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<blockquote data-quote="petermb998" data-source="post: 14294" data-attributes="member: 61"><p>does this fit with this thread?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favourite fast food when you were growing up?' </p><p>'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him. </p><p>'All the food was slow.' </p><p></p><p>'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?' </p><p>'It was a place called 'at home,'' I explained. ! </p><p>'Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.' </p><p></p><p>By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious </p><p>internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. </p><p>But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his </p><p>system could have handled it : </p><p>Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore jeans , set foot on a golf course, </p><p>travelled out of the country or had a credit card. </p><p>My parents never drove me to school. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 10 stone, and </p><p>only had one speed, (slow), or i walked. </p><p>We didn't have a colour television in our house until I was 17. </p><p>Most programmes were black and white, and the station went off the air at 11 </p><p>o'clock, after playing the national anthem and a poem about God; it came back on </p><p>the air at about 9 a.m. and there was usually a locally produced news and </p><p>farm show on, featuring local people... </p><p></p><p>I never had a telephone in my room.. The only phone was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line. </p><p>Pizzas were not delivered to our home... But milk was. </p><p>All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers --my brother delivered a newspaper, six days a week. He had to get up at 6AM every morning. </p><p>Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the movies. There were no </p><p>movie ratings because all movies were responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy </p><p>viewing, without profanity or violence or most anything offensive. </p><p></p><p>If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some </p><p>of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing. </p><p></p><p>MEMORIES </p><p>from a friend : </p><p>My friend is cleaning out his grandmother' s house (she died in December) </p><p>and he brought me an old chip shop vinegar bottle. In the bottle top </p><p>was a load of extra holes . I knew immediately what it was, but my </p><p>daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or </p><p>something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to </p><p>'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons then. Man, I am old. </p><p>How many do you remember? </p><p>Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.</p><p>Ignition switches on the dashboard.</p><p>Starting handles</p><p>Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. </p><p>Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner ...</p><p>Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.</p><p>Collecting separate shillings </p><p></p><p>Older Than Dirt </p><p>Quiz :Count all </p><p>the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about. </p><p>Ratings at the bottom. </p><p></p><p>1.Sweet cigarettes</p><p>2.Coffee bars with tableside jukeboxes </p><p>3.Home milk delivery in glass bottles </p><p>4. Party lines on the telephone</p><p>5.Newsreels before the film</p><p>6.TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV </p><p>shows started again in the morning. (there were only 2 channels[if you were fortunate])</p><p>7.Peashooters </p><p>8. Muffin the Mule </p><p>9.. 45 RPM records</p><p>10.Radiograms</p><p>11. Metal ice trays with lever </p><p>12. Blue flashbulb</p><p>13.Cork popguns </p><p>14. Steamrollers</p><p>15.Washing machines with wringers </p><p></p><p>If you remembered 0-3 = You're still young</p><p>If you remembered 3-6 = You are getting older </p><p>If you remembered 7-10 = Don't tell your age,</p><p>If you remembered 11-15 =You're older than dirt! </p><p></p><p>I might be older than dirt but those memories are some of the best parts of my </p><p>life.</p><p></p><p>Peter</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="petermb998, post: 14294, member: 61"] does this fit with this thread? Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favourite fast food when you were growing up?' 'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him. 'All the food was slow.' 'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?' 'It was a place called 'at home,'' I explained. ! 'Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.' By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it : Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore jeans , set foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card. My parents never drove me to school. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 10 stone, and only had one speed, (slow), or i walked. We didn't have a colour television in our house until I was 17. Most programmes were black and white, and the station went off the air at 11 o'clock, after playing the national anthem and a poem about God; it came back on the air at about 9 a.m. and there was usually a locally produced news and farm show on, featuring local people... I never had a telephone in my room.. The only phone was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line. Pizzas were not delivered to our home... But milk was. All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers --my brother delivered a newspaper, six days a week. He had to get up at 6AM every morning. Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the movies. There were no movie ratings because all movies were responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or violence or most anything offensive. If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing. MEMORIES from a friend : My friend is cleaning out his grandmother' s house (she died in December) and he brought me an old chip shop vinegar bottle. In the bottle top was a load of extra holes . I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons then. Man, I am old. How many do you remember? Head lights dimmer switches on the floor. Ignition switches on the dashboard. Starting handles Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner ... Using hand signals for cars without turn signals. Collecting separate shillings Older Than Dirt Quiz :Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about. Ratings at the bottom. 1.Sweet cigarettes 2.Coffee bars with tableside jukeboxes 3.Home milk delivery in glass bottles 4. Party lines on the telephone 5.Newsreels before the film 6.TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were only 2 channels[if you were fortunate]) 7.Peashooters 8. Muffin the Mule 9.. 45 RPM records 10.Radiograms 11. Metal ice trays with lever 12. Blue flashbulb 13.Cork popguns 14. Steamrollers 15.Washing machines with wringers If you remembered 0-3 = You're still young If you remembered 3-6 = You are getting older If you remembered 7-10 = Don't tell your age, If you remembered 11-15 =You're older than dirt! I might be older than dirt but those memories are some of the best parts of my life. Peter [/QUOTE]
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