OrphanedV8s
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Older 'n Dirt!!
> >
> > "Hey Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "What was your favorite
>fast
> > food when you were growing up?""We didn't have fast food when I was
>growing
> > up," I informed him. "All the food was slow."
> >
> > "C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?"
> >
> > "It was a place called 'at home,'" I explained. "Grandma cooked every
>day
> > and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining
>room
> > table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to
>sit
> > there until I did like it."
> >
> > By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to
> > suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how
>I
> > had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other
>things I
> > would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could
>have
> > handled it:
> >
> > Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levis, set foot on a golf
> > course, traveled out of the country or had a credit card. In their later
> > years they had something called a revolving charge card. The card was
>good
> > only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears AND Roebuck. Either way,
>there
> > is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.
> >
> > My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we
> > never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50
>pounds,
> > and only had one speed, (slow). We didn't have a television in our house
> > until I was 11, but my grandparents had one before that. It was, of
>course,
> > black and white, but they bought a piece of colored plastic to cover the
> > screen. The top third was blue, like the sky, and the bottom third was
> > green, like grass. The middle third was red. It was perfect for programs
> > that had scenes of fire trucks riding across someone's lawn on a sunny
>day.
> > Some people had a lens taped to the front of the TV to make the picture
>look
> > larger.
> >
> > I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called "pizza pie." When
>I
> > bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off,
>swung
> > down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's still
>the
> > best pizza I ever had.
> >
> > We didn't have a car until I was 15. Before that, the only car in our
>family
> > was my grandfather's Ford. He called it a "machine."
> >
> > I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in
>the
> > living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had
>to
> > listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using
>the
> > line.
> >
> > Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was.
> >
> > All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers.
>I
> > delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of
>which I
> > got to keep 2 cents. I had to get up at 4 AM every morning. On Saturday,
>I
> > had to collect the 42 cents from my customers. My favorite customers
>were
> > the ones who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change. My least
> > favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never be home on
>collection
> > day.
> >
> >
> > If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want
>to
> > share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just
>don't
> > blame me if they bust a gut laughing.
> >
> > Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
> >
> >
> > MEMORIES from a friend:
> >
> > My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and
>he
> > brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a
>stopper
> > with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my
>daughter
> > had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or
> > something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing
>board
> > to "sprinkle" clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am
> > old.
> >
> > How many do you remember?
> >
> > Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.
> > Ignition switches on the dashboard.
> > Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
> > Real ice boxes.
> > Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
> > Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
> > Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
> >
> > Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember not the ones
>you
> > were told about Ratings at the bottom.
> >
> > 1. Blackjack chewing gum
> > 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
> > 3. Candy cigarettes
> > 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
> > 5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
> > 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
> > 7! . Party lines
> > 8. Newsreels before the movie
> > 9. P.F. Flyers
> > 10. Butch wax
> > 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (OLive-6933)
> > 12. Peashooters
> > 13. Howdy Doody
> > 14. 45 RPM records
> > 15. S&H Green Stamps
> > 16 Hi-fi's
> > 17. Metal ice trays with lever
> > 18. Mimeograph paper
> > 19 Blue flashbulb
> > 20. Packards
> > 21. Roller skate keys
> > 22. Cork popguns
> > 23. Drive-ins
> > 24. Studebakers
> > 25. Wash tub wringers
> >
> > If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
> > If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
> > If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
> > If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!
> >
> > I might be older than dirt but those memories are the best part of my
>life.
> >
> > Don't forget to pass this along!!
> > Especially to all your really OLD friends....
> > =====
> > "Senility Prayer"...God grant me...
> > The senility to forget the people I never liked
> > The good fortune to run into the ones that I do
> > And the eyesight to tell the difference."
> > Have a great week
> >
> > "Hey Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "What was your favorite
>fast
> > food when you were growing up?""We didn't have fast food when I was
>growing
> > up," I informed him. "All the food was slow."
> >
> > "C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?"
> >
> > "It was a place called 'at home,'" I explained. "Grandma cooked every
>day
> > and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining
>room
> > table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to
>sit
> > there until I did like it."
> >
> > By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to
> > suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how
>I
> > had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other
>things I
> > would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could
>have
> > handled it:
> >
> > Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levis, set foot on a golf
> > course, traveled out of the country or had a credit card. In their later
> > years they had something called a revolving charge card. The card was
>good
> > only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears AND Roebuck. Either way,
>there
> > is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.
> >
> > My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we
> > never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50
>pounds,
> > and only had one speed, (slow). We didn't have a television in our house
> > until I was 11, but my grandparents had one before that. It was, of
>course,
> > black and white, but they bought a piece of colored plastic to cover the
> > screen. The top third was blue, like the sky, and the bottom third was
> > green, like grass. The middle third was red. It was perfect for programs
> > that had scenes of fire trucks riding across someone's lawn on a sunny
>day.
> > Some people had a lens taped to the front of the TV to make the picture
>look
> > larger.
> >
> > I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called "pizza pie." When
>I
> > bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off,
>swung
> > down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's still
>the
> > best pizza I ever had.
> >
> > We didn't have a car until I was 15. Before that, the only car in our
>family
> > was my grandfather's Ford. He called it a "machine."
> >
> > I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in
>the
> > living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had
>to
> > listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using
>the
> > line.
> >
> > Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was.
> >
> > All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers.
>I
> > delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of
>which I
> > got to keep 2 cents. I had to get up at 4 AM every morning. On Saturday,
>I
> > had to collect the 42 cents from my customers. My favorite customers
>were
> > the ones who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change. My least
> > favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never be home on
>collection
> > day.
> >
> >
> > If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want
>to
> > share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just
>don't
> > blame me if they bust a gut laughing.
> >
> > Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
> >
> >
> > MEMORIES from a friend:
> >
> > My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and
>he
> > brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a
>stopper
> > with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my
>daughter
> > had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or
> > something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing
>board
> > to "sprinkle" clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am
> > old.
> >
> > How many do you remember?
> >
> > Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.
> > Ignition switches on the dashboard.
> > Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
> > Real ice boxes.
> > Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
> > Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
> > Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
> >
> > Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember not the ones
>you
> > were told about Ratings at the bottom.
> >
> > 1. Blackjack chewing gum
> > 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
> > 3. Candy cigarettes
> > 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
> > 5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
> > 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
> > 7! . Party lines
> > 8. Newsreels before the movie
> > 9. P.F. Flyers
> > 10. Butch wax
> > 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (OLive-6933)
> > 12. Peashooters
> > 13. Howdy Doody
> > 14. 45 RPM records
> > 15. S&H Green Stamps
> > 16 Hi-fi's
> > 17. Metal ice trays with lever
> > 18. Mimeograph paper
> > 19 Blue flashbulb
> > 20. Packards
> > 21. Roller skate keys
> > 22. Cork popguns
> > 23. Drive-ins
> > 24. Studebakers
> > 25. Wash tub wringers
> >
> > If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
> > If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
> > If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
> > If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!
> >
> > I might be older than dirt but those memories are the best part of my
>life.
> >
> > Don't forget to pass this along!!
> > Especially to all your really OLD friends....
> > =====
> > "Senility Prayer"...God grant me...
> > The senility to forget the people I never liked
> > The good fortune to run into the ones that I do
> > And the eyesight to tell the difference."
> > Have a great week
