I miss this..

[jimmyj]

Wooden clothespegs, playing in the forest miles from home with no parents around (they didn't even know where we were and our only instructions were to be home on time). Road hockey, "murder" ball, real steel soda cans. Cheap beer in stubby bottles (a Canadian thing as far as I know), 2 cent popsicles at "Beckers" stores, Woolco stores, vinyl records (I still have hundreds) and no such thing as a computer.

 

[blueriver]

Green and Gold Stamps and mom always had an eye on the new set at the grocery store and saved stamps and had her sisters save them ... my paint pony that was my means of transportation and I rode him with out a HELMET!!

 

[Lloyd_E]

Good memories...

Yes riding bicycles without helmets. And riding far from home. I did a 20 mile trek from the city at 9 or 10 years of age. Boy did I get it when I got home... although my dad was proud... he said he did the same thing in the late 30's.

Getting night crawlers for fishing by flashlight. Getting ready for school(sad) with the annual clothes buying trip... and only once a year! I was the "last of the Mohicans" my Dad said - youngest in the family and always got the hand-me-downs. And got away with a lot more!

Dash sneakers... it is said I went through a pair a week for several months before learning
about brakes on the bike! Mittens with strings. Home made hot chocolate made from real cocoa not the crap they sell today. Home made bread/rolls/cookies daily and weekly... Mom was a country girl.

jimmyj, I would visit my grandparents' farm on Sundays and was told that. Be back by 4 for dinner and don't be late! Be gone all day exploring the woods and never got lost.

We didn't do the egg thing but 'soaped' a lot of car windows - rub hard hand soap over the windows of cars... only way to remove was to wash the windows.

2 Tv stations... and we had to endure Tommy Hunter, the Ol Opry on radio, nightly tv news.
Our relieve and joy was the Disney Show sunday nights if we made it home from the country on time!
Once a week bath not everyday or several times a day! Usually Saturday night or Sunday eve.

 

[crusty 1]

good posts to read.My 2 cents,the old days werent always so good .I think simpler,and slower is what people miss.Lots of things I miss about the old days but not waking up in winter to put wood in the stove,chopping ice in the water tanks for the cows to be able to drink are a few.About a year or so ago I decided to say "good morning" to anyone I saw,I'v gotten many smiles and a few looks as if I was a madman but mostly good,give it a try. Like I said I think slower and simpler are what we yern forDave

 

[sweettractors]

"Near Beer" (non alcoholic) and you did not have tennis shoes unless they were "Converse" Ken Sweet

 

[Lloyd_E]

Crusty1,

My Dad always said that... "Good morning" to anyone. Said it didn't cost him a thing(he was a product of the depression) and made him feel good and hopefully the recipients as well...

Ken, Do you know how much converse are today? Last year I priced them for myself... feeling a bit nostalgic. They started at a whopping $65 bucks up here... not going to pay it... although I did get a pair on our recent trip south of our border... $19 a better price thank you!

 

[clemsonfor]

I remember the disney Sunday night movie or family night or whatever. Maybe this is not the same thing yall are talking about as i am only 28. That would have had to been in the late 80's early 90's.

 

[sweettractors]

Crusty1,

My Dad always said that... "Good morning" to anyone. Said it didn't cost him a thing(he was a product of the depression) and made him feel good and hopefully the recipients as well...

Ken, Do you know how much converse are today? Last year I priced them for myself... feeling a bit nostalgic. They started at a whopping $65 bucks up here... not going to pay it... although I did get a pair on our recent trip south of our border... $19 a better price thank you!

Hey Lloyd, I could live withe $19. Now, if I just had a basketball with real leather covering, I'd be all set for a game of HORSE. Ken Sweet

 

[clemsonfor]

yall talk about the cheap gas, one guy on here metioned 50 cent a gallon gas. Like i said i'm only 28 and i remember paying $0.80-$0.85 a gallon for it when i first started driving actually into the first part of the 2000s you could get gas for around $.88/gallon around here maybe 2002?

 

[sweettractors]

yall talk about the cheap gas, one guy on here metioned 50 cent a gallon gas. Like i said i'm only 28 and i remember paying $0.80-$0.85 a gallon for it when i first started driving actually into the first part of the 2000s you could get gas for around $.88/gallon around here maybe 2002?

When I was a kid, I made a lot of 50 cent purchases at the gas station. That got me 2 gallons. I ran out 1 night and coasted into a local gas station in town and when I checked, I did not have a penny in my pocket. So The owner let me have 25 cents worth on credit. Ken Sweet