http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html

I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes me
a VERY LUCKY "old" American

"BigBadBubbas" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html
>
> I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes
> me a VERY LUCKY "old" American

Gah! That music made me wish I was hard of hearing! And my daughter
cranked my speaker up as well.

I do remember some of those things but only some. I guess I'm not that old.

"BigBadBubbas" > wrote:

>http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html

Warning-- quickly scroll down to the bottom and turn that damned
'music' off.

>
>I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes me
>a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>

"When a 55 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise,
peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, "

In 65 or so a friend was given a 55 for his birthday. He was
devastated-- he knew he was getting a car, but he expected a *new*
car. He got over it. 20 years or so ago he gave it to his son,
who is now cleaning it up to pass on to his son.

"Lying on your back in the grass with your friends
and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a ...""

That tradition is still alive and well in our circle-

Was 'Nellie Bell' Roy's Jeep? Didn't they have a sidekick, too?

I don't remember newsreels before movies-- but I remember that 101
Dalmations [1961] was my first movie.

My parents still have the same TWilight 5 number-- but there aren't 8
people on the line any more.<g>

I sold penny candy in my store 1976-1980.
We had some jiffy-pop a couple summers ago. Still a great idea-- and
still lousy popcorn.<g>

"Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot? "
Or a jacknife- I've paid for that sin.

Cool stuff-
Jim

On 11/03/2011 11:59 PM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> > wrote:
>
>> http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html
>
> Warning-- quickly scroll down to the bottom and turn that damned
> 'music' off.
>
>>
>> I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes me
>> a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>>
Some of the items were things applicable only to Americans.

>
> "When a 55 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise,
> peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, "

Single spinner Fords were a popular item here in Aus.
>
> In 65 or so a friend was given a 55 for his birthday. He was
> devastated-- he knew he was getting a car, but he expected a *new*

We were never "given" a car. We had to work until we had saved enough to
buy our own.

> car. He got over it. 20 years or so ago he gave it to his son,
> who is now cleaning it up to pass on to his son.

Sounds like the magic worked on him!
>
> "Lying on your back in the grass with your friends
> and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a ...""
>
> That tradition is still alive and well in our circle-
>
> Was 'Nellie Bell' Roy's Jeep? Didn't they have a sidekick, too?
>
> I don't remember newsreels before movies-- but I remember that 101
> Dalmations [1961] was my first movie.

Yep, remember newsreels!. The double feature put paid to them.

I was into cars and women on the 60's so I missed the 101 Dalmations.
Might have watched it on TV in later years however.
>
> My parents still have the same TWilight 5 number-- but there aren't 8
> people on the line any more.<g>

Only the people out in the country had party lines. We cityfolk had our
own numbers, those of us who had phones that is...
>
> I sold penny candy in my store 1976-1980.

Used to get a lot of candy for a penny when I was a lad! That was the
forties however.

> We had some jiffy-pop a couple summers ago. Still a great idea-- and
> still lousy popcorn.<g>
>
> "Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?"
> Or a jacknife- I've paid for that sin.

I remember a lot of us having a small knife of some sort but we NEVER
EVER thought of them as weapons. Had a little folder on my locker key
chain and never had a problem with it.

Peashooters were cool. Got the teacher in the forehead once... and he
got me with the cane!
>
> Cool stuff-
> Jim

Indeed!

Krypsis

On 11/03/2011 9:35 AM, Krypsis wrote:

>>> I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also
>>> makes me
>>> a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>>>
> Some of the items were things applicable only to Americans.
>
Which are those? I didn't grow up in the US and I remember all but two.
We didn't lock car doors but keys were not usually left. Pure bred
dogs were more common than mutts in my neighbourhood. Farm dogs were
often mutts, but the local pets..... all pure bred.

>>
>> "When a 55 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise,
>> peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, "
>
> Single spinner Fords were a popular item here in Aus.
There was always Ford fans and GM fans. Maybe they should have asked
about DeSotos and Studebakers.


>> In 65 or so a friend was given a 55 for his birthday. He was
>> devastated-- he knew he was getting a car, but he expected a *new*
>
> We were never "given" a car. We had to work until we had saved enough to
> buy our own.

I knew people who were given cars. I had to buy mine.



