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Family Ties Forever! · 04-14-2006, 02:25 AM

In an e-mail:

Do you remember the 1950's?????

How many do you remember?

Do You Remember When...?

All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?

It took five minutes for the TV warm up?

Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?

Nobody owned a purebred dog?

When a quarter was a decent allowance?

You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?

Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?

All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels?

You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time? And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?

Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?

They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . and they did?

When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?

No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?

Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a .." and playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?

Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?

Laurel and Hardy, Howdy Dowdy, and the Peanut Gallery, the Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.

As well as summers filled with bike rides, baseball games, Hula Hoops, bowling and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.

Candy cigarettes, Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside, Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles, Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes, Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum, Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers, Newsreels before the movie P.F. Fliers

Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601). Party lines

Peashooters, 45 RPM records, 78 RPM records, S & H Green Stamps, Hi-Fi's, Metal ice cubes trays with levers, Mimeograph paper, Beanie and Cecil, Dishonest John, Roller-skate keys, Cork pop guns, Drive ins, Studebakers, Washtub wringers, The Fuller Brush Man, Reel-To-Reel tape recorders, Tinkertoys, Erector Sets, The Fort Apache Play Set, Lincoln Logs, 15 cent McDonald hamburgers, 5 cent packs of baseball cards -
with that awful pink slab of bubble gum, Penny candy, 35 cent a gallon gasoline, Jiffy Pop popcorn

If you can remember most or all of these, then you remember the 1950's!!!!!

Stormtracker TF · 04-14-2006, 03:42 AM

Hey, I remember ALL of that!

Wait, I wasn't around back then.

ponytail · 04-14-2006, 06:31 AM

The classic 50's! There will never be another era like that. Very cool!

Fleet · 04-14-2006, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ponytail

The classic 50's! There will never be another era like that. Very cool!

Yeah, one of the best decades ever!

I wasn't around in the '50s (almost was) but I remember a lot of those things listed because they went into the '60s. Things like the candy cigarettes, home milk delivery and blackjack gum.

Czas na Zywiec · 04-15-2006, 01:34 AM

we still have home milk delivery around here, Fleet.

Fleet · 04-15-2006, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Czas na Zywiec

we still have home milk delivery around here, Fleet.

Really? Where I live, that stopped over 20 years ago. However, it is possible that there is delivery in some of the more rural areas.

Mikado · 04-15-2006, 11:01 PM

i wasnt born yet, but, I wouldnt mind having a 57 Beetle with the bullet turn signals, oval rear window and the "ragtop" sunroof!!! cools!!!

Fleet · 04-15-2006, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

i wasnt born yet, but, I wouldnt mind having a 57 Beetle with the bullet turn signals, oval rear window and the "ragtop" sunroof!!! cools!!!

Boy, are those things slow! Every time I see a '70s or older Beetle up ahead, I always change lanes right away because I know it will not be going any faster than about 35 mph on the street or 50 mph on the highway.

But I certainly wouldn't mind having a 375-horsepower, 145 mph 1957 Chrysler 300-C! *Drools*

Mikado · 04-16-2006, 02:05 AM

well, to each his own Fleet

Fleet · 04-16-2006, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

well, to each his own Fleet

True. I'll take the powerful, roomy, sleek-looking, safe & big, comfortable and quiet cars with a/c, cruise control, power seats & windows, etc.

After all, as the old saying goes, "why have hamburger when you can have steak?"

lilhave · 04-16-2006, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Fleet

Yeah, one of the best decades ever!

I wasn't around in the '50s (almost was) but I remember a lot of those things listed because they went into the '60s. Things like the candy cigarettes, home milk delivery and blackjack gum.

Nice link

http://oldbluewebdesigns.com/TakeMeBackToTheFifties.htm

Harvey

Mikado · 04-16-2006, 10:52 PM

hey Fleet, just to show you what a nice guy i am ( Even though i prefer small cars ), heres a pic i took at a car show, I think youll like it...not sure, but, i think its a '56 ( I know its a Caddy )

TheGreatPretender · 04-16-2006, 11:14 PM

That sounded like a fun carefree time. Lol last year I thought the 80s were the best decade ever than the 90s were, then the 70s and now I'm starting to like the 50s. I like all the decades except for the one we are in right now.

