You are Getting Older If.....
Discussion
WHich of these apply to you? 
'Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favorite fast food when you
were growing up?'
'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I info rmed him.
'All the food was slow.'
'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?'
'It was a place called 'at
home,'' I explained. !
'Mom cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down
together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my
plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'
By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to
suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I
had to have permission to leave the table.
But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if
I figured his system could have handled it :
Some parents NEVER owned their own house, never wore Levis, never
set foot on a golf course, never traveled out of the country or had
a credit card.
In their later years they had something called a revolving charge
card. The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was
Sears & Roebuck.
Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.
My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly
because we never had heard of soccer.
I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one
speed, (slow)
We didn't have a television in our house until I was 19.
It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the
air at midnight, after playing the national anthem and a poem about
God; it came back on the air at about 6 a..m. and there was usually
a locally produced news and farm show on, featuring local people.
I was 21 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called 'pizza pie.'
When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese
slid off, swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned
that, too. It's still the best pizza I ever had.
I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was
in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could
dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know
weren't already using the line.
Pizzas were not delivered to our home But milk was.
All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered
newspapers --my brother delivered a newspaper, six days a week.. It
cost 7 cents a paper, of which he got to keep 2 cents. He had to
get up at 6AM every morning.
On Saturday, he had to collect the 42 cents from his customers. His
favorite customers were the ones who gave him 50 cents and told him
to keep the change. His least favorite customers were the ones who
seemed to never be home on collection day.
Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in
the movies. There were no movie ratings because all movies were
responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without
profanity or violence or most anything offensive.
If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may
want to share some of these memories with your children or
grandchildren
Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing.
Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
MEMORIES from a friend :
My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in
December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the
bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it.. I knew
immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought
they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as
the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to 'sprinkle'
clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old.
How many do you remember?
Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.
Ignition switches on the dashboard.
Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
Real ice boxes.
Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
Older Than Dirt Quiz :
Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told
about. Ratings at the bottom.
1. Blackjack chewing gum
2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines on the telephone
8 Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11.. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and
were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were
only 3 channels... [if you were fortunate])
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records
15. S& H greenstamps
16. Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19. Blue flashbulb
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You' re older than dirt!
I might be older than dirt but those memories are some of the best
parts of my life.
Don't forget to pass this along!!
Especially to all your really OLD friends....
'Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favorite fast food when you
were growing up?'
'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I info rmed him.
'All the food was slow.'
'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?'
'It was a place called 'at
home,'' I explained. !
'Mom cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down
together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my
plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'
By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to
suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I
had to have permission to leave the table.
But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if
I figured his system could have handled it :
Some parents NEVER owned their own house, never wore Levis, never
set foot on a golf course, never traveled out of the country or had
a credit card.
In their later years they had something called a revolving charge
card. The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was
Sears & Roebuck.
Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.
My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly
because we never had heard of soccer.
I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one
speed, (slow)
We didn't have a television in our house until I was 19.
It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the
air at midnight, after playing the national anthem and a poem about
God; it came back on the air at about 6 a..m. and there was usually
a locally produced news and farm show on, featuring local people.
I was 21 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called 'pizza pie.'
When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese
slid off, swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned
that, too. It's still the best pizza I ever had.
I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was
in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could
dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know
weren't already using the line.
Pizzas were not delivered to our home But milk was.
All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered
newspapers --my brother delivered a newspaper, six days a week.. It
cost 7 cents a paper, of which he got to keep 2 cents. He had to
get up at 6AM every morning.
On Saturday, he had to collect the 42 cents from his customers. His
favorite customers were the ones who gave him 50 cents and told him
to keep the change. His least favorite customers were the ones who
seemed to never be home on collection day.
Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in
the movies. There were no movie ratings because all movies were
responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without
profanity or violence or most anything offensive.
If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may
want to share some of these memories with your children or
grandchildren
Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing.
Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
MEMORIES from a friend :
My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in
December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the
bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it.. I knew
immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought
they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as
the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to 'sprinkle'
clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old.
How many do you remember?
Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.
Ignition switches on the dashboard.
Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
Real ice boxes.
Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
Older Than Dirt Quiz :
Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told
about. Ratings at the bottom.
1. Blackjack chewing gum
2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines on the telephone
8 Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11.. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and
were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were
only 3 channels... [if you were fortunate])
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records
15. S& H greenstamps
16. Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19. Blue flashbulb
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You' re older than dirt!
I might be older than dirt but those memories are some of the best
parts of my life.
Don't forget to pass this along!!
Especially to all your really OLD friends....
That's not a "You know you are old" list.
That's a "You know you are an old American" list.
In the UK we've had fast food for decades before McDonalds and their ilk arrived on our shores. It was called fish and chips.
Of course, Jimbeaux is an American so he is excused.
That's a "You know you are an old American" list.
In the UK we've had fast food for decades before McDonalds and their ilk arrived on our shores. It was called fish and chips.
Of course, Jimbeaux is an American so he is excused.
Edited by Eric Mc on Saturday 15th May 07:29
Eric Mc said:
That's not a "You know you are old" list.
