[redshawk]

Me too. Going out to eat was a real treat in my family. Maybe twice a year, and having a ice cold soda pop, french fries and ice cream were treats that us kids would cherish for many weeks afterward. Todays’ parents seem quite content in passing along their parental responsibility to the nanny state govt., Sadly, these kids will pass this trait on and on and on.....

[caww]

When raising my boys I rarely fixed hamburgers at home. I did that purposely as when we went out to eat eating a hamburger was like having steak to them!...and it was a treat when we went out to eat until they got older.

[defconw]

It seemed to taste so much better then. I remember when we would go to the ice cream stand. It was an event! When my parents were first married, my dad was 19 and in the Air Force. Their threat was to go to Frieches (Bob’s Big Boy) on pay day.