>> I don't remember newsreels before movies-- but I remember that 101
>> Dalmations [1961] was my first movie.
>
> Yep, remember newsreels!. The double feature put paid to them.

I remember them too. They were black and white, as were most of the
movies. Colour was still a big deal in movies, and there were darned few
colour TVs, and mot much tv programming in colour.

>> My parents still have the same TWilight 5 number-- but there aren't 8
>> people on the line any more.<g>

> Only the people out in the country had party lines. We cityfolk had our
> own numbers, those of us who had phones that is...

I had grown up in a small town and we had a party line. It was a PITA.
We finally got a private line around 1960. When we moved to a city in
1964 there was no problem getting a private line, but when I moved to
this rural property in 1977 I had to fight like hell for a private line.



>> "Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?"
>> Or a jacknife- I've paid for that sin.
>
> I remember a lot of us having a small knife of some sort but we NEVER
> EVER thought of them as weapons. Had a little folder on my locker key
> chain and never had a problem with it.

We had a Trap and Skeet club at our high and once a week we took our
shotguns to school. They had to be left in our lockers.

Dave Smith wrote:
> Krypsis wrote:
>
>>> "Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?"
>>> Or a jacknife- I've paid for that sin.
>>
>> I remember a lot of us having a small knife of some sort but we NEVER
>> EVER thought of them as weapons. Had a little folder on my locker key
>> chain and never had a problem with it.
>
> We had a Trap and Skeet club at our high and once a week we took our
> shotguns to school. They had to be left in our lockers.

At my high school there was a rifle club and a varsity rifle team. Same
deal, different type of long gun. Had I known what would happen over
the years with attitudes towards guns I would have switched from the
rifle club to the rifle team and lettered in it. A letterman jacket in
rifle would make a fun museum piece today.

On 2011-03-11, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:

>> We had a Trap and Skeet club at our high and once a week we took our
>> shotguns to school. They had to be left in our lockers.
>
> At my high school there was a rifle club and a varsity rifle team. Same
> deal, different type of long gun. Had I known what would happen over
> the years with attitudes towards guns I would have switched from the
> rifle club to the rifle team and lettered in it. A letterman jacket in
> rifle would make a fun museum piece today.

Back in the 60s, I attended HS as senior in rural E WA state, a major
migratory flyway. It was common to see the Jr and Sr students come to
class in their hunting clothes after hunting before school. They all
left their shotguns in their vehicle gun racks. No biggie.

nb

On 12/03/2011 2:18 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 11/03/2011 9:35 AM, Krypsis wrote:
>
>>>> I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also
>>>> makes me
>>>> a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>>>>
>> Some of the items were things applicable only to Americans.
>>
> Which are those? I didn't grow up in the US and I remember all but two.
> We didn't lock car doors but keys were not usually left. Pure bred dogs
> were more common than mutts in my neighbourhood. Farm dogs were often
> mutts, but the local pets..... all pure bred.
>
Well, for starters, the girls all looked good in their gym uniforms...

I never received an allowance nor did any of my friends. Any money we
had was earned at after school jobs or paper rounds.

Purebred dogs were as common as the mutts. We had Cocker Spaniels.

Didn't get trading stamped when we fueled up the car.
Vaguely recall one place trying it out but it didn't catch on.

No baseball games here, just Aussie rules football and cricket.

The only ones doing any bowling were the oldies at the lawn bowls. We
never wanted to get that old! Still don't play lawn bowls even though I
am now that age! ;-)

Never had the wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.
Nor did we have Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum. Do remember
Spearmint though!

Milk wasn't delivered in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers. It was
ladled out of a churn into containers we had left out on our porch. That
happened every day! The milk always had a layer of cream on top.

Don't recall telephone numbers with a word prefix. They might have been
there but no one I knew ever used them. We didn't have a phone with
letters on the dialler.

The first drive-in came to Australia in 1954. We still have three
operating drive-ins here in this state. We can still live the experience!
http://www.drive-insdownunder.com.au...alian/vic1.htm

No idea what a Lincoln Log is.

15 cent McDonald hamburgers weren't an issue for me as the first
McDonalds opened in Sydney, Australia in 1971. Can't recall when the
first opened here in Melbourne but, by then, I was in my mid thirties
and spending way too much time overseas.

