Have you lived?

[MikePA]

Terry, here's the link to the classic commercials

http://members.tripod.com/~wavethemes/index.html#pg

Ernieb - I think that was Edie Adams

 

[Buck]

Nice post Mike,

I remember,

1) Walking 1.5 miles to and from school by myself in 3rd grade. My parents would have been imprisoned today for neglect.

2) How about the Sinclair gas stations- the dinosaur?

3) Swats from the teacher using an oak board with holes in it.

4) WWI vets cutting their lawns.

5) My 80 year old neighbor, born in 1880, tell me about crossing the Ohio river where the weren't any bridges.

6) Hunting for crawdads, fish, salamanders, exploring woods, hiking hills, building trails, kissing girls, "reading" lingerie sections of the Sears-Robuck catalogue in areas that were vast woods that are now populated only with Volvos and PTA moms.

Buck

 

[Buck]

I still do all that today. But it don' cost no' nickle.

 

[Buck]

You brought it back for me!

I had forgotten. Thank you. I watched "Farm Front", on at 6:30 A.M., sponsored by Allis Chalmers. My Dad was chief engineer of their motor division. I was sooo proud.

Buck

 

[Anonymous Poster]

That stuff was OLEO MARGERIN. Came in a "plastic" bag pure white, with a yellow gelitin capsuel of coloring in it. Had to be sold that way because of government regulations from WW II food rationing, ro prevent unscrupulous merchants from selling it as butter. Evidently there were 3 people in the country who couldn't tell the difference, cause that crap tasted more like Crisco than it did butter.
The grey beard must be a tipoff I remember all this stuff, as well as sawing ice off ponds to store thru summer, the pea vinery, waterglass eggs, apple dry house and canning factory in town.

 

[Bird]

Wally, I was one of the guys selling gas at those prices, and I've sure eaten 10 cent hamburgers, but I don't recall there being a McDonald's in my area that early.

 

[Jeff396]

One of my memories, being a "boomer", was McDonalds where the huge arches were attached to the building and ran from the front to the rear corner on each side. This was also before they had anyplace to sit down inside and eat. I also remember pub type restaurants that would keep a bucket of pickels at each table.

Jeff

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>How about the Sinclair gas stations- the dinosaur</font color=blue>

Buck, my maternal grandfather used to work for Sinclair and I thought they sold out or merged or something and disappeared years ago . . . until I saw some Sinclair stations last June. Try http://www.sinclairoil.com and you'll find they are apparently still very much alive.

 

[DFB]

Yes, the green dino still survives.

DFB

 

[rlk]

How about the Burma Shave road signs? The only one I can remember right now is:

Old farmer Brown
Who was bald on top
Wished that he
Could rotate his crop

Anyone remember others?