Do you Remember?

Climbing trees, Building igloos out of snow banks, Walking to school, no matter what the weather.

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."

If gasoline or heating oil went up 1/2 cent per gallon, that was terrible! Most people heated with wood or had a kerosene stove.

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 a dish or trading stamps to boot! Gasoline for 29 cents a gallon!

When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female
teachers had their hair done and wore high heels.

When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.

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. And they went hunting and fishing together.

We had 5 &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. If you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.

No one ever asked where the car keys were 'cause they
were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were
never locked. And you got in big trouble if you accidentally
locked the doors at home, since no one ever had a key.

'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.

When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box.

If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!
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Here is another good one - Email received - Author Unknown:

Grandma's Apron

The principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a holder for removing hot pans from the oven; it was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.

From the chicken-coop the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids; and when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled it carried out the hulls. In the fall the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that "old-time apron" that served so many purposes.