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Old 01-24-2014, 07:22 AM
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Operators were people who worked switchboards ...

Finding something "on line" referred to having hooked a fish ...

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I remember too, and consider us lucky that we still have the memories.
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Yeah, and I could pretty much dismantle my '55 Chevy with nothing more than a 9/16 box wrench and a Crescent wrench and screwdriver.
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A cellphone was something only a high profile priveleged prison inmate had access to.
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I knew guys in college in the 70s would buy old, dead pagers and carry them on their belts because it impressed girls.


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....the 60's seemed like a lifetime.

..... when fountain pens stained my shirt pocket.

......script was cursive

......you had to be accompanied by a parent or guardian to see Rosemary's Baby.

.....10 cents would get you a subway ride from Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn to Manhattan.

......a slice and a coke was .25 cents.

......someone cleaned your windshield, for free.

.....people said thank you.

......I knew where the nearest fallout shelter was.

.....you didn't consider anyone a hyphenated American.

......there really were seven words you couldn't say on television.

.....cops would bring you home to your parents.

......the belt.

.......church every Sunday.

.........being an altar boy getting caught eating unconsecrated hosts and drinking altar wine in the sacristy.

.........dinner every night with my parents and siblings.

........the guy that would drive through the neighborhood sharpening knives.
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ahh the fond old memories bring a smile to my face except for the ones that had a belt in it
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I'm glad I got to experience some of those kinder more polite,caring old days. We are no longer a polite caring society.
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A cellphone was something only a high profile priveleged prison inmate had access to.
Sorry Ralph, you've gotta go back quite a bit further than that to start waxing nostalgic.
We actually had a young guy at work that didn't believe there were rotary telephones.


Ralph, sorry, I misread your post. 3 hours of sleep and a pot of hi-test coffee has my eyes and brain working at different speeds.

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Rotary phones

Party line phones that you had to make sure no one was on when calling out and had to know your ring from everyone else's

Black and white TV and getting our first color TV

Watching the moon landing on TV.

Having to adjust the rabbit ears on said TV

Walking down main street in your town carrying a bb gun or a 22 and no one freaking out about it.

25cent a gallon gas.
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One of my first jobs after the Navy was with Home Service Laundry and Dry Cleaning in Lima, Ohio. I picked up dirty laundry at people's homes and apartments and delivered it back to them after it was washed or dry cleaned. Not everyone could afford washer and dryers or else they didn't want to be bothered. I was paid $90.00 a week and got to take the truck home and was allowed to use it for personal use. The trucks had a two way business radio so the office could call you. I really liked my job.
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You had to turn the TV on and then wait for the tubes to warm up so you could watch it.

An advanced kitchen had a double oven.
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When my father retired from the USAF he bought a Citgo gas station. Regular was 19¢, premium was 21¢ a gallon.
I was in the 7th and 8th grade at the time. I pumped gas (i had one of those cool 4 cylinder change holders on my belt) and did small jobs in the garage like minor tune ups, belt replacements, and oil changes.
Can you imagine seeing a 12-13 year old working on your car today?
One thing I hated was when some tourist would pull up to the pump, wait for me to go out there, then ask for directions.
After a while I started sending those folks waaay out their way. Like 10-15 miles out.
Eventually my old man got wind of what I was doing, when he asked if I was really doing that, he shook his head, smiled, and said "don't do that", and went back to work, chuckling.
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The milkman came twice a week. It was a real treat to ride the milk truck for two blocks and walk back home.

Parents bought a 30# block of ice Friday night, drove to the lake cottage, came home Sunday afternoon because the ice was gone.
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...when I could walk to school with my .22 rifle slung over my shoulder and drop it off in the Principal's office on the way into school - on the gun rack he had in front of his desk - for just that purpose.
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The gas station attendant asked, "regular or ethyl?" then checked your oil and washed your windshield.
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How Old is Grandpa?


Stay with this -- the answer is at the end. It may blow you away. One
evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events. The
grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at
schools, the computer age, and just things in general..

The Grandfather replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before:

television
penicillin
polio shots
frozen foods
Xerox
contact lenses and
Frisbees

There were no:
credit cards
laser beams
ball-point pens
cell phones or
computers

Man had not invented:
pantyhose
air conditioners
dishwashers
clothes dryers
and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and
space travel was only in Flash Gordon books.


Your Grandmother and I got married first, .. .... ... and then lived
together..
Every family had a father and a mother.
Until I was 25, I called every woman older than me, "mam".
And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title,
"Sir."
We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centers,
and group therapy.
Our lives were governed by the The Bible, good judgment, and common sense.
We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand
up and take responsibility for our actions.
Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger
privilege...
We thought fast food was eating half a biscuit while running to catch the
school bus.
Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.
Draft dodgers were those who closed front doors as the evening breeze
started.
Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and
weekends--not purchasing condominiums.

