Guest guest Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 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 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Aaah... remember when....... Biscuits were bought by the dozen from HUGE glass jars on the top shelf of a store... & you had the responsibility of carrying them home in the Brown Paper Bag so they wouldn't get crushed by other grocery items! We had a great Corner Shop just across the road from our house which meant that occasionally we'd get to go over & collect fresh home-made Ice-CREAM (not the nasty pretence that abounds these days!) ... just enough for that one special meal! Oh how MAGIC was the taste of THAT ice cream with fresh crunchy Adora Cream Wafers.....stewed stone fruit...peaches, cherries, apricots....YuuuuuuuMO! We left Billies out on the back Porch for Mr Green the Milkman/Dairy Farmer to bring his fresh Jersey Milk straight fomre the mornings milking into Town. Whenever we drove down to our local Beach (Yamba) we passed OUR cow's on Mr Green's Farm. We'd always look & check them out! The farm's still there but alas the milk gets combined with milk from every other farm around,,past-your-eyesd Hom-on-jon-eyesed.....heated & battered around until it barely resembles the real thing! While there's lots to be thankful for in our modern, cyberspace world I feel like we've trade a LOT to be here! Cheers again, GIO he-Support , "Stefani" wrote:>> I lived in "rural" Minnesota, a town of 1500 people. My mom used to send me down to the local Grocery Store (The Fair Store) with a grocery list. I would had it to the cashier up at the front of the store. They would pick out all of the items and drive them to our home (yes, they still had free delivery). They would bring them into our home and mom would unpack them. Everything was put on a 'tab' and we would be billed at the end of the month. The same went for the meat market (you would buy meat and cheese at a separate market). The dime store (Ben lin) and drug store (local Slocumb Drug) would sell candies in bulk (you could go in and as for 2 or 3 cents worth of an M & M type candy, chocolate covered raisins, or whatever and they would weigh them out). My parents would have friends over 1-2 nights a week. Everything was pot luck. They would often play cards, but sometimes they would get around the piano and sing and just have an evening of visiting with 2-3 other couples. There was definitely more smoking and drinking back then as well. They would start at 8:00 pm. My mom would let us stay up until 9:00 and we would pour everyone a cup of coffee as they arrived or go fetch another ashtray. We would have to head for bed at 9:00 to the sounds of people visiting and the smell of smoke in the home. Not many people entertain at home like that any more. Maybe that is just small towns in those cold Minnesota winters LOL. Small towns have theaters, but in todays world, they cannot keep up with the releases to television/DVD. Today, DVD rental in small towns is a killer business.> > Stefani 61 year old Utahn> ILD 2/2006, NSIP (cellular) 6/2009, UIP 9/2009, Diabetes II 2/2006, Sleep Apnea 4/2009> > > >> > 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.transplantfund.org/>> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 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 > > > > > ________________________________> 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 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 You're right Dyane it'd be great to write stuff down for our grandkids...why don't we create a Folder on our Computer's N' just cut n' paste what we've written to the Board RIGHT NOW...then we've made a start... I'm just about to do it ....NOW! 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.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 think it's neat that all of the artists are posting their stuff Newbies -- When you look through the photo albums, you will find all sorts of creative stuff Sher crochettes animals and dolls Z has a sculpture of a horse in her album off hand, i don't remember who else has stuff -- i just remember seeing works by other members -- paintings and stuff Peggy makes Bibles We also have lots of gardeners (outdoor and indoor) who post their flowers Of course we all know about Bruce's gardens -- all silk -- lol ....and then there are the people who are creative with words -- they have posted their stuff but there is no collection of their stuff to my knowledge i remember Lou had all sorts of poems or jingles Maybe in addition to a favorite flower album, we should have an arts album -- like a museum of our stuff Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09 www.transplantfund.org--- Subject: Re: Re: remember whenTo: Breathe-Support Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 8:18 AM 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 From: grangi49 <gina.francis3@ bigpond.com>To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. comSent: 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'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 The pioneering and developing of Oconomowoc began in 1837 when the first white man, Sheldon, came to this area to build his log cabin. He found that the Potowatomi Indians had already laid the foundation of what they called Coo-No-Mo-Wauk (where the waters meet, or river of lakes), which in time would become Oconomowoc.I lifted that from the Oconomowoc website. I knew it had something to do with the lakes because there are two lakes in town, Fowler lake and Lake La Belle. Hwy 67 goes between them on this little land bridge. Its a great town, has the most AMAZING Chinese restaurant with the best Pork fried rice I have ever eaten. Fongs, whenever I went back we would eat there. There is also a custard stand called La Ducs a few miles from town that is a glorified pit stop with the most exquistic custard in the world. People come for miles in the summer for their Turtle sundaes.(Vanilla custard, hot chocolate, caramel, lightly salted pecans, whipped cream and a cherry on top!)I do want to say that for all the wonderful childhood memories, I still love being here in Phoenix. There are 'mountains' (3000 to 8000 feet) you can see in all four directions. We have 4 actual climate zones in one state. When the air is dry and you can see forever it is amazing. Sunlight and shadow on the mountains is never the same and god bless the dust that gives us some of the most beautiful sunsets in the world. I will never forget the mauve pinwheel sunset after a storm in 1986. Once a year in the fall the moon is setting in the west as I leave for work and it is usually nestled between two peaks of the White Tank Mts to my west. Amazing.I think when we all think like this it is soothing. We are more than PF. We are loving and beautiful people. As Lou would say I LOVE YOU THIS DAYDyane Phoenix ipf 02> > > > >> > > > > 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 Ooh I LIKE that meaning Terre...thanks for posting it...here's another Aussie oozy fro you lot to get your Tongues around: If Woolgoolga (Aboriginal word for 'Red Lilly Pilly 'Tree Fruit) was tricky... try Woolloomooloo...seriously..it's an old Suburb of Sydney & is taken from the local Aborigianl language meaning 'Burial Place'..a prime example of how our Colonising Father's totally overlooked the significance of land to Aboriginal People before they stuck buildings all over the place! 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 There's something so special about Dancin' with you Dad isn't there Sista! I remember being astonsished that my feet just seemed to 'know' what to do when Dad was leading me round the DAnce Floor..how does that happen! lotsa, > > > > > > > > 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 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 Ken, Catoosa County has continued to this day, to have the sport cars. I just didn't know who started it. I see them all the time when I am driving on I-75. I was born in 1954 so I was just a preschooler in those days. In those days, we did not have the interstate so U.S. HIghway 41 was the route. Toodles! 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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