Keith Oates
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- Location
- Penarth, Wales
I just had this sent to my e-mail and thought it was quite funny but I'm not sure if it's something that has done the rounds before. However this is it and for those that may not have seen it I hope it brings some smiles.
Quote:
I remember them all....
> Bring back any memories?
>
>
>
>
> Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favourite
> 'fast food' when you were growing up?'
> 'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I
> informed him.
> 'All the food was slow.'
> 'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?'
> 'It was a place called 'home,'' I explained. !
> 'Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we
> sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she
> put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'
>
> By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he
> was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part
> about how I had to have permission to leave the table.
>
> But here are some other things I would have told him about
> my childhood if I'd figured his system could have handl ed it:
>
> Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levis, set
> foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card.
>
> My parents never drove me to school. I had a bicycle that
> weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow).
>
> We didn't have a television in our house until I was 10.
> It was, of course, black and white, and the station went
> off the air at 10 pm, after playing the national anthem and epilogue; it
> came back on the air at about 6 p.m. and there was usually a locally
> produced news and farm show on, featuring local people...
>
> I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone was on
> a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some
> people you didn't know weren't already using the line.
>
> Pizzas were not delivered to our home.... But milk was.
>
> Al l newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys
> delivered newspapers --My brother delivered a newspaper, seven days a week.
> He had to get up at 6AM every morning.
>
> Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they
> did in the movies. There were no movie ratings because all movies were
> responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or
> violence or most anything offensive.
>
> If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food,
> you may want to share some of these memories with your children or
> grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing.
> Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
>
>
> My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died
> in December) and he brought me an old Milk bottle. In the bottle top was a
> stopper with holes in it... I knew immediately what it was, but my
& gt; daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker
> or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing
> board to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons.
>
> How many do you remember?
> Head lights dimmer switches on the floor of the car.
> Ignition switches on the dashboard.
> Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
> Soldering irons you heated on a gas burner.
> Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
> >
> Older Than Dirt Quiz:
> Count all the ones that you remember, not the ones you
> were told about.
> Ratings at the bottom.
>
> 1. Sweet cigarettes
> 2. Coffee shops with juke boxes
> 3. Home milk delivery in glass bottles
> 4. Party lines on the telephone
> 5. Newsreels before the movie
> 6. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last > show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (There were
> only 2 channels [if you were fortunate])
> 7. Peashooters
> 8. 33 rpm records
> 9. 45 RPM records
> 10. Hi-fi's
> 11. Metal ice trays with lever
> 12. Blue flashbulb
> 13. Cork popguns
> 14. Wash tub wringers
>
> 15 78 RPM records
>
> If you remembered 0-3 = You’re still young
> If you remembered 3-6 = You are getting older
> If you remembered 7-10 = Don't tell your age,
> If you remembered 11-15 =You're older than dirt!
>
> I’m not saying that times then were better; it’s just that
> looking back they seem better.
> Don't forget to pass this along!!
> Especially to all your really OLD friends....I just
> did!!!!!!!!!
>
> (PS. I used a large type face so you could read it easily)
>
Unquote
Quote:
I remember them all....
> Bring back any memories?
>
>
>
>
> Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favourite
> 'fast food' when you were growing up?'
> 'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I
> informed him.
> 'All the food was slow.'
> 'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?'
> 'It was a place called 'home,'' I explained. !
> 'Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we
> sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she
> put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'
>
> By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he
> was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part
> about how I had to have permission to leave the table.
>
> But here are some other things I would have told him about
> my childhood if I'd figured his system could have handl ed it:
>
> Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levis, set
> foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card.
>
> My parents never drove me to school. I had a bicycle that
> weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow).
>
> We didn't have a television in our house until I was 10.
> It was, of course, black and white, and the station went
> off the air at 10 pm, after playing the national anthem and epilogue; it
> came back on the air at about 6 p.m. and there was usually a locally
> produced news and farm show on, featuring local people...
>
> I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone was on
> a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some
> people you didn't know weren't already using the line.
>
> Pizzas were not delivered to our home.... But milk was.
>
> Al l newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys
> delivered newspapers --My brother delivered a newspaper, seven days a week.
> He had to get up at 6AM every morning.
>
> Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they
> did in the movies. There were no movie ratings because all movies were
> responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or
> violence or most anything offensive.
>
> If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food,
> you may want to share some of these memories with your children or
> grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing.
> Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
>
>
> My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died
> in December) and he brought me an old Milk bottle. In the bottle top was a
> stopper with holes in it... I knew immediately what it was, but my
& gt; daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker
> or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing
> board to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons.
>
> How many do you remember?
> Head lights dimmer switches on the floor of the car.
> Ignition switches on the dashboard.
> Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
> Soldering irons you heated on a gas burner.
> Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
> >
> Older Than Dirt Quiz:
> Count all the ones that you remember, not the ones you
> were told about.
> Ratings at the bottom.
>
> 1. Sweet cigarettes
> 2. Coffee shops with juke boxes
> 3. Home milk delivery in glass bottles
> 4. Party lines on the telephone
> 5. Newsreels before the movie
> 6. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last > show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (There were
> only 2 channels [if you were fortunate])
> 7. Peashooters
> 8. 33 rpm records
> 9. 45 RPM records
> 10. Hi-fi's
> 11. Metal ice trays with lever
> 12. Blue flashbulb
> 13. Cork popguns
> 14. Wash tub wringers
>
> 15 78 RPM records
>
> If you remembered 0-3 = You’re still young
> If you remembered 3-6 = You are getting older
> If you remembered 7-10 = Don't tell your age,
> If you remembered 11-15 =You're older than dirt!
>
> I’m not saying that times then were better; it’s just that
> looking back they seem better.
> Don't forget to pass this along!!
> Especially to all your really OLD friends....I just
> did!!!!!!!!!
>
> (PS. I used a large type face so you could read it easily)
>
Unquote
I can remember cap guns, strips of paper with something that went bang. 
