Remember when?

[Jerry Oz]

Today they are called-homeless,but back in the day they were-bums,winos.

... wineheads, drunks, baseheads, bag ladies, street people...

[arr&bee]

Remember when there were not as many car crashes,and nobody wore seatbelts back then.

[Jerry Oz]

Yeah. One of my oldest memories is when my dad told me three times to sit down in the front seat. I was between him and my Mom in our '65 Impala [[that I wish I had right now). I stood up a fourth time just as he hit the brakes and discovered [[a) why you shouldn't stand up in the front seat between Mom and Dad, [[b) why seat belts are a godsend, and [[c) my lower lip was no competition for the dashboard of old Chevys.

My lip stayed busted back in those days and that one was a gusher. Suffice it to say, I never stood up in the front seat again.

Remember when there was a bench-style front seat in cars? You could make out in the front seat back in those days without being uncomfortable.

[arr&bee]

yeah. One of my oldest memories is when my dad told me three times to sit down in the front seat. I was between him and my mom in our '65 impala [[that i wish i had right now). I stood up a fourth time just as he hit the brakes and discovered [[a) why you shouldn't stand up in the front seat between mom and dad, [[b) why seat belts are a godsend, and [[c) my lower lip was no competition for the dashboard of old chevys.

My lip stayed busted back in those days and that one was a gusher. Suffice it to say, i never stood up in the front seat again.

Remember when there was a bench-style front seat in cars? You could make out in the front seat back in those days without being uncomfortable.

haaaaaaaaaaaaaa..those things were like sofas!

[robb_k]

Yeah. One of my oldest memories is when my dad told me three times to sit down in the front seat. I was between him and my Mom in our '65 Impala [[that I wish I had right now). I stood up a fourth time just as he hit the brakes and discovered [[a) why you shouldn't stand up in the front seat between Mom and Dad, [[b) why seat belts are a godsend, and [[c) my lower lip was no competition for the dashboard of old Chevys.

My lip stayed busted back in those days and that one was a gusher. Suffice it to say, I never stood up in the front seat again.

Remember when there was a bench-style front seat in cars? You could make out in the front seat back in those days without being uncomfortable.

Not if you had a Nash Metropolitan. We had a 1948 Studebaker. That long front seat wasn't very long.

[Jerry Oz]

Not if you had a Nash Metropolitan. We had a 1948 Studebaker. That long front seat wasn't very long.

LOL. It doesn't look like it was.

[robb_k]

LOL. It doesn't look like it was.

I think that's a US model [[Land Cruiser). We had a Canadian model of The Land Cruiser [[pictured below). It had a small vent window in the back seat, and didn't have the front window separation plate. The grille was different, as well.

[Jerry Oz]

This is the first car I remember as a very young boy. It's also the one that taught me that valuable lesson. I'm going to buy one some day.

[arr&bee]

this is the first car i remember as a very young boy. It's also the one that taught me that valuable lesson. I'm going to buy one some day.

jerry,that's the one-65 chevey...classic!!!

[arr&bee]

Remember in third grade,the homely girl in glasses who liked you,and by the time she got to the sixth grade she took off the glasses and you couldn't get near her because she was...hot?

[marv2]

Remember in third grade,the homely girl in glasses who liked you,and by the time she got to the sixth grade she took off the glasses and you couldn't get near her because she was...hot?

Yep and her name was Valencia A. She was ruff, ruff in Jr. High ,but by the time we were Seniors in H.S. it was like "baby can I get your number" or "can I walk you home" and she said No! LOL!

[arr&bee]

Remember those old hearing aids our,relatives wore back in the day? I used to wonder what station they were listening to.

[robb_k]

Remember those old hearing aids our,relatives wore back in the day? I used to wonder what station they were listening to.

I'm so old I remember ear horns!

[arr&bee]

i'm so old i remember ear horns!

earhorns..haaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

[marv2]

This was my first car, a 1967 Cadillac Calais! It was built like a Sherman Tank, so big that I had to drive upon the neighbors yeard across the street just to turn it around! LOL! It used $30 to fill it up in 1984:

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[arr&bee]

this was my first car, a 1967 cadillac calais! It was built like a sherman tank, so big that i had to drive upon the neighbors yeard across the street just to turn it around! Lol! It used $30 to fill it up in 1984:

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a real beauty!

[arr&bee]

Remember when we actually had to carry real books from class to class,and some one would wear one those little pocket things with every kind of pencil and pen invented?

[Jerry Oz]

I didn't know any kids with pocket protectors. Our "nerds" were in the audio-visual club and were really nice kids. I remember being in the office once and hearing one of our brainy girls talking smack to one of her buddies about another. Cracked me up to realize that this clique was just as small-minded and petty as every other one in school. Until then, I thought that they were all perfect angels.

[marv2]

Hey! I ran the Bell & Howell projector for our homeroom in the 6th grade! LOL!

[Jerry Oz]

LOL! That's a far cry from the kids who set up equipment and ran it for the administration in a high school with 700+ students, though. All were smart as a whip and very respectful to everybody but their own gang.

[marv2]

LOL! That's a far cry from the kids who set up equipment and ran it for the administration in a high school with 700+ students, though. All were smart as a whip and very respectful to everybody but their own gang.

Jerry. 700 students? My high school had 2,300 students! Wow! We had 990 kids in my Freshman class alone.

[arr&bee]

jerry. 700 students? My high school had 2,300 students! Wow! We had 990 kids in my freshman class alone.

wow marv.you had a big school,we had about 100 minus the fifty that were kept in detention,minus the twenty five that hung in the gym and the twenty five that hung in the cafeteria...umm marv,i don't think that we ever had a commencement!

