Guest guest Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 You raise the interesting notion of how kids perceive where they are in the world..poor/wealthy. One of the delights of childhood is to just BE! eg children would be aware of feeling hungry but perhaps not even question why! Just look at the faces of those starving children that we see on the news every night.... Enjoyed that Word Picture Road Runner....Crab Apple Jelly...mmmmmm..I'd LOVE to taste that! GIO > > >> > > Pink- I remember all these things and gas being 10c a gallon and they> washed your windows and checked your oil and tires and you got glasses or> green stamps toboot! Cigerettews were 15c and yes, candy bars were a nickel.> Indeed, I remember the milk man and wish they would come back! We got our> eggs and cheese and sherbet from them too! didn't have a Good Humor> truck...too rural but alas, it seems that prices were more in line with> salaries then...today you work and work and pay horrible prices and never> get a head! The house my father and mother bought in La Mesa California in> the 50's had hard wood floors and real plaster walls! It was a tract home> but stil lnot so close to our neighbors. It cost them $1200! We had a> mortgage of $50 month!!!! Yes, those were the days! Joyce rudy AZ birds> > > remember when> > > > > > > > > remember when the movies were 25 cents for a child> > > > > > gas was 30 cents a gallon> > > > > > soda was 15 cents> > > > > > candy bars were a nickel> > > > > > cigarettes were 30 cents> > > > > > fast food hamburger stands started with hamburgers for 15 cents> > > > > > milk was delivered in glass bottles, milkman delivered milk and picked> up empty bottles> > > > > > seltzer in glass bottles with squeeze thing on top> > > > > > this is from the 50's and 60's in Philadelphia> > > > > > produce hucksters used to bring trucks into neighborhoods for people to> shop> > > > > > amusement rides such as the whip were on trucks and used to go to> neighborhoods for children to ride on> > > > > > ice cream trucks like "Jack and Jill" and "Good Humur"> > > a dixie cup was a dime> > > > > > Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania > > > Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09> > > www.transplantfund. org<http://www.transpla ntfund.org/>> > >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Ken, Do you remember the Graysville intersecting with the Ootewah-Ringgold Road? My family referred to it for years as "Rabbit Valley". Many times on our trips to Chattanooga, we took the shortcut to avoid the interstate, due to ;traffic. We make many trips through Rabbit Valley. I don't really know why it was called that. My brother told me about some houses in that area where you grew up that he manages for the realty company he works for. (He manages rental property for Walldorf) He sold some of the houses to a contractor who renovated them and rents them out to this day. Jane UIP/IPF 12/1998 Dalton, Georgia aka pianolady_musicgirl > > >> > > Pink- I remember all these things and gas being 10c a gallon and they> washed your windows and checked your oil and tires and you got glasses or> green stamps toboot! Cigerettews were 15c and yes, candy bars were a nickel.> Indeed, I remember the milk man and wish they would come back! We got our> eggs and cheese and sherbet from them too! didn't have a Good Humor> truck...too rural but alas, it seems that prices were more in line with> salaries then...today you work and work and pay horrible prices and never> get a head! The house my father and mother bought in La Mesa California in> the 50's had hard wood floors and real plaster walls! It was a tract home> but stil lnot so close to our neighbors. It cost them $1200! We had a> mortgage of $50 month!!!! Yes, those were the days! Joyce rudy AZ birds> > > remember when> > > > > > > > > remember when the movies were 25 cents for a child> > > > > > gas was 30 cents a gallon> > > > > > soda was 15 cents> > > > > > candy bars were a nickel> > > > > > cigarettes were 30 cents> > > > > > fast food hamburger stands started with hamburgers for 15 cents> > > > > > milk was delivered in glass bottles, milkman delivered milk and picked> up empty bottles> > > > > > seltzer in glass bottles with squeeze thing on top> > > > > > this is from the 50's and 60's in Philadelphia> > > > > > produce hucksters used to bring trucks into neighborhoods for people to> shop> > > > > > amusement rides such as the whip were on trucks and used to go to> neighborhoods for children to ride on> > > > > > ice cream trucks like "Jack and Jill" and "Good Humur"> > > a dixie cup was a dime> > > > > > Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania > > > Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09> > > www.transplantfund. org<http://www.transpla ntfund.org/>> > >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 , I was my Dad's dance partner at all events we attended from the time I was about 