Thread: This was sent to me today thought i would share

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Yeah Don, times sure have changed. The old party line would sometimes get people into a heated debate about how long the person had the line tied up.

If you lived in a house with a few kids and had a T.V. the youngest would be the one to move the Rabbit Ears, the picture would roll up, be at an angle, have the screen full of snow as we called it. We spent more time adjusting the picture then we did watching it.
American Band Stand was a good show when the T.V. was working. Rt.66 was my favorite along with Alfred Hitchcock, The Fugitive plus other great show’s from the late 50’s early 60’s.

My first job was at a gas station also in the early part of 63’ but I only made 60 cents per hour. The owner must have seen more potential in you.

Talking about outhouses reminds me of the first BB gun that my brother and I shared. Remember how guys would refer to a good-looking girl as being built like a brick s--- house. The well to do people had lights on their outhouse, my brother and I plus another hoodlum went out with our BB gun shooting the lights out. A lady was in one when the light went out and she could be heard from a great distance. We were caught and we had to do light duty….. cut grass, wash cars, whatever they decided since our Dad gave them the option and we had to replace the lights.

The thumb was the means for transportation plus a good pair of walking shoes. There were not too many heavy guys in our teenage years because of all of the walking we did out of necessity. If a “pervert” (not what we called them back in the day but trying to be politically correct) would pick you up as they did from time to time you could just say stop the car and let me out. That does not happen today.

It would be nice to keep this thread going with stories from back in the day as they call them today.

Richard