Do You Remember When.....

[Tiramisu]

I couldn't figure out how to format the list and you've probably seen it before, but it's neat. I remember 56 of the 59 items - can't remember the gum, milk delivery because we were in the country milking our own, and the war card game.

1. All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?
2. It took five minutes for the TV warm up?
3. Nearly everyone's Mom was home when kids got home from school?
4. Nobody owned a purebred dog?
5. When a quarter was a decent allowance?
6. You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?
7. Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?
8. All male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels?
9. You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time? And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?
10. Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?
11. It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?
12. They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed and they did?
13. When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?
14. No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?
15. Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, “That cloud looks like a...”?
16. Playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?
17. Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?
18. When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?
19. Nancy Drew
20. the Hardy Boys
21. Laurel and Hardy
22. Howdy Dowdy and the Peanut Gallery
23. the Lone Ranger
24. The Shadow Knows
25. Nellie Belle
26. Roy and Dale
27. Trigger and Buttermilk
28. Hula hoops
29. Eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar
30. Candy cigarettes
31. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside
32. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
33. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
34. Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum
35. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
36. Newsreels before the movie
37. P.F. Fliers
38. Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601)
39. Party lines
40. Peashooters.
41. Hi-Fi's & 45 and 78 RPM records
42. Green Stamps
43. Mimeograph paper
44. The Fort Apache Play Set
45. Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'?
46. Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, 'Do Over!'?
47. 'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest?
48. Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening?
49. It wasn't odd to have two or three 'Best Friends'?
50. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was 'cooties'?
51. Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?
52. Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?
53. 'Oly-oly-oxen-free' made perfect sense?
54. Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?
55. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team?
56. War was a card game?
57. Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?
58. Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin?
59. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?

[Ponyup]

You never played war? Where each person laid a card & the person with the highest card got the pile?

[Janet]

1. All the girls had ugly gym uniforms? This was fun to read, the memories came flooding back. Here is picture of the gym uniform I wore in jr. high only it was a sky blue gymsuit2.jpg


2. It took five minutes for the TV warm up? I remember the repair man putting in new tubes in the back of our TV too.

3. Nearly everyone's Mom was home when kids got home from school? I know all the Mom's on our street were home

4. Nobody owned a purebred dog? We did, but didn't mean to..lol We had a Boston Terrier and a Manchester Terrier

5. When a quarter was a decent allowance? I remember when I only got a dime and when my brother and I asked for a quarter, we actually got it

6. You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny? LOLOL still would

7. Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces? I remember her showing me how to put on a garterbelt and clipping the hosiery to stay up

8. All male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels? True, but the only teacher I remember not wearing high heals was Mrs. Clark, she wore those big black shoes, I think for support or something

9. You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time? And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot? Yes, I remember my parents getting green stamps and another kind at the gas station and we also use to get a yellow stamp called 'Top Value' stamps from some place.

10. Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box? I remember after my sister got married, she thought she was so cool getting all these towels in the detergent box. Mom didn't like the towels so much...lol

11. It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents? We use to go out about once a month to a place called Michigan Townhouse. It was so good and looked forward to it so much.

12. They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed and they did? I remember quite a few kids failing a class

13. When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady? This one I don't remember having personal experience with

14. No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked? True, ours was laying on the floorboard and once in awhile they would hang on a hook right inside the back door.

15. Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, “That cloud looks like a...”? Yes and I've done it recently too


16. Playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game? We did this all the time...everyone knew the rules and we didn't argue about it

17. Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger? True

18. When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home? Big true on this one. We knew if we got a smack at school (which was allowed then) we would get an even bigger smack at home

19. Nancy Drew Yes books and on the Mickey Mouse Club show

20. the Hardy BoysYes books and on the Mickey Mouse Club show

21. Laurel and Hardy Didn't really watch them all that much that I remember

22. Howdy Dowdy and the Peanut Gallery Yes...every Saturday

23. the Lone Ranger Loved The Lone Ranger and Tonto

24. The Shadow Knows For a kid, sometimes this was scary. If I remember right, it was on the radio first and was tried on TV, but didn't do as well.

25. Nellie Belle The jeep that Roy and Dale rode in

26. Roy and Dale Wonder if this is on DVD??? Loved it

27. Trigger and Buttermilk Roy and Dale's horses

28. Hula hoops I used to be so good with my big red one, then my nephew used a saw and cut it up

29. Eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar What a treat, though we were getting the works...lol

30. Candy cigarettes Those were so good, back then. I use to pretend for about two seconds and then eat it

31. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside Yes, I always got the red and the purple

32. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles Yes and the bottle would freeze and break too if you left them outside in the winter to get cold faster..lol

33. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes Had these at Woolworth's Dept. Store too. They had a counter to get shakes just like at Hook's Drug Store

34. Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum This I don't remember at all

35. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers yes and then they went to foil. This kind of box sat outside our front step for the delivery man to put the milk, cheese and cottage cheese in.
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36. Newsreels before the movie Yes, we would go to the free show every Saturday

37. P.F. Fliers We couldn't afford brand name shoes

38. Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601) Didn't have this when I was a child

39. Party lines Use to be a cranky old lady on ours, I remember Mom telling us to be nice and hang up gently if she was on

40. Peashooters.I didn't have one, but my older brother did

41. Hi-Fi's & 45 and 78 RPM records Still have them

42. Green Stamps Can't remember for sure where we got them....at the store or gas station

43. Mimeograph paper I use to pretend I was a secretary when my 6th grade teacher would have me make copies

44. The Fort Apache Play Set Didn't have one of these

45. Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'? So many times

46. Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, 'Do Over!'? At home and at school

47. 'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest? True

48. Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening? What fun and what memories

49. It wasn't odd to have two or three 'Best Friends'? True, Judy, Cindy and Sherry were mine

50. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was 'cooties'? If only that was true now

51. Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot? Yes or a peashooter

52. Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures? I don't remember a Mighty Mouse or Felix the Cat action figure

53. 'Oly-oly-oxen-free' made perfect sense? Still does....to me

54. Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles? We did this all the time, now I would throw up

55. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team? Yes unles it was the red stain when we 'became a woman'...lol

56. War was a card game? True

57. Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle? That use to be so cool until the VRRRROOOM motors came out

58. Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin? I don't think we even heard of drugs

59. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon? And still were as of this past summer...lol


Sorry so long, but I was just having such a great time and wanted to share.

[Tiramisu]

Originally Posted by Ponyup

You never played war? Where each person laid a card & the person with the highest card got the pile?

I played something like that, but probably just called it a different name!

[Tiramisu]

Janet, thanks, your recollections made me remember even more!

1. All the girls had ugly gym uniforms? Mine was 2-pieces, but very conservative.

3. Nearly everyone's Mom was home when kids got home from school? My Mom worked and I remember feeling different because most others didn't.

4. Nobody owned a purebred dog? My Dad would only let us have hunting dogs.

5. When a quarter was a decent allowance? I remember getting $1/week.

6. You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny? If it's money, I'm diving for it.

10. Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box? Bags of flour had silverware.

13. When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady? I remember getting a boy's class ring or FFA pin to show that you were going steady.

15. Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, “That cloud looks like a...”? Still one of my favorite things to do.

38. Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601) Ours was Melrose 4-5417. Later, it was ME4-5417. Then, 318-634-5417, until about a few months ago when my Mom died. My parents had that same phone number for almost 60 years.

46. Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, 'Do Over!'? We should change the "escape" key to the "do over" key on the PC.

[2tiredmom]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. To bad kids today don't have a clue as to what they could do if they get bored. I don't remember ever being bored.

[judy]

Originally Posted by 2tiredmom

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. To bad kids today don't have a clue as to what they could do if they get bored. I don't remember ever being bored.

I never got bored either. I was never tired like the kids are now. As soon as I could, I was outside playing. Punchball was big in Brooklyn. Baseball was too hard because you had to stop when a car came down the street. Losing at war meant you got nuggies. The ice cream man, Joe, came down the street and my mother would throw 10 or 15 cents out of the window in a paper bag when I yelled up to her. We lived on the 6th floor too. Walking with your friends was a fun activity. I am so glad I have those days to remember. Childhood was so good.

[DianaB]

I don't remember quite a few of them like Nellie Bell. I don't remember watching Roy Rogers and Dale Evans very much. I knew who they were of course but I don't remember the details. Here's a few that brought back memories.

1. All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?
We had UGLY gym uniforms!!! They were gold in color and made of a funny material and went down to our knees! I hated them!!!!

4. Nobody owned a purebred dog? We did have a dashund and a pekineese but mostly we had mutts!!

14. No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked? They still are!!!

16. Playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game? We had a lot of kids in our neighborhood to play games with. I remember playing kickball and home plate and second base were tar spots on the street. 1st base was a mailbox and third base was a fence post!!!

29. Eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar. We also ate lemons cut in two with a bowl of sugar!! YUM!!

30. Candy cigarettes Wasn't allowed!!

33. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes, We had the Cozy Cafe that had these!!

34. Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum. You can still get these kinds of gum on e-Bay!!

38. Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601) Yep!! Our number was Drake 8-3835!!!

40. Peashooters I remember those.....OUCH!!! I also remember that my brother would take a dart gun and put sharpened pencils in them to shoot at me!! Mom had the top of a closet with his taken away toys in it!!! There's a reason now that dart guns have that little bump inside of them to prevent other things from going inside of them!!! You can probably thank my brother for that!!!

This was fun and brought back a lot of memories!! Thanks Sandy!!!