PS... My Grandmother would never call herself "older than dirt." She says, "I'm not old, I've just been here along time." :-)
On Jan 13, 9:54�am, wncs <[email protected]> wrote: > 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...* > > > -- > > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
