Quoted: As I read the posts lately I see a lot of post about getting older. Well I thought I would add a few. Some of these may date you as to age after reading some replies I will post the year I was born to give you an Idea of my age.
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Do You Remember When....
Coca cola was sold from horizontal vending machines for 25cents and in 6 oz green glass bottles
(10 cents at the Fire House up the street)You could ride five miles to the little store on your bike and spend the 50 cents you had for a box of .22 ammo and you were 12
(9 actually)The TV was for watching the news by your parents
(Yes)The windows were open at night in the summer
(Florida - NO AC - didn't need it)You worked all summer to earn money for a shotgun and you only needed a ride to the store to buy it not buy it for you
(Revalation .410 at Western Auto)You could buy five shotgun shells from the store
(One, or two, or three...)You had rabbit traps in the winter for extra meat and you could sell the skins for Christmas money
(actually dug worms and sold them to the General Store. 10 cents per 100)A hardware store was for nails, guns, glass, paint, ammo, and small animal supplies
(and pocket knives)You got up early to finish you chores so you could spend the day in the fields and fishing
(Take the fishing pole along while walking the cow out to pasture)A meal came from the stove and not a microwave
(a wood stove at that)Sunday was for church and family came over for a big meal
(wish it still was)Bacon came from the family or the farmer you knew
(along with butter and eggs)Space food sticks were neat
(missed that)Tang was a treat
(I think I drank enough that I peed 100% Tang)Hot chocolate involved the stove and a pan not a package
Gas was 25cents a gallon
(17 cents a gallon / cigs were 30 cents a pack)Lunchmeat came wrapped in paper
You got in trouble a school and you din't want to go home because you were going to get it a lot worse at home
(Principle paddled your ass and sent you back to class. No suspension, No idiot policies)The family car had a three on the tree
Baseball was what you did all day long in the summer
You worked all day heping build a house or loading hay and it was 100 degrees and at the end of the day they gave you a cold beer because you were a MAN now
(and 25 cents for your trouble)If you got into a fight you were told to win, and the next day you were best friends with the kid you were fighing with
These are a few of mine feel free to post your own I think it will be interesting to see what some of you remember