Vintage 1957...

[sirhugs]

...in our prime?

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Tell tales of our first mid century....

 

[SecretLove69]

I appreciate that era. The "good ole' days" of youthful abandon, running across the lawn naked, picking wildflowers from the field and stringing together dandelion chains.

Ahhhh nostalgic for the Dairy Queen, outdoor movie theatres, waiving sparklers around on the 4th of July and catching fire-flies in a jar. Having a 'weiner' roast out on the brush pile, roasting marshmallows, Kool-aid smiles. Playing Barbie doll with the neighbor girls, tag and hide and seek with the 4H boys.

Remembering the very first time I heard an F-16 fly over our farm and break the sound barrier.
Birthday parties with my school friends - cake, party hats and coloring books.
Tire swings in the old oak tree.
Sunday dinners of fried chicken and potato salad after church

AHHHH - I could go on and on. Good thread Sir.....I'll be back for more remembering.

 

[sirhugs]

a lil Canadian spin....A&W driveup eat in your car summertime....

 

[SecretLove69]

a lil Canadian spin....A&W driveup eat in your car summertime....

Oh we had that here too......with girls in short shorts - on roller skates. Your window rolled part way down so the tray could sit there. Frosty mugs of the best root beer on Earth.

 

[Lorelei_11]

a lil Canadian spin....A&W driveup eat in your car summertime....

I remember that. It was sad when they shut them all down. Sometimes things change to much. Maybe I should say, when you've lived long enough, you see to many things come and go.

I like choice, I like change.

It just starts to get sad because not much seems to last.

No more drive inn's either. Those were so fun.

 

[SecretLove69]

I remember that. It was sad when they shut them all down. Sometimes things change to much. Maybe I should say, when you've lived long enough, you see to many things come and go.

I like choice, I like change.

It just starts to get sad because not much seems to last.

No more drive inn's either. Those were so fun.

We have a drive in about 10 miles from us. It is still fun to go and see two first run movies for $6....watch the kids play on the swings in front of the big screen until the show starts. Popcorn, footlong corn dogs, cotton candy. Smoochin in the car, steaming up the windows. Ahhhh the good old days right in our hometown. Gotta love it.

 

[Lorelei_11]

We have a drive in about 10 miles from us. It is still fun to go and see two first run movies for $6....watch the kids play on the swings in front of the big screen until the show starts. Popcorn, footlong corn dogs, cotton candy. Smoochin in the car, steaming up the windows. Ahhhh the good old days right in our hometown. Gotta love it.

Cool.

I'd love to make up for lost time at the drive inn. I met my now ex husband when I was really young, so mostly went there with him. He wasn't into making out there. Many years of the marriage and I discouvered he was in the closet gay.

 

[SecretLove69]

Cool.

I'd love to make up for lost time at the drive inn. I met my now ex husband when I was really young, so mostly went there with him. He wasn't into making out there. Many years of the marriage and I discouvered he was in the closet gay.

Remember back in the day when 'gay' meant happy??? not a lifestyle. My father used to smoke a Fag when he was in World War II - it was a cigarette back then. You kept your clothes in the closet not your sexual preferences.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with the G/L lifestyle just noting "the times, they are a changin'"

Things I remember from my youth are gone. Leaving your front screen door unlatched and open to catch a cool evening breeze, sleeping out on the front yard watching shooting stars, riding in (and surviving) cars without seatbelts or air bags. Believing you would be best friends with someone for the rest of your life - pinky swears, blood brothers, secret passwords, tree houses, and tin can phones.

 

[PassionatePatty]

I appreciate that era. The "good ole' days" of youthful abandon, running across the lawn naked, picking wildflowers from the field and stringing together dandelion chains.

Ahhhh nostalgic for the Dairy Queen, outdoor movie theatres, waiving sparklers around on the 4th of July and catching fire-flies in a jar. Having a 'weiner' roast out on the brush pile, roasting marshmallows, Kool-aid smiles. Playing Barbie doll with the neighbor girls, tag and hide and seek with the 4H boys.

Remembering the very first time I heard an F-16 fly over our farm and break the sound barrier.
Birthday parties with my school friends - cake, party hats and coloring books.
Tire swings in the old oak tree.
Sunday dinners of fried chicken and potato salad after church

AHHHH - I could go on and on. Good thread Sir.....I'll be back for more remembering.

Now, I am a year younger than this thread (1958...) Adding here...

Love the F-16! (I fly Cessna's and Piper Warriors) But I remember the race to space... coming in from playing outside to watch the TV showing a space walk... being in Florida for Apollo 11 going to the moon...

Hey, what about playing with paper dolls?

Oh, and making forts during snowstorms, or playing "King of the Hill" when a new construction was going up nearby and there was a big dirt mound?

Let's not forget dancing "The Twist" so hard your stomach would hurt?

