Anyone get lonely for the past?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:14 am

Hally - I certainly do remember the hippie deal- I was one of them! lol Beads, bellbottoms, candles, incense, and all!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:16 am

Okay Dear People:
I remember when there was no TV. And not everyone had a radio.
I remember grade school when the exciting thing was that first field trip in the spring. You got to see the first little plants pushing up out of the ground.
I remember Christmases when the big thing was fruit in your stocking. (the great depression hadn't ended yet).
I remember so many interesting things that a lot of people may never have exerienced. Like following behind the person plowing a field and finding a baby rabbit who's nest had been plowed up.
I especially remember the first forget-me-nots
popping up all over. That tiny, tiny blue flower that heralded in spring in East Texas,
painting all the fields with a carpet of blue.

I remember fresh laundry hanging outside to dry.
And plenty of mockingbirds and cardinals.
And best of all the sound of the whipoorwills
calling at night.
And I can't leave out those wonderful, gentle southern breezes that kissed your cheek as you ran accross a field, playing whatever game your imagination could devise. That would be in April.
My goodness! There is a whole world of memories. Untouched by modern day stresses and worries. MY My!!!
Thanks for reminding me.
Mary Jane

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:30 am

Cornflower- Kinda reminds us to appreciate the simpler things in life that are right under our noses that we sometimes forget about, doesn't it? A field full of flowers, a pretty sunset, little rabbits, birds singing, etc.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:09 am

I miss penny candy ! I used to go to the store and the cashier would hand me a small paper bag and I'd fill it up ! They used to have a few pinball machines in the back and I'd spend what seemed like hours playing while munching on Mojo's, Koo-koo's, the gum out of baseball cards and Wacky Packages, wax coca-cola bottles with the brown juice on the inside, black cat gum, bazooka joe, candy cigarettes,.....I'm going thru sugar shock just typing this ! LOL

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:17 am

Ohhhhh you guys..What an AWESOME thread!!!! I have soooo many awesome memories. Some that I had forgotten until now. Thanks for the reminders.
1. My fondest memory is sitting down with the family, as my older sister would make the popcorn, to watch "the wizard of oz" (Pecos, it was a tradition in our home as well

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2. I was born in Waupaca Wi. 1968 so, for the first 10 yrs of my life, we enjoyed a "white Christmas". I remember going shopping with my mom. Holiday music was blaring in the court square and every shop was decorated. The smell of winter and baked cookies filled the streets... I LOVED the fashion back then

The woman dressed in those big oversized fur coats, with there matching hats and gloves. and YES, RED LIPSTICK TOO (Mary, you're too funny

) The men were always in suits and hats. What happened to fashion

(My father has old videos of the Dean Martin show, lol...I love to watch those, he was SOOOOO CLASSY...even with a cigarette in his hand

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3. Every sunday, after church, Dad would take us to "The Hut" which was a burger place in our little town. Wow!! A hamburger for less than .50...What a concept

I have alot more I could mention, but these three stand out the most. I loved reading everyone else's posts, keep it going, it sure does make you realize that there were certainly good times, how theraputic

God bless you ALL
Robin

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:21 am

Manofmusic...LOL I remember the wax Coca Cola bottles...oh, do you remember "Dots"???? They were just colored sugar dots place on paper????

Carolyn Dickman · Post by **Carolyn Dickman** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:27 am

I miss the strong smell of rain right before a storm, the rainbow that was always on the ground and in the sky after a rain (I haven't seen a rainbow in many years in the city of Chicago. Sad huh.), you can hardly see the stars in the sky at night,now. I miss Christmas the way it use to be. We were poor. My dad died when I was 3 and my mom had to raise 10 children alone(I'm the baby girl). But she found a way to do it. We had great christmases! Stockings and all! Waiting for santa and leaving cookies and milk.LOL. Now it seems like christms is all about presents. It's not fun anymore.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:41 am

Oh Gosh, What An Awesome Post. The things I remember... I remember walking to the corner store to get pretty much anything we needed plus they were a penny candy store, too. I remember everything being closed on Sundays because that was church and family. I remember my grandmother putting in rag curls in my hair out of strips she made from old pillow cases. I remember my father taking a day off work and pulling me and my sister out of school to go downtown to shop for a Christmas gift for my mom and have lunch in a "fancy" restaurant. I remember big Sunday dinners at my grandmother's house after church with the whole family, aunts, uncles, cousins. I remember kids being outside all day long, coming home for lunch and dinner and we were absolutely starving from playing so hard. I remember the feeling of the last few minutes of the last day of school before summer vacation began.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane

Lisa

priddymama · Post by **priddymama** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:40 am

LisaLisa- I remember everything being closed on Sundays too! Every store was closed including the grocery stores. Was that a religious thing for a day of rest? I don't remember the reason.

epa · Post by **epa** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:46 pm

Mary Wargo, when everything was close on Sundays, it was cause of the Blue Law. Then it went to Blue Law Sunday, where you could only open up at 12 noon I believe, or it could have been 2:00pm. Some states, still have it, where you can't buy beer till a certain time on Sunday, and no liquor sells, cause they are state own. There is also other things you can't buy on Sunday, cause of the Blue Law, in some states.
I remember when the gas shortage started in the early 70's, gas was 25 cents a gallon. I remember bottle coke was five cents, loaf of bread was twenty-five cents. My sisters and I would go to the Boy's Club on Friday night and play bingo, that was the only time girls could get in the Boy's Club. We had 50 cents, we would buy two bingo cards, a drink, and a snack (a nice size snack), and have change left over. Turn in soda bottles and get a nickel, for each one. I also remember ten ounce coke for a nickel. Penny candy was like four or five pieces for a penny.
People would seat outside and visit, children playing all around, and you would hear their laughter.
Who remembers the lucky gum ball machine? I remember putting my money in the gumball machine, and wishing I would get a lucky gum ball, if you got the lucky gum ball, you got a nickel.
I remember rent being $50.00 a month, light bills around $13.00. The stores in the neighbor hood gave you credit, so you could buy all week, and pay on pay day.
There was not that many fast food restaurant around. Family spend a lot of time together. Parents going out in the woods to get a Christmas tree, (had the silver one with the light also).
I always remember other things, that were not so pleasant.
Sunshine1960