I'm Old Enough to Remember....

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Comment by John Wood on April 4, 2012 at 2:32pm

Oh, yeah...and I remember when a speeding ticket was $27.50...I had a whole collection of them!

Comment by John Wood on April 4, 2012 at 2:29pm

Anybody talking about rabbit ears, turning the antennae to get the THIRD local channel, or the first color TV in the household? How about when we got our first mobile phone...you know, the one with the 25' cord, so you could go into the basement to talk, and away from every one else in the kitchen!

I li8ved on a military base...at 5:00pm (1700 hours) SHARP, the cannon was shot and the flag struck by the color guard. If you did not expect it, that cannon would scare the bejeezus out of you.  EVERYTHING stopped...traffic, the checkout at the grocery, everything...while taps was played. 

Comment by Robert Muscovitz on January 24, 2012 at 3:03pm

Behind my elementary school we would put pennies on the R/R tracks for kicks. Mom didn't know this but the old guy next door would have my brother and I hop a train with him over to a lake so we could pick golden rods for worms so he could fish..We would hop a train to get back home just in time for supper..he always would give mom some fish after he cleaned them. Fun times.. and yes,, our phone number was Melrose 3 XXXX ,,ME 3,,, when we moved it was Harrison 1, HA1. Didn't have banana seats yet...LOL! I think it was a 28" Schwinn with fat tube tires. And we had a 1948 or 9 Packard in need of a motor dad was working on to replace the Hudson..LOL!

Comment by wiffledust on January 24, 2012 at 8:58am

oh wow! i had a banana seat sting ray!!! and that smell! i will never forget that mimeograph smell! and the paper was shiny. ...i remember when our telephone number began with letters! does that make me 100 years old? :-)

Comment by Maryrose Orlans on January 24, 2012 at 8:53am

I had a purple bike with a white sparkle banana seat!!  I loved being the 'teacher's helper' so I could pick up the tests--they smelled sooooo good!!

Comment by Paul Coogan on January 24, 2012 at 4:53am

The smell of mimeographed math tests. The sound of air raid tests on the last Friday of the month. Banana seats. Typing my resume - on a typewriter. Ethel or regular?

Comment by wiffledust on January 17, 2012 at 7:25pm

thanks for sharing that, robert. these days it's very hard to tell what progress is and isn't....isn't it?

Comment by Robert Muscovitz on January 17, 2012 at 11:22am

Goodness, the times have changed but not the issue..In North Mpls where my buddy lived and I ran around while being in my teens I noticed that we didn't make an issue of the segregation stuff. The local churches and schools and businesses were for all and it didn't matter until the days after MLK was killed. That's when the fun began... race became an issue. My friends of color became racists and turned on me and others, and we personally didn't provoke this. It was an excuse and a pardon for the activity to come. Left a bitter taste in my mouth when my buddy and I got whomped by some 20 kids whom we believed were our friends because we played music together and ball at the park, etc. with no problems until that happened. These days,, they would've all being taken to jail and attorneys would be standing in line to represent them,, but back then,, well , you get the message. Is this progress? Let's hope so...

Comment by wiffledust on January 16, 2012 at 9:34pm

i remember that too! haha. that star spangled banner moment was kind of hilarious! when i was little i used to think that programming resumed after the kids were absolutely asleep! haha....on a more serious note, today is the day we celebrate the service of martin luther king, jr. i remember a world that was worse when it comes to race. we have so much work to do on race and economic justice. but i do remember when it was unthinkable to for blacks and whites to live in the same neighborhood much less have an african american president. but we must never stop. we are not there yet. but i do remember things being far worse...

Comment by Maryrose Orlans on January 7, 2012 at 10:08pm

I remember when the 'program day ended' on TV!!  Almost all the channels went 'off air' with the Star Spangled Banner!!  I also recall a similar video, Julie!!

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