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Sunday, June 23, 2019

Question Of The Day 6-19-19

I'm so old I remember when............

51 comments:

Anonymous said...

Eisenhower was President.

Anonymous said...

We could get only one channel on our home TV.
Tires 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.

Anonymous said...

....there was no hate filled, conspiracy laden and rumor mongering internet.

Anonymous said...

Garbage trucks were chain drive.

Jersey boy said...

We had a four party line (when four unrelated families, with different phone numbers, shared phone time).
High 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).

Anonymous said...

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.........
Anyone remember that song too?

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

McDonald's had only sold 1 million hamburgers.
Walking 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.

Anonymous said...

There was a duck pin bowling alley on the corner of Market Street and South Division Street and
the Shore Maid ice cream store was around the corner behind the plaza

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

The launching of the Ark.

Anonymous said...

People obeyed the law

Anonymous said...

judges were honest and law abiding

Anonymous said...

Party line phones with cords; curb finders for your car fenders ; drive in movies; snow tiers with studs

JP said...

When we would get bottle milk delivered to the house.

Anonymous said...

people talked to each other , rather than a text or messaging

Anonymous said...

when people went to church

Anonymous said...

A new house on Ocean Pines was under 10k.

TheRealRay said...

The night they placed the Dead Sea Scolls in the cave...

Anonymous said...

The Washington Senators played at Griffith stadium.

Anonymous said...

Kids standing on the seat of a moving car was okay.

Anonymous said...

Don't forget the bridge at Kent Narrows.

Anonymous said...

truth meant something

Anonymous said...

VHF and UHF

Anonymous said...

When 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.

Anonymous said...

Harry Truman was president.

Anonymous said...

Males were male and females were female

Anonymous said...

Hitting a whole roll of caps with a hammer.

Anonymous said...

When Dems where patriots now there ANTI AMERICAN TRAITORS.

Anonymous said...

A McDonald's burger was 15 cents, a milkshake was a quarter and fries were a dime.

Anonymous said...

Old Town Ocean City was called "New Town".

Anonymous said...

When you got a hole in your clothes your mom would sew it up or patch it.

Anonymous said...

I 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.

Anonymous said...

Girls were born girls and lived as girls/women all their lives.
Boys were born boys and grew into men and never even considered they were born in the wrong body.

Anonymous said...

You could leave your door unlocked.
If 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.

Anonymous said...


Watching Noah's Ark launched live stream on dial-up. Brian Williams was the correspondent on the scene.

Anonymous said...

Paris Hilton was a celebrity.

Anonymous said...

Taking the ferry to cross the Chesapeake at Kent Island.

jarhead said...

If 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.

Anonymous said...

When the Orioles had winning seasons.

Anonymous said...

CNN was a actual newss station.

Anonymous said...

Ocean Pines was still swamp land when you could buy a house for under 10k

Anonymous said...

Had to walk 5 miles to school,in the snow, with no shoes. Then walk back home, and it was up hill both ways.

Anonymous said...

When 100 dollars bills did not have a purple line across the face side !!

Anonymous said...

there was no internet so one never had to put up with all the loonies out there!

Anonymous said...

When women stayed married until their husbands died, and not just until they weren't "happy" anymore.

Anonymous said...

5 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.

Anonymous said...

Paper 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.

Anonymous said...

You never saw an empty bottle on the ground.. it was worth 2 cents when returned.. big ones a nickel...

Anonymous said...

President Truman said that "THE BUCK STOPS HERE" , unlike current Presidents

Anonymous said...

Red Star bus lines, Reeds downtown Powell Motors Wicomico theater PGH old hospital L 7F s old sub shop