For Old Timers

[cadetat6]

Hi, Try this

http://www.thestatenislandboys.com/U_thrill_me/

papa Art

[lovdog]

Cadetat6:
You bet your booties I do!! All of it, like it were yesterday. Long Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, Commano Cody, Sky King, Buffalo Bob. And remember the music??? That was a great time to grow up - life was so simple then. Heck, I was so busy you didn't have time to get bored. But, it sure was something on a Saturday night to go out & just do "nothing" - just stand around with your buddies, everyone jacking their jaws about anything & nothing in particular. You avoided your house after you did your chores and the only time you watched tv was from 7 to 11 on Saturday. Only had 3 channels.
I didn't even realize back then that we were poor!! Cause some of your buddies were always worse off than you were!! None of us had any money - allowance - what was that?? If you wanted some money you picked up soda bottles along side the road & at the dump - a penny for the small ones & a nickel for the quarts!! All of the food you ate was on the fly - everyone had gardens & fruit trees and you could peel off a birch limb & chew on that to quench your hunger til the end of the day!! You swam in a sulphur creek - water polluted by mine acid that no living creature or plant could survive in but it was like an olympic pool to a kid!!! You swang on vines from trees, had BB gun and slingshot battles!! And the most popular kid in school was the one that had a "red rubber" inner tube that he would share with everyone cause they made the best slingshot!! You were polite to all females because thats what you were taught. You never - ever squealed on anyone except your siblings!! Dads in those days were big rugged coal miners who were pretty strict, had hands of steel, and always had the right answers. Moms worked from sunup to darkness - never complained much, usually gave you a crack over the side of the head to prove her point, and then would give you a hug!! Had an outhouse - used newspaper or magazines to wipe your butt, didn't look forward to having to go out in -30 degree temperature if you developed the "scoots" though!! Your water would always freeze up in the winter and you had to carry water from the spring. You took 1 bath a week - I was always next to last in line in the family of 6. You picked coal from a "rock dump" refuse pile to make it thru another winter.
It wasn't unusual to walk to school a mile to catch the bus - pants frozen and having to set on the radiator at school til lunch to thaw out!! Had 2 pair of bluejeans - when you wore one - one was in the wash. All of your pants had patches on the knees and your shoes were "clodhoppers" and the lucky guys had "cleats" on the heels - which, if you got a running start at school, could go about 50 feet skating on the tile floor - leaving a large black mark - if you got caught - it was about 20 cracks from the prinicpal with an oak paddle that had holes drilled in it to cut down the wind resistance!!! When the soles came off your shoes you got a piece of wire and wired them back on til you could afford a new pair.
What was so good again about the good ol' days - I forget???
Take care!!

[cadetat6]

Lovdog,
Those were the day's. I was born in Butler ,Pa. but ended up in Detroit. Had 3 sisters and 2 brothers. one sister worked for Woolworth and next door was a Kresge dime store another sister worked. My first job was sitting in store window just putting game puzzels together for one dollar. I bought rubber sole that you would glue to bottom of my shoes.

cadetat6

[gonzo7679]

Outstanding,awesome, great site Cadetat6.I remember wanting to grow up and hurry life along,now I wished I could bring them days back and never leave. If we only knew then how much those days we would want back now.I remeber our very 1st B &W TV,sunday nite Ed Sullivan show,Aaahhhh yes, THOSE WERE THE DAYS !!!!

[cadetat6]

