I actually only remember about 5 of those things, but have heard about or seen others, mostly at my Grandmother's house. Funny how quickly things change! I was watching an old movie with my husband the other night and I commented on how much I liked men wearing hats, and I wondered why they don't anymore (ballcaps don't count). He said he figured men stopped wearing hats about the same time women stopped dressing up every day. That led to a conversation about manners, etc, and we came to the conclusion that polite, mannered society stopped about the time the dress code slackened. This ties into this thread because I think it is also related to not sitting around the dinnertable together anymore. No wonder kids are so screwed up! <rant off>
On Jan 13, 8:58�am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Travis > Subject: Older than dirt > Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, > > I remembered all but the first. � I have seen the test before and still have > never heard of it. �I don't think it was sold in Little Rock when I was a > kid. > > Subject: older than dirt > > � � �*'Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favorite fast food when > you were growing up?'* > � �*'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him.* > � *'All the food was slow.' * > > *'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?'* > �*'It was a place called 'at home,'' I explained. !* > � *'Mom cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down > together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my > plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'* > > *By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to > suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I > had to have permission to leave the table.* > � *But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood > if I figured his system could have handled it :* > � �*Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levis , set foot on a > golf course, traveled out of the country or had a credit card.* > � *In their later years they had something called a revolving charge card. > The card was good only at **Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears & Roebuck.* > �*Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.* > > *My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we > never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, > and only had one speed, (slow).* > � *We didn't have a television in our house until I was 19.* > �*It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the air at > midnight, after playing the national anthem and a poem about God; it came > back on the air at about 6 a.m. and there was usually a locally produced > news and farm show on, featuring local people.* > > *I was 21 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called 'pizza pie.'* > �*When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, > swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's > still the best pizza I ever had.* > > *I never had a telephone in my room.* > �*The only phone in the house was in the living room and it was on a party > line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you > didn't know weren't already using the line.* > � �*Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was.* > � *All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers * > *--**my brother delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a > paper, of which he got to keep 2 cents. He had to get up at** **6AM **every > morning.* > � *On Saturday, he had to collect the 42 cents from his customers. His > favorite customers were the ones who gave him 50 cents and told him to keep > the change. His least favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never > be home on collection day.* > � �*Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the > movies. There were no movie ratings because all movies were responsibly > produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or violence or > most anything offensive.* > > *If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to > share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don't > blame me if they bust a gut laughing. * > � �*Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?* > � �*MEMORIES from a friend :* > � �*My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and > he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a > stopper with a bunch of holes in it.. I knew immediately what it was, but my > daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or > something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board > to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am > old.* > � �*How many do you remember?** * > � *Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.** > **Ignition switches on the dashboard. > **Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.* > *Real ice boxes. > **Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. * > *Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner. > **Using hand signals for cars without turn signals. * > > *Older Than Dirt Quiz :* > � �*Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about.* > � *Ratings at the bottom.* > � �*1. Blackjack chewing gum** > **2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water ** > **3. Candy cigarettes > **4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles > **5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke** **boxes** ** > **6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers > **7. Party lines** **on the telephone > **8. Newsreels before the movie* > *9. P.F. Flyers > **10. Butch wax* > *11. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were > there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were only 3 > channels** **[if you were fortunate]**) ** > **12. Peashooters** * > *13. Howdy Doody ** > **14. 45 RPM records* > *15.** **S&** **H greenstamps > **16. Hi-fi's > **17. Metal ice trays with lever > **18. Mimeograph paper > **19. Blue flashbulb > **20. Packards > **21. Roller skate keys > **22. Cork **popguns > **23. Drive-ins > **24. Studebakers** > **25. Wash tub wringers ** > ** > **If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young > If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older > If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age, > If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!** * > � * > **I might be older than dirt but those memories are some of the **best parts > of my life. > > Don't forget to pass this along!! > Especially to all your really **OLD** **friends...* > > -- > *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
