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DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
Eisenhower was President.
ReplyDeleteHad to walk 5 miles to school,in the snow, with no shoes. Then walk back home, and it was up hill both ways.
DeleteWe could get only one channel on our home TV.
ReplyDeleteTires had tubes -- all tires.
Jell-o salads were a thing.
We could send a postcard across the country for a penny,
but a three minute telephone call cost over a dollar.
....there was no hate filled, conspiracy laden and rumor mongering internet.
ReplyDeleteGarbage trucks were chain drive.
ReplyDeleteWe had a four party line (when four unrelated families, with different phone numbers, shared phone time).
ReplyDeleteHigh test was $0.32.
Tires only lasted 10,000 miles (best quality tires).
Penny candies.
$0.05 bubble gum came with baseball cards.
THE BROOKLYN DODGERS (them bums).
They used to have other choices for toilet paper. You used to be able to get different colors and prints such as flowers. Those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end.........
ReplyDeleteAnyone remember that song too?
Air raid wardens who checked neighborhoods to make sure no light was coming from homes. When funeral processions passed cars stopped and men removed hats and all bowed their heads out of respect. When you found a penny it was like a guft from God. You got to buy penny candy.
ReplyDeleteMcDonald's had only sold 1 million hamburgers.
ReplyDeleteWalking on the beach from 65th street to the Fenwick lighthouse and not seeing another person.
Going to PlayLand and rIding on the Wild Mouse and Sky Ride- the one that went out over the bay.
The single lane bridges in Cambridge and Vienna.
There was a duck pin bowling alley on the corner of Market Street and South Division Street and
ReplyDeletethe Shore Maid ice cream store was around the corner behind the plaza
Boys played kick the can and girls played hop scotch. Dad worked and brought home the money, mom worked at home and took care of EVERYTHING else. And familys ate dinner together.
ReplyDeleteThe launching of the Ark.
ReplyDeletePeople obeyed the law
ReplyDeletejudges were honest and law abiding
ReplyDeleteParty line phones with cords; curb finders for your car fenders ; drive in movies; snow tiers with studs
ReplyDeleteWhen we would get bottle milk delivered to the house.
ReplyDeletepeople talked to each other , rather than a text or messaging
ReplyDeletewhen people went to church
ReplyDeleteA new house on Ocean Pines was under 10k.
ReplyDeleteOcean Pines was still swamp land when you could buy a house for under 10k
DeleteThe night they placed the Dead Sea Scolls in the cave...
ReplyDeleteThe Washington Senators played at Griffith stadium.
ReplyDeleteKids standing on the seat of a moving car was okay.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the bridge at Kent Narrows.
ReplyDeletetruth meant something
ReplyDeleteVHF and UHF
ReplyDeleteWhen families sat down to dinner that was "home cooked" and we gathered around TV to watch family movies or programs; the jing-a-ling of the ice cream/popcicle truck; playing till dark in the summer.
ReplyDeleteHarry Truman was president.
ReplyDeleteMales were male and females were female
ReplyDeleteHitting a whole roll of caps with a hammer.
ReplyDeleteWhen Dems where patriots now there ANTI AMERICAN TRAITORS.
ReplyDeleteA McDonald's burger was 15 cents, a milkshake was a quarter and fries were a dime.
ReplyDeleteOld Town Ocean City was called "New Town".
ReplyDeleteWhen you got a hole in your clothes your mom would sew it up or patch it.
ReplyDeleteI was born / delivered at home by a family doctor. I still have the bill he gave to my parents...$35.00. Yeah, that's old.
ReplyDeleteGirls were born girls and lived as girls/women all their lives.
ReplyDeleteBoys were born boys and grew into men and never even considered they were born in the wrong body.
You could leave your door unlocked.
ReplyDeleteIf you saw someone walking, you knew them and you could give them a ride without fear or voilence.We use to pick Strawberries and grapes out of my grandparents gardens for fun! All the kids in my grandparents neighborhood would come over to swim in our pool and we had a great time! Nobody was a stranger. Not allowed to use scissors or do anything on Sunday other than attend church and spend family time together. Watched Hee haw, Lawrence Welk, and Artist Bob Ross.
ReplyDeleteWatching Noah's Ark launched live stream on dial-up. Brian Williams was the correspondent on the scene.
Paris Hilton was a celebrity.
ReplyDeleteTaking the ferry to cross the Chesapeake at Kent Island.
ReplyDeleteIf I misbehaved in the neighborhood, one of the neighbors would spank me----then call my folks and I would get it again when I got home.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Orioles had winning seasons.
ReplyDeleteCNN was a actual newss station.
ReplyDeleteWhen 100 dollars bills did not have a purple line across the face side !!
ReplyDeletethere was no internet so one never had to put up with all the loonies out there!
ReplyDeleteWhen women stayed married until their husbands died, and not just until they weren't "happy" anymore.
ReplyDelete5 cents for movie ticket. 25 cents per gallon of gas. 25 cents firehall dance. Welfare was standing in line for flour to make your own bread, peanut butter to make your own cookies, cheese and other surplus food.
ReplyDeletePaper plates used to be thrown from the Ulman balcony with prizes written on them.They did that on Saturday during the matinee.A triple feature was so cheap I dare not repeat it.When we left Ulman we went to English Grille 2 or 3 blocks away.Those were the days.
ReplyDeleteYou never saw an empty bottle on the ground.. it was worth 2 cents when returned.. big ones a nickel...
ReplyDeletePresident Truman said that "THE BUCK STOPS HERE" , unlike current Presidents
ReplyDeleteRed Star bus lines, Reeds downtown Powell Motors Wicomico theater PGH old hospital L 7F s old sub shop
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