 

[Lorelei_11]

Remember back in the day when 'gay' meant happy??? not a lifestyle. My father used to smoke a Fag when he was in World War II - it was a cigarette back then. You kept your clothes in the closet not your sexual preferences.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with the G/L lifestyle just noting "the times, they are a changin'"

Things I remember from my youth are gone. Leaving your front screen door unlatched and open to catch a cool evening breeze, sleeping out on the front yard watching shooting stars, riding in (and surviving) cars without seatbelts or air bags. Believing you would be best friends with someone for the rest of your life - pinky swears, blood brothers, secret passwords, tree houses, and tin can phones.

lol... yeah, I remember those things. Gay was happy. I look through the peep hole and won't answer the door for anyone I don't know. If they need to use the phone, I tell them I'll call for them.

I belonged to a couple of club houses. I wished we had a tree house, that would have been cool. Yeah, and friends come and go. Best friends, was different back then for me. Back then, it was who I happened to hang out with the most. I've learned so much since then.

I was so naive.

 

[sirhugs]

Oh we had that here too......with girls in short shorts - on roller skates. Your window rolled part way down so the tray could sit there. Frosty mugs of the best root beer on Earth.

here, they all seemed to be biddies in their...well, the same bracket we are in now...funny how 50 no longer seems old...but mmmmm those frosty mugs

 

[sirhugs]

No more drive inn's either. Those were so fun.

indeed, though here the season was so short....

 

[sirhugs]

Leaving your front screen door unlatched and open to catch a cool evening breeze,

heck...going on vacation, my parents not even bothering to lock the house...

 

[sirhugs]

playing "King of the Hill" when a new construction was going up nearby and there was a big dirt mound?

catching frogs in the pond which is now a subdivision...

 

[sirhugs]

I was so naive.

I think I still am...

ain't it great?

 

[knickerless]

Great thread. Remember the time when a web-site was that thing in the shed where the spider caught flies, and nostalgia was something only "old" people went in for? Damn it, I've got old.

 

[sirhugs]

Great thread. Remember the time when a web-site was that thing in the shed where the spider caught flies, and nostalgia was something only "old" people went in for? Damn it, I've got old.

50 is the new 30

or was that the new 20? I forgot....

 

[Lorelei_11]

indeed, though here the season was so short....

Just for the summer. It probably was a bit longer here than in Ontario.

Oh man... this reminds me of once when I went with a bunch of friends. We were drinking beer. Way to much beer.

So, we'd drink beer on the way to, and in the washroom, on the way back. Then stay at the truck for only a few minutes, until we had to go again.

Didn't see much of the movie. Spend most of the time walking back and forth to the washroom. *laughing*

 

[Lorelei_11]

I think I still am...

ain't it great?

I'm not. I just prefer my own little piece of paradise, mainly in my mind. Reality bites, but I'd rather know the truth.

 

[sirhugs]

I'm not. I just prefer my own little piece of paradise, mainly in my mind. Reality bites, but I'd rather know the truth.

I prefer to avoid vampires....

 

[Lorelei_11]

I prefer to avoid vampires....

lol..

Yeah, me too. Although, I hear some of them are friendly.

I feel like a vampire sometimes, the light hurts my eyes, and burns my skin.

 

[PassionatePatty]

50 is the new 30

or was that the new 20? I forgot....

Hey, I tell people I am only 26 (well, I AM that old, aren't I?)...

I have adopted the ideology of a dear friend:

"It is NEVER too late to have a happy childhood!"

 

[NorthernPA4U]

I appreciate that era. The "good ole' days" of youthful abandon, running across the lawn naked, picking wildflowers from the field and stringing together dandelion chains.

You write like you DON'T still run naked across the lawn. I think we know better than that.

Ahhhh nostalgic for the Dairy Queen, outdoor movie theatres, waiving sparklers around on the 4th of July and catching fire-flies in a jar. Having a 'weiner' roast out on the brush pile, roasting marshmallows, Kool-aid smiles. Playing Barbie doll with the neighbor girls, tag and hide and seek with the 4H boys.

It's one of the highlights of the summer to head back to my folks cabin on a rural lake in the northeast ... they have DQ's in the area, a Drive-In theater we take OUR kids to to catch a doubleheader ... even an A&W not too, too far away. We cookout, play horseshoes, play "King of the Mountain" out on the float in the lake ...

 

[sirhugs]

lol..

Yeah, me too. Although, I hear some of them are friendly.

I feel like a vampire sometimes, the light hurts my eyes, and burns my skin.

do you thirst for blood but settle for rare beef?

 

[Lorelei_11]

do you thirst for blood but settle for rare beef?

*laughing*

No, I don't.

In fact, I like my beef well done.

Sometimes I make homemade hamburgers. Mushroom burgers or deluxe with everything. They're very good homemade.

Well done though.