Do you remember when......

[bigbutchmistie]

My brother and I asked permission to play outside

We said Yes sir and yes maam please and thank you and your welcome

Going out to eat once a month was a treat. And we always made sure we got dressed up to go...

When kids were actually taught respect

No back talking when an adult told them to do something

When hard work ethic was actually taught and not just talked about. When parent actually gave their kids chores to do. Or as my father and so many like him did in the country gave us jobs as teenagers to earn money. To learn the responsibility of bills. We had to work for whatever we wanted it wasnt just handed to us. And we didnt "expect it"

When parents were comitted to their love for one another and making it work. When divorce wasnt an option

When mom cooked a homeade dinner for the family, and everyone sat down to eat...

Men/Butches bought their gf's or wives flowers just because

Took them to a nice dinner

Pulled out the chair for them

Opened the door for them

Took them home and walked them to their door

Kissed their hand goodnight

Just plain old fashioned courting....

[Lynn]

I remember...

playing on the gravel piles at the house constuction sites around our new neighborhood in the new suburbs.

Walking to the penny candy store when the candy was actually a penny.

Romper Room, Sherman and Peabody, Megilla Gorilla....

My mom looking like Jackie Kennedy, with her flipped up hair and portrait collar dress.

When my mom wore a paper dress to a Halloween Party, supposed to be dressed as a hippie!

Fondue parties.

All the kids gathered at the neighborhood park for "movie night." We all spread out on blankets and watched an old black and white movie on a big screen.

Winning a "mod" doll in the Easter egg hunt. She had long, black hair, a psychedelic headband, and orange bell bottoms.

.... Wow.

[WolfyOne]

Slinkys, hoola hoops, Picking teams to play softball on the school yard and hoping you weren't the last one picked, playing marbles, pick up sticks, barrel of monkeys, and yoo hoo in small glass bottles.

Anyone remember tablets called fizzies (many flavors) that you'd drop in water and get as close as you could to having a bottle of pop?

[bigbutchmistie]

I remember when someone said they'd do something they did it.

I remember that if someone you knew or didnt know was in need you helped them not expecting anything in return..

I remember when I love you was said you could take it to the bank cause it was true

I remember when kids didnt have computers and cell phones or tv's in their room.

I remember being taught good work ethic, respect for elders and authority, punctuality, loyalty....

I remember being taught love of God and country

I remember when pledge of allegiance was stated every morning before school.

I remember when kids spoke to their parents with respect. Didnt holler back or scream back when told to do something. It was you were told once you didnt do it and you knew the consequences

I remember when mom and dad was the one who taught their kids sex ed. Not the school

[Corkey]

Remember when my telephone # had 4 digits, that's it, and rotary dial.
Skates that attached to the sneakers, yes sneakers not tennis shoes.
playing army for hours for hours in about a 10 block area, and hearing my dads whistle for us to come in for dinner.

Good times.

[Soft*Silver]

Oh Corkey,.you just brought back a huge memory of my Daddy opening the back door and stepping out and whistling loud..and the pony picking his head up and running for the barn...FEED TIME!!!

[Duchess]

~When capitalism wasn't a dirty word
~When Christianity wasn't stifled
~When teachers weren't scared for their lives
~When political correctness didn't rob us of our freedom of expression
~Prayer in school. I wasn't a religious zealot, but it made me feel mighty fine.
~When we weren't so eager to sue for something as lame as 'choosing' to put hot coffee near a crusty cooch.


Duchess

I remember:
listening to the wireless
when having a colour tv was special
when there was only two tv channels
when every home did not have a telephone let alone every person having a mobile phone
going to the shop with 2p and being able to get black jacks, fruit salads AND an ice-pop
proper unions with actual power
'music centres'
when all shops were closed on a Sunday
being able to play on the road outside the house.
when not every family had a car and those that did just had the one.
when fruit and vegetables were bought from the greengrocer and weren't all uniform colour, size and shape.
when all chickens tasted like chicken not just those that one pays a premium for.
playing outside at every opportunity
vinyl records
proper Curly Whirlies - not the half hearted fake chocolate version available now
Spangles
the Corona fizzy pop van coming round once a week
the rag-and-bone man and his horse and cart
when meals were cooked from scratch every day
free higher education
when the health and safety 'police' didn't spoil everyone's fun
when wine was considered sophisticated and 'exotic'
my Mum's Girl Guide whistle that she used to call us in from playing out. One blast for me, two for my middle brother and three for my baby brother and five for all of us at the same time.
being walked to school
standing when a teacher entered the room
not daring to misbehave in public
the local 'bobby' (policeman)
milk delivered to the doorstep in bottles

[Miss Scarlett]

I remember my parents loading up us 4 kids into the back of the station wagon and going to the drive-in movies. They'd put the back seats down, spread out blankets and pillows. We'd eventually fall asleep and they could enjoy a night out without having to hire a sitter.

[Apocalipstic]

I remember our school guards with uzis

Bombs on our street

Shortages of toilet paper, sugar and cooking oil

700% inflation

Listening to the coup on my transistor radio

Martial Law

People just dissapearing

Planes getting hijacked all over

Terrorists at the airport

"Yankees Go Home" signs

Pretending not to speak English to be safe

New Math

The Police and the Army shooting at each other in the street

Being afraid of Communists

Wondering if the German kids we knew were related to Nazi criminals and finding out some were

Short wave radios

Morse Code

The same stuff going on in the Middle East

The Vietnamn War

Watergate

Nixon

The Voice of America

[Blade]

I remember Daddy sending me to the store with $1 for a gallon of lawn mower gas, a pack of Salem's, and I could have the change.