"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense? Not to me it doesn't.

We paid for fuel in Australian Pounds, Shillings and Pence. Decimal
currency didn't arrive in this country until 14 February, 1966.

Never heard of the term "double-dog-dare". Double dare, yes, had that!


<snip>

krypsis

Jeeeez, did you grow up in Australia or something? :O

I'm sure you have many more memories that wouldn't ring any bells with us yanks. (I don't classify myself as "Yankee" though.)

On 12/03/2011 3:11 AM, Krypsis wrote:
> On 12/03/2011 2:18 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 11/03/2011 9:35 AM, Krypsis wrote:
>>
>>>>> I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also
>>>>> makes me
>>>>> a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>>>>>
>>> Some of the items were things applicable only to Americans.
>>>
>> Which are those? I didn't grow up in the US and I remember all but two.
>> We didn't lock car doors but keys were not usually left. Pure bred dogs
>> were more common than mutts in my neighbourhood. Farm dogs were often
>> mutts, but the local pets..... all pure bred.
>>
> Well, for starters, the girls all looked good in their gym uniforms...

You must have had different gym uniforms for the girls there. The girls
here wore bloomers with big baggy legs. They were ugly.

My grandma went to work and wasn't home to cook
dinner. My husband's one grandma (older than my dad) didn't like to cook
so she took the kids out to dinner. In her later years she didn't even have
to do that! The local restaurants used to send people out to bring her
food."Lying on your back in the grass with your friends
and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a ...""

On 2011-03-11, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:

> "When a 55 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise,
> peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, "

It wasn't mine. I had a friend with a stock '55 Chevy. Rode like a
truck. I'd much rather have my '62 Impala or even "60 Chevy P/U.


I liked the one:
"All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had
their hair done every day and wore high heels?"


When I was going to college part time, had an old-school lady teacher.
She always wore tight blouses with open callar w/ necklace and full
skirts to the knees, hose, and high heels. Judging by her face and
neck, she was in her late 40s or early 50s (sun damage). Judging by
her legs, she was a hot 20-something. Regardless, she was very
elegant in a casual way and quite sexy.

Anyway, had a classmate who loved music and one day I was at his apt
checking out his monster LP collection (this still in record days). I
was in my mid 30s and he in his early 20s. The subject changed to
school and I asked him what he thought about our teacher, the one I
describe above. He replied, "The one who wears the funny shoes?"

nb

I was hard of hearing! And my daughter
cranked my speaker up as well.who is obviously older than me ate out a lot. His
dad died when he was 8. My grandma went to work and wasn't home to cook
dinner. My husband's one grandma (older than my dad) didn't like to cook
so she took the kids out to dinner. In her later years she didn't even have
to do that!
he knew he was getting a car, but he expected a *new*
car. He got over it. 20 years or so ago he gave it to his son,
who is now cleaning it up to pass on to his son.

I was hard of hearing! And my daughter
cranked my speaker up as well.My dad who is obviously older than me ate out a lot. His
dad died when he was 8. My grandma went to work and wasn't home to cook
dinner. My husband's one grandma (older than my dad) didn't like to cook
so she took the kids out to dinner.he knew he was getting a car, but he expected a *new*
car. He got over it. 20 years or so ago he gave it to his son,
who is now cleaning it up to pass on to his son.

On 3/11/2011 12:09 AM, BigBadBubbas wrote:
> http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html
>
> I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes me
> a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>
>
Thanks for the trip back in time. I remember all of it. I know that I am
old. I get on Medicare in August.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

In article om>,
Janet Wilder > wrote:

> Thanks for the trip back in time. I remember all of it. I know that I am
> old. I get on Medicare in August.

Congratulations, old gal. I start receiving Medicare in September. I'm
paying $720 per month for insurance for myself, and it's going up big
time in April. It'll go way way down starting September first.

