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".30-40 Krags for $5.00 at the hardware store."

Sigh

Teen burgers, 'cause they had bacon, were my A&W favorites.

You all remember the old soda machines with bottles of pop on sliding racks hanging in chilled ice water... was thinking of the old Double Cola, surprisingly still in business, though I haven't seen one in years.

Phil

I remember doing the wiper thing by hand.
Vacuum hadn't been put to use on the rides my grand-pa had.

Being able to tell the difference between a bundle fork, hay fork, coal fork. and manure fork.

Wasn't it the Hudson Hornet that had the portable bedroom in the back?

Stores being embarrassed because pop had gone from a nickel to a dime.

Flashlight batteries were 5 cents each.

The low buzz in the background of the car radio, thanks to the vibrator that ran the high voltage power supply for the vacuum tubes.

TV repairmen made a good living, because tubes didn't last forever.

A tube of BBs was 7 cents.

Big Chief soda pop. Grandfather always had an assorted case in the back entry of the house.

Back entries to the house, with places for coats, hats, and boots.

Real Moncke wrenches for nuts and bolts. Jaws were located like those of a modern pipe wrench.

Putting wheat up in shocks.

A few farmers still having work horses.

Driving trucks and tractors when I could barely reach the clutch or brake.

Actually knowing what a Poppin' Johny was.

The 57 Chev Bel Air was the coolest car on the road, except for one rich girl in town that had a pink T Bird of that vintage.

I remember when I was a kid that if I did something wrong I got my ass cracked for it!

I remember those, the one at the Plainfield General Store was a Moxie brand, but I wasn't a Moxie fan back then, more of a Budd's White Birch Beer drinker. Budd's was a local brand made by the Newport Bottling Work in Newport, NH.

In 1957, while ball point pens were available, our 7th grade history teacher required us to use fountain pens to take our notes. She was sure we would never be able to "get a job" in the real world if we didn't have and know how to use the fountain pen, write a business letter, and how to properly fold a letter.

Pork was cheaper than beef. Poor folks food.

Grabbing pants from the foot of the bed, and making a dash to dress by the stove in the living room... and finding that the fire was out, and the living room was as cold as your bedroom.

Picking potatoes for 8 cents a sack.

Lopping the heads off chickens for Sunday dinner.

Grandma keeping a pitcher of potato water with yeast growing in it, in a warm spot in the kitchen, so she could make bread.

Wood burning kitchen stoves, with a water jacket. Want a hot shower? Time it to coincide with something being cooked.

Saturdays popping jackrabbits with a .22. Had a population explosion when I was in my mid teens. It was your civic duty to help abate that nuisance.

Daytime only driver license at age 14.

They called it a country exemption when my dad was a kid.

Could drive at 12.

And yes, they abused the schit out of the privilege.

Riding a horse to school.
All grades at the school house were in one room.
Shooting rabbits on the walk home from school.

A buck for a six pack of beer.

A combination wood and electric stove......power outages seemed more often.

credit accounts at the grocery store
hamburgers at the cafe coming in a basket with potato chips
yellow stop signs
Big Chief notebooks
yellow chore gloves on the radiators after recess
girls wearing slacks under their skirts for winter recess
25-count "Chiclet Packs" of Remington .22 shorts
collect calls
when "thongs" were rubber sandals
those stupid, cardboard ":batting helmets" that covered the ears and left the to of the head exposed
single-bar face masks
automobile clocks that never worked
storm coats

Pop in cans seemed a bit odd...and then they figured out that they didn't need a sturdy steel can and they started to use those flimsy, soft aluminum cans that no self-respecting young fellow could reasonably expect to hold without crushing.

You grocery store does not offer credit?????????

Down here in South Texas I remember my mom buying her first new car, a 67 Bonneville and giving me $3 and telling me to tell the gas attendant we were going to fill up. Paper shotgun shells. My dad driving with an open can of beer and police waiving to him. My dad putting down a dog because the officer didn’t have the heart to do it. Being able to hunt of off county roads for doves along citrus orchards. Winn’s .05 and .10 store. Rootbeer served in a megaphone shaped container at A&W.

A hacksaw blade inserted down into the coin slot would trip the bottle release mechanism on some I've been around. Business owners often kept a hacksaw blade stashed away close by so they could get free cold sodas.

Buying a house or vehicle on credit required a substantial cash down payment.

When you saw someone driving a shiny brand new truck or nice car 19 out of 20 times they had grey or white hair if they had any hair left at all.