That's a "You know you are an old American" list.
In the UK we've had fast food for decades before McDonalds and their ilk arrived on our shores. It was called fish and chips.
Of course, Jimbeaux is an American so he is excused.
That’s true, but we also had breeding and decorum.That's a "You know you are an old American" list.
In the UK we've had fast food for decades before McDonalds and their ilk arrived on our shores. It was called fish and chips.
Of course, Jimbeaux is an American so he is excused.
Edited by Eric Mc on Saturday 15th May 07:29
It would never do to be seen eating in the street. It was unthinkably ill bred to eat in front of others when they might not have food.
OMG I remember manners. Now I feel really old.
But isn’t America too young to have anything old?
Actually we always had fast food. They were the oyster bars, which we had patronised since Roman times. I gather the colonists took the habit with them, so they always had fast food too.
Traditionally in England, Beaver was regarded as a form of fish.
You couldn’t eat meat on Friday, but as Beaver is fishy, you could always eat Beaver.
The trouble with the colonists is they can’t keep up standards.
Eating Beaver is traditional.
The colonists predilection for eating roadkill is just taking the idea of ‘fast food’ too far.
Edited by Uncle Fester on Saturday 15th May 09:05
Jimbeaux said:
WHich of these apply to you?
Older Than Dirt Quiz :
Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told
about. Ratings at the bottom.
1. Blackjack chewing gum Check!
2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water ?
3. Candy cigarettes Check!
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles Check!
5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes ?
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with foil caps Check!
7. Party lines on the telephone Check!
8 Newsreels before the movie Check!
9. P.F. Flyers ??
10. Butch wax ?
11.. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and Check!
were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were
only 3 channels... [if you were fortunate])
12. Peashooters Check!
13. Howdy Doody ?
14. 45 RPM records Check! (still have 1000+)
15. S& H greenstamps Check! (Green shield)
16. Hi-fi's Check!
17. Metal ice trays with lever Check!
18. Mimeograph paper Check!
19. Blue flashbulb Check!
20. Packards ?
21. Roller skate keys Check!
22. Cork popguns Check!
23. Drive-ins ?
24. Studebakers ?
25. Wash tub wringers Check!
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You' re older than dirt!
Older Than Dirt Quiz :
Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told
about. Ratings at the bottom.
1. Blackjack chewing gum Check!
2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water ?
3. Candy cigarettes Check!
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles Check!
5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes ?
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with foil caps Check!
7. Party lines on the telephone Check!
8 Newsreels before the movie Check!
9. P.F. Flyers ??
10. Butch wax ?
11.. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and Check!
were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were
only 3 channels... [if you were fortunate])
12. Peashooters Check!
13. Howdy Doody ?
14. 45 RPM records Check! (still have 1000+)
15. S& H greenstamps Check! (Green shield)
16. Hi-fi's Check!
17. Metal ice trays with lever Check!
18. Mimeograph paper Check!
19. Blue flashbulb Check!
20. Packards ?
21. Roller skate keys Check!
22. Cork popguns Check!
23. Drive-ins ?
24. Studebakers ?
25. Wash tub wringers Check!
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You' re older than dirt!
Have had this one sitting on my hard disk so long I can't even remember where it came from.
25 signs you've grown up:
1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6am is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favourite song in the lift.
6. You watch BBC2.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of hook up and break up.
8. You go from 130 days holiday a year to 14.
9. Jeans and a tee shirt no longer qualify as "dressed up."
10. You're the one calling the police because those bloody kids next door won't turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don't know what time Burger King closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your payments go up.
14. You feed your dog PAL instead of Indian curry leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the sofa makes your back hurt.
16. You no longer take naps from noon to 6pm.
17. Dinner and a film is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3am would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19. You go to the chemist for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.
20. A £3 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to," replaces, "I'm never going to drink that much again."
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. You no longer drink at home to save money before going to the pub.
25. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you!!!
25 signs you've grown up:
1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6am is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favourite song in the lift.
6. You watch BBC2.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of hook up and break up.
8. You go from 130 days holiday a year to 14.
9. Jeans and a tee shirt no longer qualify as "dressed up."
10. You're the one calling the police because those bloody kids next door won't turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don't know what time Burger King closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your payments go up.
14. You feed your dog PAL instead of Indian curry leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the sofa makes your back hurt.
16. You no longer take naps from noon to 6pm.
17. Dinner and a film is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3am would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19. You go to the chemist for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.
20. A £3 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to," replaces, "I'm never going to drink that much again."
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. You no longer drink at home to save money before going to the pub.
25. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you!!!
UK Equivalents
Older Than Dirt Quiz :
Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told
about. Ratings at the bottom.
1. Blackjack chewing gum Anglo Bubbly
2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water Robinsons
3. Candy cigarettes Sweet Cigarettes - with cards
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles ?
5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes - Greasy Spoon Cafs
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with foil caps - Check!
