nope, not yet, just 'older'
Are you OLD.
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Its weird being the same age as old people.
from lawn darts to bocce - life is great, just sore body,
social outcast (like the other extreme of age, the too young).
social outcast (like the other extreme of age, the too young).
I remember every single one. So yep....I'm an old man. You know what though? Things honestly did seem better back then.
I went to high school 13 miles from H bomb ground zero, Manhattan. In a nuclear drill, the kids who lived within walking distance of school were to walk home. Those of us who took a bus to school were herded into the basement of a four story school built in 1911, I used to say, when the bomb went off, the school would collapse on itself, and they could put a monument on top of the rubble with our names.
I did go to a junior high school where we were supposed to duck under our desks. We were told by the teacher to "pull your knees up to your neck and tuck your head under". One kid then said "and kiss your A** Goodbye!" The whole room exploded into laughter, including the teacher.
I did go to a junior high school where we were supposed to duck under our desks. We were told by the teacher to "pull your knees up to your neck and tuck your head under". One kid then said "and kiss your A** Goodbye!" The whole room exploded into laughter, including the teacher.
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I remember mixing orange food coloring with olemargarine and pretending we were spreading butter on our bread.
Man we were poor, but dang. Wow!
yeah, we went for the cheep stuff. Knew how to cook it. Now after Bourdain (loved him, RIP. Best "pre '04") darn stores raised to top shelf price, stuffed the racks, the rich (again) take it away from us. "Cultural appropriation" (he was 1st a workin guy. Spent over 20 yrs asa blue collar hrd worker). I hate suicide. Am tryin to prevent it~... ox tail...could be had for $0.69/lb. These are all expensive today relative to other stuff. Guess that makes me old
"...man we were poor..."
I am now, was not in the middle or begining. Resourceful mom tho (cook. Dad too but on house remodeling, furnture makin, and still an attorney).
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The furniture in photo #7 is supposed to have clear plastic slipcovers.
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I was born when Eisenhower was President so yeah, I'm fairly old.
Same here but I'm not old.
They were $1.00 a pack in 1980….
"...Same here but I'm not old...."
like me, just older.
pac ciggies, gal gas, loafa bread 25₵ my 1st memory of them.
Eisenhower ! ('53-61) ! My 1st 'political memory'? young partying/politically active, my parents laid me/sis on "the coat bed"
upstairs as adults viewed early tv w/beers in hand dwnstairs @ some friend/neighbor's. I could hear the announcement he'd won his 1st of 2 terms. I was 3 y/o, sis 7. Great era, 3, 5 till the revolution the early/mid '60s had for us world wide. He was right as we see corps today 60 yrs on ("...military/industrial complex...").
like me, just older.
pac ciggies, gal gas, loafa bread 25₵ my 1st memory of them.
Eisenhower ! ('53-61) ! My 1st 'political memory'? young partying/politically active, my parents laid me/sis on "the coat bed"
upstairs as adults viewed early tv w/beers in hand dwnstairs @ some friend/neighbor's. I could hear the announcement he'd won his 1st of 2 terms. I was 3 y/o, sis 7. Great era, 3, 5 till the revolution the early/mid '60s had for us world wide. He was right as we see corps today 60 yrs on ("...military/industrial complex...").
Just saw where Joan Collins turned 90 today. Good lord I feel old.
I was buying them on NAB Coronado during that time. I used to only smoke 3 cigarettes a day. Sometime before I left the base, I quit. I wanted to be able to skip the leather jump ropes like the prize fighters do. My tar covered lungs couldn't give me enough air to skip rope, so I quit.