I'm Old Enough to Remember....

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Comment by Matthew Kahler on July 26, 2011 at 11:59am

bains, you actually used the phrase: "a couple" when referring to the choices offered in the world of toothpaste. whitening types alone are probably in the thirties. this is what i'm talkin' 'bout, the poor man is like me, brainwashed into thinking that the avalanche of choice will wash over us like some kinda product placement fountain of youth. yes, still three main brands, with octomom mentality.

Comment by Bains on July 26, 2011 at 11:33am

Love teh toothpaste pic! {rollin'eyes} Note that there are still really only Three main brands! + a couple of the high-end variety for "whitening". Heh! :) 

Comment by margaret kraft on July 26, 2011 at 11:09am

What about Dudley Do-Right and Snidely Whiplash?  I mentioned him once to someone about 20 years ago.  I was at the Grand Canyon (on a mule), and the guide's walkie talkie made the sound I associate with Dudley.  When I said this, the young man said, "Just how old do you think I am, ma'am."  He said it nicely, but it still meant that I was old.  And that was a long time ago!

 

As for toys, we were very, very economically challenged.  However, I did have an Easy Bake Oven and a Chrissie Doll (she was the first redheaded doll I remember after Raggedy Anne).  Chrissie and her blonde sister had hair that could "grow."  I still have the teddy bear I got for my first birthday.  He is definitely *real,* and makes the Velveteen Rabbit look brand-spanking new.  The only other thing I couldn't part with was a pair of roller skates that go outside the shoes.  They don't have a key--never did.  I'm going to hang them on the wall and call it art.

Comment by Robert Muscovitz on July 26, 2011 at 10:57am

What ever happened to Tom Terrific and Manfred his Wonder Dog? As bad as Rocky and his Friends,, especially Bullwinkle from Frostbite Falls, Mn. LOL! I'm sure there are many more from that generation.. Roadrunner was my favorite... there was always an Acme this or that in every cartoon..crazy huh? and then I ran into a place up here called Acme Glass for real.. Funny! My younger sisters would always sing Casper when they played which drove us boys nuts.. Double Bubble gum was a treat as well as collecting baseball cards which I don't think they do anymore. My wife loved her Barbie dolls and has quite a few she cherishes..

Comment by wiffledust on July 25, 2011 at 12:33pm

every time i lose power, i reach for a transistor radio, sherry. trouble is, i don't have one. can you still get them??  i couldn't resist this picture of PART Of the toothpaste aisle re: matthew's topic of us having so many choices!

Comment by Sherry Somach on July 25, 2011 at 12:21pm

When I had to go to sleep because I had to go to school the next day, I would take mine under my pillow and listen to baseball games. They were so small for the time!

Comment by wiffledust on July 25, 2011 at 12:17pm

sherry, i still want one! :-)

Comment by Sherry Somach on July 25, 2011 at 12:12pm

I remember transistor radios!

Comment by margaret kraft on July 25, 2011 at 10:03am

I have been a nurse for more than 20 years.  I love to tell new nurses about smoking in the hospital.  Not only could the patients smoke, but so could the staff.  At the end of my shift I would chain smoke in the break room while finishing my paperwork.  I watch their jaws drop, and then tell them about the physician who smoked as he walked down the hallway (technically not allowed).  When he got to the room of the patient he was going to visit, he placed the cigarette on a the small ledge at the top of the door frame (still lit) and picked it back up on the way out.

 

As for the multiple choices that Matthew mentioned--I said something to my sister just the other day when we were shopping.  There really isn't a good reason to have 8 choices of tostitos.  My cousin served in Iraq, and he had a bit of sensation overload when he returned to the States and went to the grocery store.  I wish the energy to find the "next great flavor" could be spent on things that would actually improve life--and not just tickle our taste buds.

Comment by Bains on July 25, 2011 at 9:48am

there has to be an app to help me with that entitled whim of mine.

Bawuwuwhuhuhahahahaha~~!!! 

I remember right when Aquafresh came out. We couldn't afford that either. Used some grotesque generic stuff which is why I always hated brushing my teeth. At least until later when I realized that baking soda did a good job for that. Heh! Baking Soda tastes better than the junk we used! 

And the thing about all these "choices"?  They're all the SAME choice! LoL  Total BS used to sell sell sell, and usually from the same company with 3 different "competing" subsidiaries.  

 

I recently dropped cable as Netflix gives me Far More Choice even if I don't have some of the choices cable provides. I can actually watch the shows I want, without commercials, at whatever time I choose.  

The Past? Pros and Cons.  The Present? Pros and Cons? The Future? One can imagine Pros and Cons.   

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