When I was your age...
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If you forgot to defrost something for dinner, you were screwed and ate eggs or went out to McDonnalds!
I'd be lost without the Microwave!!!
I'd be lost without the Microwave!!!
- Beer cans had seams and were made of steel.
- So did nylon stockings (have seams, that is).
- Local radio was local.
- Filter cigarettes were novel enough to advertise as such.
- Cigarettes were advertised on radio and TV.
- Typewriter mechanic was a lucrative trade.
- So did nylon stockings (have seams, that is).
- Local radio was local.
- Filter cigarettes were novel enough to advertise as such.
- Cigarettes were advertised on radio and TV.
- Typewriter mechanic was a lucrative trade.
we had black and white tv and only 3 channels. Only record players. Penny candy.. cartoons on Saturday mornings. Spankings at school and kids that behaved and respected their elders. Cigarettes .25 a pack, everyone smoked, and doctors were on tv saying which cigarette was best to smoke.
Nobody I knew had air conditioning in their house, we had window fans, oscillating fans, attic fans ... and sweated a lot.
People used to hitch hike. And, they'd get rides. Cross country even (I did it several times).
You could dial a local phone number with five digits ... 5-1234. And, by dial, I mean DIAL.
There were telephone booths everywhere, which let you place a local call for 10¢.
We didn't lock our house. We didn't lock our car.
Cars didn't have computers, seat belts, alarms or air bags. They did have things called distributors and carburetors. Car keys didn't have a battery, circuitry and transmitters. You could buy a new Mustang for less than $3,000.
A family with six kids could get by on 40 hours' pay, less than $100 per week net. Silver coins could still be taken out of circulation.
Most women's beachwear was more modest than their underwear.
Kids used to go outside and play.
A woman could walk down the road without having people think she was a prostitute.
A dozen men walked on the Moon. Richard Nixon was President.
My back didn't hurt.
People used to hitch hike. And, they'd get rides. Cross country even (I did it several times).
You could dial a local phone number with five digits ... 5-1234. And, by dial, I mean DIAL.
There were telephone booths everywhere, which let you place a local call for 10¢.
We didn't lock our house. We didn't lock our car.
Cars didn't have computers, seat belts, alarms or air bags. They did have things called distributors and carburetors. Car keys didn't have a battery, circuitry and transmitters. You could buy a new Mustang for less than $3,000.
A family with six kids could get by on 40 hours' pay, less than $100 per week net. Silver coins could still be taken out of circulation.
Most women's beachwear was more modest than their underwear.
Kids used to go outside and play.
A woman could walk down the road without having people think she was a prostitute.
A dozen men walked on the Moon. Richard Nixon was President.
My back didn't hurt.
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First names did not have hyphens or apostrophes... and the first letter -
ONLY the FIRST letter - was capitalized.
ONLY the FIRST letter - was capitalized.
When I was your age:
A package of Planters Peanuts did not say "ALLERGENS: Peanuts". Nor
did it say "Warning: may contain peanuts". People were NOT considered
stupid and did not require hand-holding and nurse-maiding every step of
the way through life.
Ditto for:
Milk cartons that say "ALLERGENS: Dairy Products".
Cheese labels that say "Warning: May contain milk, a dairy product."
WT
!!??
A package of Planters Peanuts did not say "ALLERGENS: Peanuts". Nor
did it say "Warning: may contain peanuts". People were NOT considered
stupid and did not require hand-holding and nurse-maiding every step of
the way through life.
Ditto for:
Milk cartons that say "ALLERGENS: Dairy Products".
Cheese labels that say "Warning: May contain milk, a dairy product."
WT
!!??
When I was your age..
I had metal roller skates with keys...
when i was you age ...
I listened to music like, Kc and the sunshine band, shag carpets were the in thing, don kirshners rock concert was a fave on sat nite, dancing the hustle was the fave dance, lol
I could go on and on...
I had metal roller skates with keys...
when i was you age ...
I listened to music like, Kc and the sunshine band, shag carpets were the in thing, don kirshners rock concert was a fave on sat nite, dancing the hustle was the fave dance, lol
I could go on and on...
American Bandstand was new and .... Clark actually was the age he looked.
The Beatles & Sammy Davis Jr had hit records on the same top Radio Station.
Lassie and Rin Tin Tin were the top dogs.
Captain Kangaroo dropped his keys on a nail every morning.
A Davey Crocket ....'s skin cap was the must have for every kid, along with The Lone Rangers two gun belt rig and a Prince Valience Sword.
And Last but not least....... Fizzies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Beatles & Sammy Davis Jr had hit records on the same top Radio Station.
Lassie and Rin Tin Tin were the top dogs.
Captain Kangaroo dropped his keys on a nail every morning.
A Davey Crocket ....'s skin cap was the must have for every kid, along with The Lone Rangers two gun belt rig and a Prince Valience Sword.
And Last but not least....... Fizzies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fizzies - kids fruit-flavored, effervescent drink tablet
And they lie when they say "great tasting". They were putrid.
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I tapped on mine for months trying to figure out what it did. Had no clue I was turning on the brights. Lots of torked people falshed their lights at me before I figured it out LOL
shorty70 said:
I just went through that one with my son a few days ago! Once he figured out what I was talking about, he said, "Oh, you mean like on the HMMVEEs" (that's the military version of a Hummer).
We had to have an eight track tape player in our cars, the cars we drove only had am radios in them! And they rarely had air conditioning. We all knew how to drive a stick.
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