Walk Down Memory Lane with us 55+'ers...

11-04-2008, 04:35 AM

How about do you remember:

Your first transistor radio.

Watching The Wonderful World of Disney and Ed Sullivan on Sunday night.

Bonanza and other westerns on TV.

Seeing your first TV show in color.

Public parks with staffs and free equipment.

Walking to school.

School lockers without locks.

Only one car per family.

Only one TV per family.

Going to the movies which started with cartoons and had 2 feature films with an intermission in between.

Board games.

Jukeboxes that played 45's.

Cars without air conditioning.

Using snow shovels.

Zones instead of zip codes.

Cars with bench seats and manual shifters on the steering column.

Cars without seat belts.

Bicycles without multiple gears.

Looking for 4 leaf clovers.

11-04-2008, 06:21 AM

My first LPs were mono.

Chemistry sets.

The original Chuck Taylor Converse tennis shoes.

Very few high school girls sports teams.

Very few high school boys sports teams.

Your mom could bake birthday treats for your classroom.

Chalkboards and cleaning erasers.

Nobody thought much about a bunch of kids playing together after dark in the neighborhood.

macpappy · 11-04-2008, 07:07 AM

One thing that hasn't changed is High School football on Friday Night still rules! It just now instead of one high school in town there is 3 or 4.

How many people remember hanging out in "teen" centers where there was nothing but black lights and florescent paint? Now we have Starbucks.

Remember when "fun" on Sunday was skipping Sunday School and going fishing? Wait. My bad. It still is fun.

SeanGAR · 11-04-2008, 07:14 AM

Who'd have thought thirty years ago we'd be sitting here drinking Chateau du Chasselais?

11-04-2008, 04:35 AM	#1
robofan Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Walk Down Memory Lane with us 55+'ers... How about do you remember: Your first transistor radio. Watching The Wonderful World of Disney and Ed Sullivan on Sunday night. Bonanza and other westerns on TV. Seeing your first TV show in color. Public parks with staffs and free equipment. Walking to school. School lockers without locks. Only one car per family. Only one TV per family. Going to the movies which started with cartoons and had 2 feature films with an intermission in between. Board games. Jukeboxes that played 45's. Cars without air conditioning. Using snow shovels. Zones instead of zip codes. Cars with bench seats and manual shifters on the steering column. Cars without seat belts. Bicycles without multiple gears. Looking for 4 leaf clovers.

11-04-2008, 06:21 AM	#2
dccraft Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Walk Down Memory Lane with us 55+'ers... My first LPs were mono. Chemistry sets. The original Chuck Taylor Converse tennis shoes. Very few high school girls sports teams. Very few high school boys sports teams. Your mom could bake birthday treats for your classroom. Chalkboards and cleaning erasers. Nobody thought much about a bunch of kids playing together after dark in the neighborhood.

11-04-2008, 07:07 AM	#3
macpappy Rider on the storm. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Slidell, LA Posts: 851 Trading: (0)	Re: Walk Down Memory Lane with us 55+'ers... One thing that hasn't changed is High School football on Friday Night still rules! It just now instead of one high school in town there is 3 or 4. How many people remember hanging out in "teen" centers where there was nothing but black lights and florescent paint? Now we have Starbucks. Remember when "fun" on Sunday was skipping Sunday School and going fishing? Wait. My bad. It still is fun. __________________ WARNING: I am a Southern White Male. I have a brain and I know how to use it.

11-04-2008, 07:14 AM	#4
SeanGAR Crotchety Geezer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Radford VA Posts: 911 Trading: (3)	Re: Walk Down Memory Lane with us 55+'ers... Who'd have thought thirty years ago we'd be sitting here drinking Chateau du Chasselais? __________________ How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?