I remember Sunday evenings with Walt Disney and Wild Kingdom

I remember when a cigarette salesman would see us in the store and ask if our parents smoked and would give us sample cigarettes to take home to them. Umm no they never made it home.

I remember "be home before the street lights come on"

I remember, "the people down the street were hippies and we needed to walk on the other side of the street not on the side their house was on.

I remember vinyl records...33 1/3

I remember when I was the remote control

I remember our first experience with cable TV. There was a box under the TV and a little hand held box with a keypad they were attached with a cable like a phone cable.

I remember riding in the back of Pa's truck and driving years before I was old enough.

I remember when my Dad could beat up your Dad LOL

Jacks
Around the World (at night under the yard light)
Mother May I
123 red light
I spy
and many more

[SaltyButch]

I remember when roller skates were metal creations you strapped to your running shoes...
rubber bands tied together made many hours of fun being used as a game of limbo
a ball in Mom's old stocking was a game that you played against a wall swinging it between and around your body
Spud a game that was played with one of those balls that bounced really high and you each had a number and when it was called had to catch the ball
an imagination was celebrated and that picnic table was a ship, a car, a fort an island and many other things
4 Square was a game played at recess
tying chestnuts on a string and trying to break your opponent's was a challenging feat
throwing those collector cards against a wall was many hours of fun and I got some really cool cards
I remember when I had to get up to turn the channel on the TV...and we only had 1 TV
the short stubby bottles that pop came in and they were glass and required a bottle opener

Oh the memories.....

[musicman]

I remember when you didn't have to lock your doors at night
I remember when you knew and grew up with the same neighbors you had for years
I remember being able to go into any neighbor and ask for help if you needed it.
I remember playing with slinky down the stairs.
I remember the school allowing us to watch Canada against Russia hockey game in 1972
I remember when the local papermill blew it's whistle every night at ten pm. That was when the kids under 18 had to be in their houses.

[Kätzchen]

I remember the summer before my last year in high school, and how my mom and I shopped every weekend to find the perfect prom dress for the fall dance (my first) and being worried that my senior pictures would turn out terrible (I was SO self conscious).

I remember all the stories told at Sunday afternoon supper when our family invited other family's out to spend the day with our family.

I remember watching Shirley Temple movies at my grandparents house when I spent Saturday afternoon's with my grandmother, while she worked on quilts or sewing projects.

I remember my mother hardly ever buying us store bought clothes and how my mom took all if us to our family friend and seamstress, Mrs. Reisch, four times each year, to have clothes made for each of us.

I remember our family hardly ever buying anything at a grocery store --- we had most everything one needed at home, and of course, all the chores one could think of too.

I remember my grand father's hobbies of rock hunting and all his gadgets for rock polishing or making rock tables or other big rock projects, oil painting, or sitting quietly at the dining room table with his binder tracking stock market trends, etc.

I remember how the Sunday paper was only $1.00, which was expensive back then, but oh (!) How fun it was to read Ann Landers, Sunday Parade, the comics (Blondie! ), and all the other things you'd find for sale in the Want Ads.

I remember sitting through long Sunday sermons or attending hot summer evenings at revivals and shooting down every plausible loop hole in their sermons. It's how I entertained myself during Sunday sermons because we had to make sure we could pass a surprise Quiz during Sunday supper hour. Which in our house, failure to pass the quiz meant big trouble.

[Kätzchen]

Your employer issued you a paper check for your wages earned but when you took it to the bank to deposit it into your checking account, you had to wait 48 hours to access your earnings?

Remember when people actually ate their meals at home, on the table, with other members of your family, at designated times during the day? Breakfast and dinner were sit-down meals at home. Lunch was a paperbag meal you took to school or work.


Remember when people wanted to travel, you had to book your air fare and lodging via a travel representative? I remember when you couldn’t just walk into the airport to buy a ticket; that didn’t happen until I was in junior high school. It wasn’t until I was out of high school that the advent of the computer was available to anyone except government offices. Heck. Computers and personal cell phones were exaggerated machinations yet to be reduced to a handy hand held machine.

[Soft*Silver]

I remember when my parents had to get up early to pull the chains of the coal furnace to stoke the embers to warm the house in the morning.
I remember visiting my grandfather, who would take me to the outside handpump to give me something cold to drink, in an old beat up white tin ladle. Sometimes he would wash my sweaty face with that spring fresh water.
I remember the outhouse that was only replaced when I was in second grade with an indoor bathroom. And of course, that means I also remember the chamberpot that was used for nighttime.
I remember every Farm having a scrap pile. You never threw anything away. You kept it all because you never knew when you were going to need it either in its original form or some concoction that you created out of need.
I remembered the big big BIG draft horses of my other grandfather. It’s no wonder I grew up with a passion for horses!
I remember the beautiful peonies and lilacs and Holly hocks and roses, in my grandmothers’ and my mother’s yard. It’s no wonder I grew up addicted to gardening!
And of course I remember the necessary vegetable garden that was small in comparison of other gardens back then but huge in comparison to gardens nowadays. I remember my mother making me pick off those gross big thick green worms. I was so mad at her for making me do that!
And of course, I remember a time when we only ate Canned Goods from canning instead of a metal can. I can still hear the tops of the Canned Goods Popping as they rested on her clean Dish cloths.