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Do You Remember

  TEST OF THE TIMES......Put your thinking cap on and don't cheat ...

1. In the 1940's, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?

a. On the floor shift knob
b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch
c. Next to the horn

2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For what was it used?

a. Capture lightning bugs
b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing
c. Large salt shaker

3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?

a. Cows got cold and wouldn't produce milk
b.. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled
c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top.

4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?

a. Blackjack
b. Gin
c. Craps!

5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during W.W.II?

a. Suntan
b. Leg painting
c. Wearing slacks

6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you
couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?

a. Studebaker
b. Nash Metro
c. Tucker

7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?

a. Strips of dried peanut butter
b. Chocolate licorice bars
c.. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside

8. How was Butch wax used?

a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up
b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing
c. On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust

9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?

a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key
b. Woven straps that crossed the foot
c. Long pieces of twine

10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?

a. Consider all the facts
b. Ask Mom
c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo

11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940's?

a. Smallpox
b. AIDS
c. Polio

12. I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey. "

a. SUV
b. Taxi
c. Streetcar

13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pet pony?

a. Old Blue
b. Paint
c. Macaroni

14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?

a. Part of the game of hide and seek
b. What you did when your mom called you in to do chores
c. Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill

15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?

a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring
b. Princess Sacajewea
c. Princess Moonshadow

16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?

a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you high
b. Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window
c. Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid your failure

17. Why did your mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?

a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum
b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items
c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos

18. "Praise the Lord, and pass the _________?

a. Meatballs
b. Dames
c. Ammunition

19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song
"Cabdriver" a hit?

a. The Ink Spots
b. The Supremes
c. The Esquires

20. Who left his heart in San Francisco?

a. Tony Bennett
b. Zavier Cugat
c. George Gershwin
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ANSWERS:
1. b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe, took till the late 60s to catch on.
2. b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing. Who had a steam iron? 3. c) Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top.
4. a) Blackjack Gum.
5. b) Special makeup was applied, followed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.
6. a) 1946 Studebaker.
7. c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water.
8. a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.
9. a) With clamps, tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck.
10. c) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.
11. c) Polio. In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed, movies and other public gathering places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease.
12. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight!
13. c) Macaroni.
14. c) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.
15. a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet.
16. a) Immediately sniffed the purple ink to get a high.
17. b) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for household items at the Green Stamp store.
18. c) Ammunition, and we'll all be free.
19. a) The all male, all black group: The Inkspots.
20. a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today.
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SCORING:
17- 20 correct: You are not only older than dirt, but obviously gifted with mind bloat. Now if you could only find your glasses.
12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is definitely muddy.

  SENIOR CITIZENS

Senior citizens are constantly being criticized for every conceivable deficiency of the modern world, real or imaginary. We know we take responsibility for all we have done and do not blame others. HOWEVER, upon reflection, we would like to point out that it was NOT the senior citizens who took:
    
    The melody out of music,
    The pride out of appearance,
    The courtesy out of driving,
    The romance out of love,
    The commitment out of marriage,
    The responsibility out of parenthood,
    The togetherness out of the family,
    The learning out of education,
    The service out of patriotism,
    The Golden Rule from rulers,
    The nativity scene out of cities,
    The civility out of behavior,
    The refinement out of language,
    The dedication out of employment,
    The prudence out of spending,
    The ambition out of achievement, or,
    God out of government and school.

And we certainly are NOT the ones who eliminated patience and tolerance from personal relationships and interactions with other!

And, we do understand the meaning of patriotism, and remember those who have fought and died for our country. Does anyone under the age of 50 know the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner?

What about the last verse of My Country 'tis of Thee?
"Our father's God to thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom's Holy light.
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God our King."

Just look at the Seniors with tears in their eyes and pride in their hearts as they stand at attention with their hand over their hearts!

YES, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN!
I'm the life of the party...... even if it lasts until 8 p.m.
I'm very good at opening childproof caps...   with a hammer.
I'm usually interested in going home before I get to where I am going.
I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up.
I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a thing you're saying.
I'm very good at telling stories; over and over and over and over.
I'm aware that other people's grandchildren are not nearly as cute as mine.
I'm so cared for  --   long term care, eye care, private care, dental care.
I'm not really grouchy, I just don't like traffic, waiting, crowds, lawyers, loud music, unruly kids, Toyota commercials,
     Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, barking dogs, politicians and a few other things I can't seem to remember right now.
I'm sure everything I can't find is in a safe secure place, somewhere.
I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, and that's just my left leg.
I'm having trouble remembering simple words like.......???
I'm beginning to realizing that aging is not for wimps.
I'm sure they are making adults much younger these days, and when did they let kids become policemen?
I'm wondering, if you're only as old as you feel, how could I be alive at 150?
And, how can my kids be older than I feel sometimes?
I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the storeroom door.

  Great Films of 1953...click on highlighted titles for movie review:

  This is a time we can feel good about remembering so much!  Always remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and young enough not to care.

