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[bigcpl4fun]

Gosh, that was a long time ago. I'd forgotten about that.

And a big screen TV at 9" diameter and weighed a ton...

How about 49 cents a gallon for gas when I was a kid!!!

23 cents when I was a in my preteens and 10 cents for a loaf of bread.....

 

[done_got_old]

And a big screen TV at 9" diameter and weighed a ton...

I think we're going backwards with watching movies on your phone. It reminds me of the tiny screen of my youth.


23 cents when I was a in my preteens and 10 cents for a loaf of bread.....

My grandmother used to send me to the store to get a dozen eggs, a carton of milk, and a loaf of bread and tell me not to spend the change. In all fairness to today's prices salaries were about $4,000 a year and inflation was a word in the dictionary.

 

[bigcpl4fun]

My grandmother used to send me to the store to get a dozen eggs, a carton of milk, and a loaf of bread and tell me not to spend the change. In all fairness to today's prices salaries were about $4,000 a year and inflation was a word in the dictionary.

Yes, things didn't really go south until the gas crisis in the 70's...

 

[TheOldWidow]

I remember the gas hike. Almost over night gas in our little community went from 26cents a gal. to $1.20. I was working, putting myself through school. I walked. I couldn't afford to drive.

 

[bigcpl4fun]

I remember the gas hike. Almost over night gas in our little community went from 26cents a gal. to $1.20. I was working, putting myself through school. I walked. I couldn't afford to drive.

Then you missed the joy of alternate day fill ups depending on whether your plates ended in an odd or even number. Lines were incredible....

 

[TheOldWidow]

Yeah, walking wasn't crowded, that's for sure. I really hated it during the winter, dark so early. I got good at almost speed walking, to get home before I froze to death.

 

[starrynightin64]

Just passed a round sign on the net while surfing.
It said :

PORNO
GRANNIES
ROCK

Ummm Ok what did I miss???

 

[bigcpl4fun]

Yeah, walking wasn't crowded, that's for sure. I really hated it during the winter, dark so early. I got good at almost speed walking, to get home before I froze to death.

Walked everywhere growing up in NYC. Would take the LIRR into Penn Station then walk to the museums. The Metropolitan is in the 80's and Natural History 79th. Penn was 32nd street. Blocks were 1/4 mile per. Everyday walking to school, work, the movies, library, etc was at least 2 miles or more.

 

[bigcpl4fun]

Just passed a round sign on the net while surfing.
It said :

PORNO
GRANNIES
ROCK

Ummm Ok what did I miss???

Look at it as an additional career opportunity.

 

[done_got_old]

Yeah, walking wasn't crowded, that's for sure. I really hated it during the winter, dark so early. I got good at almost speed walking, to get home before I froze to death.

I went to a local college and lived only 2 blocks away! It was like living on campus. It took all of 5 minutes to leave the house and get to class.

 

[done_got_old]

Walked everywhere growing up in NYC. Would take the LIRR into Penn Station then walk to the museums. The Metropolitan is in the 80's and Natural History 79th. Penn was 32nd street. Blocks were 1/4 mile per. Everyday walking to school, work, the movies, library, etc was at least 2 miles or more.

We walked too! We had money to buy a bus pass but usually tried to save the money. If we walked about 4 blocks, we could usually ride free, especially on Monday and Tuesday. We'd get on the bus and ask the driver for change. Of course he didn't want to give 5 or 6 kids change so we'd ride free. We also asked for a transfer which he gave us. The other days we walked if it wasn't too cold.

 

[done_got_old]

Look at it as an additional career opportunity.

Out of curiosity I googled the three words.

 

[starrynightin64]

Out of curiosity I googled the three words.

I had to get on the road to the ortho.
what did you find?

 

[done_got_old]

I had to get on the road to the ortho.
what did you find?

XXXXX rated pictures

 

[starrynightin64]

XXXXX rated pictures

how weird. I was on a link from Facebook on a mystery book series.
This was up on top like it was a sponsor.

 

[done_got_old]

how weird. I was on a link from Facebook on a mystery book series.
This was up on top like it was a sponsor.

I went straight to google. Maybe that's the difference.

 

[starrynightin64]

I went straight to google. Maybe that's the difference.

I still am shocked they had it on there.
They usually catch that stuff way ahead of it getting out there.
That's why I wondered WTH.

 

[txgent101]

The Old Ways...

Does pre Google make us old...
Or was it being pre remote controls???

http://thedailyblog.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/295549_317450471718092_523282284_n.jpg

 

[CanadianM]

I have to agree with this one...

 

[done_got_old]

I have to agree with this one...

I know the feeling!

 

[TheOldWidow]

Or, scrolling down, you realize your birth year is awful darn close to the bottom.

 

[ToPleaseHim]

Well, I was just in the haiku thread, seeing if I could contribute, but the poems were not making sense at all. The pattern and syllabication was all off. For a couple pages!

Then, finally, it dawned on me. I was trying to read them like limericks. Wrong thread.

 

[cole4258]

I laugh when my kids say "that was so back in the day"

 

[done_got_old]

I laugh when my kids say "that was so back in the day"

I'm watching some of my students react to the same thing from their kids. Payback.

The one story every class found amazing was I knew people who had actually been born into slavery! Usually I saw mouths open and pencils flying. Smart kids figured out how it was possible. A person could have been born in late 1864 or early 1865 and still be alive in 1950!

 

[fishnfool]

Or, scrolling down, you realize your birth year is awful darn close to the bottom.

Yep Old Widow. I've been noticing that myself. For the record I'm from the flat part of NC.