Remember when………

The Lucky 13 Fishing Contest
Dr. Max and Mombo the Clown
Have Gun Will Travel
Gunsmoke
Bat Masterson
Wyatt Earp
Rawhide
The Guns of Will Sonnet
The Twentieth Century
Biography
Ed Sullivan
Red Skelton
Dizzy Dean
Mel Allen

I guess im one of the older guys. I remember cans of good aged beer that you opened with a churchkey, thats those wedged shaped openers and they cost 89 cents and were cold. 10 cent bottles of pop in glass bottles. I’d pay $5.00 for one now. 2 cent deposits were something everybody yelled about because there wasen’t one befor that stupid law. I remember 14 cent premium gas that was so good youd think it was rocket fuel today, you didn’t need racing fuel then. 19 cents a pack for the best cigarettes. 7 cent cans of vegetables, only one television station that was on from 7 in the morning until 10 at night, then everybody went to bed and no one was up at all in the neighborhood. You could go out all weekend day and night and take your girlfriend for $20 bucks. Buy a case of 6 packs for $3.25. Watermelons were $1.25 when they came up from missouri. Potatoes were two for the price of one when they ordered too many. Drive up fruit and vegetable markets or just park there and go in and buy so much for $5.00 you had to have help carrying it. Everything worked better because life was simple and we didn’t need most laws, we just fit in like everybody else did. It took a full fed guy to saw wood with the new chainsaws, they were huge and heavy. Hubcaps for a $1.00. You could buy anything for $100.00 A pack of new spark plugs befor winter for $2.79. solid brass spark plug wires. champion and ac sparkkplugs were the only two kinds i remember, Now come to think of it $50.00 bucks was alot of money. Get your whole yard mowed and edged for $1.50. laws were something you never heard anyone talk about. Think we have too many? I do because theres no more common sense the laws say it all now

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I remember when we were kids going to the creek and skinny dipping and nobody thought about what the opposite sex looked like or wanting sex

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I don’t ever remember being that naive!

I remember when;

You could get in a fight at school and not worry about someone with a gun or knife.

I remember when Winona, Mn had three major department stores downtown, and the walk between them was shorter then you average mall.

I remember when I was so skinny that I would eat a pint of Ice Cream everyday after school and never gain weight because we never stayed in the house; always baseball, football, whatever.

I remember when and will never forget when Father Wera would give me the keys to the gym on weekends and let us play Basketball all night.

I remember when accidents were simply accidents, not
lawsuits.

I remember when playgrounds were fun, not safe.

I remember when all my neighbors got along, from the young kids to the old folks.

I remember when gas was 25 cents a gallon; I am that old.

I remember when parents didn’t participate in little league baseball, and some kids learned what it means to fail.

I remember when doing poorly in school meant you repeated the grade.

I remember when eating candy and having plenty of kool aid didn’t mean you got fat because we were constantly playing or working.

I remember when parents let you learn from your mistakes and didn’t try and cover them up.

I remember how many guns we had, but strictly for hunting.

I remeber when people were happy with a Jon Boat and 10 HP outboat.

Thanks for the post.

I remember when we only had cloth diapers.
I remember when my dad taught me to drive the trackers on the farm and to make sure mom didn’t see me (I was 9).
I remember when I got to first try driving a car (I was 12), “R” DIDN’T stand for RUN.
I remember I didn’t have many toys and still had fun.
I remember never having a real baby doll, all my dolls and animals were hand made.
I remember when the only place to get a burger was at the A & W.
I remember The Donnie and Marie Show, The Sonny and Cher Show, the Barbara Mandrell Show (and all the other country singer shows), Hee Haw,………
I remember when the only thing you could find on the radio was country or gospel music.
I remember when my mom made our own Christmas ornaments each year out of felt, beads, and sequins.
I remember the only frying grease was the big can of Crisco.
I remember having chores on the farm and loving it.

I was a freshman in school before knowing what running water was
I remember having to empty the pot everyday. carrying it to the 2 holer.
using the catalogs to wipe your
clothes being washed on a scrub board
my mom cooking on a karosene 2 burner stove.
also the kitchen range being heated with wood.
my grandma taking me to the pantry to get the cooky jar
having to wear those long brown stockings in winter to help stay warm
a school bell on top of the school ringing to let you know it was time to get inside for classes
at recess we would all gather for to play marbles trying to get he prettiest one from someone or the biggest
Those were the good old days for sure

I remember when the school principle had a paddle and knew how to use it.

I also remember how it felt too!

Getting up before school to milk cows- by hand.
Hamms bear, and the neat signs in all the bars for hamms
Burma shave signs.
The old coke machines, if no one was looking all you needed was a opener and a straw. Getting caught doing it and having to clean the grease pit in the gas station.
Worked at a service station my senior year, pumped the gas, washed windows and checked oil on every vechile that came in
If gas was over .20 it was to high.

