[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: remembering
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:01:12 -0800 (PST)
Oh, those March of Time newsreels--or maybe they
weren't those specifically, but they were
newsreels--really brought the war home, so to spealk..
I will never forget the pictures of refugees on the
road going---where? Ten years later when the Cold War
seemed to be heating up, I used to try to think of
where I could go, what route to take, if we were
attacked. Also, in the 50's jets came into being. I
cringed every time I heard one because the sound was
so much like that of bombs falling. shiver.
Cindy
--- talmage@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Well, I'm definitely to young to remember seeing the
> "March of Time"
> or other Newsreels before the movie, but I do
> remember cartoons. Do
> they still do that? A number of these made me
> wonder. I do remember
> seeing counter-top juke boxes fairly recently. As
> for the Butch Wax,
> are they referring to Butcher's Wax?All the rest I
> can remember
> without a problem. They weren't kidding about the 3
> channels if you
> were lucky. Growing up on eastern Long Island, the
> only time you got
> 3 channels was when the weather was clear and you
> could pick up NBC
> from Providence.
>
> Dave
>
>
> At 04:58 AM 1/14/2009, you wrote:
> >I don't normally post emails that I get but given
> the
> >recent conversations about age and remembering, I'm
> >going to post parts of a recent one I received
> >entitled Older than Dirt. I think it will bring
> back
> >fond memories for some and be a bit of history of
> >those of you too young to remember.
> >
> >The main part that I'm going to include is a quiz.
> The
> >friend who sent it to me said she was Older than
> Dirt.
> >If I include both the place where we spent out
> summers
> >for a while as well as my regular home, then I'm
> older
> >than dirt, too. If I exclude that I'm just a little
> >younger. grin
> >
> >Enjoy. BTW, speaking of salaries, by first job as a
> >high school teacher was in 1958-59 and I made what
> I
> >thought was a great annual salary--$4800. When I
> left
> >teaching, by next job pad $225 a month. Of course
> food
> >and gas and everything else were way cheaper.
> >
> >Cindy
> >
> > > For those of you too young to remember, consider
> it
> > > part of your parents'
> > > personal history!
> > >
> > >
> > > 'Someone asked the other day, 'What was your
> > > favorite 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.
> !
> > >
> > > 'Mom 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, traveled out of the country or had a
> credit
> > > card.
> > >
> > > In their later years they had something called a
> > > revolving charge card. The
> > > card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it
> was
> > > Sears & Roebuck.
> > >
> > > Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe
> he
> > > died.
> > >
> > >
> > > My parents never drove me to soccer practice.
> This
> > > was mostly because we
> > > never had heard of soccer. 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
> > > 5.
> > >
> > > 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 was 13 before I tasted my first pizza, it was
> > > called 'pizza pie.'
> > >
> > > When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my
> mouth
> > > and the cheese slid off,
> > > swu ng down, plastered itself against my chin
> and
> > > burned that, too. It's
> > > still the best pizza Iever had.
> > >
> > >
> > > We didn't have a car until I was 4. It was an
> old
> > > black Dodge.
> > >
> > >
> > > I never had a telephone in my room.
> > >
> > > The only phone in the house was in the living
> room
> > > and it 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.
> It
> > > cost 7 cents a paper, of
> > > which he got to keep 2 cents. He had to get up
> at
> > > 6AM
> > >
> > > every morning.
> > >
> > > On Saturday, he had to collect the 42 cents from
> his
> > > customers. His favorite
> > > customers were the ones who gave him 50 cents
> and
> > > told him to keep the
> > > change. His least favorite customers were the
> ones
> > > who seemed to never be
> > > home on collection day.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > > Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
> > > Real ice boxes.
> > > 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 Blackjack chewing gum
> > > 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar
> water
> > > 3. Candy cigarettes
> > > 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass
> bottles
> > > 5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke
> boxes
> > > 6 . Home milk delivery in glass bottles with
> > > cardboard stoppers
> > > 7. Party lines on the telephone
> > > 8. Newsreels before the movie
> > > 9. P.F. Flyers
> > > 10. Butch wax
> > > 11. 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])
> > > 12. Peashooters
> > > 13. Howdy Doody
> > > 14. 45 RPM records
> > > 15. S& H greenstamps
> > > 16 Hi-fi's
> > > 17. Metal ice trays with lever
> > > 18. Mimeograph paper
> > > 19 Blue flashbulb
> > > 20. Packards
> > > 21. Roller skate keys
> > > 22. Cork popguns
> > > 23. Drive-ins
> > > 24. Studebakers
> > > 25. Wash tub wringers
> > >
> > > If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
> > > If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
> > > If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
> > > If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than
> dirt!
> > >
> > This list doesn't mention the cream on the top of
> the
> >bottle of milk. I hated that and Dad syphoned it
> off
> >for me. Personally, I never saw a peashooter, I
> don't
> >know what Butch Wax is, and I didn't have or see a
> >wringer washing machine until I rented a house that
> >had one in it.
> >
> >This person is younger than I. We never had a TV
> set
> >until my parents got one when I was in college. And
> >before there were 45's there were 78s (records).
> > >
> >
> >
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