We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt,
or guys wearing earrings.
We listened to Big Bands, Jack Benny, the Lone Ranger and the President's speeches on our
radios.
If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan ' on it, it was junk
'Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of.
We had 5 &10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10
cents.
Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a
nickel.
And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough
stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.
You could buy a new Ford Coupe for $600, . .. . but who could afford one?
Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.

In my day:
"grass" was mowed,
"coke" was a cold drink,
"pot" was something your mother cooked in and
"rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby.
"Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office,
"chip" meant a piece of wood,
"hardware" was found in a hardware store and
"software" wasn't even a word.

And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a
husband to have a baby.
No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation
gap, or from the archives How old do you think I am? I bet you have this old
man in mind....you are in for a shock! Read on to see -- pretty scary if you
think about it and pretty sad at the same time. Are you ready ?????

This man would be only 70 years old.
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When we could leave the windows open and the doors unlocked at night.
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Lucky we won't be around to see what the next 70 years brings.
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I'm 70 and remember all of that stuff. I grew up with a crank phone between ranches. 2 longs and a short.
We didnt get roatary phones until 1962 and I climbed 60 miles of telephone poles "repping" for the family ranches and building the lines to ATT specs. We turned it all over to ATT for a $1.00
Every call we made until 2001 was a long distance call.
Rode a horse to school between ranches for the first 4 years.
We left the house open and the gas tank open in case we weren't home and somebody needed to use the phone or gas.

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Lee, grandpa would be at least 83 years old.
Clarence Birdseye first perfected freezing food in 1923 (that would put gramps at about 90), however, it wasn't until 1930 that Postum (Gen. Foods) actually had frozen veges on the market, putting gramps at about 83 years old.

I vaguely remember doing a school report on CB back in elementary school.
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I remember when-
drug stores had soda fountains.

there were NO color TV programs.

there was a milkman.

Stanley products were sold door-to-door. Did your mom use the amber glue in a bottle with a brush afixed to the lid?

dry cleaning was picked up and delivered.

the owner of our grocery store was there, wearing an apron.

attendants at the bigger gas stations actually wore bow ties.

$2 worth of gas was a legitimate purchase, and they checked your oil and tires and cleaned the windshield. They checked the water if you asked.

tires were balanced with a bubble.

cars had grease fittings.

I remember my mom shopping for a big holiday meal at our house for numerous relatives. The tab was a little over $50, and she came home and cried! She had never spent that much on food, and she only went grocery shopping once a week.

the first Waffle House opened.

the only Phillips screwdriver was what we now call the #2.

I saw my first canned biscuits (cardboard tube)(NOT even close to equaling Mom's)

nobody asked or cared if a kid was buying 22 ammo.

kids in grade school often had a pocketknife.

a 12 year old could ride a bus across Atlanta ALONE.

if a cop shot somebody, the FIRST assumption the whole world made was that he probably needed shootin.

grownups that whined constantly were shunned by most other grownups. Maybe that's because they had just won WW II after surviving The Depression.
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TV went off the air at night after playing the National Anthem to a waving flag background then the test pattern until the next morning.

Gas pumps only went up to $9.99, I still remember the first time I saw one roll over to $0.00, couldn't imagine anything taking 10 dollars worth of gas.
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Our daughters tell us constantly that the wife and I live in "Pleasantville".

Life is a choice. If you choose to live in the 21st century, so be it.

We choose Pleasantville,,,,,

Yea, things cost more, but, income is up too.

We have no cell service at our home, neighbors sit on the porch in the summer, and wave.

The wife makes bread at least once a month, the garden is great.

We choose a walk down the driveway over a trip to a bar;

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Watkins Liniment and Jewel Tea peddlers came to your house.

Margarine was white and looked like lard. It came with a yellow dye package that could be mixed in to kinda make it look like butter.
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Elevator operators. Someone getting paid to ask you what floor you wanted and pushing the button for you and opening the door when it reached the floor you wanted.
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...having our rifles in the gun racks of pickup trucks in our high school parking lot during deer season (circa 1980).
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I used to get a set of steak knives or a ball point pen from the local gas station for being a loyal customer. That was typically right after I pulled in and got something like a burned out headlight replaced, including installation, for something like $4.


We didn't have a "Milk Man" who delivered milk. But we drove up to the counter and asked the clerk for whatever we wanted (Milk, butter, cheese etc). The cows that made the stuff were a few yards away on the other side of the fence.


I can remember when my family bought a stand alone, upright freezer. We went to the grocery store and bought two shopping carts full of meat, frozen veggies etc for the new freezer. Box Boys were betting on the total cost of the "biggest order they'd ever seen". It was $35.


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penny candy

.05 cent candy bar

going to JC Penny, Sears, Montgomery Wards was a treat and they closed at 5:00pm during the week and they had catalogs that you could buy whatever you wanted.

no fast food joints

store clerk knew you by name and you could carry a note there till payday

getting your you know what whopped by the principle and not crying about it.

playing outside

taking a cold bath when it was hot out.

no worries or cares when you were a kid

settling any disputes with your fist.

playing baseball with no helmet.