Lifetime milestones:

Could drive at sixteen.
Could vote and drink at twenty-one
Car insurance rates went down at twenty-five
tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick
Got Social Security at sixty-two
Get Medicare at sixty-five.
Um... That's all folks!

leo

On 3/11/2011 6:40 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In raweb.com>,
> Janet > wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the trip back in time. I remember all of it. I know that I am
>> old. I get on Medicare in August.
>
> Congratulations, old gal. I start receiving Medicare in September. I'm
> paying $720 per month for insurance for myself, and it's going up big
> time in April. It'll go way way down starting September first.
>
> Lifetime milestones:
>
> Could drive at sixteen.
> Could vote and drink at twenty-one
> Car insurance rates went down at twenty-five
> tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick
> Got Social Security at sixty-two
> Get Medicare at sixty-five.
> Um... That's all folks!
>
> leo

Leo, we are the first crop of Baby Boomers. 1946 was a vintage year! I,
too, chose to get my Social Security at 62. Very proud of getting it on
my own account, not hubby's. I think it's incredible that the Federal
government will give me all that money for doing f--n nothing and when I
was actually being a productive worker, I had to pay them.

I lived in New Jersey and we couldn't even apply for a learner's permit
until we were 17. I think that has changed with Driver's Ed.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

In article om>,
Janet Wilder > wrote:

> Leo, we are the first crop of Baby Boomers. 1946 was a vintage year! I,
> too, chose to get my Social Security at 62. Very proud of getting it on
> my own account, not hubby's. I think it's incredible that the Federal
> government will give me all that money for doing f--n nothing and when I
> was actually being a productive worker, I had to pay them.

There's good news for me Janet. Because of Ed Pawlowski downthread, I
skimmed a bit of my AARP "Approaching Medicare" brochure for the first
time. I was born in August of '46, and I assumed I would start coverage
in September. I was wrong. The year was great. Our month was special ;-)
Thanks Ed!

leo

On Mar 11, 10:07*pm, Leonard Blaisdell >
wrote:
> In article om>,
> *Janet Wilder > wrote:
>
> > Leo, we are the first crop of Baby Boomers. 1946 was a vintage year! I,
> > too, chose to get my Social Security at 62. Very proud of getting it on
> > my own account, not hubby's. *I *think it's incredible that the Federal
> > government will give me all that money for doing f--n nothing and when I
> > was actually being a productive worker, I had to pay them.
>
> There's good news for me Janet. Because of Ed Pawlowski downthread, I
> skimmed a bit of my AARP "Approaching Medicare" brochure for the first
> time. I was born in August of '46, and I assumed I would start coverage
> in September. I was wrong. The year was great. Our month was special ;-)
> Thanks Ed!
>
> leo

Ha! I also was born in August of '46. Ain't we special
though !!! ;-) I remember all those things.
I had a 55 Black and White Chevy in high school. Stick shift.
Glad I learned to drive on a stick shift because it's easy to drive
anything that way.

On 3/12/2011 12:07 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In raweb.com>,
> Janet > wrote:
>
>> Leo, we are the first crop of Baby Boomers. 1946 was a vintage year! I,
>> too, chose to get my Social Security at 62. Very proud of getting it on
>> my own account, not hubby's. I think it's incredible that the Federal
>> government will give me all that money for doing f--n nothing and when I
>> was actually being a productive worker, I had to pay them.
>
> There's good news for me Janet. Because of Ed Pawlowski downthread, I
> skimmed a bit of my AARP "Approaching Medicare" brochure for the first
> time. I was born in August of '46, and I assumed I would start coverage
> in September. I was wrong. The year was great. Our month was special ;-)
> Thanks Ed!
>
> leo

Thanks, Ed. I'm August, 1946, too. 13th. What day are you?

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote
>
> Congratulations, old gal. I start receiving Medicare in September. I'm
> paying $720 per month for insurance for myself, and it's going up big
> time in April. It'll go way way down starting September first.

Even with a top of the line supplement it will be a bargain by comparison.
Pretty soon you'll be getting all sorts of advertising in the mail trying to
see you supplements. Be sure to check out AARP for rates.

On 3/11/2011 5:40 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

>
> Lifetime milestones:
>
> Could drive at sixteen.
> Could vote and drink at twenty-one
> Car insurance rates went down at twenty-five
> tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick
> Got Social Security at sixty-two
> Get Medicare at sixty-five.
> Um... That's all folks!
>
> leo


Holy cow, that's 40 years in between with no milestones?
What are you, Rip VanWinkle?

gloria p

In article >,
"gloria.p" > wrote:

> On 3/11/2011 5:40 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

> > Lifetime milestones:
> >
> > Could drive at sixteen.
> > Could vote and drink at twenty-one
> > Car insurance rates went down at twenty-five
> > tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick
> > Got Social Security at sixty-two
> > Get Medicare at sixty-five.
> > Um... That's all folks!