7. Party lines on the telephone ?
8 Newsreels before the movie Check!
9. P.F. Flyers We used to call them pamphlets
10. Butch wax ?
11.. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and Check!
were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were
only 3 channels... [if you were fortunate])
12. Peashooters Check!
13. Howdy Doody Jackanory
14. 45 RPM records Check! (still have 1000+)
15. S& H greenstamps Green Shield Stamps
16. Hi-fi's Check!
17. Metal ice trays with lever Check!
18. Mimeograph paper Stencil paper
19. Blue flashbulb Check!
20. Packards Only on some Lancaster bombers
21. Roller skate keys Check!
22. Cork popguns Check!
23. Drive-ins Too rainy
24. Studebakers Standard 10
25. Wash tub wringers Mangles
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You' re older than dirt!
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Older Than Dirt Quiz :
Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told
about. Ratings at the bottom.
1. Blackjack chewing gum Anglo Bubbly
2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water Robinsons
3. Candy cigarettes Sweet Cigarettes - with cards
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles ?
5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes - Greasy Spoon Cafs
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with foil caps - Check!
7. Party lines on the telephone ?
8 Newsreels before the movie Check!
9. P.F. Flyers We used to call them pamphlets
10. Butch wax ?
11.. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and Check!
were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were
only 3 channels... [if you were fortunate])
12. Peashooters Check!
13. Howdy Doody Jackanory
14. 45 RPM records Check! (still have 1000+)
15. S& H greenstamps Green Shield Stamps
16. Hi-fi's Check!
17. Metal ice trays with lever Check!
18. Mimeograph paper Stencil paper
19. Blue flashbulb Check!
20. Packards Only on some Lancaster bombers
21. Roller skate keys Check!
22. Cork popguns Check!
23. Drive-ins Too rainy
24. Studebakers Standard 10
25. Wash tub wringers Mangles
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You' re older than dirt!
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Party lines on the telephone used to be the norm in the UK in the 50s. I remember my Mum getting stroppy with a rather pompous old f@rt who lived about 6 houses along the road, who was the other party line holder. Eventually we went to the luxury of our own dedicated line. That was one of those heavy black, indestructible telephones with the brown, braided cord. The telephone number was the first 3 letters of the exchange (CHErrywood) followed by 4 digits.
Table manners were also very important. As a small child I was expected to eat all my vegetables and wasn't allowed to leave the table until I had cleared my plate. I once got away with hiding the greens on a little bracing plate under the corner of the dining table but my contraband was discovered the following day.
Not only was milk delivered to the door, the baker also delivered bread and a Tizer lorry delivered glass bottles of fizzy drink (but my parents wouldn't let me have any). The man from the Pru used to call door to door to collect premiums. I remember him well as he had a bald pate, until the day he appeared wearing possibly the worst fitting syrup I have ever seen in my life. It didn't even match the rest of his hair in colour.
Table manners were also very important. As a small child I was expected to eat all my vegetables and wasn't allowed to leave the table until I had cleared my plate. I once got away with hiding the greens on a little bracing plate under the corner of the dining table but my contraband was discovered the following day.
Not only was milk delivered to the door, the baker also delivered bread and a Tizer lorry delivered glass bottles of fizzy drink (but my parents wouldn't let me have any). The man from the Pru used to call door to door to collect premiums. I remember him well as he had a bald pate, until the day he appeared wearing possibly the worst fitting syrup I have ever seen in my life. It didn't even match the rest of his hair in colour.
It appears i'm still young. Happy Days! OllieWinchester said:
Erm, have you just copied this off an e-mail or something? I'm sorry, but it is s
t.
'Mom'
'Sears'
'Studebaker'
I grew up in Winchester, not Hicksville USA.
That is good then; a chance to see how I feel on PH! t.'Mom'
'Sears'
'Studebaker'
I grew up in Winchester, not Hicksville USA.
Sears, BTW was the world's largest retailer (now replaced by Walmart). You probably didn't know that, living on that little island over there. Uncle Fester said:
Eric Mc said:
That's not a "You know you are old" list.
That's a "You know you are an old American" list.
In the UK we've had fast food for decades before McDonalds and their ilk arrived on our shores. It was called fish and chips.
Of course, Jimbeaux is an American so he is excused.
That’s true, but we also had breeding and decorum.That's a "You know you are an old American" list.
In the UK we've had fast food for decades before McDonalds and their ilk arrived on our shores. It was called fish and chips.
Of course, Jimbeaux is an American so he is excused.
Edited by Eric Mc on Saturday 15th May 07:29
It would never do to be seen eating in the street. It was unthinkably ill bred to eat in front of others when they might not have food.
OMG I remember manners. Now I feel really old.
But isn’t America too young to have anything old?
Actually we always had fast food. They were the oyster bars, which we had patronised since Roman times. I gather the colonists took the habit with them, so they always had fast food too.
Traditionally in England, Beaver was regarded as a form of fish.
You couldn’t eat meat on Friday, but as Beaver is fishy, you could always eat Beaver.
The trouble with the colonists is they can’t keep up standards.
Eating Beaver is traditional.
The colonists predilection for eating roadkill is just taking the idea of ‘fast food’ too far.
Edited by Uncle Fester on Saturday 15th May 09:05
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