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So... just how old are you?

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  • Started 10 months ago by lisawelch
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  1. lisawelch
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    I am so old I remember concrete playgrounds.
    I am so old I remember gas for 11 cents.

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  2. leo2u

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    I can remember cokes for a nickel and candy bars lol..the movie was only 25 cents or mabe fifty cents to see it

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  3. helen89008
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    im 21 lol

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  4. MLee
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    I remember a coke being 25 cents at the machine outside of the firestation.

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  5. sarah west
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    i'am so old that i remember drive in movies were only 25 cent lol

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  6. imagoldengirlnow

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    I used to buy McDonalds hamburgers for 15c and at taco bell, buy a taco for 25c and get a tostada for 1c ..........Hamburger was 3 lbs for $1.00. $5 for a birthday gift was a LOT of money...........I could fill my gas tank for $10 and my rent was $225 .....Ok Im a goldengirlnow.

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  7. karenmomof5

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    I remember sodas being 35 cents, and just 10 cents for a call from a pay phone. I remember getting school lunches for 10 cents, and a $2 allowance and thinking we were rich...LOL


    Candy bars were 10 cents, and you could get a coloring book and crayons for about $1. And I"m talking the big box of crayons.

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  8. BabyonBoard8776
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    I am so old I don't remember how much things cost when I was little besides 1 cent tootsie rolls at the deli LOL


    I am actually only 32 but suffering from C.R.S. already lmao

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  9. BabyonBoard8776
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    I think I recall 10 cent phone calls

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  10. leo2u

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    Well, they stopped the drive in movie here about 15 years ago. I wish they had one ..that would be a good thing

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  11. wendy_1978
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    My birthday was yesterday and I turned a 1/3.33 of a century old! I am in my thirties now!

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  12. leo2u

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    I remember watching JFK getting buried...

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  13. imagoldengirlnow

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    Im so old, I remember Rooten Tooten Raspberry, Olly Olly Orange, Loud Mouth Lime, Goofy Grape, andyone remember the rest?

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  14. lisawelch
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    I am so old that I can remember the day JFK died clearly..but I can not remember 5 seconds ago!
    Also I am so old I remember when Lil' Joe was the best looking of the Bonanza men. Now watching reruns, Pa is the best looking :)

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  15. helen89008
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    im 21

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  16. imagoldengirlnow

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    leo2u said:I remember watching JFK getting buried...


    I was in class when the news came on the intercalm he got shot :(

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  17. lisawelch
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    leo2u said:I remember watching JFK getting buried...
    I was in class when the news came on the intercalm he got shot :(



    I was too, they sent us home.
    I am so old I remember getting drugs while in labor ..and getting to stay a week in the hospital after giving birth!

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  18. missinmykin

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    I remember when my mom went to microwave school at Sears

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  19. The Ferst Family
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    I'm so old, wel... they didn't even have dirt back then! At least that is what Tom tells me! LOL

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  20. leo2u

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    I remember desegregation,, martain luther king getting shot ,
    RFK getting shot. The Vietnam war. Woodstock..country joe and fish lol

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    imagoldengirlnow said:Im so old, I remember Rooten Tooten Raspberry, Olly Olly Orange, Loud Mouth Lime, Goofy Grape, andyone remember the rest?



    Aren't those the Otter Pop flavors?

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  22. leo2u

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    And also the Kent state tragedy

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  23. imagoldengirlnow

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    REBEL, they were packet drinks you add sugar to, like Koolaid, I think before they had Koolaid, or was just a cheaper brand. We bought them at TAX store in 1964

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  24. lilmrsmchenry
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    Ok so I'm still pretty young but there are a few things that stand out.
    Filling the gas tank for under $10.
    Getting locked outside to play until dark and drinking from the garden hose.
    Anyone remember the tv show In the year 2000? I think that is what it was called. It showed inventions that were supposed to be common household items by the year 2000.We were all supposed to have flying cars and robot servants.
    Captian Kangaroo.
    Bozoo the clown.
    Cell phones that could double as a brick.
    TV sets with dials.
    No remote control anything.
    Bandaids came in one color.
    No instant hand sanitizer.
    5 second rule applied everywhere, even outside.
    All barbies were white and she married the big GI Joe Doll (ok "action figure").
    Before fat free, sugar free, carb free (taste free) ice cream.
    The Grapefruit diet.
    When salad was a side dish.
    Merry go rounds on cement playgrounds.
    Kids all had art, music, and recess at school.


    I'm sure I will think of some more.

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  25. Stormy1
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    I'm so old that, Federal minimum wage was $1.25 when I started working. Teen babysitters got 25 cents an hour and we cleaned the house for that too.

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  26. lisawelch
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    I remember "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star"
    I remember GoGo Boots and Nancy Sinatra :)

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  27. lisawelch
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    lilmrsmchenry said:


    TV sets with dials.
    No remote control anything.



    Last year my daughter made the comment to my granddaughters that she and her brother were our remote control. If we wanted the channel changed on the tv we told them to go change it :)

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  28. leo2u

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    dont forget captain kangaroo ,oh yeah Mr. Green Jeans...I remember the star thing too

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  29. lilmrsmchenry
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    Stormy1 said:I'm so old that, Federal minimum wage was $1.25 when I started working. Teen babysitters got 25 cents an hour and we cleaned the house for that too.



    I started babysitting when I was about 10 or 11. I used to be told by my parent you are babysitting for so and so. I didn't realise you could get paid for it until I was about 14. Then it was a dollar an hour or they would trade babysitting for something else like some fruit from their apple tree or my favorite was one woman sold make up so she would trade credits for makeup for me babysitting. :)

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  30. helen89008
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    mr rogers!!


    im 21

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