remember when...

[PrairieGhost]

Phone, who had a phone? First one our number was two longs and a short. Big old red batteries in the radio. Listened to the Lone Ranger on Tuesday night wishing we had one of those new fangled TV like an uncle had. When we did get one you took your Saturday night bath before 9:00pm because that's when Gun Smoke came on. Went to school on a sled behind our old horse. Gas was .13 /gallon. Before we got electricity dad would slide a scoop shovel with burning coal under the car to warm the engine enough to start. Summer Sunday afternoons neighbors all met on a wooded portion of the river to picnic and fish. In the fall on Sunday you always hired five more guys for a ten man threshing crew because only half would show up on Monday morning and the other half were hung over. 22 shells were .49 a box. You could order a 6.5x55 Swede from a catalogue for $9.99 to $29.99 depending on the shape. The $29 were unfired. The sport shops loved the 1968 firearms bill that forced you to buy from them. My dad bought an 8mm Mauser from a catalogue for about $10.

 

[Auggie]

I member

 

[Sparky2_1]

How about 2 1/2 day deer season. Open Friday noon. Sunset was the end if the day and closed that Sunday at sunset. And the deer tags were metal.

 

[BrokenBackJack]

The good old days!
People would help one another and not ask or want anything in return. Never had the government handouts you have today. You worked or you went hungry.
We had 3 huge gardens and they were about 1 1/2 acres each. Had to hoe them and pull weeks plus push mow the huge farm yard. Hated to pull those darn weeds then Dad planted more trees and we had to hoe and pull weeds in them too. Mom canned meat, fruit, and veggies from the garden then we gave the rest of it away. Dad had us go get everything from the gardens and he put it all in the pickup. We would then go to the old timers in the country and the towns and give it to them.
You also treated older people with respect!
Never back talked to your parents or any adult.
Feared your teachers and the police and didn't disrespect them either.
Getting to go to town once or twice a year and got a restaurant hamburger with a toasted bun and either a pop or a shake. Man we were in Heaven!!!
Thought we had it tough but didn't know any different, and it sure didn't hurt us none. Wonder how these protestors would handle any of it. They would need more than a safe room with a safety pin.

 

[johnr]

Stewardesses were chicks, nurses didn’t have dicks, men didn’t wear a bun, policeman were men, and a grease monkey filled my fuel tank

 

[LBrandt]

303 Enfield for deer hunting, 20 ga bolt action for pheasant and a single shot 22 for gophers. Invinceable I was and still have those guns. Come cleaning time oh what memories.

 

[zoops]

when less than 98% of land was posted...

when a dime bag cost a dime...

 

[2400]

When running your mouth off at school got you an invitation to meet up at the bike rack at 3:30. In addition to a bunch of kids there were usually 2-3 teachers to make sure it was a fair fight. Afterwards you shook hands and either never spoke to each other again or were best friends the next day.

 

[Achucker]

LEAD PAINT. Lol. Man you guys are old:;:

 

[AR-15]

you wore red for deer season, metal tags that we figured out how to open after we got one home, and we walked from dark to dark, The H2S from the oil wells would turn a white house with lead paint black, hunt ducks and geese with homemade decoys we made from newspaper stencils

 

[ORCUS DEMENS]

Riding my banana bike everywhere. Not unusual to go 50 miles a day. Right up to the point the frame broke while riding down a hill. Now that was real excitement.

 

[2400]

Saving up for a Schwinn Varsity 10 speed to replace the old tired Stingray...

 

[USMCDI]

Bottle rocket fights with old wiffle ball bats.

Cash rent was 25.00 an acre.

 

[SDMF]

Trading up from my red/white painted Huffy Pro 3 to the ubiquitous chrome Schwinn Predator with handbrakes and free-wheel. Oakly 3 handlebar grips for said Schwinn. Frame and "gooseneck" pads velcro'd on to protect "the boys".

Counting teeth on front and rear sprockets and then the long detailed discussions that ensued regarding why adding or dropping but 1 tooth would make the stars align and everything would be right with the world.

Only wussies had kickstands!

 

[measure-it]

3 cent postage, $.24.9/gal gas, Scotty's $.15 hamburgers & $.10 fries, pinball at the O K Confectionary and Caruful's Teen Club, The Bis-Man Pards baseball, catfishing behind the Missouri Valley Meat drainage tube, bowfishing carp under the Interstate 94 bridge, and a Dairy Queen treat when you could still afford one!

 

[Kentucky Windage]

You got laid all the time before you got married.

 

[roosterfish]

having a koolaid sale on the corner so brother and i could go buy new slot cars. coast to coast and holiday were like scheels. walking in apartment buildings on the way home from school to warm up. fishing before it was open. our hunting truck was a bonneville with 3 guys to push when we got stuck. lol GOOD TIMES!!!!!!

 

[Ristorapper]

shining rabbits at night with the .22 over the top of the cab of the pickup.

soil bank.

303 British

3030 lever

Model 88 Win levers

Zebco 202

 

[257Bob]

Riding with Elmer or Fritzy running greyhounds on fox.

 

[SDMF]

Model 88 Win levers

I still have a minor lusting for a Sako FinnWolf lever which looks a lot like an 88.