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Thread: Are you older than dirt?
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08-30-14, 02:47 PM #241
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09-04-14, 01:50 PM #242
DID YOU KNOW...
Those who were born in the 30’s to the 60’s are the last generations who played in the street. During our childhood we “walked” over a mile a day when we played & played “hide & seek” outside at night with no worries or fear of anything bad happening to us.
We are the first generation who played video games and the last to record songs off the radio onto a cassette tape. We learned how to program a VCR before anyone else, we were the first to play from Atari to Nintendo…We are the generation of Tom & Jerry, Looney Toons, & Captain Kangaroo. We traveled in cars without seat belts or air bags, lived without cell phones and caller ID. We did not have fax machines, flat screens, surround sound, I pods, Facebook, Twitter, computers or the internet, and through it all we had a great time.
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09-04-14, 06:40 PM #243
I am not older than Dirt, but I was a smedley at the last supper, until they put me into the pot shack.
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10-24-14, 04:19 PM #244
REMEMBER 1955
If they raise the minimum wage
to $1.00, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store
When I first started driving, who
would have thought gas would someday cost 25 cents a gallon.
Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage.
I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies
any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with
saying DAMN in GONE WITH THE WIND, it seems
every new movie has either HELL or DAMN in it.
I read the other day where some
scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by
the end of the century. They even have some fellows they
call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas.
Did you see where some baseball player
just signed a contract for$50,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't
surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the President.
I never thought I'd see the day all our
kitchen appliances would be electric. They're even making electric typewriters now.
It's too bad things are so tough nowadays.
I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet.
It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work.
I'm afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.
Thank goodness I won't live to see the day
when the Government takes half our income in taxes.
I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to government.
The fast food restaurant is convenient for a quick meal,
but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.
There is no sense going on short
trips anymore for a weekend.
It costs nearly $2.00 a night to stay in a hotel.
No one can afford to be sick anymore.
At $15.00 a day inthe hospital, it's too rich for my blood.
If they think I'll pay 30 cents for a haircut,
Forget it.
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11-03-14, 09:15 PM #245
I remember most all, even chased the ice truck in summer to get ice chips that broke off when person delivered the ice to peoples ice boxes. Also remember out houses that had bugs, spiders wasps etc. When I visited my grandparents they did not have running water they had a hand pump at the sink that you had to prime and you had to heat water on stove to have hot water to bathe in, they even had the old crank telephone that was in use, this was in the late 40's and eary 50's
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11-15-14, 06:06 PM #246
A nice throw back to the 50’s
Watch the video. If you were alive in the 50's you will be carried away to a softer, gentler, time. If the fifties were your parent's or grandparent's time, you will get some good laughs and maybe see a bit of where we came from but still not understand why we are the way we are... It really was a totally different world in the 50's!!!!!
Those of us at a
"certain" age will enjoy this
video.
http://safeshare.tv/w/FEDEwZHZXu
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11-15-14, 08:06 PM #247
David R 1968. Thanks for posting that 50's video. Things were really easy back then and the country was in much better shape except for the Korean Conflict. I remember everything that was in that video. Brought back some great memories.
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01-04-15, 06:19 AM #248
CONSIDER THIS:
Your kids are becoming you......but your grandchildren are perfect!
Going out is good.. Coming home is better!
You forget names.... But it's OK because some people forgot they even knew you!!!
You realize you're never going to be really good at anything like golf.
The things you used to care to do, you aren't as interested in anymore, but you really do care that you aren't as interested.
You sleep better on a lounge chair with the TV 'ON' than in bed. It's called "pre-sleep".
You miss the days when everything worked with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch..
You tend to use more 4 letter words ... "what?"..."when?"... ???
You notice everything they sell in stores is "sleeveless"?!!!
What used to be freckles are now liver spots.
Everybody whispers.
You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet.... 2 of which you will never wear.
But Old is good in some things: Old Songs, Old movies, and best of all,OLD FRIENDS!!
