Can you remember ?

[Olivia]

Naw, would've gotten yelled at, my dad couldn't stand for us kids to make a sound. (It was okay if he made a noise--i.e., yelling--but didn't want anybody else to.) So the whole rest of my life has been trying to be as quiet, preferably silent, as possible.

Same here.

 

[oscash]

I can remember, when we were on holidays in Queensland, ladies with prams used to hang them on the outside of the bus on a large hook and take the baby on to the bus. .

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

Drive in movies!

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

I remember those days you did not need to get out of your car because a gas station attendant would come out and fill up your car or put in how much gas you wanted to buy, ask to check your oil and wash the front windshield.

Those were the days!

 

[Axel Slingerland]

Can I remember what?

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

This is a fabulous video.

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

Reading this topic has been a fun trip down memory lane.

 

[Dave03]

Some action figures from my youth.

 

[Pappy]

Just some of the Hopalong Cassidy items I use to collect.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

 

[ChiroDoc]

Just some of the Hopalong Cassidy items I use to collect.

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I used a "Hoppy" knife, fork and spoon for much of my youth. Loved them!

 

[MACKTEXAS]

 

[Pinky]

Same here.

I thought it was only my Dad, who demanded silence.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

So the whole rest of my life has been trying to be as quiet, preferably silent, as possible.

That would have been nearly impossible for me and my very loud guitar...

 

[Joey]

excluding the dementias- memories of yesteryear never seem to fade whilst last weeks always do?

 

[Axel Slingerland]

He died of lung cancer.

In Eureka, there used to be this huge billboard with the Marlboro Man on it, and it said "I Want My Lung Back, Bob" on it. I have no idea who Bob was...

 

[oscash]

I can remember when I was at school and the Nuns insisted that we walk on our toes so not to make noises. And whenever we heard an ambulance go past the classroom, we had to say a prayer for whoever was in the ambulance, so they won't die..

 

[Joey]

I only have selective memory?

 

[ChiroDoc]

In Eureka, there used to be this huge billboard with the Marlboro Man on it, and it said "I Want My Lung Back, Bob" on it. I have no idea who Bob was...

I remember that sign, or one similar to it, funded by the anti-smoking people. I think they may have been referring to the Marlboro Man. The sign I recall was on the 101 just before it turned east in the center of Eureka.

 

[Gardenlover]

Some action figures from my youth.


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I sold a Johnny West Horse on Ebay 20 years ago.

 

[RadishRose]

Stretch Armstrong

 

[MarkinPhx]

 

[Paladin1950]

Can you remember ?​

Remember what?

 

[Ontology Geek]

As I drive through small towns I notice that many old restaurants, cafes and diners have closed. I remember them and I imagine what they were like in their prime.

Does the Blue Plate Special still exist somewhere in the universe in a quaint diner?

Is there a jukebox still playing somewhere?

Can you still sit and pick from a turntable of fresh baked pies somewhere in the world?

 

[ChiroDoc]

We still have a few here in coastal Mississippi. But the corporate joints have taken over. OTOH Waffle House is not terrible, and there's one every mile or two around here...

I suspect that there are still some around in the northeastern U.S. too. Diners were big in NY state.