8! My brother and I would watch them and copy them..they even had other couples at the house for dance lessons. We learned to Cha Cha, jitter-bug, waltz, Mambo, and others too. Both of my parents were really good dancers but my Mom used to say that he had worn her dancing feet off! So, after a few dances with my Mom, my Dad would come over to our table at a wedding or whatever and ask me to dance! I so miss that!!! No one can take his place as my dance partner. My husband is an OK dancer, my brother is OK but there is now this awful empty feeling at a party when (even after 4 years) I still look across the dance floor looking for my Dad to come and ask me to dance. His favorite music was the Big Band sound of Glen .."In the Mood" was by far his favorite and I still get choked up when I hear it played. We used to jitter-bug to that a lot! Sorry for being melancholy and sappy, I really do sort of smile at the same time that I feel that void. Z fibriotic NSIP/05 Z 65, fibriotic NSIP/05/PA And “mild” PH/10/07 No, NSIP was not self-inflicted…I never smoked! Potter, reader,carousel lover and MomMom to Darah and Sara “I’m gonna be iron like a lion in Zion” Bob Marley Vinca Minor-periwinkle is my flower grangi49 wrote: Glad you enjoyed my blog Jack...I have a HUGE admiration for my Father...he was able to turn his hand to anything. As well as being a fine Sailor (Skiffs on Sydney Harbour) & practical he also loved the Theatre & used to participate in 'Amateur' Theatre himself. He instilled a love of Fine Literature in me & he encouraged me to pursue Dickens & Shekespeare with a Passion. (I used to go in our local Eisteddfods in Music, Dance & 'The Spoken Word').. I relate this to counter the image many OS folk have that Aussies are only interested in the Sun Surf & Sand accompanied by Prawns on the Barbie & loads of BEER! My mother's secret fantasy was to be a Paris BLUEBELL...she LOVED kicking up her heels. She was a very expressive talented Pianist...we KNEW what type of Mood she was in by what she was playing on her piano....we steered clear if it was Paderewski! My absolutely favourite memory of my Parents is watching them as they danced togather. You know that, gliding of a couple totally comnfortable with each other & in sync with the flavour/tempo of the Band. Ooooh the quicksteps.. the foxtrots...I NEVER found a fella who could Dance like my DAD! My generation missed out on that too! Ah well we discovered OTHER things.. now let me think..what WERE they! HA! GIO n Breathe-Support , Jack Marshall wrote: > > Gio, I loved your memoir. Your dad is my kind of man. Innovative in areas most people are just now becoming aware of. He was both a man of his time and the future. I wish I could have known him. I really understand the drive to provide necessities at low cost.. The generation that did it on their own innitative and not demanding the government to do so is long gone. > > Thanks for such a sparkling and inspirational story. It started my day with a glow. > Jack > 79/IPF - UIP/dx06/05 Maine > > > > > ________________________________ > From: grangi49 gina.francis3@... > To: Breathe-Support > Sent: Sun, October 11, 2009 6:10:56 PM > Subject: Re: remember when > > > I too enjoyed your reminisences Jack. You were most fortunate in many ways to come from a poor background in the sense that it must've allowed you awareness of all the benefits of your adult life. Of course the bedrock of a loving family is the greatest richness of all > Although I'm of a younger generation than you Jack, I too remember the day our rural regional town home had it's GAS lights turned off & the electricity was connected. However it was still some time before the Ice Box was swapped for a real Fridge....even longer before the Kerosene Chip Heater in the Bathroom was tossed out. Amazingly my father went to all the trouble of building Grafton's very First SOLAR hot water system. > My Dad who was a lowly paid, Public Servant, got plans from the CSIRO (Commonwealth Science & Industry Organistion) for the system .. He spent every spare moment he had (including his lunch hour) on this wild experiment. The Tank for the Hot Water & the enormous glass panels to catch the sun sat atop a tall Tower ..the neighbours were VERy puzzled as to why our family built a new OUTDOOR DUNNY higher up than our roof line! > My father considered that Grafton's frequent Spring/Summer storms to be a great threat to the glass panels so he then constructed two wire screen panels that could be lowered in Stormy Weather to protect the glass. At other times they were held upright so the sun could work its full magic. I often was allowed to ride my bike home from school to lower the Panels when a storm was building up our great wide river. I remember the terror that the storm would catch me either on the way home OR the way back to school! Occasionally if I was lucky it would break just after I'd done the job but before i could make the return