Posted on 12/28/2018 10:42:48 AM PST by sodpoodle
God bless, my Senior FRiends.
I remember EVERYTHING that he mentioned.
That says it all about me.
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Guess I am older than dirt.
Once you get to a certain age, this posting will seem new. Thank you my FRiend!
Me, too. Even the first pizza.
We ate fruits when they were in season - I remember being excited by orange and banana season, an expensive special treat.
Well I’m not actually older than dirt, but because I grew up in a really small town I score as such because we were still using a lot of those things till they fell apart and we didn’t have any other choice....THEN the real stuggle began trying to find out how to work the “new fangled” thing.
****’Someone asked the other day, ‘What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?’****
I suspect the ‘someone’ was his grandson and was the inspiration for the reverie.
“I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn’t know weren’t already using the line.”
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LOl yes, I did remember that. My very first GF, I told her not to call certain hours because there were 6 people in the house and they all want to use the phone, and they might listen to our sweet somethings
I even got busted by my Mom one time escaping out the window to go to her house and she heard the plan from the phone haha
Paper boy route rang true here, had 2 one at 5AM and one aft school 3/4 PM.
Collecting was a trip. Still have a few of those little paper tabs you tore off and gave to the customer and the “tippers” were always remembered.
Usta take my dog in the AM but was made to stop cause he raised to much AM hell with the other dogs and cats on my rural route
Thanks
That’s great!
Anybody remember TV remotes that used audio, not infrared light?
Red/amber/green lights you put in the back of the car. It shone red when you were braking, green when you were rolling along, and amber when you slowed down.
I still make my own meals 99% of the time. Learned how to cook by helping my mother-the best cook I know.
We raised our own veggies, meat (chicken, pork, beef) and the eggs were awesome , much better than store bought.
We do eat out now, but at trusted places and there are not many.
We rarely had soda pop in the house when I was a kid. It was a treat to have a pop on occasion.
Phone hung on the wall. TV had a knob to get up and turn. TV was not vile filth like today, hard to find anything of worth now. Ready to shoot the dang thing.
Americans were proud of America, and if not that person was shunned.
We have 6 more years, God willing, to steer this ship in the right direction.
May God have mercy and show His Grace to us.
Just barely got in with 16 of the 25. But do I get extra credit for having used the soldering irons mentioned above?
Never laid my hands on a
Peashooter but
Hula-Hoops were Mine!
How many do you remember?
Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.
Ignition switches on the dashboard.
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I remember Starter Switches on the floor...............
Favorite is #6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers.
Our local dairy that delivered the milk to our galvanized milk box on the front steps put red cellophane wrapper over the mouth of the bottle with the cardboard stopper. We used to love using the cellophane to make red glasses out of bits of wire and Elmer's Glue (Hi Elsie!)
Our TV had a voice remote.
Dad: Get up and change the channel!................And turn the damned volume down!.....................
Forget the BS!
ALL OF IT!
REMEMBER TRUTH!
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Never Forget To Laugh!
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My dad would have knocked my damn head off If I said something like that.
:)
Yep, Older then Dirt, do to my Husbands collectors fever still have many of those articles on a shelf in Living Room. Grandchildren know what they all are including the small jukeboxes that sit in the Booths. Life has been good,
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