A few of us put this together...MEMORIES


Memories WW2 Ice man, put in front window sign with 25 lbs, 50 lbs, 75 lbs, 100 lbs He would bring that amount to back porch ,put it in “ice box” Milk on porch, in winter cream would freeze and push up over top of bottle Coke for fuel, or coal , Ford employes could buy coke from foundry. Delivered like You now get top soil Coke ,you put down wood boards on lawn , push wheelbarrows full of coke to basement Coal window and dump it through the window Waffle man in wagon pulled by a horse, selling waffles Make push cart with 4 foot 2x4 board, an old skate, empty orange crate, empty can with Candle for a head light Rubber band gun using two pieces short wood and inner tube cut up into rubber bands Burn potato in camp fire too long and get little white potato in middle Empty cans, step on two and they clamp on your shoes and you walk making noise Film projector, mickey mouse, in your garage. Charge to see it was pin,bottle top, paper Clip,stone or any thing Pumpkin seeds 5 cents for a cup full Awrey bakery man came door to door with basket of baked goods. If you were near Tireman and Ironwood you could buy them from the home of Awrey Good Humor man in his truck selling Good Humor ice cream on stick. If you lived near Martin Street and Willette Street you could go to their factory Theater Friday night gives dishes, always hear one break during show Doctor comes out to your house if you are sick Stores closed on Sunday, but the butcher lives in back of store, and he answers door bell Men wear spats on their shoes School is a mile away and you walk to school Jewel Tea Company sales man comes to your house Elephant rides on Belle Isle Oh, don't the memories come flooding back. Yes, I remember so many of the ones you wrote about, Art. A few more..... remember the "Sheenies" that would come thru the alleys with horse and cart, the hollyhocks and morning glories on the back fence, stoking the coal furnace, having to go down and light the hot water heater and wait for it to get hot to take a bath, daddy bringing home a bag of Hershey Kisses or English Toffee was a real treat, Stella Dallas, listening to the Lone Ranger and The Shadow and Gangbusters while laying under the upright radio, rushing outside after dinner to play Hide and Seek, Hopscotch or Jump Rope, playing dress up, paper dolls, cowboys and Indians, jumping off the roof of the garage, banking up the snow and flooding the yard for an ice rink and getting frostbitten fingers and toes, upright player pianos that you would pump with your feet, and music lessons, and beating the rugs with a rug beater, rubbing down the wallpaper with Climax., P&G bluing, wringer washers, the old Ironrite, pulling curtains over the pins on a curtain stretcher, Rumble seats, burying your dear pets in the back yard, Mustard plasters, being rubbed down with Wintergreen for a fever (Scarlet Fever!), the smell of sheets dried outdoors on the clotheslines. sodas at the corner drugstore, the iceman tossing chips of ice to you in the summer, the horse drawn vendors calling "Straaaawberriees", Rosie the Riveter, Blue & Silver &Gold Stars in the windows and everyone's unabashed patriotism, the Sunday morning that lived in infamy, FDR's fireside chats, Sunday School, Big Brothers (home on leave) letting Little Sisters stand on their toes to dance to 'Sentimental Journey', 'My Devotion', 'Ole Buttermilk Sky' and hundreds more of the most beautiful "MUSIC" ever to be, the 12 th Floor at Hudsons at Christmas, the red carpet and brass handrails going up the staircase at the Michigan theatre, the stars on the ceiling of the Riviera theatre, the Bob-lo boat, Sanders ice cream, watching them bottle Vernor's ginger ale down on Woodward (or was that Griswald?) near the river, meeting under the clock at Kerns... the Grande Ballroom, Jefferson Beach and Edgewater Amusement parks, the Walled Lake Casino, remember Crystal Pool?, the family going on picnics in the summer, horseshoes, burning leaves at the curb.....and on and on and on. There really was a time when one could ask "Who needs a TV set?" No wonder Norman Rockwell's paintings are so beloved. Whew, that was some trip.....better say Bye Bye for now and God Bless, Dee

Repair a worn out bicycle tire with friction tape. No Duct (Duck Tape) then. Bailing wire a sure fixe for about all things.
Remember when a Brand new GMC Picup was less than a thousand dollars. Came in select colors, black, red, white and brown.
A Car came in two models, standard and deluxe. Only difference was Delux had a Radio and a Heater. Standard was stripped.
DeSoto's, International Trucks, and GMT Trucks, Hudson's, Studebaker's, the neat ones with the wrap around rear windows.
Washing Machines that had the engage lever on the outside, and the tub moved back and forth and not the wringer types we know. Neat little gear boxes on them. And of course the handy dandy Fels Napa and a scrub boad. Old Dutch Cleanser, and DUZ Soap, Duz does everything.
Outdoor Crapper, and a good sears catalogue or Wards, depending on where folks bought from. A Dine Store, Kress, McClellan's, and the old sight in front, % 10 and 25 Store.
Good shirts made out of flour sacks, and the flour sacks came with prints on them for that specific use. Nothing like a old foot operated sewing machine, bot did I love getting that going until the belt jumped the wheel.
Ice man, milk man, doctor's, and peddlers who sold about anything came down the street.
Never worked with coke or coal, but cut and hauled many a cord of mesquite wood for cooking. Then we got Butane, in a Big Tank in the back yard.
Old Philco Radio with Push Buttons, boy what a top that was. Or a Old wind up Victrola, wind it up, put on sound arm and then spin the record as fast as you could, until caught and hand mangled by a adult.
78 RPM Records, great Frisbies, they would sail real good on a windy day.
True detective Magazines, 5 and 10 cent comic books, plus a whole lot more.
a Dollar you could take a girl to the movie, but goodies, pop corn, soda and a box of Black crows plus the bus fare both ways.
But times have changed, and its easier now, toilet paper, indoor bathroom, auto washer, refrigator, TV and computers, and cars that are loaded with all kinds of warning bells, and cost 100 fold over cars of the 40's and 50's.

