chadscamaro
Active member
We have a lot more younger people than I thought on here !
Now I feel old and I'm not !
Now I feel old and I'm not !
Happy Day
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chadscamaro
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No, I took the day off for him ! He's off tomorrow.
The Columbine massacre happened on the day we watched a satelite feed of the Federal Drug Administration debating the merits of a potential arthritis medicine we had been working on for 10 years. We switched our attention between the feed and the TV.
JFK was killed when I was in first grade. I watched as the Arch and the late Busch Stadium were built. Howard Johnson's, Velvet Freeze, and Baskin Robbins were great places to get ice cream, all well under a dollar.
Our parents told us to go outside and play. Unsupervised. They didn't care where we went a long as we did not cross the highway. We showed up for meals and after dark, and all was well.
JFK was killed when I was in first grade. I watched as the Arch and the late Busch Stadium were built. Howard Johnson's, Velvet Freeze, and Baskin Robbins were great places to get ice cream, all well under a dollar.
Our parents told us to go outside and play. Unsupervised. They didn't care where we went a long as we did not cross the highway. We showed up for meals and after dark, and all was well.
toungetwster
New member
I was sick the day JFK was gunned down. I stayed home from school was watching T.V., when it was interupted with the news. When I told my Mom, she jumped on me and said, "Don't be telling those lies"! Then she saw the news! Anyway, I was born 3 minutes after the fourth of July, 1954. That, I believe, makes me an ole Gezzer! LOL
I remember; soda's costing 10, 1/2 gallon of milk and a loaf of bread at the corner store was less than a dollar, gas was 25-29 cents per gallon and you got Eagle stamps! Holy crap, I am old!
I remember; soda's costing 10, 1/2 gallon of milk and a loaf of bread at the corner store was less than a dollar, gas was 25-29 cents per gallon and you got Eagle stamps! Holy crap, I am old!
pewter_jean
New member
I remember those, I would always plan what great thing I was going to get when the book got full. Problem was, I never got to go cash in the books.
I remember the playgrounds were so different too. not plastic coated like today. I think I heard somewhere they can't even have metal slides anymore for fear the poor little ones will burn thier bums going down.
Does anyone remember the huge clacky merri-go-round thing. Looked like a badmitten birdie upside down, on a pole. That thing would sway back and forth hitting the pole in the middle. We would sit on the seats and hope no part of the body would get crushed when it came down. You definately won't be seeing any of those anymore. But I think that was my favorite on the play ground.
I remember the playgrounds were so different too. not plastic coated like today. I think I heard somewhere they can't even have metal slides anymore for fear the poor little ones will burn thier bums going down.
Does anyone remember the huge clacky merri-go-round thing. Looked like a badmitten birdie upside down, on a pole. That thing would sway back and forth hitting the pole in the middle. We would sit on the seats and hope no part of the body would get crushed when it came down. You definately won't be seeing any of those anymore. But I think that was my favorite on the play ground.
zt444a
New member
Old Geezers
Old Geezers
Steve,
Happy Birthday man. I keep waiting for the uphill, both ways in the snow walk to school story from some of my fellow old geezers.
Hope you have a great day! You are as old as you feel and that becomes even more apparent the older you get. Today, I feel ancient.
Howie
Old Geezers
Steve,
Happy Birthday man. I keep waiting for the uphill, both ways in the snow walk to school story from some of my fellow old geezers.
Hope you have a great day! You are as old as you feel and that becomes even more apparent the older you get. Today, I feel ancient.
Howie
