Someone
asked the other day,
'What was your favourite
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.
!
'Mum 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, travelled
out of the country or
had a credit card.
My
parents never drove me
to school. 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 never had a telephone
in my room.. The only
phone 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. He had
to get up at 6AM every
morning.
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.
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.Candy cigarettes
2.Coffee shops with
tableside juke boxes
3.Home milk delivery in
glass bottles
4.. Party lines on the
telephone
5..Newsreels before the
movie
6. 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])
7.Peashooters
8.. Howdy Doody
9. 45 RPM records
10.Hi-fi's
11. Metal ice trays with
lever
12. Blue flashbulb
13.Cork popguns
14. Studebakers
15. Wash tub wringers
If you remembered 0-3 =
You're still young
If you remembered 3-6 =
You are getting older
If you remembered 7-10
= Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 11-15
=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....