[Ed Palmer]

Buck Rodgers and the Shadows Knows
what do you mean do I remember

[Sgt0811]

I remember all that stuff to. Once had a real close encounter with the wringer on a washer, all the way to my shoulder. Man that hurt. My favorite cowboy was Roy Rogers. Met him once as well as The Lone Ranger and Wyatt Eyrp (sp) played by Hugh O'Brien, a Marine.

[cadetat6]

I seen Lone Ranger on stage with his horse Silver Michigan Theater
How about Bob Steel, Ken Maynard,Tom Mix, Jack Ritters father Tex Ritter

[BOOGIEMAN44]

Oh My Goodness, I Do Remember Those Days, Thanks For The Trip Down Memory Lane Cadetat6, I May Be Only 42, But Those Were The Days, I Wish We Could Yell Do Over Now-a-days, And Get Away With It, I Have A Cousin Thay Lives In Novi, Mi. I Am From Adrian, Mi., Thanks For The Trip.

[BigPhil]

I sure remember those day's, was born a couple of miles from Queen, Pa. used to walk home from school and Kate Smith would be singing on the Tv. We raised our on vegetables and animales for food, cut wood for the cook stove and furnace. Yes those were the days.
Semper Fi
BigPhil

[cadetat6]

BigPhil,
I was born in Butler,Pa. Where the first JEEP was made and accepted by the Army but they only had 1500 employed. Not enough to produce thousands of JEEPs

cadetat6 Art

[redneck13]

I sure did enjoy everyone telling their stories about when I also grew up, those so called good ol' day's.
I remember so much that ya'll have talked about here. I would give just about anything to have those days are "nowaday's" We never locked our house, car. I remember the outhouse, last yr's sears 'n roebuck cat. I alway's used the women's section. heehee. I looked at the undie's then did my thing. haha. Anybody else do that? You're lieing if you won't admit it. haha LOL.
If I wanted $$? I worked for it. Mowing lawns, re-surfacing gym floor's, (hired help), painted gym floor's, helped a carpenter build counter tops, cabinet's.
Worked at an IGA bagging-stockin' grocery shelve's, cuttin' meat, supervised of course. Pumped gas when it was 15-19c a gallon for regular, 20c for "ethol." (high test) Walked mile after mile of hoeing corn out of beans. Bailed hay, oats, showed dairy cow's in many different state fairs, even got four or five blue ribbon's for Jersy Bull's. (mean sumbeaches) Castrated lil' pig's, big pigs I help butcher, in pot's, ate the "mountain oyster's" UMMMM Good. Plowed farm ground after school, scooped corn from a crib onto a conveyor belt to be shelled, even at night, 20 below zero. Sheered, caught sheep, packed the wool in a big "Tote" bag/sack. Where I first began to dip and chew t-baccer, cuz u couldn't "smoke" in the barns. Some of the best viddle's a man could get, them midwest farmer's would lay out a spread fer ya. Sheered and caught sheep for a long time. MAny states. Sheered with the Int'l champion, 15yrs in a row he won.
Had two pair of jeans, some rubber boot's. When I made enuf money? I asked my Mom to take me to a western store. I was a cowboy at heart. I got my first pair of boot's, western shirt, new jean's, belt and buckle. My first fishin' rod'n reel came from "Ben Franklin" stores, about 4-6 bucks. I never slowed down my Momma has tolt me. I also was a golf caddie for a banker. Loved the game, pay wasn't very good. You know banker's, tight as a 8 day clock!! Kid's made fun of the way I dressed. I didn't care, it was me.
Never had a tv till I was in the 3rd grade. Wasn't the first time I seen tv., as my Grandma had one. I love lucy, the talkin' horse dude, Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason, Combat, Bonanza, all of these later. I remember the first soap I ever seen, "The guiding light." The cop show "Dragnet", the actor who played the First Marine DI show, then the infamous Col/Potter Character on Mash. (Got a bit of CRS LOL) Time? Nobody was ever in a hurry, 'cept for Church. I got "Shotgun" one of us 6 would yell out, of course in the back seat. Dad's smoke would 'bout choke us. LOL. Yeah, we had a garden. I hated pullin' weed's, using that big wheel plowing, push and shove man power machine. The ol' roller muliti-blade push mower, with a roller. Raking leaves, now I'd get a bit of money from Mom fer that. Remembering going to see Abbott and Costello, Francis the talkin' mule, on Sat's. matinee. Cain't remember how much it cost, I know it weren't much. Dad worked, My Mother did for awhile till she started havin' more kids. If life was like that now? It sure would be a nice thing. SF to all.

