Remember when.....

[homoe]

Originally Posted by cathexis

I remember when soda came in nice glass bottles not that shitty plastic like it does today!

Also, that they were returnable, but you generally sat at the gas station to finish the pop shooting the breeze with the employees. Things weren't as rushed then. If leaving in a hurry, you made apologies telling them why. If no apologies made, you were considered rude becoming the topic for the next couple of hours.

If you were a kid, you collected those bottles people left with, for repair of a bike tire which cost anywhere 50 cents to a dollar. If anyone charged a kid more than that, it was called "highway robbery."[/QUOTE]

Hope you don't mind but I'm going to borrow "highway robbery" for the Cat Got Your Tongue thread!

[homoe]

I remember when metropolitan library systems had "ready reference" lines you could call to get answers from.They were manned by a human and they always seemed to come up with the information you were seeking......

Now we just type in a query and get a response, no human touch at all.

[homoe]

When you placed a call to a business or doctor's office and you didn't have to select from a menu, you got an actual person who answered the phone....

[homoe]

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When schools had dress codes! Girls HAD to wear skirts or dresses.....

Homoe was not a happy camper needless to say.....

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by homoe

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When schools had dress codes! Girls HAD to wear skirts or dresses.....I asked WHY we had to wear dressed. I was told it was to prepare us for the working world. It was SO ridiculous!

Homoe was not a happy camper needless to say.....

Neither was I. I wore the dress but I wore pants under it. No one challenged me.

[ksrainbow]

Originally Posted by girl_dee

Neither was I. I wore the dress but I wore pants under it. No one challenged me.

My Mom made all of my school/church/social clothes etc. except for the hand me downs from my Aunts daughters.

Born/raised/lived on the farm,it was really nice to *dress-up* for those occasions. Generally speaking for myself: I have not found either to be traumatizing.

All are part of my education curve to learning/earning/respecting and living in an era of acceptance!

Ks-

[~ocean]

Originally Posted by ksrainbow

My Mom made all of my school/church/social clothes etc. except for the hand me downs from my Aunts daughters.

Born/raised/lived on the farm,it was really nice to *dress-up* for those occasions. Generally speaking for myself: I have not found either to be traumatizing.

All are part of my education curve to learning/earning/respecting and living in an era of acceptance!

Ks-

Well slap y knee kick up my sunday boots fantastic ~ (((((( ks ))))) I bet u all looked adorable too ! my grandmother made my clothes ~ she was a tailorette !

[cathexis]

Originally Posted by girl_dee

Neither was I. I wore the dress but I wore pants under it. No one challenged me.

We would have gotten in trouble if we had pants on when the bell sounded. Wore them to and from school when it was cold, but we left them in the cloakroom during class.