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Another game. Let's reminisce. See how long we can make this thread.





Remember when the worst crack problem in town was the fat plumber bending over?

Remember when the gang leaders were Richie and Potsie?

Remember when sweets were just sweets and not fat, carbs, calories, and pounds?

remember when you were little and you used to ride your bike to the local creek and build dams and not the worst worry was getting it done in time before the older kids kicked it over..........?





(Acc I think this thread will go forever - there is so much in this world now that we cannot or are too afraid to do.....)

Remember when nostalgia was for funny old people?

Remember when wearing a bath robe in public made you one of the Wise Men?

Accountable wrote: Remember when wearing a bath robe in public made you one of the Wise Men?


ha ha ha ha ha.... i almost droped my juice on the laptop i was laughing so hard....

Remember when you went into a shop and bought food loose, sugar, dried fruit, biscuits, rice, oats, dried peas, spices, tea, coffee beans etc.....they were put into a PAPER bag.....I can still smell the aromas of the shops now....

Accountable wrote: Remember when wearing a bath robe in public made you one of the Wise Men?


Remember when Mom drove you & the neighbor kids to school in her bathrobe & curlers?? :rolleyes:

Bez wrote: Remember when you went into a shop and bought food loose, sugar, dried fruit, biscuits, rice, oats, dried peas, spices, tea, coffee beans etc.....they were put into a PAPER bag.....I can still smell the aromas of the shops now....


omg yes.... i miss that soooooo much.... i found a little local store that u can still do that - and yes recycled paper bags... u can smell the spices and coffee and the dried fruit - im hooked on the smells there... i go there for comfort more than anything he he he

observer1 wrote: Remember when Mom drove you & the neighbor kids to school in her bathrobe & curlers?? :rolleyes:




shhhh i still drive my son to school in my pjs - ppl always say to me make sure u have enough fuel and dont break down - wouldnt be a pretty sight walking home in my pink 'Eyore' tank top and boxer shorts!!!!!!!!!

Remember the Box Brownie camera...it took tiny little black and white photos..

Accountable wrote: Remember when nostalgia was for funny old people?


Remember when we weren't the old people?

Remember when flirting consisted of throwing a bug in her hair?

ACC - pigtails in the ink jar

playing whiffleball cause you could not afford a baseball and bat

Wool baseball uniforms.. Enough said. And, yes, they itched. And yes, they were hot. And, yes, they were baggy. And, yes, I'm glad I don't have to wear them anymore!

one bathroom homes.. Most homes in our neighborhood had one bathroom.. and we had five kids and two adults. I don't remember how we did it.

Milkmen Delivered Milk.. in Real Glass Bottles.. You had a certain schedule with the milkman, and you left your "empties" on the porch for him to pick up. I think our milkman came three days a week. They needed to know if you wanted homogenized milk or pasteurized milk (with the cream on top). And they came in a white milk truck with white uniforms.

BTS wrote: one bathroom homes.. Most homes in our neighborhood had one bathroom.. and we had five kids and two adults. I don't remember how we did it.Together, probably. :wah:

home-made ice cream.. Oh boy, homemade ice cream. Even today, with Baskins Robbins and all the rest, I'll still take home-made ice cream. You had to have dry-ice and salt (no, not table salt, salt like they put on roads when it's icy). You put this around a cannister with the ingredients in it and then we kids would take turns turning and turning and turning the spindle inside to keep mixing the ice cream. Boy, was it good. Later, of course, there were electric mixers.

Remember when telephones had two-party lines?



Remember when you had to get up and walk across the room to change

the channel on the telly?

The telly - remember when you gave the operator 3 letters and then 4 numbers?

valerie wrote: Remember when telephones had two-party lines?






Did you "Rubber Neck?" as my granny would say?

nvalleyvee wrote: The telly - remember when you gave the operator 3 letters and then 4 numbers?


Ya I do........

I learned my first phone number in kindergarden as:

Fairview (FAV) -4907

BTS wrote: Ya I do........

I learned my first phone number in kindergarden as:

Fairview (FAV) -4907


:yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl This is toooo funny. You always have to ask me what our home phone number is......the last four numbers are 4907!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTS wrote: Ya I do........

I learned my first phone number in kindergarden as:

Fairview (FAV) -4907


My parent staught me mine so I could tell the nice policeman...



Wabash (WA) 23093!! (And of course, I said "free")



;)

BTS wrote: one bathroom homes.. Most homes in our neighborhood had one bathroom.. and we had five kids and two adults. I don't remember how we did it.


I have always lived in a 1 bathroom house. 2 adults + 3 kids. When my Mum came to live with us in 1982, we built a downstairs cloakroom....we managed.

Oh, we had 6 kids and 2 adults in a three bedroom house. Us girls had bunk beds and trundle, my brother had triple bunk beds!:wah:

Birthdays were really exciting!!!;)

Birthday girl! What was your favorite birthday when you were a girl, Betty? What was your favorite present?

chonsigirl wrote: Birthday girl! What was your favorite birthday when you were a girl, Betty? What was your favorite present?


My boys racing bike when I was about 11, I was soooooo glad to see the back of my candy pink girls bike!!

Oh, did you have one of the little baskets in the front? I loved my girl's bike when I was young, cruising all around the neighborhood!

chonsigirl wrote: Oh, did you have one of the little baskets in the front? I loved my girl's bike when I was young, cruising all around the neighborhood!


No it didn't, I hated anything girly!! Major Tomboy!! I had to settle for the racing bike as my mum wouldn't let me have a BMX, she thought that would mean too many trips to Casualty.

Safety Mom! We didn't have bike helmets or anything like that. My brothers made skateboards out of our old roller skates!

chonsigirl wrote: Safety Mom! We didn't have bike helmets or anything like that. My brothers made skateboards out of our old roller skates!


I remember making Go-carts out of old pram wheels, an old man on our street helped Jamie and me build a brilliant one!!



This wouldn't be allowed nowadays, we lived on a quiet street, an old man who lived in the flat beneath Jamie used to look after us whilst our Mums worked. We spent hours in his flat playing records, helping him build his Railway track, in his garden. He wasn't related to either of us, how it came about that he watched us whilst our parents worked I'll never know!! When he died a while back no one knew much about him, we didn't know if he had family or not, when I questioned my Mum she knew very little other than he was a batchelor and she left me with him every afternoon. Which was fine, because he was ok, but can you imagine doing that nowadays!

Because people were different then, isn't it sad? All neighbors watched out for the children around them, and nothing bad ever happened to us.

I remember when children wore childrens cloths and not mini adult versions...high heels , make up, for 8 yr olds ? ....