journey to school! > When my mother complained about the lack of hot water during prolonged wet spells my father decided the next step was his Booster Scheme...that consisted of an old empty Kerosene Tin hooked up to the Water Tank...he'd light fires underneath & burn our household rubbish while the Tank Water was diverted ....strangely though the water was always a rusty dirty colour that we hated showering under...you can imagine my mother's horror at washing linen in THAT! Eventually Dad was persuaded that the cheap but dirty diversion was a failure & at last an electric Booster was organised. (we were constantly chided during these expensive wet weather times to take EXTREMELY short showers as Electrically Boosted Hot WAter was considered by my Dad to be way too expensive!) > That would've been in the early 1960's & NOT done for environmental reasons. That Solar System was finally pulled down only 2 years ago by my brother because the Wooden structure had become unsafe. The glass panels & hot water were still doing their job just fine! > OMG I feel so OLD FASHIONED..it seems unimaginable now that I was poart of the gas-light generation! It was piped to our house from the Town's Gas Station...gas is still very popular for cooking but all the old gas mains are unused. Ugly great cyclinders sit besdie people's houses these days. > Cheers, > GIO > > > > > > > > > > Pink- I remember all these things and gas being 10c a gallon and they washed your windows and checked your oil and tires and you got glasses or green stamps toboot! Cigerettews were 15c and yes, candy bars were a nickel. Indeed, I remember the milk man and wish they would come back! We got our eggs and cheese and sherbet from them too! didn't have a Good Humor truck...too rural but alas, it seems that prices were more in line with salaries then...today you work and work and pay horrible prices and never get a head! The house my father and mother bought in La Mesa California in the 50's had hard wood floors and real plaster walls! It was a tract home but stil lnot so close to our neighbors. It cost them $1200! We had a mortgage of $50 month!!!! Yes, those were the days! Joyce rudy AZ birds > > remember when > > > > > > > > >remember when the movies were 25 cents for a child > > > > > >gas was 30 cents a gallon > > > > > >soda was 15 cents > > > > > >candy bars were a nickel > > > > > >cigarettes were 30 cents > > > > > >fast food hamburger stands started with hamburgers for 15 cents > > > > > >milk was delivered in glass bottles, milkman delivered milk and picked up empty bottles > > > > > >seltzer in glass bottles with squeeze thing on top > > > > > >this is from the 50's and 60's in Philadelphia > > > > > >produce hucksters used to bring trucks into neighborhoods for people to shop > > > > > >amusement rides such as the whip were on trucks and used to go to neighborhoods for children to ride on > > > > > >ice cream trucks like "Jack and Jill" and "Good Humur" > > >a dixie cup was a dime > > > > > >Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania > > >Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09 > > >www.transplantfund. org > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 I agree, Gio. I think it is healthy that we get beyond our disease, as you say, and focus some of our time to ourselves as something other than a disease. Your post was lovely. I savored every word of it. Jack79/IPF - UIP/dx06/05 Maine To: Breathe-Support Sent: Mon, October 12, 2009 8:47:06 PMSubject: Re: remember when Yes it Does, doesn't it...I think it's also part of receiving a deeper understanding of each other's life experiences. Getting beyond our shared PF Condition..showing ourselves as More than our Disease! Cheers, GIO> > >> > > Pink- I remember all these things and gas being 10c a gallon and they washed your windows and checked your oil and tires and you got glasses or green stamps toboot! Cigerettews were 15c and yes, candy bars were a nickel. Indeed, I remember the milk man and wish they would come back! We got our eggs and cheese and sherbet from them too! didn't have a Good Humor truck...too rural but alas, it seems that prices were more in line with salaries then...today you work and work and pay horrible prices and never get a head! The house my father and mother bought in La Mesa California in the 50's had hard wood floors and real plaster walls! It was a tract home but stil lnot so close to our neighbors.. It cost them $1200! We had a mortgage of $50 month!!!! Yes, those were the days! Joyce rudy AZ birds> > > remember when> > > > > > > > > remember when the movies were 25 cents for a child> > > > > > gas was 30 cents a gallon> > > > > > soda was 15 cents> > > > > > candy bars were a nickel> > > > > > cigarettes were 30 cents> > > > > > fast food hamburger stands started with hamburgers for 15 cents> > > > > > milk was delivered in glass bottles, milkman delivered milk and picked up empty bottles> > > > > > seltzer