When I was 6...
A Hollywood candy was 5 cents and weighed 4 ounces. It said 1/4 pound on the wrapper.
Wrappers and bags could be torn open with the fingers. You didn't need scissors in the kitchen.
My grandmother had a washer with a wringer on the top. You fed the clothes through it to wring out the water and then hung them on the clothesline outside.
She also had a party line phone. I was not allowed to answer it unless it rang their ring combination.
Some refrigerators were natural gas, not freon refrigeration.
You got your car vacuumed, all the windows cleaned, and the gas was pumped for you. (just like in "Back to the Future") gas was 32 cents per gallon. It was less if there was a gas war going on.
Nothing was open on Sunday. I remember my Grandfather taking me to his grocery store on Christmas Day to get batteries for toys I got that needed batteries.
Your parents told your teacher in front of you that she had permission to spank you if you got out of line!
If I went somewhere I wasn't supposed to or did something out of line, my mother already knew about it when I got home. All the ladies on the street knew each other and had coffee and donuts at someone's house one morning a week.
We had one car and it was used when we bought it. My dad drove the same truck in his business for years at a time.
There were few places to eat except for restaurants that cooked meat and vegetables. McDonalds was almost a decade away. There was one Krystal restaurant downtown, a few barbecue drive-ins, and a Nu-Way hot dog stand. Most of what we ate come from my mom's kitchen.
Highway Patrol starring Broderick Crawford and the Roy Rogers Show were two of my favorite TV shows.
When I was a teenager...
Local Churches had "Youth Centers" where teenagers could go and mingle, play ping pong, and dance to a local band (Yes, most were Methodist). My band played them all in rotation!
I bought a 4 year old 65 Mustang Fastback 289 4-speed in 1969 with 35,000 miles on it for $1000. New ones started at $1500 (inline 6 and 3 speed).
A new Les Paul guitar cost around $300. That same guitar starts at $2500 today.
Coke was sweetened (as was all products that needed to be sweet) with Sugar! None of that High Fructose Corn Syrup for us!
Some soft drink machines had cold water circulating around the bottles. You put your money in and slid the bottle over to the side to pull it out. These had a top cover like a freezer and would shock you if you were barefooted and the plug was in the wall upside down.
Cokes were 5 cents. Later they went to 6 cents and I never had a penny when I needed it! The machines didn't give change and you had to put the money in and turn a lever to move your drink bottle to the next position, open a door, and pull it out. Dr Peppers had red diamonds under the cork in the stopper. 6 of those would get you into the matinee at the theater and if you got a black diamond, you won a free 6 pack of Dr Pepper.
We didn't have Malls. They were called Shopping Centers. Some were enclosed and air conditioned. Others were what we now call Strip Malls.
A Hollywood candy was 5 cents and weighed 4 ounces. It said 1/4 pound on the wrapper.
Wrappers and bags could be torn open with the fingers. You didn't need scissors in the kitchen.
My grandmother had a washer with a wringer on the top. You fed the clothes through it to wring out the water and then hung them on the clothesline outside.
She also had a party line phone. I was not allowed to answer it unless it rang their ring combination.
Some refrigerators were natural gas, not freon refrigeration.
You got your car vacuumed, all the windows cleaned, and the gas was pumped for you. (just like in "Back to the Future") gas was 32 cents per gallon. It was less if there was a gas war going on.
Nothing was open on Sunday. I remember my Grandfather taking me to his grocery store on Christmas Day to get batteries for toys I got that needed batteries.
Your parents told your teacher in front of you that she had permission to spank you if you got out of line!
If I went somewhere I wasn't supposed to or did something out of line, my mother already knew about it when I got home. All the ladies on the street knew each other and had coffee and donuts at someone's house one morning a week.
We had one car and it was used when we bought it. My dad drove the same truck in his business for years at a time.
There were few places to eat except for restaurants that cooked meat and vegetables. McDonalds was almost a decade away. There was one Krystal restaurant downtown, a few barbecue drive-ins, and a Nu-Way hot dog stand. Most of what we ate come from my mom's kitchen.
Highway Patrol starring Broderick Crawford and the Roy Rogers Show were two of my favorite TV shows.
When I was a teenager...
Local Churches had "Youth Centers" where teenagers could go and mingle, play ping pong, and dance to a local band (Yes, most were Methodist). My band played them all in rotation!
I bought a 4 year old 65 Mustang Fastback 289 4-speed in 1969 with 35,000 miles on it for $1000. New ones started at $1500 (inline 6 and 3 speed).
A new Les Paul guitar cost around $300. That same guitar starts at $2500 today.
Coke was sweetened (as was all products that needed to be sweet) with Sugar! None of that High Fructose Corn Syrup for us!
Some soft drink machines had cold water circulating around the bottles. You put your money in and slid the bottle over to the side to pull it out. These had a top cover like a freezer and would shock you if you were barefooted and the plug was in the wall upside down.
Cokes were 5 cents. Later they went to 6 cents and I never had a penny when I needed it! The machines didn't give change and you had to put the money in and turn a lever to move your drink bottle to the next position, open a door, and pull it out. Dr Peppers had red diamonds under the cork in the stopper. 6 of those would get you into the matinee at the theater and if you got a black diamond, you won a free 6 pack of Dr Pepper.
We didn't have Malls. They were called Shopping Centers. Some were enclosed and air conditioned. Others were what we now call Strip Malls.
