I remember the news reels, usually they were about something President Eisenhower had done, or was doing.
I also remember the first jets. They had no compunction about breaking the sound barrier near houses etc. the crash was incredible; and there were always a few broken windows because of it.
I remember the fear of the hydrogen bomb. I finally concluded there was no escape and spent most of my time learning to be a fatalist. <lol>
By the way, my dad had a remote control long before they were popular: it was either my sister or me. My dad ran our house with an iron fist, and he would decide to change channels during some of our favorite shows. What's worse, either my sister or me had to change it for him. However, both of us survived our traumatic *smile* childhoods, or is it childrenhood.
Bob----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Rosenthal" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:01 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: remembering
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). > > > > >WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS >AVAILABLE AT http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/wish_list/wish_list.htm >www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm > >A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT >http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ >www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a >list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. 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