[OLE SARG]

Wouldn't it be great to go back to those "GOOD OLE DAYS"? Sure wish we could.
AND we call what we got now "Progress"?????

SEMPER FI,

[cadetat6]

Remember When??
The older coots will remember. A gem from Longhorn Fan Zone:
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Stroll with me...close your eyes...and go back before the internet...before bombings, aids, herpes, before semiautomatics and crack...before SEGA or Super Nintendo...way back!

I'm talking about sitting on the curb, sitting on the steps...about malt shops, hide-and-go-seek, Simon says and red-light-green-light. Lunch boxes with a thermos...chocolate milk, going home for lunch, penny candy from the store, hopscotch, butterscotch, skates with keys, jacks and Cracker Jacks, hula hoops and sunflower seeds, wax lips and mustaches, Mary Jane's, saddle shoes and Coke bottles with the names of cities on the bottom.

Remember when it took five minutes for the TV to warm up. When nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids arrived home from school.

When nobody owned a purebred dog. When a quarter was a decent allowance. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.

When your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces. When all of your teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels. Remember running through the sprinkler, circle pins, Bobby pins, Mickey Mouse Club, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Kookla, Fran and Ollie, Dick Clark's American Bandstand...all in black and white and your Mom made you turn it off when a storm came.

When around the corner seemed far away and going downtown seemed like going somewhere. Climbing trees, making forts, lemonade stands, cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, staring at clouds, jumping on the bed, pillow fights, ribbon candy, angel hair on the Christmas tree, white gloves, walking to the movie theater, running till you were out of breath, your first haircut, laughing so hard that you stomach hurt...remember that?

Not stepping on a crack or you'd break your mother's back, paper chains at Christmas, silhouettes of Lincoln and Washington, the smells of school, of past and "Evening in Paris" perfume.

When you got your windshield cleaned, oiled checked and gas pumped without asking-all for free-every time. You didn't pay for air and you got trading stamps to boot. When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box.

When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner to a real restaurant with your parents. When the worst thing you could do at school was flunk a test or chew gum. The prom was in the gym or the lunch room and you danced to a real orchestra. When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed -- and they did it.

When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home. Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we survived because their love was so much greater than the threat.

Remember when people went steady; and girls wore a class ring with an inch of wrapped adhesive tape so it would fit their finger. When no one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the car and house doors were never locked.

Remember playing baseball with no adults needing to enforce the rules of the game. And, with all our progress, don't you wish, that just once you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace...and share it with the children of today?

Remember The Lone Ranger and Tonto, The Shadow Knows, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Trigger and Buttermilk...As well as the sound of a real mower on Saturday morning, and summers filled with bike rides, baseball games, bowling, visits to the pool...and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar from the palm of you hand.

There, didn't that feel good? Just to lean back and say: "Yeah, I remember"

cadetat6 Art

[Old Marine]

Captain Midnight and his secret decoder ring and laying in front of the radio trying to decipher the code for that day. Green Hornet and Cato his faithful companion. The Edsel, the Frazier, The Kaiser with pop out front windows. The Rambler, the Tucker which was way to advanced for its time. The 1953 & 1954 Indy 500 when Billy Vukovich dominated both races.