Mikado · 04-16-2006, 11:26 PM

frankly Pretender, the 70s were awful, terrible clothes, music and cars that rusted in the showroom...that was my teen years, and id never want to see them again!!

Fleet · 04-17-2006, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikado

hey Fleet, just to show you what a nice guy i am ( Even though i prefer small cars ), heres a pic i took at a car show, I think youll like it...not sure, but, i think its a '56 ( I know its a Caddy )

Yes, it looks like a '56.
To be fair, even a '57 Beetle probably has more real metal on it than modern cars (but cars with 36 horsepower are about 300 horsepower too low for me).
And just to show you what a nice guy I am, someday I'll post some pics of my '69 Fleetwood Brougham blowing away a VW Beetle.

04-14-2006, 02:25 AM	#1
Family Ties Forever! Member Forum Star Join Date: Apr 16, 2002 Location: Keaton residence Posts: 10,216	The 50's In an e-mail: Do you remember the 1950's????? How many do you remember? Do You Remember When...? All the girls had ugly gym uniforms? It took five minutes for the TV warm up? Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school? Nobody owned a purebred dog? When a quarter was a decent allowance? You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny? Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces? All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels? You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time? And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot? Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box? They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . and they did? When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady? No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked? Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a .." and playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game? Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger? Laurel and Hardy, Howdy Dowdy, and the Peanut Gallery, the Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk. As well as summers filled with bike rides, baseball games, Hula Hoops, bowling and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar. Candy cigarettes, Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside, Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles, Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes, Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum, Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers, Newsreels before the movie P.F. Fliers Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601). Party lines Peashooters, 45 RPM records, 78 RPM records, S & H Green Stamps, Hi-Fi's, Metal ice cubes trays with levers, Mimeograph paper, Beanie and Cecil, Dishonest John, Roller-skate keys, Cork pop guns, Drive ins, Studebakers, Washtub wringers, The Fuller Brush Man, Reel-To-Reel tape recorders, Tinkertoys, Erector Sets, The Fort Apache Play Set, Lincoln Logs, 15 cent McDonald hamburgers, 5 cent packs of baseball cards - with that awful pink slab of bubble gum, Penny candy, 35 cent a gallon gasoline, Jiffy Pop popcorn If you can remember most or all of these, then you remember the 1950's!!!!!
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04-14-2006, 03:42 AM	#2
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04-15-2006, 11:01 PM	#7
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,892	i wasnt born yet, but, I wouldnt mind having a 57 Beetle with the bullet turn signals, oval rear window and the "ragtop" sunroof!!! cools!!! Attached Images

04-16-2006, 10:52 PM	#12
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,892	hey Fleet, just to show you what a nice guy i am ( Even though i prefer small cars ), heres a pic i took at a car show, I think youll like it...not sure, but, i think its a '56 ( I know its a Caddy ) Attached Images

04-16-2006, 11:14 PM	#13
TheGreatPretender just because Forum Veteran Join Date: May 22, 2004 Location: Trying to think of a creative, witty location. Posts: 7,628	That sounded like a fun carefree time. Lol last year I thought the 80s were the best decade ever than the 90s were, then the 70s and now I'm starting to like the 50s. I like all the decades except for the one we are in right now.
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04-14-2006, 06:31 AM	#3
ponytail Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 20, 2004 Location: In Happy, Healthy, Wealthyville Posts: 4,275	The classic 50's! There will never be another era like that. Very cool!

04-15-2006, 01:34 AM	#5
Czas na Zywiec what up Forum Star Join Date: Jun 28, 2001 Location: Southwest Side, Chicago Posts: 18,398	we still have home milk delivery around here, Fleet.

04-16-2006, 02:05 AM	#9
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,892	well, to each his own Fleet

04-16-2006, 11:26 PM	#14
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,892	frankly Pretender, the 70s were awful, terrible clothes, music and cars that rusted in the showroom...that was my teen years, and id never want to see them again!!