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Lost in the Fifties (Whoa! How old are you if these images ring a bell?)
http://safeshare.tv/w/FEDEwZHZXu ^ | Don't know | Don't know

Posted on 09/18/2014 9:58:36 AM PDT by Chgogal

It's a video and a very cool video IF you are a certain age. And I am. ; )


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 1950s
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To: Daffynition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbDLrCPjV4


101 posted on 09/18/2014 3:59:40 PM PDT by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: HandyDandy
The Dixie cup lids with movie star pictures on the back side.


102 posted on 09/18/2014 4:09:41 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Brother Cracker

Double delightful!

*We’ve seen a lot of changes since 1955 .....*


103 posted on 09/18/2014 4:16:00 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Fiji Hill

When I was 16 I lived in Orange County California close to Disneyland. We used to go every weekend! Admission was $2.50 if you didn’t buy a ticket booklet. You could buy individual ride tickets at kiosks inside the park (”E” tickets were 85 cents!). Today it costs $95 dollars to get in!


104 posted on 09/18/2014 4:23:46 PM PDT by cartoonistx
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To: Sparklite

Children’s price for the ALLEN THEATER in Farmington NM back in 1954-1956 was 20 cents.


105 posted on 09/18/2014 4:31:51 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: expat_panama

I do remember that postcards were a penny. What a time in the world!


106 posted on 09/18/2014 4:34:30 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: Chgogal
Thanks. That brought back a lot of memories, all of them good. Yeah, where did the years go? It seems that now they're going by like the pickets in a fence.
107 posted on 09/18/2014 5:27:21 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (Book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. Available from Amazon.)
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To: Chgogal

Never did order those X-ray glasses.....always regretted that....lol


108 posted on 09/18/2014 5:33:34 PM PDT by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: Cold Heat

I always regretted not ordering one of

those Lugers for $25 that was offered

in mags in the 60`s.

One of those x-ray glasses too.


109 posted on 09/18/2014 5:44:32 PM PDT by Harold Shea
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To: Cold Heat
They didn't work! :)

I'm thankful for growing up in the Fifties.

We played outside until dark, then we caught lightning bugs to put in a jar.

I lived in a small town and that made it even better.

I was 7 Y/O when I got my first dog...a bulldog terrier puppy... with worms! I put it in my bicycle basket and rode to the vet. He was in the first Vet Medicine class at A&M...I learned as an adult. I thought he was just a nice man I took my sick dog to.

I don't know if he sent my dad a bill or what. I didn't know he did it for $$. He just gave me medicine and told me how to doctor my puppy.

Over the years he doctored several of my dogs. I learned to pay.

110 posted on 09/18/2014 6:02:03 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: lonestar
We played outside until dark, then we caught lightning bugs to put in a jar.

I still do....don't put them in a jar anymore..

I have a smoking habit so I go outside and sit on the porch in the dark. The bugs see the glow of the cig, and fly toward it.....In fact, I just came inside after seeing several of them tonight..

As I get older I find myself increasingly getting enjoyment out of the things I did as a boy. I will even catch a frog or two, just for the hell of it..

For me at least, not much has changed, except I will share the experiences with my grandkids, a great grandkid coming in a couple months..

111 posted on 09/18/2014 8:39:38 PM PDT by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: lonestar
They didn't work! :)

So I was told! lol..

I never could get up the money to order the things...so it was one of the things I wanted to have..

I spent most of my (bottle) money and allowance on marbles and A&W rootbeer.

112 posted on 09/18/2014 8:43:37 PM PDT by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: Cold Heat
I spent most of my (bottle) money and allowance on marbles and A&W rootbeer.

Money well spent! :)

113 posted on 09/18/2014 8:57:48 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: Chgogal
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114 posted on 12/14/2014 6:53:22 PM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Chgogal

AH — memories! This is great! Thanks for sharing!!


115 posted on 12/14/2014 7:10:04 PM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: southernmann

That’s true for the most part. Times change. Memories are always perfect or close to perfect.

As for me, I couldn’t imagine being a teen or young adult today, without any privacy. Internet, facebook, etc. and cell phones have really changed things, imo. No privacy, imo.

We weren’t isolated, though. Just way less government nanny-statism for one.


116 posted on 12/14/2014 7:21:12 PM PST by Twink
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To: Polyxene
I am getting to that age where my memories and things are becoming “antique”. The memories are great though. : )
117 posted on 12/14/2014 7:45:29 PM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Mears

My oldest brother has those memories too. I can visualize them from his descriptions.


118 posted on 12/14/2014 8:55:03 PM PST by Twink
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To: Fiji Hill

I Believe was a song we sang in grade school and it was a “hippie” song lol. It’s one of the songs I recall so clearly from my childhood.


119 posted on 12/14/2014 9:01:08 PM PST by Twink
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