> Holy cow, that's 40 years in between with no milestones?
> What are you, Rip VanWinkle?

I'm suffering a bout of gout, thus the late response. I was thinking
government, and in the one and only case, industry perks. So instead of
milestones, I should have written "Perks to the Grave".
Other than that editorial gaffe, I've been sort of awake and enjoying
life.

leo

On Mar 10, 10:09*pm, "BigBadBubbas" > wrote:
> http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html
>
> I remember *most* of this. *I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes me
> a VERY LUCKY "old" American

They left out the constant threat of imminent nuclear holocaust. I
don't think my folks ever threw out their home fallout shelter manual.

We lived in a new subdivision. To get anywhere but church, my mom
drove her '56 Chevy. The only radio "shows" we listened to were soap
operas and Art Linkletter.

Speaking of Nelliebelle, who remembers Jingles?

On Mar 11, 3:57*pm, spamtrap1888 > wrote:
> On Mar 10, 10:09*pm, "BigBadBubbas" > wrote:
>
> >http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html
>
> > I remember *most* of this. *I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes me
> > a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>
> They left out the constant threat of imminent nuclear holocaust. I
> don't think my folks ever threw out their home fallout shelter manual.
>
> We lived in a new subdivision. To get anywhere but church, my mom
> drove her '56 Chevy. The only radio "shows" we listened to were soap
> operas and Art Linkletter.
>
> Speaking of Nelliebelle, who remembers Jingles?

Dog was 'Bullet" - a German Shep I think. Dale rode on Buttercup.

On 3/11/2011 2:57 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Mar 10, 10:09 pm, > wrote:
>> http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html
>>
>> I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes me
>> a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>
> They left out the constant threat of imminent nuclear holocaust. I
> don't think my folks ever threw out their home fallout shelter manual.
>
> We lived in a new subdivision. To get anywhere but church, my mom
> drove her '56 Chevy. The only radio "shows" we listened to were soap
> operas and Art Linkletter.
>
> Speaking of Nelliebelle, who remembers Jingles?

Wasn't he Andy Divine?

My mother listened to the soap operas, too. My little sister's first
words were "wisping steets" She was trying to say "Whispering Streets"
the name of one the soap operas.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

Every time i see this thread i think of the Michael Jackson song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeiFF0gvqcc
--
JL

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:57:31 -0800 (PST), spamtrap1888
> arranged random neurons and said:

>On Mar 10, 10:09*pm, "BigBadBubbas" > wrote:
>> http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html
>>
>> I remember *most* of this. *I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes me
>> a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>
>They left out the constant threat of imminent nuclear holocaust. I
>don't think my folks ever threw out their home fallout shelter manual.

I spent most of my growing up years within a rock's throw of bombers
that carried nuclear payloads. We were very conscious of the fact that
the nasty old Russkies had a big "X" drawn over our heads. Someone
once snarkily asked my father if, as a bomber pilot, he wasn't
pro-war. His answer was, "Nobody's pro-war when you have a nuclear
weapon strapped to your *ss."

OB: Unlike other disaster preparations, stocking food stuffs wasn't on
the list of things to do at our house. By the time the balloon went
up, your interest in food or anything else would cease.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox"

On Mar 11, 1:09*am, "BigBadBubbas" > wrote:
> http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html

> I remember *most* of this. *I guess that makes me OLD, but it also me
> a VERY LUCKY "old" American

All very clear in m memory - but we NEVER left keys in the ignition
and we still locked the doors at night or when no one was home.
Parents were very cautious people.
I remember cigs 25 cents in a vending machine, with two pennies taped
to the pack as yer change.

We even had a wind up 78 record player. 45s were a great new
invention.

First tv was a 12 incher.

Had a car with a bumper guard - a whole xtra 28 dollars for it.

Kids could actually read, write and spell, could even read music.
Could recite "If" and write it out with correct punctuation too.

