Things Your Kids will never know about

[papaOU]

ten cent coffee

Ten cent hamburger.

An "old fashion" hamburger.

Keep all the special sauces and the other that kill the taste of a burger.

Toasted bun. Slap the hamburger patty a couple of times with the spatula. A dab of mustard, slice of onion, and dill pickle.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOODDDD

[Prunepicker]

Giving a tip because they earned it... not because society says you have
to...

Ooooooooooooooooo that's a good one! Prunette and I almost always tip BUT
if the service is exceptional they get a better tip.

The thing I absolutely abhor is when the waitress or waiter keeps the change
because they assume we don't want it, or worse, that they think they
deserve it. It doesn't matter if it's 3 cents, bring ALL of the change back. The
manager will get an earful every time it happens. It's bad business.

[papaOU]

That a certain four letter word and any connotations therein is vulgar and not to be used in mixed-company, much less in public, and never,never,ever in front of one or both parents.

[Generals64]

Never will they get to taste Lifebuoy Soap....

How about seeing an original Wringer-type Washing machine???

Having to hang their clothes on a line with Clothes pins????

[gen70]

But Christmas, Good Friday and Easter are not JUST catholic holidays.

1) The whole point in making the observation that I did was the fact Christmas and Easter have lost their religious/spiritual meanings.

2) That too many kids do not appreciate presents of any kind because the mentality has become one where they feel these are things they are entitled too. Things they should get, not earn or miss out on. And this is every day things not just holidays or birthdays.......

I guess I should have worded the original posting differently to have avoided the religious implications. The "Good Friday" story was to show how far things have slipped. Not that it was "Good Friday!!" It's probably true about the July 4Th holiday..
Memorial Day!!! It's just a three-day weekend for most. And another sale item (wreathes) for corporate America. How many remember it as Decoration Day and was to honor the war dead.

Forget the religion............

These are things that are passing us by now and soon will have no significance......

I'm sorry!! I forget how many of you are grant-grads and need things spelled out and a picture drawn...

Spelled and drawn out? That's funny! from a CHHS grad.

[Prunepicker]

How about seeing an original Wringer-type Washing machine?

My sister got her arm caught in one. All the way to her elbow! I wasn't a
pretty sight. OUCH!

[Generals64]

My sister got her arm caught in one. All the way to her elbow! I wasn't a
pretty sight. OUCH!

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So did I...Still remember it and I was about 4 years old...60 years ago....Hurt like Crap......and then I got a spanking for not paying attention and the lecture was worse than that.....Stayed away from them from then on......

[Redskins/General]

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So did I...Still remember it and I was about 4 years old...60 years ago....Hurt like Crap......and then I got a spanking for not paying attention and the lecture was worse than that.....Stayed away from them from then on......

Not 60 years ago dummy, 59???

[Prunepicker]

So did I... Still remember it and I was about 4 years old... 60 years ago...
Hurt like Crap... and then I got a spanking for not paying attention and the
lecture was worse than that... Stayed away from them from then on...

Those rollers were made for gripping and squeezing. No mercy!

[SOUTHSIDE GIRL]

Never will they get to taste Lifebuoy Soap....

How about seeing an original Wringer-type Washing machine???

Having to hang their clothes on a line with Clothes pins????

Had my arm in the wringer a time or two. Any one remember what the
blue-ing was for?

[Prunepicker]

Had my arm in the wringer a time or two. Any one remember what the
blue-ing was for?

It whitened whites and brightened colors.

[papaOU]

Had my arm in the wringer a time or two. Any one remember what the
blue-ing was for?

This reminds me of one of the things "the old folks used to say" better to post it there than here.

[Prunepicker]

It whitened whites and brightened colors.

I used the past tense. Bluing still does whiten and brighten clothes.

[westsidesooner]

I just posted thinking (without checking) this was torn down....is it still there?

[Prunepicker]

I just posted thinking (without checking) this was torn down....is it still there?

It's long gone. Early 90's? I took some photos just before they tore it
down.

[bluedogok]

It's long gone. Early 90's? I took some photos just before they tore it
down.

It was there in 2003, we stopped at it on the way back from Chicago.

Here's a post on the Oklahoma Modern Blog - McDonalds Moderne on January 25, 2008. He does mention the bridge in Stroud being torn down.

[papaOU]

I just posted thinking (without checking) this was torn down....is it still there?

For several years my wife and I went to Springfield MO. for bowling tourney. The return trip always included bad weather once entering OK. We stopped there many times because of heavy rain. Twice for tornado warnings. Why everyone stopped there because of tornado's I will never know. Kind of like stopping beneath underpasses. That was/is still done by many and I say it was a precaution given by somebody of authority years ago. Like opening the windows of your home. Or was it close your windows?

[Prunepicker]

It was there in 2003, we stopped at it on the way back from Chicago.

Here's a post on the Oklahoma Modern Blog - McDonalds Moderne on January
25, 2008. He does mention the bridge in Stroud being torn down.

I thought it was the one at Stroud. Ooops... I should have paid closer
attention. Will Rogers turnpike, duh...

[RealJimbo]

Yep, the McDonald's is still there, but no longer the "Biggest McDonald's In The World" as it was once billed.

[papaOU]

Was not sure where to post this.

Pant stretchers are still being manufactured.

Many on ebay along with sock stretchers.

Why would you need sock stretchers?

[Generals64]

Was not sure where to post this.

Pant stretchers are still being manufactured.

Many on ebay along with sock stretchers.

Why would you need sock stretchers?

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sometimes your feet grow when you stick them in your mouth and you have to stretch your socks....

[ktybug]

Ok, I gotta jump in. Foreman Scotty and the Golden Lasso, HoHo the clown ( loved him) ,Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans with Bunny and Mr. Moose. Romper Room, Lula Frank and Ollie. Gumbie and Pokie, Capitol Hill Icecream on Sunday after chuch, Brown's Bakery, going to 14 Flags Drive Inn Movie, backin the pickup to the speaker and whipping out the lawn chairs for the triple John Wayne. Portable record players, Huckelberry Hound Quick Draw McGraw, Yogi and BooBoo, Dark Shadows. Annie Oakly show, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans on Saturday morning. Getting a spanking from any adult that caught you doing bad and don't forget you had to cut your own switch.

[ktybug]

oops, let me correct my spelling. It should be Kukla, Fran and Ollie. quit yelling.

[Generals64]

Ok, I gotta jump in. Foreman Scotty and the Golden Lasso, HoHo the clown ( loved him) ,Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans with Bunny and Mr. Moose. Romper Room, Lula Frank and Ollie. Gumbie and Pokie, Capitol Hill Icecream on Sunday after chuch, Brown's Bakery, going to 14 Flags Drive Inn Movie, backin the pickup to the speaker and whipping out the lawn chairs for the triple John Wayne. Portable record players, Huckelberry Hound Quick Draw McGraw, Yogi and BooBoo, Dark Shadows. Annie Oakly show, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans on Saturday morning. Getting a spanking from any adult that caught you doing bad and don't forget you had to cut your own switch.

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all right girl, you have been officially accepted into the old timer's club...But, It was Kukla Fran and Ollie....If you want to have some fun reading (and a lot of time) read the southside memories thread...you'll enjoy

[Prunepicker]

Ho Ho's house was demolished today. It's just a pile of rubble.