| Dec 16, 2005 @ 9:25 PM |
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PerhapsLove
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The Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world?
The Giants played in New York and the Dodgers played in Brooklyn?
All the people that worked in gas stations and convenience store spoke pretty good English?
"Personal Ads" were in newspapers and just as phony as they are on-line today?
Girls in Russia did not DARE to try to get someone to bring them to the USA?
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| Dec 16, 2005 @ 9:29 PM |
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lecriveuse
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i remember when musicians performed on tv wearing tuxedos.  and joan rivers used 2 b on tv; she was actually funny n the day. 
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| Dec 16, 2005 @ 9:36 PM |
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PerhapsLove
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and joan rivers used 2 b on tv
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Jack Benny and Rochester could make you laugh until your sides split and never said anything worse than "darn".....
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| Dec 16, 2005 @ 9:43 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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The Dodgers had the Brooklyn SymPHONY playing...and the players lived in middle class neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Also the Yanks - Whitey Ford had his boat docked next to ours and Mickey Mantle misbehaved in the local pub.
Not sure about the Russian girls though...I had tea at the Russian legation fairly often (it was around the corner from my high school). I think they'd have dared if they could have communicated directly with the guys here...
TV - Ed Sullivan, Milton Berle, Howdy Doody, etc.
Maybe this belongs in the Over 50 forum?
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| Dec 16, 2005 @ 9:49 PM |
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PerhapsLove
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The Dodgers had the Brooklyn SymPHONY playing
And... don't forget the Knothole Gang....
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| Dec 16, 2005 @ 11:05 PM |
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camilla009
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Donny and Marie were really neat 
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 12:00 AM |
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PerhapsLove
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I cried when Red Skelton died
Good Night! and... God Bless!
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 12:08 AM |
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goodcatch57
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Lucy..I'm home!
Andy Griffith
The Jack Lalane show.. I loved that guy, what energy!
Gas being 29.9 gallon.
Walking around downtown at night in a major city as a teenager. And NOT getting shot OR arrested.
Candy for a penny that actually tasted good. The best donuts in the world made by an old german guy for $.10
10 cent phone calls.
So..uh...what the hell happened?!?!
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 12:13 AM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Catch...29.9 cents a gallon, with a free glass for a fillup!
The one that really gets me though, is remembering going to the doctor and paying ten bucks for a visit, and nobody had any kind of insurance except major medical...
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 12:57 AM |
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Angel54214
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S & H Green stamp books!
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 1:00 AM |
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ruready4me2luvu
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Angel I remember sitting at momms table at at grandmas table to licking hundred of those green stamps for household items. It was always my job to collect the stamps at the checkout, that was a big thing for a kid ya know lol 
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 1:10 AM |
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goodcatch57
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S & H Green stamp books!
whew..that drags up some memories for me too. We had a store where you could go and buy things with the books of stamps. Heh..I can still remember the inside of the store and where it was.
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 1:16 AM |
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ruready4me2luvu
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My mom got e a set of whit girly lamps for my bedroom with those stamps  I remember an aunt got a toster, and another aunt got a mixer I think it was. The females in the family traded with each other at different times for things they wanted with those books. Anyboy remember when the grocery store used to ahve the big weight scales in front of the checkouts to weigh yourself. Well the government came along and utlawed those for us too
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 1:24 AM |
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PerhapsLove
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29.9 cents a gallon
That was when the price went UP!
I paid 18.9 for gas and 16-cents a pack for cigarettes.
Of course, later, when in the service, cigarettes were $1 - a CARTON (in Iceland.)
So, to "beat the high cost of living," every month or so, we would fly to Goose Bay in Labrador where the PX had cigarettes for 80-cents a carton.
We collected thousands of dollars, hundreds of ration cards and off we would go.
Funny, when we got back to Iceland, there was never an extra carton left in the airplane and nobody ever complained that he did not get the right quantity he had paid for.
I guess "the times they are a'changin'"
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 2:30 PM |
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rickalus
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I'm always a page behind.. I remember when I wasn't
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 8:48 PM |
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Ladyhawk920
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Remember when you used a key to tighten your roller skates and playing "Red light, Green light" was fun?....
Sheesh before Video games remember we played outside???.... and the only somewhat video game was the "table tennis" thingy we hooked to the TV.
Remember when cartoons only came on Saturday Mornings?
Remember when they developed color TV....heck TV alone?....my, my, my....We've come a long way baby!!!
lol...I better stop.....I'm showing my age...and then some 
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 9:02 PM |
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Angel54214
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I remember when dating was left with a kiss at the door. 
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 9:30 PM |
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goodcatch57
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I remember when dating was left with a kiss at the door.
ahh..those were the days. Now it's just sex..sex..sex.. 
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 9:33 PM |
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Angel54214
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ahh..those were the days. Now it's just sex..sex..sex..
Now a kiss at the door goes along with the divorce papers
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| Dec 17, 2005 @ 9:34 PM |
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Pete73052
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Cisco Kid, Lone Ranger and Superman Saturdays...
Beer cans that required a church-key.
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