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Originally Posted by vara4

I would like to read that storie Richard.
Both of my grandparents died last year and
my great grand mother died in 1981.
I am a little younger then you I was born in 63.
Kurt

Kurt, I'll see if one of my sister's has a copy and if I can get one I'll post it here.

PS I signed up for the Army the last of 63' I was 17 years old.

Richard

If you look at even the advancements that have been made in the past 50 or 60 years it is amazing. I remember when our very first tv showed up. My Mom was so entranced by it all day that my Dad was mad when he got home and she forgot to cook dinner.

Our telephone was a party line with 2 other families on it. You had to listen for the number of rings to know if the incoming call was for you or for someone else on the line. They would also pick up and evesdrop on your conversations until you yelled for them to get off the line.

My first job out of high school in 63 was pumping gas at 80 cents an hour. I got a 10 cent raise after a while and thought I was rich. I also remember hitchhiking all over the place when I was a teen, and people would actually stop and pick you up with no fears that you were Charles Manson.

My Uncles home had a hand pump inside on the sink for pumping water out of the well, you had to prime it with a little water first. They also had an outhouse. We were considered the rich relatives because we had pressurized water and real toilets. Those were very simple times.

Don