That's all that was available in our neighborhood until about late 1960. Ma Bell wasn't interested in large chunks of rural America. She wanted the easy money that comes from dense people.;-)
Joe-Nathan, post: 353757, member: 562 wrote: I have seen type of phone on the right used before
I can remember when one set of grandparents used that kind of phone. The other grandparents had a more modern one, and we didn't have one yet.
Joe-Nathan, post: 353757, member: 562 wrote: I have seen type of phone on the right used before...but it was for illicit activities along the local bayous and ponds
That's compass and chain; let me introduce you to GPS.....
Has anyone besides me noticed when us Û÷ole fartsÛ start reminiscing about the past everyone gets all excited almost like the first time you had sex? :-$
Oh wait, ÛÏit dependsÛ. 😉
Dang it, FL/GA, that reminded me of an old story that was an old story over 35 years ago.
A co-worker was telling a story about the first time he ever had sex. The rest of us in the office listened closely as he told his tale. He said things were going great until he realized that her mother was watching them. Said that sort of affected his performance. Of course, one of us asked what the mother had to say. He said, "Nothing. She just lowered her head and went back to eating grass."
I remember party lines for the telephones,banks were open Mon to Fri,10am to 3pm ( banker's hours ) no malls,stores closed at 5:30 pm,open on Sat till 5:00pm.and all stores closed on Sun.
In my public school,a few verses from the Bible were read each day,each day a different student would read.The Lord's Prayer was recited by the class each day.
Being originally from Canada,we had the Big Three Automobile Companys,but also the English cars.My Dad would always buy Austin Cambridges,and I remember going to Fred Deeley,in Vancouver,in 1960,seeing the new Austins in the show rooms but also seeing the new Jaguar E-Types,what beautiful cars.
I remember surveying out of a 1957 Ford pannel truck. You could not slam the back doors... You gently closed them, opening the latch, while you did it.
The survey transit, sat on a wool blanket, in the back, to help prevent vibration damage.
I've even surveyed out of a dodge dart!
Wow! I'm flooded with memories.
When I was in high school, a quarter could buy you a gallon of gas or a pack of Marlboros. At that time, a tough choice!
I once bought an old Cadillac for $30. The best thing about it was that the front shocks were very bad, and if you goosed the gas repeatedly, that car would do wheelies up and down the street. A lot of fun! I took it back to the guy after a couple of days and got my money back so I could buy a shotgun.
A friend had a 1947 Plymouth sedan that we would get moving in third gear and cruise all over Santa Ana trying to see how long we could go without stopping. We ran a lot of stop signs. This was really fun in the rain!
Speaking of fun, how about vacuum windshield wipers that quit whenever you stepped on the gas. Wasn't life grand?
I wouldn't trade any of it.
Ruel del Castillo, post: 353840, member: 137 wrote: a quarter could buy you a gallon of gas
Quarters were silver then; what is a silver quarter worth today? What does a gallon of gasoline cost today?
Coinkydink?
http://www.coinflation.com/coins/1932-1964-Silver-Washington-Quarter-Value.html&apos ;">$2.5544935616 is the total melt value for the 1932-1964 silver quarter on January 19, 2016.
My first car was a Rambler American, with vacuum wipers:-)
Warren Smith, post: 353605, member: 9900 wrote: Where does Clark Kent change into Superman today?
He doesn't have to hide it anymore. We all know that Clark Kent is Superman!
WGD, post: 353641, member: 8001 wrote: I remember telling a DOT surveyor who was trying to make me use a lock level and tape instead of a total station (I was a contractor and did not work for DOT) that I would gladly box my gun and pull out a level when he went to the grading contractor and convince him to use an ox and cart.
I remember going to the DOT office a couple of years later to pull plans and this man's wife ran the plan room and she refused to give me the plans I needed because her husband said I was an "A-hole".....
😀
An 'A-hole' is useful, was she ?
YOS
TNAI
Holy Cow, post: 353811, member: 50 wrote: Dang it, FL/GA, that reminded me of an old story that was an old story over 35 years ago.
A co-worker was telling a story about the first time he ever had sex. The rest of us in the office listened closely as he told his tale. He said things were going great until he realized that her mother was watching them. Said that sort of affected his performance. Of course, one of us asked what the mother had to say. He said, "Nothing. She just lowered her head and went back to eating grass."
Charles II watched his son consummate his marriage, make sure the new royal baby was really Royal.
Then the room would be packed with courtiers when she gave birth, make sure it was really her baby.
DEREK G. GRAHAM OLS OLIP, post: 353910, member: 285 wrote: An 'A-hole' is useful, was she ?
YOS
TNAI
Up until then she was very helpful, lol. From that day forward (until she retired) I just sent someone else over to get them.
Pay phones. We couldn't survive without them. Some of those calls were pretty darned expensive, too.
RADAR, post: 353846, member: 413 wrote: Quarters were silver then; what is a silver quarter worth today? What does a gallon of gasoline cost today?
"It cost 1.7 cents to make a penny this year, and 8 cents to make a nickel"
:-S
Ruel del Castillo, post: 353840, member: 137 wrote: Wow! I'm flooded with memories.
When I was in high school, a quarter could buy you a gallon of gas or a pack of Marlboros. At that time, a tough choice!
I once bought an old Cadillac for $30. The best thing about it was that the front shocks were very bad, and if you goosed the gas repeatedly, that car would do wheelies up and down the street. A lot of fun! I took it back to the guy after a couple of days and got my money back so I could buy a shotgun.
A friend had a 1947 Plymouth sedan that we would get moving in third gear and cruise all over Santa Ana trying to see how long we could go without stopping. We ran a lot of stop signs. This was really fun in the rain!
Speaking of fun, how about vacuum windshield wipers that quit whenever you stepped on the gas. Wasn't life grand?
I wouldn't trade any of it.
Oh yeah, one other thing. An old Mexican 20 centavo coin was almost a match in size and weight for a quarter, so drop it into a cigarette machine and get a pack of smokes for next to nothing. Not that I ever did that....
Coin operated cigarette vending machines all over the place. Being able to remember that ensures you are a geezer. At least in the US.
Remember Fred and Barney enjoying a couple Winston cigarettes as part of the advertising for The Flintstones? Lucy and Ricky smoking routinely? Andy Griffith lighting up in Mayberry?
Bernard P. Fife was Barney's full name, but I don't recall ever seeing him with a cigarette.
Holy Cow, post: 354043, member: 50 wrote:
Bernard P. Fife was Barney's full name, but I don't recall ever seeing him with a cigarette.
He did once when he locked himself in the jail when Gomer did his citizen's arrest. He took a couple of puffs and started coughing.
Holy Cow, post: 354043, member: 50 wrote: Lucy and Ricky smoking routinely?
Yes, that was in several episodes. One episode that was not aired was when Fred and Ethel left one evening after a visit and Ricky said to Lucy:
"Oh Lutcee, wanna play 'hide the Tamale tonite?" Nine month later "Little Ricky" appeared. (I read that on the web so it's true)
In addition, at the ancient age of 65, I still simply cannot figure out who on God's green earth would nick name their kid "Beaver" with a last name of "Cleaver"?
B-)