Words we used to use

[Lucky Irish Tom]

Think we can get him an orange patent leather gunbelt and holsters to complete the look? 

[Silver Creek Slim]

I bet we could. 

Slim

[Major E A Sterner]

Now Y'all stop that...It's just plain wrong


He needs a Lime green belt to go with them orange chaps an Hat...

[Texas Lawdog]

I would like see an orange two gun rig. Maybe a lime green rig for Sunday Go To Meetin'.

[Johnny McCrae]

 
How old is Grandpa???

Stay with this -- the answer is at the end. It will blow you away.

One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events.
The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.

The Grandfather replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before:

' television

' penicillin

' polio shots

' frozen foods

' Xerox

' contact lenses

' Frisbees and

' the pill

There were no:

' credit cards

' laser beams or

' ball-point pens

Man had not invented:

' pantyhose

' air conditioners

' dishwashers

' clothes dryers

' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and

' man hadn't yet walked on the moon


Your Grandmother and I got married first, . . . and then lived together.

Every family had a father and a mother.

Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, "Sir".
And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, "Sir."

We were before computer- dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy.

Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense.

We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions.

Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege.

We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent.

Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.

Draft dodgers were people who closed their front doors when the evening breeze started.

Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends-not purchasing condominiums.

We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.

We listened to the Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios.

If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan ' on it, it was junk.

The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam.

Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of.

We had 5 &10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents.

Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel.

And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.

You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600, . . . but who could afford one?  Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.

In my day:

' "grass" was mowed,

' "coke" was a cold drink,

' "pot" was something your mother cooked in and

' "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby.

' "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office,

' "chip" meant a piece of wood,

' "hardware" was found in a hardware store and

' "software" wasn't even a word.

And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap... and how old do you think I am?

I bet you have this old man in mind...you are in for a shock!


This man would be only 59 years old

(This is a copy of an Email I received earlier this year)

[Ozark Tracker]

times sure change    I'll be 58 this year and it's amazing how many things we've got in my lifetime,  when I was a little kid, I remember my grandma talking about all the things she'd seen in her lifetime, cars, planes , electricity and the phone were her big changes in life.  I remember wondering if I'd see as much as she had,  guess I'd have to say yes on that.   

a lot of the things we have dont' impress us everyday, but think about how it would amaze a person that lived during Civil war times.

[litl rooster]

funny I was thinking the otherday my grandmother was a live when Wilbur and Orville first went to Kitty Hawk, and watched the Giant Step for Mankind, then thought Disney made it up .


A Youngin' at work the otherday said he couldn't believe the gas prices since he started driving had gone up $2 a gal....I then told him it's gone up $4 for me.

[Texas Lawdog]

I can remember paying 19 cents for ethyl and 15 cents for regular(1963).

[Montana Darlin]

Trinity needs to be ncie, I just found this picture of his wife Charlene in my photo's.  Notice the resemblence

[Texas Lawdog]

"Pretty In Pink".

[litl rooster]

"Boy Howdy"

[Texas Lawdog]

Those styles look like they came out of VOGUE! or is that VAGUE?

[Trinity]

Trinity needs to be ncie, I just found this picture of his wife Charlene in my photo's.  Notice the resemblence

Ah do love ol' Sherlene's Ahbrows.  Shaw is sexy!

[Texas Lawdog]

Eyebrow Wax"?

[Russ T Chambers]

As a kid I used to use "Butch Wax" every Summer, when my Mom cut most of my hair off.

[Ozark Tracker]

yep I remember that butch wax,  they'd always leave that little dab of hair in the front.    then a few years later I started getting flat tops,  butch wax was even better fer that 

[Russ T Chambers]

A flat-top was about the most hair I could get my Mom to leave on my head during the Summer.  I think she could have done quite well giving hair cuts to Marine recruits!   

[Ozark Tracker]

summertime haircuts were whitewalls all the way up and over, but they always left that little dab right in the very front,  I often wonder why they didn't just cut all of it. 
then I remember the 60's and the Beatles,  everybody thought man what a lot of hair, when you look back at the old pictures, they really didn't have "that"  long a hair, but in my high school at the time, don't let the principal catch ya with it touching your collar, 

[Arcey]

Brylcreem? Don't know if ya can get it anymore. Ain't seen it in I don't know when. But I ain't been lookin' for it either.

Tolt Bob his grandboy might wanna think 'bout shavin' his head before he reported for induction. He always kept a real short buzz cut ennyway. The boy's been at Parris Island a week tomorrow. Bet he's wonderin' what he's done done ta hisownself right about now.

Had mine 'Beatles' long once. Had ta cut it for employment. Taday, I'd make the early band look as if they had crew cuts. It's a pain. Really wanna cut but I need a reason.

[Ozark Tracker]

Brylcreme, a little dab will do ya, Brylcreme the gals will all persure ya.   

when I went to Basic Training, we had a few guys that their hair touched their butts,  man them barbers seemed to enjoy cutting it all off    and there was one fella, cried like a baby when they cut it all off.