Old stuff that wouldn’t pass muster today...

win231 said:
Hard to believe humans were ever that stupid.
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I agree!

However it just seemed to be the way things were back then. Wish I could say I was outraged at the time, but that wouldn't be honest, guess I was neutral, going along for the ride.

The Civil Right things started to kick in before I became an adult. Integrating our schools began when I was in the 7th grade, a very slow and halting process. At first we got just a few of the highest class, best educated black kids and no teachers. Then when we got more they tried segregating us by classroom, the campus was integrated but not the individual classes. Brown v Board of Education came along before my memory, but it took a long time to get enforced in a lot of the South... Glad that era is over!
 

debodun said:
I always wondered why a game like 'jacks' was ever marketed. Those metal spiky thing could inflct real damage if swallowed or thrown in a face or eye.

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I don't recall anyone ever throwing those in anyones' eyes.. or even swallowing them thank goodness....you can still buy them...plus if we didn't have proper jacks we would just use stones.. if someone threw a stone at another kids, we accepted it as part of our childhood. We grew up to be able to care for ourselves..I fear for the young of today who are so cosseted.. taken on play dates , not playing in the park in many places ... got parents who think every slight or hurt needs monetary compensation.. *sigh*
 

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Merthiolate was similar to Mercurochrome in that it was a mercury-based antiseptic treatment that gained popularity in US households during and after World War II. It also stung (some sources say even worse than Mercurochrome) and tended to leave red marks on the skin. STUNG LIKE HELL
Also:
Litter everywhere and horribly polluted rivers and streams, Stinky smelly air. Flat tires every one hundred miles. Cars over heating.
No $%^&*@! AC!
 
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you don't see racoon hats nowadays:


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very popular back in the 50s
 
oldiebutgoody said:
you don't often see women shopping or walking the streets with curlers on anymore:



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Unfortunately that became a 'thing' in some of the cities here, a few years ago among the young women ..just about the same time as grown women were going shopping in their pyjamas


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It may still be a thing in some parts of the country..I rarely go to those areas of the cities and towns where these people tend to be
 
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hollydolly said:
Unfortunately that became a 'thing' in some of the cities here, a few years ago among the young women ..just about the same time as grown women were going shopping in their pyjamas


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It may still be a thing..I rarely go to the parts of the cities and towns where these people tend to be
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I must be way out of touch - don't remember seeing that at all.
 
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