I guess I am .

I used to live in Hawaii before she became a state .
Remember when she joined the U.S. of A.

Saw my 1st television in 1957 .

I remember Sputnik and Echo . Listened on a 1 transistor radio when John Glenn circled the earth . Gemini and Apollo brings back fond memories .

I remember the Studebaker . ( We had one . 1960 Lark 6 stationwagon .Yellow in color .)1961 to 1967 .

I remember when bubble gum was 2 for a penny , 5 cent candy bars , sodapop was a nickle , a pack of 300 BB's for my BB gun was 5 cents . Deposit on coke bottle was 2 cents .

I remember when go to the movies , it was 25 cents to get in . A small drinks was 10 cents and a large bag of popcorn was 15 cents .

I remember when I would cut grass for 50 cents . ( I was 9 at the time )

I remember when gasoline was 19 to 22 cents a gallon . A cheap brand of motor oil was 10 cent a quart .

I remember the old Rock and Roll days .

Youngins' say that our minds are slipping and we can't remember anything . Look at it this way . Our brains are like a fully loaded hard drive in your 'puter . It takes a while for the info to come out .

Could I go on ??? Yes . Am I mad at TUV for calling me old , oldtimer , over the hill , etc ??? No I'm not . Just getting even .

TUV ; Remember that picture I sent to you the Christmas before last , Your retirement picture ???

Well , here it is again .



Folks of this here forum . He has that picture hanging on his wall in his house .

Just remember youngins' , your getting old too . That might be you in that picture .

Dang , I like havin' fun .


papawdude

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Duchess ;

You ain't old enough then . You still a youngster .

papawdude

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HEY, DUDE!

BEING AS I WILL REACH 67 IN MAY...I CAN REMEMBER EVERYTHING YOU SAY

ABOUT BEING OLD? I HAVE CONSIDERED ALL THE ALTERNATIVES!

BEING OLD IS NOT SO BAD

CARRY ON

Oh man papaw, what a terrific thread. I'm gonna have some fun with this one. (wish I thought of it) OK. Here are some of the things I remember:

I remember when I got my first car, gas was .32 cents a gallon.

I remember listening to the first Ali-vs-Frasier on the transistor radio.

I rermember the 1950 Cadilac and 1955 Buick my parents had. Also, as you were driving, you could simply pull the keys out of the ignition.

I remember .2 cents for soda bottle return.

I remember the cork they used on the bottle caps.

I remember having NO CHOICE but to use a can opener to open your beer or soda.

I remember "Made in Japan" meant it was junk.

I remember going to the corner store with the 25 cents my grandmother taped to my birthday card and buying: 1) a bottle of yoohoo, 2) a bag of potatoe chips, 3) a package of hostess cupcakes, 4) a big box of caps for my cap gun, 5) getting a nickle back change.

Oh man, I can go on and on. AND I WILL, later.
This is GREAT! I LOVE IT!! I'LL BE BACK..................

I remember breakfast in the chow hall(not DFAC) was .75. I remember a cent sign on the typewriter(where did it go on the keyboard?) I remember drinking water out of a garden hose. Over the hill? What hill, I didn't see no hill.
Oh wait! I remember the first Micky D's. Hamburger, cheeseburger, fries, Coke or shake, that was the menu. The burger was .15 add two cents for cheese.

Good morning Bettina . I still look a women...I just forgot why.

Here's a few more:

Made in the USA.

Look for the Union label.

The song... Ford has a better idea.....

I remember when we went to the Texaco gas station, 3 men came out to greet you, (in there white overalls) fill your tank, cleaned your winddows, checked your oil and tires.

I remember Exxon used to be called ESSO.

There was no such thing as self serve.

I remember the Milk Man. Used to leave the empty bottles in the metal box and he replaced them with fresh milk (in glass bottles)......and who could forget the cream on the top.

I remember taxi cab drivers used to wear the Mac hats.

Oh, I have SO many more. I'll be back.........

This looks like fun.....

I remember using stone plates and chisels to do homework on...

OK,OK -- I remember

-- collecting bottles, at 2cents each, during the summer and earning $80 or maybe $100. But I had to buy myself a pair of pants, shirt and shoes - the rest had to go into the bank.

-- making our own "skateboards" out of old skates and a 1x6 BEFORE factory-made skateboards were abvailable.

-- when it was OK for the coach to bang you up against the wall locker and knew he was going to call your dad and tell him why you got banged up against the wall locker - then your dad banged you up some more.

-- cutting lawns from $1.00 to the outrageous amount of $3.00 (for really big yards) and that included trimming the walks and fences with a hand trimmer.

-- the first "crank" lawnmowers

-- when a "cool" bike was a Schwinn or Huffy, had lots of chrome, "Twin" battery powered headlights and a horn.

-- when having a basket on your bike was cool too.

-- the first "3" speed bike on the block - now THAT was high tech but you had to be rich to get one.

-- when you said "enough" during a fight meant it was over. Then you ended up being friends after.

-- $0.50 could buy you a Hostess fruit pie, a guart of soda and a bunch of other stuff to make you sick.

-- you could get a corndog for a nickel

-- the first "Taco Bell" in Medford Oregon

-- balsawood models were $.99

-- reading comic books all day at the grocrey store and peeking at that Playboy someone just happened to leave over there, opened to the foldout....

-- any pile of dirt became a fort, a place to dig tunnels and everybody brought their toy trucks, bulldozers etc, to move the dirt which got into your rolled up jeans which you never emptied (like you were supposed to) and your mother yelled at you when she did the wash.

-- having an "Erector Set" and a "Fort Apache" was really cool.