[Jerry Oz]

Jerry. 700 students? My high school had 2,300 students! Wow! We had 990 kids in my Freshman class alone.

Yeah, we started out with 700. Back then, we went to high school as sophomores and I remember our assistant principal giving us an orientation and informing us that one in five of us would drop out due to pregnancy. We started out with about 300 kids and wound up with just over 200 graduating, so I'd say that he was right.

[arr&bee]

What,no pocket protectors? Not even a little one?[hehe]jerry at my school you would've sat with the smart kids and it was a very small table[hehe]we were dumb as chalk and just as mean,every time one of us actually made it to the next level a flare was sent to warn the next school.

[Jerry Oz]

What,no pocket protectors? Not even a little one?[hehe]jerry at my school you would've sat with the smart kids and it was a very small table[hehe]we were dumb as chalk and just as mean,every time one of us actually made it to the next level a flare was sent to warn the next school.

This might be the best thing you've posted in years. And you've had some classic posts, Amigo.

Nicely done. I wish we had a "like" button on SDF.

[marv2]

What,no pocket protectors? Not even a little one?[hehe]jerry at my school you would've sat with the smart kids and it was a very small table[hehe]we were dumb as chalk and just as mean,every time one of us actually made it to the next level a flare was sent to warn the next school.

hehehehehehehehe.........!

[arr&bee]

WHY THANK YOU JERRY,THERE MIGHT BE A WALK ON FOR YOU IN MY NEXT-POLAROID CLASSIC...[soon to disgrace-opps-err-ahem-hehe..grace a screen door in da hood],

[arr&bee]

Hey remember when? Umm when we would?? Like back then???.....what were we talking about?

[Jerry Oz]

I dunno. But as we're getting older and this post is getting longer, we'll probably soon be wondering who remembers some of the folks who posted here 55 pages ago and hoping that they're still with us.

[arr&bee]

Remember when a toupee just sat there like a rug?

[lakeside]

Remember these? Who knew back then refrig's could eventually spew out ice cubes!

[arr&bee]

remember these? Who knew back then refrig's could eventually spew out ice cubes!

hey lakeside,i still use one of those,hehe!!

[lakeside]

hey lakeside,i still use one of those,hehe!!

Hey! Ice is ice....makes the drinks nice.

[arr&bee]

Remember when there were no signals on the traffic light,just[red-yellow-green]?

[robb_k]

Remember when there were no signals on the traffic light,just[red-yellow-green]?

I remember when some had just green and red, and hung from a cord hanging across the street intersections. I remember when there were no street number addresses in Jordan.

[robb_k]

Remember these? Who knew back then refrig's could eventually spew out ice cubes!

I still have 4 trays like that. I like 'em better than the ice makers. My ice maker over flowed shooting out too many cubes- so they fall out when the door opens. So, I turned off the ice-maker. I have 4 refrigerators. One in The Netherlands, one in Denmark, one in Germany, and one in USA. I also live in Canada. But there, I just share my sister's. I have 9 bicycles-2 in The Netherlands, 3 in Denmark, 3 in Germany, one in USA, and one in Canada.

[marv2]

Remember these? Who knew back then refrig's could eventually spew out ice cubes!

OMG! Yes I remember those! The metal ice trays with the lever. LOL!

[arr&bee]

Or as shakespear once said-an ice cube by any other name is still cold!

[arr&bee]

We had five in my graduating class...and the principle made us draw straws..and whoever drew the best looking straw was class valadictorian!!

[arr&bee]

How did poor jordan find his way home?

[robb_k]

How did poor Jordan find his way home?

Addresses before they started street numbers were "directions" quoted about where the house, building or tent was in relations to large boulders, trees, wells, or other landmarks.

[arr&bee]

Robb,exactly how old are you??-hehehehe!

[robb_k]

Robb,exactly how old are you??-hehehehe!

If this was prompted my my post about Jordan's street addresses, it's unwarranted. I'm only 73 years old. It was during the late 1970s that Jordan started using numbers in street addresses outside the centers of their big cities.

[arr&bee]

if this was prompted my my post about jordan's street addresses, it's unwarranted. I'm only 73 years old. It was during the late 1970s that jordan started using numbers in street addresses outside the centers of their big cities.

haaaaaa,hey robb,you know i'm just messin with ya..you are the guru here and i learn something everytime you post.

[arr&bee]

Remember when kids would get dressed up for easter?

[Jerry Oz]

Remember when kids would get dressed up for easter?

Yeah. We have some great pictures of my brother, cousins and me dressed up like Elliott Ness & the Untouchables on Easter morning. Shoot, I remember people dressed up to shopping or to the movies. And "dressed up" did not refer to putting on a clean pair of jeans that were four sizes too big so they could fall to your knees and let people see the brand new boxers you bought. Crazy world.

I bet I could start a business and make a mint by teaching young people how to tie their shoes.

[marv2]

Remember when kids would get dressed up for easter?

Yes, especially in the sixties. I have pics of me and my brother with my Dad wearing our first double breasted suits in 1968. I wanted a Nehru jacket. LOL!

[arr&bee]

yes, especially in the sixties. I have pics of me and my brother with my dad wearing our first double breasted suits in 1968. I wanted a nehru jacket. Lol!

nehru,dang marv,you just too cool!!

[arr&bee]

Remember when you actually had to lick a stamp?..yuck!!

[lakeside]

Remember when you actually had to lick a stamp?..yuck!!

God only knows what we were licking! Eew!