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In my early youth I remember I had a Western Flyer sled and a Western Auto bicycle.

Scrap metal drives for the war effort.

Ration books to buy food,gas or shoes.

Walter Winchell "Hello Mr and Mrs America and all Ships at Sea."

Horses plowed the sidewalk. Salt was spread at the intersections of streets with a man on the back of a dump truck throwing it around with a scoop shovel.

Air raid sirens going off and the dog howling under the bed.

Arm guards at the gates and towers of Kodak and Baush and Lomb factories.

Guards around the water reservoir.

Little flags in peoples front windows with a star in the middle showing they had someone in the military. Two colors I think gold and red. One meant they were alive and the other they had been killed.

Men selling vegetables off a flat bed truck going door to door.

Coal tuck dumping coal through the cellar window in the coal bin.
We burnt Coke cheaper than coal.

Lots to remember during WW2
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growing up in the 1940's/50's the whole outdoors was our play ground from morning until supper time.....no one ever feared of being abducted, molested or shot..........

dinner every night with all the family at the table
cakes, pies were made from scratch by mom with fruit picked from the trees in the back yard...

"reality" TV consisted of ...two ton baker the music maker, lunch with uncle johnny coons........
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dinner every night with all the family at the table
...and at our house it was always "May I be excused from the table" when dinner was finished. I also remember saying Yes Sir, No Sir to my father even while in High School.

Nobody had to tell us kids to Play 60 Minutes a Day...we usually stayed out until the street lights came on.

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I scares the jeebers out of me when I think about all the things I was able to do in my years from grade school to age twenty-five that are impossible today. When I went to High School in the early 1980's you could:
-bring a pocket knife to school and the teacher would ask to use it, not confiscate it and call the police
-Have your deer rifle in the car so you could change into hunting gear in the school bathroom and catch the last two hours of hunting time after school.
-have elementary students walk several blocks to a bus stop and stand there waiting for the schoolbus. Today they pick-up at every corner or have a designated parent to guard the kids.
-hang out on a street corner just to talk and watch what was going on. Now the only kids on street corners are drug dealers or gang bangers.
-fill up your car, get a big bag a potato chips and a six pack of Coke and still get change from a $20
-Have a field party "kegger" where you stood around a fire drinking Old Milwaukee (yuck) from a red solo cup while listening to Led Zeppelin blasting from someones car stereo. -plinking in the woods, at old strip mines and dumps.
-Local cops who would see you had a burned out taillight and just tell you to get it fixed instead of writing you a ticket and demanding to search your vehicle.
-GC Murphy, Woolworths, Mc Crory's, W.T.Grant, Ames, and other cool stores that all had different inexpensive stuff.
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Rotary phones

Party line phones that you had to make sure no one was on when calling out and had to know your ring from everyone else's

Black and white TV and getting our first color TV

Watching the moon landing on TV.

Having to adjust the rabbit ears on said TV

Walking down main street in your town carrying a bb gun or a 22 and no one freaking out about it.

25cent a gallon gas.
I remember all of these... and miss them!
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Starting every school day by having the ENTIRE class stand, face the flag and put our hands over our heart and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Butch Wax, and the need for it.


Plus, most of everything else that's been mentioned.


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Little flags in peoples front windows with a star in the middle showing they had someone in the military. Two colors I think gold and red. One meant they were alive and the other they had been killed.
The stars were blue for living service men and gold for those who had died. One star for each relative in the service. "Gold Star Mothers" were greatly honored.

The red was the border of the flag.

My grandmother displayed a flag with four blue stars. Fortunately none of her sons died, though the one who served in the Aleutians later committed suicide.
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I'm old enough to think this is a 5 star thread.

Thanks to the OP!
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The ragman would come up the street once a month in his horse drawn cart, yelling " rags, any old rags ". my mother sold him my fathers army air corp uniform from wII. Now that was a good fight.
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I believe that the root of most of our social problems today is the result of the loss of respect for each other. What do you think?
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Selling 5 "rolls" of Cloverine Salve to get my Little Scout .22

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Outlawed by federal trade commission. Early federal gun control?
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Growing up in the 40’s and 50’s I remember most of the things posted here. Whenever I mention them to young people they don’t have a clue what I’m talking about.

The younger generation often says it’s impossible for their generation to understand my generation. “You grew up in a different world,” they say. “Today we have television, computers, jet planes, space travel…”

My reply is, you’re right. We didn’t have those things when we were young; so we invented them! What are you doing for the next generation?
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and we had a few who complained all the time. We called them "Busy bodies" of NibNoses or worse and payed them no mind. Now they are called "Activists" and everybody (it seems) snaps to attention.
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