JaniceM
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3 guys who appeared in those ads all died from lung cancerTV Cigarette ads. Remember the Marlboro Man, and all those cigarette ads.View attachment 196114
3 guys who appeared in those ads all died from lung cancerTV Cigarette ads. Remember the Marlboro Man, and all those cigarette ads.View attachment 196114
My auntie was a clippie on the buses, she met her future husband on a bus as he was the driverI haven't been on a bus in this country for a very long time... you've had to pay the driver since I was a kid..I know that because my father was first a bus conductor then when 'automatic' buses became a thing he became the Driver.. and he took the fares on entry , there was no longer a need for a conductor, and I was only about 14..so over 50 years ago...
I remember buses allowing smoking upstairs, and hospitals allowing smoking by the patients bedside...
I usually put a wet cloth in the freezer, it freezes pretty quickly.Nowadays some recommend a package of frozen peas or the like--same principle. Also there things made to be ice packs that are actually pretty cheap.
I don't remember that, but I remember when smoking was allowed on the buses.. and when I could hand in my luggage when I bought the ticket and it'd be at the destination when I arrived.Getting on a greyhound bus and opening the windows.
yes I think a lot of that happened. When my mum died my father was still relatively young, and the spinster clippies chased him almost before my mother was cold.. he used to hide from them...My auntie was a clippie on the buses, she met her future husband on a bus as he was the driver
You are a kind soul. Nice to see these things still happen these days. Enjoy this video. It melted my heart. This girl is adorable. Who wouldn't take her in?Something like that happened here a couple of years back.
Dark out. Temperature in the 30s. Light rain falling. Dog barking. My wife went to the back door to shush him. Called for me.
There was a guy standing near the end of our house and he called out asking to use our phone. No coat. Sounded sober and reasonable.
I opened the door going from the house into our garage and then put up the garage door. He stood just outside the garage and explained that he had been walking on a nearby trail and was lost. He was obviously very, very cold. I told him to step into the garage.
He explained that he had had a big argument with his girlfriend and just started walking. He needed to call someone to come pick him up. Not many houses where we live. He had probably walked four or five miles.
I handed him the phone while my wife went in to get a blanket and a cup of hot soup for him. He called his brother and then he talked about his situation while we waited for his ride. The brother arrived after about 15 minutes and they left.
I could only think "There but for the grace of God go I".
Didn't realise it was that long ago, but you are correct. It was mid 1970's when I was travelling by bus daily to Luton that Clippies were phased out.I haven't been on a bus in this country for a very long time... you've had to pay the driver since I was a kid..I know that because my father was first a bus conductor then when 'automatic' buses became a thing he became the Driver.. and he took the fares on entry , there was no longer a need for a conductor, and I was only about 14..so over 50 years ago...
I remember buses allowing smoking upstairs, and hospitals allowing smoking by the patients bedside...
My first job as a teenager was to take grocery "orders" around our town with what we called a "trade bike" with a carrier on the front, was hard work too!I remember having out groceries packed in the old boxes the store had around and kids taking them out to the car.
Plugging watermelons is a thing of the past also.
Nurses would put the patients plants and flowers in the hallway at night. It was thought that the plants took oxygen away from the patients.
An enterprising chippy owner has started doing that during the pandemic. People couldn't go the shop....so he hired a generator and took the chippy to them.The mobile Fish and chip van touring the streets.
They were very popular.
I remember when we had grocery Vans who used to come door to door.... you could actually step inside, and they had a little serving counter... looked like this...An enterprising chippy owner has started doing that during the pandemic. People couldn't go the shop....so he hired a generator and took the chippy to them.
We had one of those when I was a kid.The guy who run it was known as ‘Joe Soap’.And Ron Dixon had one on BrooksideI remember when we had grocery Vans who used to come door to door.... you could actually step inside, and they had a little serving counter... looked like this...
yes we had one that came here too... the owner had a convenience store in the next village, and he would come here twice a week..Weds & Sats.. in fact it's only about 25 years ago since he stopped after selling his shop in the village...We had one of those when I was a kid.The guy who run it was known as ‘Joe Soap’.And Ron Dixon had one on Brookside
We had an old lady on our "party line" who would listen in to everyone's conversations. You could hear her breathing or sometimes gasping if there was something scandalous or exciting said.Waiting for Mrs. Baumgardner to get off the party line. Mike