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01-26-15, 06:51 AM #249
Good music and videos of the 1950 & 1960
http://biggeekdad.com/2013/01/the-best-of-times/
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01-28-15, 07:18 AM #250
TO ALL THE
KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1930s, '40s, '50s,
'60s and '70s!!
First, we survived
Being born to mothers who may have smoked and/or drank
While they were
Pregnant.
They took aspirin,
Ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then, after that
Trauma, we were
Put to sleep
On our tummies
In baby cribs
Covered
With bright colored
Lead-based paints.
We had no
Childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets,
And, when we
Rode our bikes,
We had baseball
Caps,
Not helmets, on
Our heads.
As infants and
Children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts,
No air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes..
Riding in the
Back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water
From the garden hose and not from a bottle.
We shared one
Soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes,
White bread, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And we weren't overweight.
WHY?
Because we were
Always outside playing...that's why!
We would leave
Home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights
Came on.
No one was
Able to reach us all day.
--And, we were
OKAY.
We would spend
Hours building
Our go-carts out
Of scraps
And then ride
Them down the hill,
Only to find
Out we forgot the brakes.. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned
To solve the problem..
We did not
Have Play Stations, Nintendos and X-boxes. There were
No video games,
No 150 channels on cable,
No video movies
Or DVDs,
No surround-sound or
CDs,
No cell phones,
No personal computers,
No Internet and
No chat rooms.
WE HAD FRIENDS
And we went
Outside and found them!
We fell out
Of trees, got cut,
Broke bones and
Teeth,
And there were
No lawsuits
From those accidents.
We would get
Spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand,
And no one would call child services to report abuse.
We ate worms,
And mud pies
Made from dirt,
And
The worms did
Not live in us forever.
We were given
BB guns for our 10th birthdays, 22 rifles for our 12th, rode horses,made up games with sticks and tennis balls, and
-although we were
Told it would happen- we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes
Or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just
Walked in and talked to them.
Little League had
Tryouts
And not everyone
Made the team.
Those who didn't
Had to learn
To deal with
Disappointment.
Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing
Us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have
Produced some of the best risk-takers,
Problem solvers, and
Inventors ever.
The past 50
To 85 years have seen an explosion of innovation and new ideas..
We had freedom,
Failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.
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02-08-15, 09:35 AM #251
Once upon a time... in a land far away.
This is me and I wanna go back.
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/J55S38xwxnQ?rel=0
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02-08-15, 11:52 AM #252
Sorry bro, Horatio said it best I think,
""YOU CAN NEVER GO HOME AGAIN"
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02-08-15, 12:33 PM #253
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02-08-15, 10:17 PM #254
That was a great video. Thanks for posting it.
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04-18-15, 05:43 PM #255
Random thoughts as we age ...
The biggest lie I tell myself is ..."I don't need to write that down, I'll remember it."
Wouldn't it be great if we could put ourselves in the dryer for ten minutes; come out wrinkle-free and three sizes smaller!
Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet!
I don't trip over things, I do random gravity checks!
I don't need anger management. I need people to stop ****ing me off!
Old age is coming at a really bad time!
I don't have gray hair. I have "wisdom highlights". I'm just very wise.
My people skills are just fine. It's my tolerance to idiots that needs work.
If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would've put them on my knees.
The kids text me "plz" which is shorter than please. I text back "no" which is shorter than "yes" .
I'm going to retire and live off my savings. Not sure what I'll do that second week.
When did it change from "We the people" to "screw the people" ?
Even duct tape can't fix stupid ... but it can muffle the sound!
Why do I have to press one for English when you're just gonna transfer me to someone I can't understand anyway?
Of course I talk to myself, sometimes I need expert advice.
Oops! Did I roll my eyes out loud?
At my age "Getting lucky" means walking into a room and remembering what I came in there for.
Chocolate comes from cocoa which is a tree ... that makes it a plant which means ... chocolate is Salad !!!
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