Are You Old?

[OldLady]

I remember JFK telling us kids to take that PE challenge--and drink our milk! I immediately ran to the fridge and got some, came back to show him I had some. I think Miss Nancy From Romper Room still had me convinced of the Magic Mirror's powers.

Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans, the Lollypop Tree.

The Beatles' first appearance on Ed Sullivan.

The Millionaire.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

Another thing you don't see any more. Kids knocking on doors to see if you want your lawn mowed.

A few years ago, a GIRL showed up at my door. I hired her immediately. Then she moved away a month later. Dammit!

Kids nowadays think that kind of work is beneath them.
Used to make some good money mowing lawns in the summer as a kid,
I'd stack the weed eater on the mower and stand on it and ride it to my next lawn.

 

[hjmick]

Bench seats in cars. So your gal could sit next to you while you drove. Without seat belts.

I still remember how pissed we all were when those annoying buzzers for seatbelts were put in cars.

Three on the tree...

"Driving" the car sitting your dad's lap...

Riding in the bed of a pickup truck...

Not having to wear seat belts...

Drive-in movies...

What seatbelts? Those were for airplanes.

And people used to dress to fly...

Nowadays, not so much...

And now they kick you off for not wearing a mask...

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Remember dime pay toilets?

Remember 45 records? Do you remember what the 45 means?

Did you buy soda for a nickel?

Did you pay double-digit/gallon for gas?

Remember Jarts with the sharp metal tips?

Remember the Tonka dump truck an elephant could step on?

"I bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and...." complete the sentence.

Remember dime pay toilets?
No....

Remember 45 records? Do you remember what the 45 means?
Yes, and yes.

Did you buy soda for a nickel?
A dime

Did you pay double-digit/gallon for gas?
Of course

Remember Jarts with the sharp metal tips?
Yep...we had them

Remember the Tonka dump truck an elephant could step on?
Yep - my brother had one

"I bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and...." complete the sentence.

 

[Dick Foster]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

I got a polio vaccination three times. Live virus, dead virus and the sugar cubes. I was in the first or second grade for the first.

 

[Maxdeath]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

I got a polio vaccination three times. Live virus, dead virus and the sugar cubes. I was in the first or second grade for the first.

They were vaccinating the whole town at the time, we stood in line for hours waiting to get it.

 

[Dick Foster]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

Another thing you don't see any more. Kids knocking on doors to see if you want your lawn mowed.

A few years ago, a GIRL showed up at my door. I hired her immediately. Then she moved away a month later. Dammit!

Kids nowadays think that kind of work is beneath them.
Used to make some good money mowing lawns in the summer as a kid,
I'd stack the weed eater on the mower and stand on it and ride it to my next lawn.

Boys mowed lawns and the girls babysat. People had baby sitters instead of dragging their screaming heathens out to disturb everyone else trying to have a nice dinner out.

 

[OldLady]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

I got a polio vaccination three times. Live virus, dead virus and the sugar cubes. I was in the first or second grade for the first.

The smallox vaccines were the ones that sucked. I still have a scar on my arm from the pox that came up. And it made me sick--like seriously running a fever had to be in bed sick--for a day afterward.

 

[Likkmee]

We had a reel mower(no motor) and a sprocket with a rubber wheel as an edger...and a 13" TV with a magnifier in front of it...and 1/2 roll of aluminum foil for VHs channels...all 1 of them. And quilts for winter, no ac in summer.Red Ryders had metal wheels.Porn was the ligerie section of montgomery ward.....they used color gloss pages so they didn't get stuck together

 

[hjmick]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

I got a polio vaccination three times. Live virus, dead virus and the sugar cubes. I was in the first or second grade for the first.

How about the TB tests?

 

[Dick Foster]

I remember JFK telling us kids to take that PE challenge--and drink our milk! I immediately ran to the fridge and got some, came back to show him I had some. I think Miss Nancy From Romper Room still had me convinced of the Magic Mirror's powers.

Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans, the Lollypop Tree.

The Beatles' first appearance on Ed Sullivan.

The Millionaire.

I had Howdey Doody in the afternoon. I was too old for Captain Kangaroo but my younger brothers weren't.

 

[OldLady]

I remember JFK telling us kids to take that PE challenge--and drink our milk! I immediately ran to the fridge and got some, came back to show him I had some. I think Miss Nancy From Romper Room still had me convinced of the Magic Mirror's powers.

Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans, the Lollypop Tree.

The Beatles' first appearance on Ed Sullivan.

The Millionaire.

I had Howdey Doody in the afternoon. I was too old for Captain Kangaroo but my younger brothers weren't.

The Mickey Mouse Club?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I remember JFK telling us kids to take that PE challenge--and drink our milk! I immediately ran to the fridge and got some, came back to show him I had some. I think Miss Nancy From Romper Room still had me convinced of the Magic Mirror's powers.

Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans, the Lollypop Tree.

