I Remember When:
- Girls were not allowed to wear pants to school
- Cashiers in grocery stores entered the price of each item in your cart manually into the cash register and counted out your change.
- Cars did not have seat belts.
- There were no such things as car seats for infants and toddlers.
- Babies were laid across the mothers laps while the mother was driving said car without wearing a seat belt.
- When schools actually had lockers for books to be kept in
- If you misbehaved in school, you got a "whack" with a paddle the size of Alaska
- You didn't misbehave in school a second time
- Spring Break was called Easter Break
- The only radio stations were AM
- Which you listened to on your Transistor Radio
- Your class all stood and repeated The Pledge of Allegiance and the Lord's Prayer each morning.
- Playing outside until Mom would yell your names throughout the neighborhood.
- Playing "Kick the Kan" in the street with all the neighborhood kids.
- Black and White TV
- An ashtray in a new car was not considered an option.
- The A/C in our house was a "swamp cooler". Which consists of a box, fan, vents and the garden hose dripping cold water into the back of it. (yes it was purchased that way)
- Cloth Diapers
- Okay, I didn't say everything I remembered was okay!
2 comments:
MsN:
I recall all fof them myself.
And, somehow, we ALL MADE it out ALIVE...how DID we EVER do it?
(maybe it was less governemnt intrusion and more personal responsibility by a LOT more people)
Excellent post!!!
Stay safe (and stay cool) down there.
I never had a teacher that used a paddle of any size, but other than that I remember all of those. :) Thanks for the memory walk. :oD
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