in glass bottles with squeeze thing on top> > > > > > this is from the 50's and 60's in Philadelphia> > > > > > produce hucksters used to bring trucks into neighborhoods for people to shop> > > > > > amusement rides such as the whip were on trucks and used to go to neighborhoods for children to ride on> > > > > > ice cream trucks like "Jack and Jill" and "Good Humur"> > > a dixie cup was a dime> > > > > > Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania > > > Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09> > > www.transplantfund. org<http://www.transpla ntfund.org/>> > >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 I remember the penny candy store down from our school where you could buy rootbeer bottles, wax lips sputnicks gumballs ,licorice records and all kinds of penny candy. The drive in here in Chicago , south side was always a meeting place and when the intermission came on and they sang" lets all go to the lobby" we would all get out of our cars and sing alone. Summer breezes were fantastic here in the windy city and Indian summer trick or treating when parents were not afraid to let you out. Sharon p asthma and hp 2008 Subject: Re: remember whenTo: Breathe-Support Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 8:30 AM I'm not sure if it's in this thread or the Yellowstone one about Oconomowoc, Wi. Very easy to speel because there is an "o" before each consonant. I had a roommate at Purdue from there. Jim Harwood.Also, my best friend from High school met a girl from there in Chicago and they were married.My room mate always said the name was from a native American who stopped there to rest and said " I can no more walk" LOL.Terre, IPF 6-08, FL> > > >> > > > Pink- I remember all these things and gas being 10c a gallon and they washed your windows and checked your oil and tires and you got glasses or green stamps toboot! Cigerettews were 15c and yes, candy bars were a nickel. Indeed, I remember the milk man and wish they would come back! We got our eggs and cheese and sherbet from them too! didn't have a Good Humor truck...too rural but alas, it seems that prices were more in line with salaries then...today you work and work and pay horrible prices and never get a head! The house my father and mother bought in La Mesa California in the 50's had hard wood floors and real plaster walls! It was a tract home but stil lnot so close to our neighbors.. It cost them $1200! We had a mortgage of $50 month!!!! Yes, those were the days! Joyce rudy AZ birds> > > > remember when> > > > > > > > > > > > remember when the movies were 25 cents for a child> > > > > > > > gas was 30 cents a gallon> > > > > > > > soda was 15 cents> > > > > > > > candy bars were a nickel> > > > > > > > cigarettes were 30 cents> > > > > > > > fast food hamburger stands started with hamburgers for 15 cents> > > > > > > > milk was delivered in glass bottles, milkman delivered milk and picked up empty bottles> > > > > > > > seltzer in glass bottles with squeeze thing on top> > > > > > > > this is from the 50's and 60's in Philadelphia> > > > > > > > produce hucksters used to bring trucks into neighborhoods for people to shop> > > > > > > > amusement rides such as the whip were on trucks and used to go to neighborhoods for children to ride on> > > > > > > > ice cream trucks like "Jack and Jill" and "Good Humur"> > > > a dixie cup was a dime> > > > > > > > Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania > > > > Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09> > > > www.transplantfund. org<http://www.transpla ntfund.org/>> > > >> > >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Z... what a wonderful post here of such pleasant memories. I had neither family or father (he left when I was a baby). I enjoy the memories of others. MamaSher; 71, IPF 3-2006, OR.Don't fret about tomorrow, God is already there! remember when> > >> > > > > >remember when the movies were 25 cents for a child> > >> > >gas was 30 cents a gallon> > >> > >soda was 15 cents> > >> > >candy bars were a nickel> > >> > >cigarettes were 30 cents> > >> > >fast food hamburger stands started with hamburgers for 15 cents> > >> > >milk was delivered in glass bottles, milkman delivered milk and picked up empty bottles> > >> > >seltzer in glass bottles with squeeze thing on top> > >> > >this is from the 50's and 60's in Philadelphia> > >> > >produce hucksters used to bring trucks into neighborhoods for people to shop> > >> > >amusement rides such as the whip were on trucks and used to go to neighborhoods for children to ride on> > >> > >ice cream trucks like "Jack and Jill" and "Good Humur"> > >a dixie cup was a dime> > >> > >Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania> > >Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09> > >www.transplantfund. org > > >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 I agree with the others that these stories are wonderful. I prefer these strories