I'm Old Enough to Remember....

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Comment by Maryanne Mesple on July 11, 2011 at 3:43pm

o o o and those black smudge pots on roadways used as warnings for motorist about construction

Comment by Maryanne Mesple on July 11, 2011 at 3:39pm

I'm old enough to remember leaving the house right after breakfast and not returning until dinner and it was not big deal. I am old enough to remember gas wars and hoping the station across the street would get the gas down to 26 cents a gallon and fill the the "bug" using the money I collected from cashing in glass pop bottles that I found along the road. :-)

 

Comment by Amy Chapmon on July 11, 2011 at 3:38pm

I remember when my sister was trying to get vegetarian fare in our town (Cincinnati, OH) in the early 90's... not only was "french fries" or some side dish the only option at every restaurant she tried, but a waiter actually believed that a cincy style chilli (with ground beef) was veggie-friendly and tried to serve it to her

Comment by wiffledust on July 11, 2011 at 3:33pm

i remember when nobody ever EVER drank water from a plastic water bottle

Comment by Amy Chapmon on July 11, 2011 at 3:27pm

Yes.... those metal shoe thingies!  And it was an actual older adult waiting on you, not a student working at minimum wage while going to school

Comment by Amy Chapmon on July 11, 2011 at 3:25pm

Yes, encyclopedias! We also had to look stuff up in phone books and yellow pages.  And buy an atlas or map to go on a long trip

Comment by wiffledust on July 11, 2011 at 3:24pm

and do you remember those thingies they put your feet in to measure them??? and a real live person waited on you? and they probably supported a family on that salary???

Comment by Amy Chapmon on July 11, 2011 at 3:23pm

Yes, there were shoe stores and it was a big deal for my mom to get my sister and me fitted for school shoes.  Actually this one shop (forget the name, but it was in Florence, KY during the 70's and 80's) had a hidey hole in the wall and a slide!  I guess that way children were occupied while the adults shopped

Comment by wiffledust on July 11, 2011 at 3:21pm

not only that, helen, but you had to use a card catelogue at the library!!!

Comment by Helen on July 11, 2011 at 3:21pm

I remember when you wanted to find something out, you had to look it up in a book or encyclopedia.

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