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Remember when being rich was standing in front of the penny candy counter with a quarter.
Age is just a number some say, some days I feel like a 20 year old until my body says, "Old fool, get in your rocking chair & act your age!"
oh yeah...i remember emptying my piggy bank to go across the street for penny candy.....
I remember my mother making my twin sister and I split a popsicle (costs $.05), when we would have really liked an ice cream bar or drumstick for $.10.
A TEST FOR 'OLD' KIDS
I was picky who I sent this to. It had to be those who might actually remember. So have some fun my sharp-witted friends. This is a test for us 'old kids'! The answers are printed below, but don't cheat.
01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind? ________________.
02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 1964, we all watched them on The _______________ Show.
03 . ' Get your kicks , __________________.'
04. 'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________.'
05. 'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________.'
06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we 'danced' under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the '_____________.'
07 . Nestle's makes the very best . .. . . ______________.'
08. Satchmo was America's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.
09 . What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.
10 . Red Skeleton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '________________.'
11 . Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________.
1 2. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ____________ & _______________.
13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.' This was a tribute to ___________________.
14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the ________________.
ANSWERS:
01. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
02. The Ed Sullivan Show
03. On Route 66
04. To protect the innocent .
05 . The Lion Sleeps Tonight
06 . The limbo
07. Chocolate
08 . Louis Armstrong
09. The Timex watch
10 . Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'
11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed )
12 . Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14 . Sputnik
15. Hoola-hoop
Send this to your 'old' friends, (Better known as Seniors.) It will drive them crazy! And keep them busy and let them forget their aches and pains for a few minutes Better yet, send this to those younger and see how smart they are!
I was picky who I sent this to. It had to be those who might actually remember. So have some fun my sharp-witted friends. This is a test for us 'old kids'! The answers are printed below, but don't cheat.
01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind? ________________.
02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 1964, we all watched them on The _______________ Show.
03 . ' Get your kicks , __________________.'
04. 'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________.'
05. 'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________.'
06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we 'danced' under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the '_____________.'
07 . Nestle's makes the very best . .. . . ______________.'
08. Satchmo was America's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.
09 . What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.
10 . Red Skeleton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '________________.'
11 . Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________.
1 2. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ____________ & _______________.
13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.' This was a tribute to ___________________.
14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the ________________.
ANSWERS:
01. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
02. The Ed Sullivan Show
03. On Route 66
04. To protect the innocent .
05 . The Lion Sleeps Tonight
06 . The limbo
07. Chocolate
08 . Louis Armstrong
09. The Timex watch
10 . Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'
11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed )
12 . Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14 . Sputnik
15. Hoola-hoop
Send this to your 'old' friends, (Better known as Seniors.) It will drive them crazy! And keep them busy and let them forget their aches and pains for a few minutes Better yet, send this to those younger and see how smart they are!
I also stumbled on this thread, by accident, when I was searching "stall". I want to find the op that made the statement that got me off by bum and ordering my first e-cig. I owe her a lot. Meanwhile, even though I jumped ahead to the last page, this looks like a wonderful thread. I also have CRS - mms, why can I never remember Buddy Holly but Sputnik is no problem?!
And Rar, I remember having to split that popsicle with my brother....oh, what a treat when dad splurged for that drumstick!
And Rar, I remember having to split that popsicle with my brother....oh, what a treat when dad splurged for that drumstick!
Finally figured out what PMS stands for................"PASS MY SHOTGUN"......................
Cisme
There was nine kids at home so we sort of made our own popsicles from Kool aid. We thought we'd gone to heaven when the real deal was available.
Cisme
There was nine kids at home so we sort of made our own popsicles from Kool aid. We thought we'd gone to heaven when the real deal was available.
There was nine kids at home so we sort of made our own popsicles from Kool aid. We thought we'd gone to heaven when the real deal was available.
Nine? oh my, that's a lot of sharing.
I do have a kid kool aid story. I didn't care for the stuff but a bunch of us decided to have a stand to make money. I remember mine was lime and mom made it for me. Everyone that tasted my mix made an awful face and told everyone else not to buy it. Finally one adult said there wasn't enough sugar in it. I didn't make hardly any money while my friends had pocketfulls. I had to take my nearly full pitcher home. Turns out, my ever-frugal mom only used 1/3 cup sugar instead of a cup. Dad put me in charge of kool aid making after that. I think he was embarrassed because the whole neighborhood knew. lol silly memory
We always did a lemonade stand (Kool aid of course). We always drank most of it 
---well it was hot out.
---well it was hot out.
I never did a Koolaid stand either. I remember trying to make popsicles from Koolaid, but as I recall, they were also sort of slushy and didn't freeze properly. Maybe we didn't wait long enough.
The problem with making my own popsicles (once I discovered kool aid was pretty good with sugar) was the ice cube tray. How can you enjoy a popsicle that is square? That's just not right.
There was a plastic popsicle maker someone had. I'm recalling that the popsicle was half melted by the time we could wiggle it out of there. Or, it fell off the little stick piece. lol I can't remember making pudding pops...
My worse ice cream memory is a picnic with a hand-crank ice cream maker. Oh my, all the adults raved how good homemade ice cream was. So all us kids were offered the fun of cranking. and cranking. and cranking. Then, the big moment came....a little paper cup with homemade ice cream! It was icy and boring. I still shy away when someone says "and we're going to make homemade ice cream!" lol I'll take one of those frozen Daiquiris, please.
Happy July 4th everyone!
There was a plastic popsicle maker someone had. I'm recalling that the popsicle was half melted by the time we could wiggle it out of there. Or, it fell off the little stick piece. lol I can't remember making pudding pops...
My worse ice cream memory is a picnic with a hand-crank ice cream maker. Oh my, all the adults raved how good homemade ice cream was. So all us kids were offered the fun of cranking. and cranking. and cranking. Then, the big moment came....a little paper cup with homemade ice cream! It was icy and boring. I still shy away when someone says "and we're going to make homemade ice cream!" lol I'll take one of those frozen Daiquiris, please.
Happy July 4th everyone!
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