I remember getting a 10oz. Coke out of the water cooler and a Snickers and have change from my quarter.
My dad talking about gas wars in Waterloo at 10 cents a gallon.
Watching Lawrence Welk with my Grandparents, watching Laugh-in, Get Smart, I Spy, and Cowboy in Africa, all on black and white tv.
Going to the creek to catch chubs and mom cooking them.
Saturday morning cartoons, Bullwinkle, Heckle and Jeckle, Top Cat, Underdog, Mighty Mouse, Superman, Batman, The Green Hornet.
And all the days gone bye.

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I remember when the school principle had a paddle and knew how to use it.
I also remember how it felt too!

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Some things are better off forgotten….

The good ol’ day for sure…simpler life…yup!

But…there is no better time to be alive than right now (well maybe a hundered years from now…)

When, at anyother time could you type out a note and have a friend in PEWdunc IA inquire?
When could you give a fella in Cottage Grove crap about the crap that he eats…and not get a black eye?
When could you order ringworms from the comfort of your home? How would you even know what a ringworm is?
When could you get this much fishing info in one spot…for the cost of the time to read it?
When could you get a reciepe for pickled fish from someone that had a meat market in IA?
When could you meet someone in WI that likes fishing carp, holds a dogfish wants to fish cats….and has Muskie in her name?

Man, I just realized if I listed everyone that I’ve met, taught me something, sold/bought something, chatted…befreinded…this would be the longest post on the site.

Life was good back then…but I would rather be liv’en today with my freinds on IDA!

It’s your time, make the best of it!

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels.

Mmmmmm… the Teen Angels.

Talking about TV, has anyone mentioned Johnny Quest, Romper Room, Lunch with Casey Jones and Roundhouse, BOZO The Clown, Felix the Cat.

Do any of you remember the Edsel?

That is because I’m that much older than you Gianni
you were probably one of those that were taught what sex was all about in school

Heck FM, by 2nd grade, I was giving private lessons!

Oops, sorry!

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Heck FM, by 2nd grade, I was giving private lessons!

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Is that why you had to move into town?

(little edgy there…)

EDSEL
I remember the Model A that went so slow the Springer Spaniel jumped out the window. Didn’t have very good brakes either. I really must be old.
Anybody remember the wood guns we made that had the clothspin on it. Then you would stretch apiece of innertube on it and shoot. That really smarted.

brings back alot of memories, how about apack of smokes were 25 cents, gas 25cents agallon, 3qt. of beer was a dollar, friday night football games, sat. night date with that favorite girl muscle cars and the girls worn sure much iron hard to get to , had to be home at a certain time and we really had good times

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Anybody remember the wood guns we made that had the clothspin on it

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I do…but I was too young to be allowed to play with one…it was a big boy toy. By the time I was old enough…Wrist Rockets were used for breaking windows.

while reading this post i realized that my kids will never get to live in a time when you really didn’t have to worry about not knowing your neighbor, taking a 45 minuet school bus ride, and how to work for what you got. I will try to teach them the last one, but i have a feeling that the first national bank of dad will be opening here pretty soon.

but the things that i do remember,

comic books for 50 cents,
when coke could clean battery cables.
wearing converse cons to school with your pants rolled at the ankles.
living in a town where everyone knew your name and you couldn’t get away with nothing.
buying bottle caps candy, big league gum, had a whole drawer full of pez dispensers and candy.
when dukes used to be on sat. morning right after bugs and friends.

shane

I can’t even remember when I could remember when! My mother used to repeat to me (ofen several times a day) that when your memory starts to go, just forget it!

Here is something I saw some time ago and saved. It fits into this topic pretty good.

People over 35 should be dead.

Here’s why ……….

According to today’s regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, or even maybe the early 70’s probably shouldn’t have survived.

Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, … and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.
(Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.)

As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.

Horrors!

We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.

After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day.

NO CELL PHONES!!!!!

Unthinkable!

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, videotape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.

We had friends!

We went outside and found them.

We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt.

We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

They were accidents.

No one was to blame but us.

Remember accidents?

We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.

Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment.

Some students weren’t as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade.

Horrors!

Tests were not adjusted for any reason.

Our actions were our own.

Consequences were expected.

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of.

They actually sided with the law.

Imagine that!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever.

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

And you’re one of them!

Congratulations!

Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good !!!!!

People under 35 are wimps!

Lawn Jarts, Disco, wrist rockets, Crome bumbers made of steel, studded snow tires, the bunkers, coke was not a classic, no internet, eggs and bacon was the breakfast of choice, chicken wasn’t healthy, it tasted good fried!!! red white and blue $4.50 a case