Old Enough to Remember When
Hi
I'm Sherie, and My Kids Tell Me
That I Am As Old As Dirt!
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*****Are You Old Enough to
Remember When..
..all
pop came in bottles and you got your deposit back.
..you
could take a quarter to the store
and buy bottle of pop, with the
deposit, and a small bag of peanuts
and still get change..
..when you pulled the
tab off a beer can, you still had
the ring on your
finger..
..cars had no
air-conditioning. In my family, we
called car air-conditioning 4-65.
That is, we rolled down 4 windows and
drove 65 miles an
hour..
..there was"free air", and "water", at
all service stations..
..all service
stations were full service. They
would always check your oil and
water, and of course, clean your
windshield..
..there were
S & H Green Stamps and Blue Chip Stamps. You
got them free with your purchases at grocery stores
and gas stations..
..a child could
go to the market and buy his/her
mom a pack of cigarettes.. (Though
this was a good change)..
..music was
on vinyl records, some albums were on 45 rpm and some
albums were on 78 rpm.. (You
remember"vinyl",
those round discs that would
scratch it you looked at them
cross-eyed)..
..there was one
light on top of police cars, (RED)
and the headlights did not flash in
unison in the rearview
mirror..
..there was only AM on the
radio..
.. most everyone
took the bus to town..
..you
could go to town and see a live Jan & Dean
concert for $3.00..
..gas
was .26 cents a gallon for 'LEADED'
regular and ethyl was way too high at.30 cents a
gallon..
..Typing Class was
noisy..
..girls had big
hair..
..you only had GM,
Ford, Chevrolet and
Chrysler making
cars in the United States..
..and fish
were not the only things with 'fins'..
..most
of the change in your pocket was pure
silver..
..no one had ever heard
of Bankruptcy, Divorce or CD
Players..
..football helmets
came without face
masks..
..the Network News
was only 15 minutes long..
..motor oil came
in
ROUND
metal containers and required an
oil spout to open and pour..
..you could pump
your own oil from 55 gallon drums
and would cost less because it was
considered bulk..(Thanks
John)
..toothpaste
came in metal tubes..(Children still leave it stuck to the
side of the bathroom sink, squeeze it from
the middle, and leave the cap
off)..
..you would
go to the picture show every week
for your weekly installment of that
weeks
"cliffhanger"..
..Cracker Jacks had a decent and unusual
prize in it.(And
in my opinion, there were more peanuts in a box
then)..
..the only sideburns
you saw were on the pictures of
dead presidents.
(Then along came Elvis!!)..
..every
one you knew had a Smallpox
scar..
..you believed
everything the Government said.(The more things change, the more they
stay the same)..
..every house had a
tall outside TV
antennae..
..when"GAY"
meant
"HAPPY"..
..you could
call your Doctor and he would come to
your house, (in
the same day), and at a
fraction of the cost of an office
visit today..
..men would put
on a suit and wore a hat, and not just for an office
job..
..ladies wore party
dresses and petticoats..
..teenage girls
wore poodle skirts and
sweaters.. (Thanks
John)
..teenage boys wore crew
cuts and letter
sweaters..
..ladies wore gloves
and
'pillbox' hats.. (Thanks Mary)
..the only place you could find a pair of sneakers
was in physical education class..
..Atomic
War was a real everyday thought.
(Now we worry about dismantling the nukes in other
countries and how many they
have)..
..men carried
metal lunch boxes to work, the sandwich was probably
on homemade bread..
..color had
to be added to margarine to make it look
like butter, of course, this was done at
home.. (Thanks
Jeanne)
..the only way to
have fresh butter was to churn
it yourself..
(Thanks Jeanne)
..ice cream
was made by youngsters with an
ice cream crank on the back
porch..
..you went to the
chicken coop to look for
dinner..
..and to a berry
patch for dessert..
Old
Enough to Remember the Time Before Computers..
..A computer was something on TV from a
science fiction show, the most famous fictional
computer, was on the bridge of "Enterprise".
..A window was something you hated to
clean.
..And ram was the daddy of a
goat.
..Meg was the name of a girlfriend and
gig was a job for the nights. Now, Meg Bytes and Gig
has a memory.
..An application was for
employment to get a job, probably at the fast food
joint up the street.
..a program was your
favorite TV show, or maybe your favorite radio
program, mine was
"My Mother the Car" and
"The
Shadow".
..a cursor was some one
who used profanity, My Grandfather was in the Navy,
need I say more?!?
..a keyboard was located
on a piano.
..Memory was something that you
lost with age or your children, you know "Selective
Memory".
..a CD was a bank
account, today's
CD's is the only way I found I could afford one.
..Compress was something you put on your
ankle if you sprained it, it was not something you
did to a file, if you did, you probably would have
got fired.
..if you unzipped anything in
public you'd be in jail for quite a while.
..Log on was adding wood to the fire, either for cooking or for heat.
..hard drive was a
long road trip, still is...just ask any cross country trucker.
..a mouse pad was where a mouse
lived, probably had little posters hanging on
the walls, beaded room dividers, and a little lava
lamp..
..and a backup happened to your
commode, sink, and shower, usually when you are late
for an appointment.
..Cut
you did with a pocket knife....paste
you did with glue....a web
was a spider's home..
..and
a virus was the flu..
..I
guess I'll stick to pad and paper..
..and
the memory in my head....I hear
nobody's been killed in a
computer crash....but when it happens they wish they were
dead!!
~ Author Unknown
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....Do You Remember The Time Before Video
Games....
..the
family actually talked together..
..Children
could read words other than "extra life" or "game
over"..
..Board Games were
popular, like "Monopoly" or
"Chess", you learned how to handle money and
the strategy of war..
..Your children were
part of the family, not just a part of the
furniture..
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