How many do you remember?
1. Candy cigarettes.
2. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.
3. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles.
4. Coffee shops with tableside juke boxes.
5. Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum.
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles, with cardboard stoppers.
7. Party lines.
8. Newsreels before the movie.
9. P. F. Flyers.
10. Butch wax.
11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix, (Drexel-5505).
12. Peashooters.
13. Howdy.
14. 45-RPM Records.
15. Green Stamps.
16. Hi-fi's.
17. Metal ice cube trays-with levers.
18. Mimeograph paper.
19. Blue flash Bulbs.
20. Beanie and Cecil.
21. Roller skate keys.
22. Cork pop guns.
23. Drive ins.
24. Studebakers.
25. Wash tub wringers.
26. The Fuller Brush man.
27. Reel-to-reel tape recorders.
28. Tinkertoys.
29. The Erector Set.
30. The Fort Apache Playset.
31. Lincoln Logs.
32. 15 cent McDonald hamburgers.
33. 5 cent packs of baseball cards...with that awful pink slab of bubblegum.
34. Penny candy.
35. 35 cent-a-gallon gasoline.
35. Hide and go seek at dusk.
36. One speed-bicycles.
37. Hopscotch, butterscotch, double dutch.
38. Jacks, kickball, and dodge ball.
39. Mother May I? Red Rover.
40. Hula Hoops, jacks.
41. Wax Lips and Mustaches.
42. Penny candy in a brown paper bag.
 
AND A TIME WHEN ....................

1.  Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
2.  Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do over!"
3.  "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
4.  Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.
5.  It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
6.  The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was = cooties.
7.  Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
8.  A foot of snow was a dream come true.
9.  Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures.
10. "Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense.
11. Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles.
12. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
13. War was a card game.
14. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
15. Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
16. Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
17. When you picked up the phone and the operator said, "Number please?"
18. Listening to Superman on the radio.
19. Catching lightning bugs in a jar.
20. A cherry coke from the fountain at the corner drug store.
21. When the only time you wore sneakers was at school, for gym.
22. When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if you even had one.
23. When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box.
24. When nobody owned a purebred dog.
25. When a quarter was a decent allowance.
26. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
27. When girls never kissed on the first date.
28. The Draft.
29. When your mom wore nylons  that came in two pieces.
30. When every adult had a title as Mr., Mrs., Miss., Sir, or Ma'am.
31. When you got your windshield cleaned, oil and air checked, and gas pumped, without asking, for free, every time.
32. When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.

If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!!

  If only it could be like this again!!

For those of us old enough to appreciate this. Take a minute and read this...Close your eyes.....And go back in time.... Before the Internet or the MAC, before semi automatics and crack, before SEGA or Super Nintendo...Way back........

I'm talking about hide and seek at dusk. The Good Humor man, Red light, green light. The corner store. Hopscotch, butterscotch,
doubledutch, jacks, kickball, dodgeball. Mother May I? Red Rover and Roly Poly, Hula Hoops. Running through the sprinkler The smell of thesun and licking salty lips.... Wax lips and mustaches An ice cream cone on a warm summer night chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe butter pecan. A cherry coke from the fountain at the corner drug store Wait......

Watching Saturday Morning cartoons... short commercials, Fat Albert, Road Runner, He-Man, The Three Stooges, and Bugs, Or staying up for Gun Smoke Or back further, listening to Superman on the radio When around the corner seemed far away, And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.

A million mosquito bites. Sticky fingers. Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, Zorro. Climbing trees, Building igloos out of snow banks Walking to school, no matter what the weather.

Running till you were out of breath Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. Being tired from playing....

Remember that?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. War was a card game. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.

I'm not finished just yet...
Eating Kool-aid powder. Remember when... there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds & PF Flyers) and the only time you wore them at school, was for "gym." It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. When nobody owned a purebred dog. When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter a miracle. When milk went up one cent and everyone talked about it for weeks? When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, for free, every time. And, you didn't pay for air.  And, you got trading stamps to boot! When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box.

When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.
When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if you even had one.
When your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.
When dad would magically "remove" his thumb.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then.
When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing  of it. When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed...and did!
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! and some of us are still afraid of them!!!

Didn't that feel good.. just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!

Remember when............
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."  Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"  "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly." The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties. It was unbelievable that dodge ball wasn't an Olympic event. Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a slingshot. Nobody was prettier than Mom.  Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin. Ice cream was considered a basic food group. Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true. Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare." Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors. If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!

  ANOTHER TRIP BACK IN TIME

One evening a boy was talking to his grandfather about current events.

He asked him what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.

His Granddad replied, Well, let me think a minute.

• I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the pill.
• There weren't things like radar, credit cards, laser beams or ball-point pens.
• Man had not invented pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, and he hadn't walked on the moon.
• Your grandma and I got married first -- then lived together.
• Every family had a father and a mother, and every boy over 14 had a rifle that his dad taught him how to use and respect.
• Until I was 25, I called every man older than I, 'Sir' -- and after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, 'Sir.'
• In our time, closets were for clothes - not for 'coming out of.'
• Sundays were set aside for going to church as a family, helping those in need, and just visiting with family or neighbors.
• We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy.
• Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense.
• We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions.
• Serving your country was a privilege; living here was a bigger privilege
• We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent.
• Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.
• Draft dodgers were people who closed their front doors when the evening breeze started.
• Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends -- not condominiums.
• We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.
• We listened to the Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on radio.
• I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey.
• If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan' on it, it was junk.
• The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam.
• Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of
• 5 and 10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents.
• Ice cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel.
• And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.
• You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600, but who could afford one?
• Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon
• In my day, 'grass' was mowed, 'coke' was a cold drink, 'pot' was something your mother cooked in, and 'rock music' was grandma's lullaby.
• 'Aids' were helpers in the Principal's office, 'chip' meant a piece of wood, 'hardware' was found in a hardware store, and 'software' wasn't even a word.
• And we were the last generation that was so dumb as to think a lady needed a husband to have a baby.

No wonder people call us old and confused and say there is such a generation gap.

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