Remember When (2)

[Rich48]

oh my! sockhops!!! I so remember how much fun it was!!
Remember when girls could dance together, and it was never considered gay or wrong ? It was just fun

Yes! And, at the beginning of many dances--that was a common thing!

Do you remember Tinker Toys??

 

[AdJesumPerMariam]

YES! Didn't every kid have a set at some point?????

I remember 4cent stamps.....

 

[JPPT1974]

When everybody had their doors open and there wasn't any violence it seems.

Boy now times have changed!

 

[AdJesumPerMariam]

huh...how bout leaving them unlocked at all times?

 

[Rich48]

huh...how bout leaving them unlocked at all times?

Of course! How about bottles coke machines? Oh my--am showing my age!

 

[AdJesumPerMariam]

collecting pop bottles to sell for 3 cents apiece!

 

[Rich48]

collecting pop bottles to sell for 3 cents apiece!

3 cents? Sorry--most I remember was 2 cents! But--

Does anyone remember sales tax stamps? We use to collect them and turn them back in to the state for school playground equipment!

 

[AdJesumPerMariam]

I lived in Iowa...we were sophisticated...had 3 cents (after 2 cents of course...inflation)

sales tax stamps...before my time? But we had s & h greenstamps

 

[Rich48]

Ah--S & H Green stamps!

And Top Value Stamps?

 

[AdJesumPerMariam]

And you collected them, and went to a catalog and 'bought' things with them

 

[Rich48]

Do you remember cigarette ads for Chirstmas?

 

[warrrior4him007]

no rember the muphets christmas programs

 

[rainbowpromises]

Remember party lines?
Now they call them conference calls and you can choose who you talk to.

 

[Rich48]

Remember hearing the clinking of the milk bottles as the milkman delivered milk to you door?

 

[MrFreshdew]

ya replaced that lightbulb

 

[USNavyBlueAngel]

Remember when the ice cream man came jingling down the street, kids coming running from blocks around, and eatin' a 'super dooper sandwich' for a nickel?

 

[Rich48]

Yes, or even soft serve ice cream from those trucks!

Do you remember when the westerns ruled everything on TV?

 

[Rich48]

Does any one remember dancing at sock hops to the the great music?

MP

 

[SonOfThunder]

do you remember your grandma's special smell?

 

[Rich48]

do you remember your grandma's special smell?

Oh yes!

I used to spend every Sunday with my grandparents.

And yes, wish I still could!