You Know You Are Old When

[scootr]

I had a used beat up 8 track cassette player in my first apt. I had 2 cassettes; Chuck Berry and Johnny Winters. Played them to death... lol

 

[JethroB]

Anyone remember the 8-track FM radio converter? It plugged into an 8-track player like a tape to add FM.

 

[MoKelly]

Anyone remember the 8-track FM car radio converter? They plugged into an 8-track car player like a tape to add FM to your car.

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I remember my Mom had one for her car in the 1960s.

We thought we were high tech!!

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

These were unusual at the time. I worked with a lady who had an RCA under dash 45 record player like this AP-1. She was asking $50 for it...in 1975. It worked fine. The turntable was upside down to prevent vibration and skipping. Tone arm was spring loaded and spindle designed to hold record.

 

[Alan46]

These were unusual at the time. I worked with a lady who had an RCA under dash 45 record player like this AP-1. She was asking $50 for it...in 1975. It worked fine. The turntable was upside down to prevent vibration and skipping. Tone arm was spring loaded and spindle designed to hold record.
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Never heard of such a thing!

In the late 70s I worked for a woman who had a CB radio in her Cadillac!

 

[MossRoad]

I'm not looking to start any political conversation but no one I've spoken to is opposed to LEGAL immigration. Put in your paperwork, wait your turn and don't allow any taxpayer funded handouts. The end.

I found the article interesting as the amount of foreign-born people was far lower than I'd have guessed.

I also found the historical numbers interesting, as there was a huge influx turn of the 1900s until the 50s, then a huge drop, then it went back up again.

When my grandparents came in, they pretty much hopped on a boat and showed up. By the time the 60s were here, our extended family had an empty house that's sole purpose was to house our relatives coming over from the old country until they could get housing of their own. As I recall, they had to have a job and sponsor lined up before they could come over. Far different than when the generation before them came over.

 

[MossRoad]

Had one of these, an amplifier/equalizer, and a Teaberry Tele-T 23 CB on a slide-out mount under the dash.

 

[ultrarunner]

I found the article interesting as the amount of foreign-born people was far lower than I'd have guessed.

I also found the historical numbers interesting, as there was a huge influx turn of the 1900s until the 50s, then a huge drop, then it went back up again.

When my grandparents came in, they pretty much hopped on a boat and showed up. By the time the 60s were here, our extended family had an empty house that's sole purpose was to house our relatives coming over from the old country until they could get housing of their own. As I recall, they had to have a job and sponsor lined up before they could come over. Far different than when the generation before them came over.

I think clean bill of health and a sponsor of means is the key plus preference visa granted to professions in need.

One drop off in the 50's and 60's was possible military service via the draft.

We know several that had visa in hand and did not come in the later 60's and Vietnam was the deciding factor.

 

[deserteagle71]

When my grandparents came in, they pretty much hopped on a boat and showed up. By the time the 60s were here, our extended family had an empty house that's sole purpose was to house our relatives coming over from the old country until they could get housing of their own. As I recall, they had to have a job and sponsor lined up before they could come over. Far different than when the generation before them came over.

I've never researched it so I can't speak as to the requirements to enter the USA through the years. My parents and I arrived in May of 1949. We had to have a job and a sponsor...my Dad had to work on a farm in Virginia for 3 years to pay for our passage across the Atlantic.

 

[Oaktree]

I also found the historical numbers interesting, as there was a huge influx turn of the 1900s until the 50s, then a huge drop, then it went back up again.

When my grandparents came in, they pretty much hopped on a boat and showed up.

My father's parents, and mother's grandparents were part of that influx. AFAIK, they all came here with paperwork, though from the stories my mother used to tell quite a few others of that generation's legal status was a bit shaky. At the time, the economy in my hometown was booming and employers didn't ask many questions.