Back in the Day . . .
A simpler time
By Silver Planet Staff
What some might call the “old days” are pleasant memories for lots of us. How many of these do you remember?
- All the girls had ugly gym clothes.
- It took five minutes for the TV to warm up.
- Nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got home from school.
- Nobody owned a purebred dog.
- A quarter a week was a good allowance.
- You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
- Your mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.
- All your male teachers wore neckties, and the female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels.
- You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all free, every time. You didn't pay for air, and you got trading stamps.
- Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes, or towels hidden inside the box.
- It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
- Schools threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed—and they did.
- A ’57 Chevy was everyone's dream car.
- No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car ignition and the doors were never locked.
- Kids played baseball with no adults around to “help” with the rules of the game.
- Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger.
- Being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited you at home.
- Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Laurel and Hardy, Howdy Doody and the Peanut Gallery, the Lone Ranger, the Shadow, Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger, and Buttermilk were popular.
- Summers were filled with bike rides, baseball games, Hula Hoops, bowling, swimming, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
3 comments:
Ahhh, I remember it well,
I first realized I was getting old when the new radio station opened in Pocomoke.
They advertised for weeks about playing "oldies" music.
I had my radio tuned in on their airing day, when the music started blasting I was taken back.
I said to myself..... hey wait a minuet, these are not oldies!! this is what I already listen too...
Didn't take long to get to that "age", did it?
no it didn't,
it's hard to believe how fast time goes when we get older
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