Brownie and Girl Scout dues were a dollar a year, then a dime a
meeting.

BigBadBubbas wrote:
>
> http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html
>
> I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes me
> a VERY LUCKY "old" American

I remember most of it. I was in kindergarden when Kennedy was shot.

My older silbings remember Howdy Doody on TV. I only remember Captain
Kangeroo.

On 3/11/2011 3:50 PM, Doug Freyburger wrote:
> BigBadBubbas wrote:
>>
>> http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html
>>
>> I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes me
>> a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>
> I remember most of it. I was in kindergarden when Kennedy was shot.

I was a Senior in high school.
>
> My older silbings remember Howdy Doody on TV. I only remember Captain
> Kangeroo.

I remember Howdy Doody very well. Captain Kangaroo started when I was
already in school. My little sister watched it. I couldn't figure out
who "Mr. Creamcheese" was until I was home sick one day and discovered
that he was "Mr. Greenjeans"

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On 3/11/2011 8:06 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:

> On 3/11/2011 3:50 PM, Doug Freyburger wrote:

>> BigBadBubbas wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html
>>>
>>> I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also
>>> makes me
>>> a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>>
>> I remember most of it. I was in kindergarden when Kennedy was shot.
>
> I was a Senior in high school.

I had just turned 1, so I don't remember that, but I do remember more
than 50% of what was in the link.

i think so.. congrats to you.. very LUCKY

"BigBadBubbas" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html
>
> I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes
> me a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>

Oh!! Yess...at least most of them....Sharon in Canada

I was born in 1964, but remember a lot of these things. I also
remember when I was a kid in the summer, Mom would tell us to make
sure we were home by 6 for supper, and we would be gone all day,
playing ball or riding bikes or building forts in the woods or hanging
out at the Boy's Club or library. We used to play baseball or
kickball on the streets, where a car bumper might be first base, and a
manhole cover second base; if you play ball out on the street today
somebody will call the cops on you.

BTW, they still make candy cigarettes and those little wax soda
bottles. They make wax lips too, remember those?. I remember the gum
cigarettes with the wax wrapping over them to look like a cigarette,
and there was cinnamon in the business end and if you blew hard on it,
a small puff of smoke would come out.

On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:16:08 -0700 (PDT), "Michael O'Connor"
> wrote:

>I was born in 1964, but remember a lot of these things. I also
>remember when I was a kid in the summer, Mom would tell us to make
>sure we were home by 6 for supper, and we would be gone all day,
>playing ball or riding bikes or building forts in the woods or hanging
>out at the Boy's Club or library. We used to play baseball or
>kickball on the streets, where a car bumper might be first base, and a
>manhole cover second base; if you play ball out on the street today
>somebody will call the cops on you.
>
>BTW, they still make candy cigarettes and those little wax soda
>bottles. They make wax lips too, remember those?. I remember the gum
>cigarettes with the wax wrapping over them to look like a cigarette,
>and there was cinnamon in the business end and if you blew hard on it,
>a small puff of smoke would come out.

http://www.oldtimecandy.com carries most [all] of them.

It is cool to look at them 'by decade' -- I didn't know the wax lips
and such have been around since the 20s. [as was the Zero bar- an old
fav]

Jim

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:09:49 -0500, "BigBadBubbas"
> wrote:

>http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy.../remember.html
>
>I remember *most* of this. I guess that makes me OLD, but it also makes me
>a VERY LUCKY "old" American
>

I remember a lot of that stuff too. It's fun to remember. But there
were a lot of less gooder stuff too.

The gas wars drove the price down to 27 cents/gal around 1970 in
central PA. Even so, we generally get more miles per
(adjusted-for-inflation) dollar today than we got back then.

The old Pontiac's 283 V-8 engine delivered fewer horsepower than a
well-constructed 4-cylinder today. And if you got 100K miles from a
car, you were doing very well.

I didn't care for the 1970 model outhouse we used, but you do what you
gotta do.

To play music at parties my sister would bring her scratchy portable
record player and a huge stack of scratchy 45s (69 cents each in 1970
money). Today you can bring thirty times as much music (99 cents per
song in 2011 dollars) on a device the size of a matchbox.

Typed a 105-page MS thesis on a typewriter in 1980. Fixing all the
mistakes and retyping some pages. And did it three times. Today...
word processor.

