I remember when diesel was cheaper than gas!
I remember when Star Wars had state of the art special effects.
..... Beta Max
..... The '80s were a new era.
..... I was only worried about pop and candy.

 

I remember when the teenage mutant ninja turtles were the coolest thing since sliced bread

I remember when my under wear had cartoons on them now i don't know what the heck that is

I remember when master blaster for reg Nintendo was the hardest game alive.

I remember when they used to put a string to open a roll of life savors no you cant open them to safe your life.

I remember chap stick from Avon that came in a candy cane tube that had all the pop flavors made for a good snack.

 

Penny postcards, nickel cuppa joe dime hamburger, dime glass of beer, nickel cigars, Bleacher seat at a Cleveland Indians ball game four bits.
Gas $0.17 a gallon. Nickel days at Euclid Beach Park, Ohio.
Movie a dime.
When Pearl Harbor was bombed Dec 7 1941.
Started working as a kid $0.50/hour, good money for a kid.
How to start dads Model A Ford truck, retard the spark, set the throttle, a bit of choke, hope the starter worked so didn't have to crank.
National Air Races, Cleveland Ohio, Rosco Turner

Now if I can remember where I put the truck keys

 

$.25 gas, diesel for parts washer, $1.25/hr at the gas station, dime taps, Annette and Mouse-k-teers, TV Tom Ivo (and the time I beat him in funny cars), $.19 burgers, fries and coke. Porkey's 1st drive-in fast food in Minn, Minn Dragways, North Star dragway, driving in the snow before 4wd, studded tires, time before trucks were cool, 454 GM crewcab duallies and goosenck racecar trailers, when not everyone made the sports team, having a jack knife at school was not a crime, being at school everyday and behaving so I could play sports, Dodge job rated trucks

 

adam's sour apple gum, blackjack gum and my Mom would send me to the neighborhood store for a pack of Chesterfield Kings for a dime. the milkman and vegetable wagon with the italian guy who also would sharpen your knives
president kennedy's death, watching my Mom cry at Nixon's impeachment. crying myself when Green Grissom and White got burned on the launchpad.
growing up in both the city and the country where people loved you and all your neighbors knew who you were and where you were supposed to be.
and you got in trouble from everyone of them if you did something wrong at one end of the block..learning that people could hate you for the color of your skin. working at a maximum security state prison ...for 8,000 a year.

being the neighborhood house where kids in trouble could come to and hide from the police or their parents. watching my Mom talk with the police or parents after settling the kid down, feeding him (her) and play a board game or have them listen to a story and help them read it.

using your imagination, playing with GI joes (yeah I 'm a girl) then growing up to marry one. (no jungle missions though)

figuring out things on paper- my son goes right to his computer...

man, I am depressed now; and I am not even as old as Davey!! lol

 

i remember when dad had his 56 buick special four door bright pink. uhg his pickup was a 59 short narrow chev with two waterheaters cut in half mounted on the box steps for extra fuel. went to a station that had .13 gas and filled up with fifty gallons regular price was .21 they were having a gas war remember. black and white tv. jfk funeral. john deere 420 two banger gas was the tractor of choice on the farm. when you could still see fiftey five chevys on the street. when four wheel drive pu's were rare to see. when star trek was on for the first time.

 

Going out on a date and filling up the Mustang, going to a movie, and eating at the Old South for less than $20.
CCR, the Who, Moody Blues, Kingston Trio, Simon and Garfunkel, the Brothers Four, Deep Purple.
WestPacs, PCOD, getting paid cash on payday, MPC, Bauamuba(?) Beer, R&R in Australia, Mary's on Tu Douh(?) Street, the Horse and Cow Bar, Pearl City Tavern, the Blue Kangaroo.
Coasties teaching us small boat operations for riverine warfare.
The intermingling smells of diesel, amine, and lithium bromide.
How half a bottle of Old Spice DID NOT cover up the above smells.
The sights on the pier, when looking up from the deck after returning from a WestPac, of what the ladies were and were not wearing.
All cotton utilities/fatigues with starched cover/hat.

feelingasoldastheoilyourfuelismadefromShortround out

 

I remember never missing Captain Kangaroo, Ranger Hal, Roy Rogers, Sky King, Rin-Tin-Tin.
I remember when Willard Scott was Ronald McDonald, and going to McD's was a special treat.
....Waking up in the morning and all I had to do was make my bed and put the dirty clothes in the hamper, ....everything else was somebody else's chore.
.....Sending DAYS looking through the The Sears Christmas Wishbook.


Ah the simple days.....................

 

yep - those were the days of innocence, all you to do was be good, and MAYBE Mom would take you to McD's for a TREAT.

some good posts.

short - remember wearing an EAB (emer air breathing mask) for ~6 hours because we were snorkeling and driving into our smoke.

any SSBN guys remember that amine & diesel fume funk that would permeate your clothes, and most guys had 2 sets of skivvies, one for boat (permanent smell) and one for off crew?

 

I remember when recruits were REALLY trained on PI.
I remember when Copenhagen was $2.20 a can, and gas was $.99 a gal.
I remember when all I needed to be happy was a pair of post hole diggers and a dip of snuff.
I remember when a man's word was his bond, and a handshake was a contract.
I remember when I did not have 3 screaming kids, and could come and go as I please.

Things that I don't remember because I was not there...

When God said, "Let there be light!" and 04CTD hit the switch for him.
When the wise men were following the Star, 04CTD gave them directions.

100,000 comedians out of work, and here I am...

 

Sky King?!?! Wow, you're as old as I am!

...I remember seeing JFK when he visited Great Falls, MT in 1963....

Things sure seemed to be simpler back then....

 

Going to the grocery store when dad got paid and the trunk was full.

Ice cream was a treat.

We had nuclear bomb drills at school.

Full service meant just that, full service.

Going to the Chrysler garage with my dad and hanging out.

I thought I would marry and grow old with my high school sweet heart.

 

I remember when TV was watched for a specific program, not for channel surfing because we were bored. Besides, how much surfing could be done with only 3 channels anyway?

Heck, I remember when TV was just TV, not a game you could play with!

I remember when staying inside meant all day boredom.

chaikwa.

 

04,
Yep. Rode boomers, fast attack, and smoke boats and spent a bit of time on 165 footers running the rivers and coastline of Vietnam.
Funny thing tho, each boat had its own unique smells.
Those were the days.

Shortround out

 

I remember the Gene Autrey Cowboy Club and the oath you had to sign to be a member...My Roy Rodgers pearl handled cap-gun six-shooters and matching winchester.....came with a set of real leatherette chaps and a straw hat and spurs....

3 channels on good days, IF someone wold hold the aluminum foil in just the right spot on teh anttena...

Rat Patrol, Roy Rodgers, The Rifleman and Lone Ranger...Flipper, Lassie and timmy falling down the well again....

GI Joe was still 10 inches tall and fighting WWII and Veitnam...and winning...even before he had a kung-foo grip

Remember sitting around with my High School buddies arguing whether it was right to go to Canada or serve if drafted.....

Diesel was around $0.29 a gallon and $10 was a tank of gas and a bottle of Jack Black....

Disco's were cool, and trying to learn how to "Do the Hustle"( which I never did learn....)

Air raid drills, segregated playgrounds at school, white only drinking fountains..

First computer NASA built.."UNIVAC" was the contractor... bigger than a house and run by vacum tubes, only did basic math..punch cards, binary and helping my dad program math problems by plugging big wires with RCA jacks into pegboard squares that were the "circuit boards" of the day.....