rather than fiction. PJ remember when> > > > > > remember when the movies were 25 cents for a child> > > > gas was 30 cents a gallon> > > > soda was 15 cents> > > > candy bars were a nickel> > > > cigarettes were 30 cents> > > > fast food hamburger stands started with hamburgers for 15 cents> > > > milk was delivered in glass bottles, milkman delivered milk andpicked up empty bottles> > > > seltzer in glass bottles with squeeze thing on top> > > > this is from the 50's and 60's in Philadelphia> > > > produce hucksters used to bring trucks into neighborhoods for peopleto shop> > > > amusement rides such as the whip were on trucks and used to go toneighborhoods for children to ride on> > > > ice cream trucks like "Jack and Jill" and "GoodHumur"> > a dixie cup was a dime> > > > Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania > > Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09> > www.transplantfund. orgntfund.org/>> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Jane, Of course I remember this. I’ve been rabbit hunting in ‘Rabbit Valley’. I had to be careful when out hunting in the woods as I would often receive some pretty strict advice on where not to hunt cause there just wasn’t any game there. I’m sure there was a moonshine still but I would not push my luck. I’m not sure where the name ‘Rabbit Valley’ came from. I used to go swimming at the Graysville Springs where there was a Railroad bridge over Chickamauga Creek. This was at one end of what we used to call rabbit valley. There was a cable swing we would swing out over the creek or we would jump off the RR bridge. The spring there had some great water and folks would come from miles away to fill their water jugs. I explored all of that area when I was in my teens. There is a small cave we called the ‘booger hole’ only two or three rooms maybe a hundred feet or so deep along the banks of the creek and cave is on the other side close to Ringgold. I explored cave many times it was said to be miles deep and we would go for a full day and never get through it all. Do you remember JD ? From: Breathe-Support [mailto:Breathe-Support ] On Behalf Of pianolady_musicgirl Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:18 PM To: Breathe-Support Subject: Re: remember when Ken, Do you remember the Graysville intersecting with the Ootewah-Ringgold Road? My family referred to it for years as " Rabbit Valley " . Many times on our trips to Chattanooga, we took the shortcut to avoid the interstate, due to ;traffic. We make many trips through Rabbit Valley. I don't really know why it was called that. My brother told me about some houses in that area where you grew up that he manages for the realty company he works for. (He manages rental property for Walldorf) He sold some of the houses to a contractor who renovated them and rents them out to this day. Jane UIP/IPF 12/1998 Dalton, Georgia aka pianolady_musicgirl > > > > > > Pink- I remember all these things and gas being 10c a gallon and they > washed your windows and checked your oil and tires and you got glasses or > green stamps toboot! Cigerettews were 15c and yes, candy bars were a nickel. > Indeed, I remember the milk man and wish they would come back! We got our > eggs and cheese and sherbet from them too! didn't have a Good Humor > truck...too rural but alas, it seems that prices were more in line with > salaries then...today you work and work and pay horrible prices and never > get a head! The house my father and mother bought in La Mesa California in > the 50's had hard wood floors and real plaster walls! It was a tract home > but stil lnot so close to our neighbors. It cost them $1200! We had a > mortgage of $50 month!!!! Yes, those were the days! Joyce rudy AZ birds > > > remember when > > > > > > > > > remember when the movies were 25 cents for a child > > > > > > gas was 30 cents a gallon > > > > > > soda was 15 cents > > > > > > candy bars were a nickel > > > > > > cigarettes were 30 cents > > > > > > fast food hamburger stands started with hamburgers for 15 cents > > > > > > milk was delivered in glass bottles, milkman delivered milk and picked > up empty bottles > > > > > > seltzer in glass bottles with squeeze thing on top > > > > > > this is from the 50's and 60's in Philadelphia > > > > > > produce hucksters used to bring trucks into neighborhoods for people to > shop > > > > > > amusement rides such as the whip were on trucks and used to go to > neighborhoods for children to ride on > > > > > > ice cream trucks like " Jack and Jill " and " Good Humur " > > > a dixie cup was a dime > > > > > > Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania > > > Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09 > > > www.transplantfund. org<http://www.transpla ntfund.org/> > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Ken, No, I am not sure I remember J.D. . What is it? My brother may know. Chickamauga Creek has flooded in the past month. Our area had