Books and magazines printed with huge amounts of color and beautifully
sharp and clear.

Air conditioning! (Yes, it was available back then but most people
used fans.)

When the wife was in school, one of the assignments was to tell during
what time she'd like to have lived. She said "today". She may not
have done well on the assignment but she's a smart gal.
--
Best -- Terry

On 13/03/2011 11:42 AM, Terry wrote:
>
> The old Pontiac's 283 V-8 engine delivered fewer horsepower than a
> well-constructed 4-cylinder today. And if you got 100K miles from a
> car, you were doing very well.

I bought a used car when I was a student and it was all I could afford,
but once I was in the work force I always got new cars. It didn't make
much sense to buy a car with 60-70,000 miles on it because it was on
it's last legs. If the motor didn't die the bodies rusted out. Now that
I am retired nd less concerned abotu reliability I buy used cars. The
last one I bought was a Honda Civic I bought 4 years ago. It had over
100,000 miles on it, and it is still going strong.



> Typed a 105-page MS thesis on a typewriter in 1980. Fixing all the
> mistakes and retyping some pages. And did it three times. Today...
> word processor.

The only problem there is onscreen editing. As you can see from my
posts, I am not very good at it. I can check a document on the monitor
and see no problems but when I print it out it is suddenly full of errors.

Math was never my forte and in my first yer of university I had to take
probability and statistics. Some of the statistical analyses required
working with squares and square roots. I still can't do square roots. It
took a lot of help and hours of work to do one simple analysis test. In
my second year the school provided a room with a bunch of desk top Wang
calculators and what used to take hours could now be done in minutes.
You could buy a pocket calculator that would add, subtract, multiply and
divide, but they were expensive, $150-200, two weeks pay for my high
paying summer job. Now you can get better calculators in the cover of a
binder for under $10.




>
> Books and magazines printed with huge amounts of color and beautifully
> sharp and clear.
>
> Air conditioning! (Yes, it was available back then but most people
> used fans.)


They were cheap to run but expensive to buy. Now they are cheaper to buy
but prohibitively expensive to run.

Until the recent change in technology and incredibly improved picture,
colour TVs were cheaper than back in the 50s and 60s. Every convenience
store and hardware store used to have a tube tester machine and you when
you TV started screwing up you could bring some tubes in to the in the
machine and get replacements.



> When the wife was in school, one of the assignments was to tell during
> what time she'd like to have lived. She said "today". She may not
> have done well on the assignment but she's a smart gal.

Things don't look good for he future, but if you are living in the right
place these days you would probably never find it any better in the past
or the future.

On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:06:10 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 13/03/2011 11:42 AM, Terry wrote:
>>
>> The old Pontiac's 283 V-8 engine delivered fewer horsepower than a
>> well-constructed 4-cylinder today. And if you got 100K miles from a
>> car, you were doing very well.
>
>I bought a used car when I was a student and it was all I could afford,
>but once I was in the work force I always got new cars. It didn't make
>much sense to buy a car with 60-70,000 miles on it because it was on
>it's last legs. If the motor didn't die the bodies rusted out. Now that
> I am retired nd less concerned abotu reliability I buy used cars. The
>last one I bought was a Honda Civic I bought 4 years ago. It had over
>100,000 miles on it, and it is still going strong.

A Civic is fine if you're no more than 5' 9" X 160 lbs, never drive
distances greater than 100 miles or 2 hours, never drive in inclement
weather, and have no friends.

On 2011-03-13, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:



>>last one I bought was a Honda Civic I bought 4 years ago. It had over
>>100,000 miles on it, and it is still going strong.

That's cuz a Honda is jes been broken in a 100K. I sold mine w/ 240K
and motor was still purring.

> A Civic is fine if you're no more than 5' 9" X 160 lbs, never drive
> distances greater than 100 miles or 2 hours, never drive in inclement
> weather, and have no friends.

Ever since early 90s, cars have become some sorta compressed cocoon.
My '87 Honda Civic hatchback had more body and legroom than a '96
Lincoln Mk VIII or any other US car I sat in. Nothing has changed
since. Everything from the early 90s on will kneecap you for life in
a 6mph accident.

nb