dlinmsp Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 you remember using real silver coins as every day currency. 1 Link to comment
Cruiser 03 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 you remember using real silver coins as every day currency. I see your silver coins and raise you silver & gold standard notes ,our money today is only money for as long as our government says it is ,we left any actual basis for our money long ago, today only bankers are allowed to pay for goods or services with precious metal , you and I would get arrested for trying it .Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk Link to comment
fillemup Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 You know you are getting old when you stop throwing stones and start passing stones. Link to comment
Little BabyDoll Christine Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 On 1/3/2020 at 3:55 PM, le Hollandais said: Oh now......that's just asking for trouble. ? That would be true -- If she could remember her own name! Link to comment
1950potty Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 You're old if you can remember seeing kids being spanked in public places. The ladies rest room usually had a outer room with a chair or two. I saw (and maybe was seen) more than a few kids getting it there. And a fair number getting it on the bare bottom. Oh as someone else mentioned, my garage has a Western Electric rotary phone. And they are right far better sound. 1 Link to comment
rusty pins Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 When you watch TV specials from the 1960's like "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer" or "The Homecoming Walton's Christmas" and there are references to the women like, "This is man's work" and "A woman's place is in the kitchen". Link to comment
Cruiser 03 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 If you remember wood phone booths or even phone booths that superman changed in ...Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk Link to comment
dlinmsp Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 If you know what a soda jerk is. If you remember drug stores with food service counters. Link to comment
Little BabyDoll Christine Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 If you remember "I like Ike" Link to comment
rusty pins Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Gas stations with attendants who not only pumped you gas but also cleaned your windshields and checked your oil for you! Then you gave him your $5 for a full tank of gas and he took it to the register and brought your change back to your car. Good luck buying your bag of chips and Avion water! On the other hand, if you needed a new car battery, tire or windshield wiper blades they would gladly accommodate you! 1 Link to comment
dlinmsp Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 If your baby shoes were bronzed. 1 Link to comment
Three Rivers Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/6/2020 at 5:56 AM, rusty pins said: Gas stations with attendants who not only pumped you gas but also cleaned your windshields and checked your oil for you! Then you gave him your $5 for a full tank of gas and he took it to the register and brought your change back to your car. Good luck buying your bag of chips and Avion water! On the other hand, if you needed a new car battery, tire or windshield wiper blades they would gladly accommodate you! I remember those days very well. Link to comment
AbabeBill Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 You’re getting old if, all you do is talk about the stuff you use to do when young. “When I was young, we didn’t have no flying cars”. ? Link to comment
Little BabyDoll Christine Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 48 minutes ago, AbabeBill said: You’re getting old if, all you do is talk about the stuff you use to do when young. “When I was young, we didn’t have no flying cars”. ? Oh: I dunno. It could be that there is nothing worth talking about now. Fabines vs Kleinert's panties. You tell me which is more interesting, Pampers Cruisers vs Empire (paper or plstic). Onesies vs real babydolls. plushes vs dolls Link to comment
WetDad Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I can remember having to walk across 10 feet of shag carpet to change between the 3 TV channels. Link to comment
BabyJune Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I remember being graded on penmanship for writing in cursive when I was in third grade. Link to comment
Little BabyDoll Christine Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 5 hours ago, BabyJune said: I remember being graded on penmanship for writing in cursive when I was in third grade. The printing press and universal literacy, as a desired policy if not an acutal fact, have killed off cursive. it is now properly part of calligraphy and has not been taught in Europe for many decades. It comes from a time when writing was not universal and a tool of the upper classes and before machanical typing or even paper, was readily available. Also it can be too idiosyncratic to be quickly or easily read. It was not until the ball-font typewriter that cursive could be competitive, by which time, as a medium of mass communication, it was already doomed. It is still great for signatures (which you do not want to be easily duplicated), but calligraphy is an "enrichment", not a core subject. I do not even physically write and have not since 2008 or so. It would be far better to teach typing than "penmanship". And we are approaching the age of voice typing as well, which enables the blind (the origin of "touch" typing over a century ago) or those without good motor skills to use writing Because, in the ancient world, most writing was done by hand, those civilizations had some form of cursive writing to speed the process Also, and this was well-known for generations. Cursive writing also displayed gender differences. In the mid 1980's, If I wanted to, I could write like a girl quite readily. At least that is what I was told by those to whom I chose to display that ability and some of the take-aways in my About Me>Part Deus have very girlish fonts included in them. The key charterisitic of feminine writing is that it is very slanted to the right and the letters are well-formed and flow very well, a discussion of which I was a part at Girltalk. to back in about 2000. So, if yo want girlish fonts pick up the "calling card" zip file and install the fonts http://other.sandralyn.net/cardkit_readme.html Link to comment
Cruiser 03 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 The printing press and universal literacy, as a desired policy if not an acutal fact, have killed off cursive. it is now properly part of calligraphy and has not been taught in Europe for many decades. It comes from a time when writing was not universal and a tool of the upper classes and before machanical typing or even paper, was readily available. Also it can be too idiosyncratic to be quickly or easily read. It was not until the ball-font typewriter that cursive could be competitive, by which time, as a medium of mass communication, it was already doomed. It is still great for signatures (which you do not want to be easily duplicated), but calligraphy is an "enrichment", not a core subject. I do not even physically write and have not since 2008 or so. It would be far better to teach typing than "penmanship". And we are approaching the age of voice typing as well, which enables the blind (the origin of "touch" typing over a century ago) or those without good motor skills to use writing Because, in the ancient world, most writing was done by hand, those civilizations had some form of cursive writing to speed the process Also, and this was well-known for generations. Cursive writing also displayed gender differences. In the mid 1980's, If I wanted to, I could write like a girl quite readily. At least that is what I was told by those to whom I chose to display that ability and some of the take-aways in my About Me>Part Deus have very girlish fonts included in them. The key charterisitic of feminine writing is that it is very slanted to the right and the letters are well-formed and flow very well, a discussion of which I was a part at Girltalk. to back in about 2000. So, if yo want girlish fonts pick up the "calling card" zip file and install the fonts http://other.sandralyn.net/cardkit_readme.html If you can add,subtract,multiply & divide but look at your 6th graders math book and it's Greek to you why they complicate it so much ,my generations common core is from Ben & Jerry's ! Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk Link to comment
Little BabyDoll Christine Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 9 hours ago, Cruiser 03 said: If you can add,subtract,multiply & divide but look at your 6th graders math book and it's Greek to you why they complicate it so much ,my generations common core is from Ben & Jerry's ! Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk You are getting old if your 6th math book IS Greek and was autographed by Pythagoras "To a real a^2+b^2. don't stick your neck in a hypoteneuse" 1 Link to comment
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