Memories of Growing Up in the 40's and 50's (and since, even)

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[OldFriend]

The poor old man would carry the ice on his back. He needed to make a living to feed his family. Somehow I don't see the above it alls of this time doing such work, do you?

[potlatch]

No, they don't want to work hard. We've all been 'babied' too much. They had more morals and a strong work ethic back then. No one wanted to take charity. Now, many live on it!!

[The Citizen Soldier]

Another 1947 here--11/30--Born in Washington, DC, raised in Chevy Chase, MD.

Same birth date, last day in November. Born AND raised in Stocton, California. Guess you know we share the same birthday with Mark Twain, Winston Churchill and Dick Clark.

Cheers!

[VMI70]

I did not know about Dick Clark. I do know he looks younger than I do. For that matter, so do Winston and Mark.

And cheers to you.

[BooBoo1000]

I was born and raised in a little town in Wyoming, I remember we had a Prisoner of War camp near out town. My Dad took me to work with him one day, and about two in the afternoon we went down to the Train Depot. A special train came into town, all of the U. S. Soldiers were there, with maching guns and rifles, the train drew to a stop. Out came the hoard of young men wearing shorts.Men wearing Shorts in Wyoming, I had never seen such a thing. I asked my Dad where they were from and why they were so sunburnt.

He waited for a minute then told me they were from The German Africa Corp. General Rommell's vaunted Africa Corp.
All I saw was young men who were glad to be out of the fighting, the camp was five miles from town they marched all of the way singing German Songs...

[mamelukesabre]

THat might be coming back.

I've been seeing a few young mothers lately at the grocerey store with a doily on their heads and wearing "old timey" skirts and blouses.

....Or maybe these are immigrants from eastern europe. I don't think they are muslims because they have blue eyes and light brown hair, But I suppose it is possible that they are.

The muslim women I see here in the midwest seem to usually go for the "jackie kennedy" look. They wear large dark sunglasses and a scarf over their heads tied under their chins.

[potlatch]

I haven't seen that yet in the Corpus to Houston area, and the muslim women wear the long scarfs.

[potlatch]

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