had 14 inches of rain about a month ago I think. The flooding was worse south of Dalton and north of Dalton in Hamilton County. Jane UIP/IPF 12/1998 Dalton, Georgia aka pianolady_musicgirl > > > > > > > > Pink- I remember all these things and gas being 10c a gallon and they > > washed your windows and checked your oil and tires and you got glasses or > > green stamps toboot! Cigerettews were 15c and yes, candy bars were a > nickel. > > Indeed, I remember the milk man and wish they would come back! We got our > > eggs and cheese and sherbet from them too! didn't have a Good Humor > > truck...too rural but alas, it seems that prices were more in line with > > salaries then...today you work and work and pay horrible prices and never > > get a head! The house my father and mother bought in La Mesa California in > > the 50's had hard wood floors and real plaster walls! It was a tract home > > but stil lnot so close to our neighbors. It cost them $1200! We had a > > mortgage of $50 month!!!! Yes, those were the days! Joyce rudy AZ birds > > > > remember when > > > > > > > > > > > > remember when the movies were 25 cents for a child > > > > > > > > gas was 30 cents a gallon > > > > > > > > soda was 15 cents > > > > > > > > candy bars were a nickel > > > > > > > > cigarettes were 30 cents > > > > > > > > fast food hamburger stands started with hamburgers for 15 cents > > > > > > > > milk was delivered in glass bottles, milkman delivered milk and picked > > up empty bottles > > > > > > > > seltzer in glass bottles with squeeze thing on top > > > > > > > > this is from the 50's and 60's in Philadelphia > > > > > > > > produce hucksters used to bring trucks into neighborhoods for people > to > > shop > > > > > > > > amusement rides such as the whip were on trucks and used to go to > > neighborhoods for children to ride on > > > > > > > > ice cream trucks like " Jack and Jill " and " Good Humur " > > > > a dixie cup was a dime > > > > > > > > Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania > > > > Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09 > > > > www.transplantfund. org<http://www.transpla ntfund.org/> > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Jane, J.D. was the Sheriff of Catoosa County who had all the Pontiac Firebird police cars without A/C. I have a number of stories about him back in the late 50’s Ken Baker 67 UIP/IPF 12/05 NH From: Breathe-Support [mailto:Breathe-Support ] On Behalf Of pianolady_musicgirl Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:21 PM To: Breathe-Support Subject: Re: remember when Ken, No, I am not sure I remember J.D. . What is it? My brother may know. Chickamauga Creek has flooded in the past month. Our area had had 14 inches of rain about a month ago I think. The flooding was worse south of Dalton and north of Dalton in Hamilton County. Jane UIP/IPF 12/1998 Dalton, Georgia aka pianolady_musicgirl > > > > > > > > Pink- I remember all these things and gas being 10c a gallon and they > > washed your windows and checked your oil and tires and you got glasses or > > green stamps toboot! Cigerettews were 15c and yes, candy bars were a > nickel. > > Indeed, I remember the milk man and wish they would come back! We got our > > eggs and cheese and sherbet from them too! didn't have a Good Humor > > truck...too rural but alas, it seems that prices were more in line with > > salaries then...today you work and work and pay horrible prices and never > > get a head! The house my father and mother bought in La Mesa California in > > the 50's had hard wood floors and real plaster walls! It was a tract home > > but stil lnot so close to our neighbors. It cost them $1200! We had a > > mortgage of $50 month!!!! Yes, those were the days! Joyce rudy AZ birds > > > > remember when > > > > > > > > > > > > remember when the movies were 25 cents for a child > > > > > > > > gas was 30 cents a gallon > > > > > > > > soda was 15 cents > > > > > > > > candy bars were a nickel > > > > > > > > cigarettes were 30 cents > > > > > > > > fast food hamburger stands started with hamburgers for 15 cents > > > > > > > > milk was delivered in glass bottles, milkman delivered milk and picked > > up empty bottles > > > > > > > > seltzer in glass bottles with squeeze thing on top > > > > > > > > this is from the 50's and 60's in Philadelphia > > > > > > > > produce hucksters used to bring trucks into neighborhoods for people > to > > shop > > > > > > > > amusement rides such as the whip were on trucks and used to go to > > neighborhoods for children to ride on > > > > > > > > ice cream trucks like " Jack and Jill " and " Good Humur " > > > > a dixie cup was a dime > > > > > > > > Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania > > > > Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09 > > > > www.transplantfund. org<http://www.transpla ntfund.org/> > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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