Hey,wasn’t that us? Sure was!!!

[crakjak]

Originally Posted by Sam

I remember some of that.
I was raised in a small town in SE Wisconsin.
I remember when nobody had a tv.
I remember when we had 2 blacksmiths.
I remember when farmers brought horses to those blacksmiths.
I remember once in a while someone rode a horse or mule into town.
Downtown was a block and a half of store fronts on both sides of Main Street.
I remember when people walked where they were going during the day because Dad had the car at work.
We didn't have school buses.
There were 2 "graded" schools and one high school.
I went to all 12 grades with some of the same people.
My 8th grade teacher had also been my mother's 8th grade teacher.
There were 4 churches: Congregational, Methodist, Lutheran, and Baptist.
We didn't have a Roman Catholic Church in our town, the Catholic kids went to school with the rest of us. But in high school we all had to eat fish or macaroni and cheese on Friday.
I remember when some of us had outhouses.
I remember when first class postage was 3 cents.
I remember when we had to go to the Post Office to pick up our mail.
I remember "party lines" where several people shared a line and each house had a distinctive ring.
I remember phones with no dial.
I remember picking up the phone and hearing an Operator say, "Number please." We could give them the number of the person we wanted to talk to (our phone number was 104W. My grandfather's general store phone number was 10R) or give them the name and they would connect you.
I remember when bicycles had no gears.
I remember cars before they had turn signals, you signaled your turn with your hand out the window.
I remember when all cars were "stick shift." When automatic shift became available it was looked on suspiciously and we figured it would not hold up like the standard shift. I remember running boards on cars. I remember when cars had radios (am only of course) and clocks with hands on them.

But then, I'm old.

I remember and exprienced about 3/4 of these things, Sam, but, of course I am only about 3/4 as old as you!! LOL