-- after the weekly matinee of "Swamp Fox" we all played that episode. A sharpened crate slat was a sword and our bikes were our horses.

-- getting the gang together to play baseball, or 500 or football on weekends.

-- leaving home at 8-9 in the morning, being gone all day and your mother didn't flip out.

-- telling my mother I was going to run away and she'd pack up a bandanna with penutbutter sandwiches and tie it onto my hobo stick. Then act like she was crying as I left, never to return again. Something about dinner-time however.....

-- your dog followed you everywhere and was a player on the back-lot football games.


yep this is fun..... may come back with more.

Ahhhhhhh, lets see????


Brittany in Rehab? Again.

Remember Diana Shore(before Burt) singing "See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet." Remember road trips with Dad and Mom and not using an interstate?

Here's one for you Duchess... and kinda close to you too... I remember when my dad's house was the "third" house built in Sunrise Golf Village...... yep, the third. Home of the famous "Upside Down House"...

Remember what? oh yeah.
Subway ride was 15 cents.
Chevy Bel Air sedan was a family car.
The 1964 Worlds FAir and the World of Tomorrow.
Watching Wood Stock on the News and a woman stripping her top off before the camera man cut away; Nice.
Watching the Apollo 11 moon landings live, even though my father wanted me to sleep through it all.
Penn Central rail road coverting to ConRail.
I84 being built.
I684 not being completed and having to detour about on NY Rt22.
The first PVC valves.
5/4 tons (with the oil leaking is normal straight 6 engines), GamaGoats, M123 (10 ton tractors), M16 with open prong flash supressors.
Cotton Fatigues.
Perma Press Fatigues.
Elvis collar BDUs.
Basic at Ft. Dix, NJ.

I also remember..

"...he was a one-eye, one-arm flying purple people eater, one-eye, one arm flying purple people eater..........." and

"Oooh ee, oooh ah ah ting bang walla walla bing bang, oooh ee oooh ah ah and ting bang walla walla bang......."



"Telstar" was a good song with sputnik going round and round......


I remember getting a spanking on the steps of the Vatican because I wanted a cheeseburger... guess that was considered getting the holy schit beat out of me.

I remember beating up my best friend in first grade for kissing my girlfriend Marguaret and getting expelled.....

I remember my dad giving me a small mug (those small miniture German mugs) of beer when I finally told him why I got kicked out of school in the first grade.

I remember when my cousin Corky got run over by the school bus ---------- for the second time.

I remember when the "gang" talked me into jumping on the neighborhood bully....... then they all ran away.

I remember putting that frozen crab on my sisters chest while she was sleeping in the middle of the night ------- then later hearing this blood curdling scream and the sound of "thud" against the wall.

I remember seconds later she was in my room kicking the schit out of me.........

I remember..... "I got to get even for this"..... and thus was life in our house.

quote:

Originally posted by SFC_Q:
Remember what? oh yeah.
Subway ride was 15 cents.
Chevy Bel Air sedan was a family car.
The 1964 Worlds FAir and the World of Tomorrow.
Watching Wood Stock on the News and a woman stripping her top off before the camera man cut away; Nice.
Watching the Apollo 11 moon landings live, even though my father wanted me to sleep through it all.
Penn Central rail road coverting to ConRail.
I84 being built.
I684 not being completed and having to detour about on NY Rt22.
The first PVC valves.
5/4 tons (with the oil leaking is normal straight 6 engines), GamaGoats, M123 (10 ton tractors), M16 with open prong flash supressors.
Cotton Fatigues.
Perma Press Fatigues.
Elvis collar BDUs.
Basic at Ft. Dix, NJ.

WAIT A MINUTE! WAIT A MINUTE! WAIT A MINUTE!

I684? Rt 22? Hey Quinn, You're from my neck of the woods. I also remember when 684 was not finished. In fact I drive on it almost 2-3 times a week. Where do you live? I grew up in New Rochelle. Now I live in Wappingers Falls. Man, I'm gonna have to send you an e-mail if you don't respond to this. See ya later.

And now, some more:

How about listening to Tiny Tim "Tip Toe through the tulips" on Laugh In.

I remember when everyone had a Wooden go-cart. And using that stick on the side for a brake.

Walking to school. (never had any yellow school buses where I grew up)

What Sheridan said...leaving home in the early morning and not coming home 'til the end of the day. Unless of course you needed a drink of water and you drank from the hose.

Black and white TV and NO remeote. That's right, I said TV. NOT TVs. Only had 1.

"Electronic" football was a vibrating board with plastic men going in no particluar.
direction.

Caddying and making a whopping $3.00 for 9 holes and $6.00 for 18.

Levis were called dungarees.

PF Flyers....made you RUN FASTER and JUMP HIGHER.

Buster Brown....lived in a shoe.

Oh man, there's so many. I'll be back.........

PF Flyers............ that brings back some memories....

I had a friend that had one of those football games...... way cool.

my first electronic TV game "Pong" -- now THAT was high tech.

and what about "Battle Zone" the electronic tank game......... wasn't gonna get any fancier then that huh?...

I remember getting $97.00 a month as an E-1 zero nothing........

Cocoran Jump boots were $17.25

Jumping from a C-119

Luigies Hot Italian Sandwiches - particularily the "Garbage Grinder"... hmmmmm good.

KFC individual dinner was $0.99.


Common Duchess.......... you were a kid once, whats you got?

M551! Dang! YOU ARE OLDER THAN DIRT!!!!!!!!!!I only remember SEEING them flying from a little air base called Clinton County Air Base, just south of Dayton.AND I WAS A KID. You and Moses do Basic together!