The Beatles' first appearance on Ed Sullivan.

The Millionaire.

I had Howdey Doody in the afternoon. I was too old for Captain Kangaroo but my younger brothers weren't.

The Mickey Mouse Club?

Ugh.....
To think trashy Miley Cyrus was a Mouseketeer.

 

[Dick Foster]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

I got a polio vaccination three times. Live virus, dead virus and the sugar cubes. I was in the first or second grade for the first.

The smallox vaccines were the ones that sucked. I still have a scar on my arm from the pox that came up. And it made me sick--like seriously running a fever had to be in bed sick--for a day afterward.

I remember they taped plastic bubbles over the smallpox scab. Don't think I got sick from it though. I had damn near everything else though. Mumps, measles, chicken pox etc.

Bench seats in cars. So your gal could sit next to you while you drove. Without seat belts.

I still remember how pissed we all were when those annoying buzzers for seatbelts were put in cars.

Three on the tree...

"Driving" the car sitting your dad's lap...

Riding in the bed of a pickup truck...

Not having to wear seat belts...

Drive-in movies...

What seatbelts? Those were for airplanes.

And people used to dress to fly...

Nowadays, not so much...

And now they kick you off for not wearing a mask...

And the airlines treated you like they actually wanted you there. I remember Continental DC10 flights had a cocktail lounge. I was doing a lot of traveling then so I always tried to get the Continental flights.

 

[Dick Foster]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

I got a polio vaccination three times. Live virus, dead virus and the sugar cubes. I was in the first or second grade for the first.

How about the TB tests?

Those were nothing. They had a single needle when I got mine. They went poke, poke poke poke while you had to stand there. Maybe we were tougher. LOL

 

[Dick Foster]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

I got a polio vaccination three times. Live virus, dead virus and the sugar cubes. I was in the first or second grade for the first.

They were vaccinating the whole town at the time, we stood in line for hours waiting to get it.

When they did that the sugar cube had come out. Our whole family went.

 

[Likkmee]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

I got a polio vaccination three times. Live virus, dead virus and the sugar cubes. I was in the first or second grade for the first.

The smallox vaccines were the ones that sucked. I still have a scar on my arm from the pox that came up. And it made me sick--like seriously running a fever had to be in bed sick--for a day afterward.

Hard to tell shit from shinola

 

[hjmick]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

I got a polio vaccination three times. Live virus, dead virus and the sugar cubes. I was in the first or second grade for the first.

The smallox vaccines were the ones that sucked. I still have a scar on my arm from the pox that came up. And it made me sick--like seriously running a fever had to be in bed sick--for a day afterward.

Hard to tell shit from shinola

Nobody even knows what Shinola was anymore...

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

I got a polio vaccination three times. Live virus, dead virus and the sugar cubes. I was in the first or second grade for the first.

The smallox vaccines were the ones that sucked. I still have a scar on my arm from the pox that came up. And it made me sick--like seriously running a fever had to be in bed sick--for a day afterward.

I remember they taped plastic bubbles over the smallpox scab. Don't think I got sick from it though. I had damn near everything else though. Mumps, measles, chicken pox etc.

Bench seats in cars. So your gal could sit next to you while you drove. Without seat belts.

I still remember how pissed we all were when those annoying buzzers for seatbelts were put in cars.

Three on the tree...

"Driving" the car sitting your dad's lap...

Riding in the bed of a pickup truck...

Not having to wear seat belts...

Drive-in movies...

What seatbelts? Those were for airplanes.

And people used to dress to fly...

Nowadays, not so much...

And now they kick you off for not wearing a mask...

And the airlines treated you like they actually wanted you there. I remember Continental DC10 flights had a cocktail lounge. I was doing a lot of traveling then so I always tried to get the Continental flights.

Yep..
The Sky Bar. Last time I flew when there was a Sky Bar on the plane was in 83 when me and a Buddy were flying to California for the US Festival.
His old man gave us twenty free drink tickets and the vast majority of the people on the plane were heading to the Festival as well.
Talk about a Party on the plane!!! We were smoking weed in the bathroom,taking mandrax and generally getting shit faced.
Most fun I ever had on an airplane.

 

[OldLady]

Gas was 50cents a gallon when I mowed lawns. Needed a can opener to open any can and the other end to open bottles. 25 cents in a vending machine got you a pack of cigarettes and a penny got you the book of matches. Anyone remember Shinola?
Shinola was a shoe polish. Remember standing in line for the polio vaccine.

I got a polio vaccination three times. Live virus, dead virus and the sugar cubes. I was in the first or second grade for the first.

The smallox vaccines were the ones that sucked. I still have a scar on my arm from the pox that came up. And it made me sick--like seriously running a fever had to be in bed sick--for a day afterward.

Hard to tell shit from shinola

Nobody even knows what Shinola was anymore...

Does anyone polish their shoes anymore? We had every color, all under the kitchen sink.