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RetRN · ‎10-01-2013

I remember pulling into the driveway, stopping the car, getting out and lifting up the heavy garage door. Then, had to get back in car, pull it into garage, get out and shut the garage door. In winter it was torture.

Imadickens · ‎06-15-2016

@CJC wrote:
I was born in 1944, so I remember very well everything mentioned in your wonderful responses. A funny memory for me......my family was asked to "test" a new product by a sales rep who knocked on our door. We tried it for 2 weeks then the rep returned to our home to ask us a bunch of survey questions. The new product? Peanut butter! I also remember being a test subject at school when my second grade class had to visit the restrooms each morning to brush our teeth. The new product? Toothpaste with fluoride!

Our tiny black & white TV worked great for watching Roy Rogers and I Remember Mama.

I zoomed around my neighborhood on metal roller skates tightened to my hard-soled shoes with a skate key worn on a string around my neck.

I drank Nehi soda pop, and traveled by passenger train every summer to visit grandparents. Trains had the best dining cars and tiny bathrooms.

My grandma always cleaned her wallpaper with a gray squishy putty -- kids use the same stuff today only it comes in colors and is called Play-Doh.

Fun memories. Technology has certainly moved us forward, but has it made us better people? I don't think so but then, Holy Moly, what do I know?

I remember my mother getting a new tube of toothpaste from the dentist to try! Crest with fluoride ! And, oh those same roller skates! How they pinched if they were tight enough to stay on! And the key was threaded on multi colored string, always worn around our necks! When I took the train to NC with my dd in emergency as my df was dieing, I asked where the dining car was! I was nearly laughed off the train! Did get a stale ham sandwich to share, tho! Do they still have the sitting rooms with the births? We took train from NY to Ca in 1960 and it was amazing! The front car had an elevated viewing gallery. It was so beautiful to see all the scenery.

I don't know...maybe some things are better, like medical advancements, but I'd trade my cell phone and computer for family time any day!

Never underestimate the power of kindness.

CJC · ‎03-11-2010

@Imadickens wrote:
@CJC wrote:
I was born in 1944, so I remember very well everything mentioned in your wonderful responses. A funny memory for me......my family was asked to "test" a new product by a sales rep who knocked on our door. We tried it for 2 weeks then the rep returned to our home to ask us a bunch of survey questions. The new product? Peanut butter! I also remember being a test subject at school when my second grade class had to visit the restrooms each morning to brush our teeth. The new product? Toothpaste with fluoride!

Our tiny black & white TV worked great for watching Roy Rogers and I Remember Mama.

I zoomed around my neighborhood on metal roller skates tightened to my hard-soled shoes with a skate key worn on a string around my neck.

I drank Nehi soda pop, and traveled by passenger train every summer to visit grandparents. Trains had the best dining cars and tiny bathrooms.

My grandma always cleaned her wallpaper with a gray squishy putty -- kids use the same stuff today only it comes in colors and is called Play-Doh.

Fun memories. Technology has certainly moved us forward, but has it made us better people? I don't think so but then, Holy Moly, what do I know?
I remember my mother getting a new tube of toothpaste from the dentist to try! Crest with fluoride ! And, oh those same roller skates! How they pinched if they were tight enough to stay on! And the key was threaded on multi colored string, always worn around our necks! When I took the train to NC with my dd in emergency as my df was dieing, I asked where the dining car was! I was nearly laughed off the train! Did get a stale ham sandwich to share, tho! Do they still have the sitting rooms with the births? We took train from NY to Ca in 1960 and it was amazing! The front car had an elevated viewing gallery. It was so beautiful to see all the scenery.

I don't know...maybe some things are better, like medical advancements, but I'd trade my cell phone and computer for family time any day!

Right you are!

And Mom had a milkman who put all our dairy products in our milkchute....and she bought her cleaning supplies and personal care items from the door-to-door Fuller Brush Man. Our mail was delivered by old Frank the mailman (who only seemed old to me, a little kid), and he walked his route in Shaker Heights OH house to house, no matter how heavy the huge leather bag on his shoulder.

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

Would watch "Let's Make A Deal" and wish we could have a stereo. The thing was the size of a floor model television. I'm not even sure how people listen to music nowadays. I still use a CD player.

RetRN · ‎10-01-2013

I remember the perking of the perculator. Loved the smell of coffee.

Witchy Woman · ‎03-15-2010

Loved reading everyone's memories as many of them were the same as mine. I was born in 1950. Seems like a million years ago!

We did not have AC, and would push our beds in front of the windows at night. A huge "window fan" in the kitchen would pull in the night air.

Mom never allowed soda in the house, but we could go to the local "drug store" to purchase sweet drinks from the counter. All made by hand with syrups and such. Milk shakes too, but they were too expensive for us.

Somene mentioned Dippity Do -- how about Tame and Aqua Net in small bottles. That's all we could afford, but felt we were rich when we had these.

Learned to type on a manual and also take shorthand. I finally experienced an electric typewriter when I went to work as an "executive secretary" in St. Louis.

Imadickens · ‎06-15-2016

@Witchy Woman wrote:
Loved reading everyone's memories as many of them were the same as mine. I was born in 1950. Seems like a million years ago!

We did not have AC, and would push our beds in front of the windows at night. A huge "window fan" in the kitchen would pull in the night air.

Mom never allowed soda in the house, but we could go to the local "drug store" to purchase sweet drinks from the counter. All made by hand with syrups and such. Milk shakes too, but they were too expensive for us.

Somene mentioned Dippity Do -- how about Tame and Aqua Net in small bottles. That's all we could afford, but felt we were rich when we had these.

Learned to type on a manual and also take shorthand. I finally experienced an electric typewriter when I went to work as an "executive secretary" in St. Louis.

I don't remember soda except for parties but we did go to drug store counters and got them, like you said, handmade! My favorite was cherry coke !

Never underestimate the power of kindness.

Imadickens · ‎06-15-2016

I made hair rollers out of orange juice concentrate cans! Oh, and SunIn!

Never underestimate the power of kindness.

halfpint1 · ‎03-10-2010

I remember many of them since I am older than most of you--37. Fondly I remember running boards on cars. When my dad rounded the corner coming home I would ride on them to our house.

DiAnne · ‎09-22-2010

Two of my neighbors still have home delivery of milk. The truck is white with big black cow spots on it. They leave a wooden box on the front porch.

We still have girl scouts going door to door to sell cookies.

We never had dessert except for holidays and birthdays. No soda ever in the house. I grew up in Southern California so our treat was homemade lemonade or limeade. We had no A/C - if it was a really hot day we would take a ride to Balboa Island to get a frozen banana and then walk along the ocean in Newport.