9,000 locations in 2004, this chain of stores was down to one in 2019, located in Bend, Oregon.
Answer: Blockbuster

Well I guess I could always drive to Bend...

[homoe]

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I remember when Star Jones was one of their spokeswoman and had a line of shoes there!

[homoe]

I remember when Toys R Us was THE place to shop for kid's toys!

[homoe]

~~Remember when you had to use up the food items in the freeze so you could pull the plug to defrost it?

[FireSignFemme]

~~Remember when you had to use up the food items in the freeze so you could pull the plug to defrost it?

I remember when choosing to wear pantyhose rather than stockings with a girdle, going bra less anywhere, and opting to wear open toed shoes or heels higher than one inch to church were all considered very scandalous.

[Stone-Butch]

My happiest was when I wore light blue carhartt jeans, white bucks and an Ivy
league jacket, and had a ducktail haircut.

[Vincent]

I remember when, using fake I'ds to get in the pub for a drink.
And early openers after night shift.
And drinking had not yet become a problem,but an adventure

don't worry 29 yrs clean n sober LOL

It was fun until it wasn't

as the Jam say
life is a drink and you get drunk when you're young.

[homoe]

I remember when choosing to wear pantyhose rather than stockings with a girdle, going bra less anywhere, and opting to wear open toed shoes or heels higher than one inch to church were all considered very scandalous.

OMG This just brought back memories of garder belts that you wore to attach the nylons too...:seeingstars:

[homoe]

The Yelp post which jogged my memory is below.

"We definitely are more thin crust fans and Pat's delivers a great thin crust with a great crust to toppings ratio. They also deliver it in a bag??? New concept and for whatever reason, it works".

I remember when pizza was ONLY delivered in a bag! There were no fancy cardboard boxes back in the day...

[cathexis]

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-80yVim6_Efc/WE6rrkBP0II/AAAAAAAAo50/jaXY9_a7Gk4Z030CJlJIIPzqicjQHFXJwCLcB/s1600/Middle-Aged%2BWomen%2BPosing%2BNext%2BTo%2BChristmas%2BTr ees%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2B1950s-60s%2B%252811%2529.jpg

Do you remember when silver trees had color wheels that made it have three different colors?

I loved those trees. Have been known to sit for hours watching the tree and listening to carols, and I'm Jewish. My NY-raised partner turned the tree off thinking I was in bed, instead was sitting on the couch listening to the music. She told me that she had never just sat listening to music.

[cathexis]

Neither was I. I wore the dress but I wore pants under it. No one challenged me.

We would have gotten in trouble if we had pants on when the bell sounded. Wore them to and from school when it was cold, but we left them in the cloakroom during class.

[homoe]

The Yelp post which jogged my memory is below.

"We definitely are more thin crust fans and Pat's delivers a great thin crust with a great crust to toppings ratio. They also deliver it in a bag??? New concept and for whatever reason, it works".

I remember when pizza was ONLY delivered in a bag! There were no fancy cardboard boxes back in the day...

Oh, and you carried it flat up. The bag had two staples to keep it from falling out as well....