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You know you are old - 65+ when you remember
Posted on 6/4/17 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 6/4/17 at 12:47 pm
From 1955 to 1970
1. Coke vending machines that cost 6 cents
2. Using a hand cranked ice cream machine
3. School lunches cost a quarter in Vermillion Parish
4. State of Louisiana issued 3 tablets and pencils to each school kid
5. The first Burger Chef – burger, fries and a shake for $1.00
6. No seat belts in cars
7. No school in Vermillion parish had air conditioning
8. The tv might get 2 stations if you turned the antenna correctly
9. Baton Rouge had one bridge
10. Tiger Stadium had wood bench seats, no charge for the splinters
11. LSU had mandatory ROTC, freshmen wore those stupid beanies
12 Worrying about your draft status
1. Coke vending machines that cost 6 cents
2. Using a hand cranked ice cream machine
3. School lunches cost a quarter in Vermillion Parish
4. State of Louisiana issued 3 tablets and pencils to each school kid
5. The first Burger Chef – burger, fries and a shake for $1.00
6. No seat belts in cars
7. No school in Vermillion parish had air conditioning
8. The tv might get 2 stations if you turned the antenna correctly
9. Baton Rouge had one bridge
10. Tiger Stadium had wood bench seats, no charge for the splinters
11. LSU had mandatory ROTC, freshmen wore those stupid beanies
12 Worrying about your draft status
Posted on 6/4/17 at 12:49 pm to Purplehaze
hate to admit it, but I do remember quite a bit of that...
Posted on 6/4/17 at 12:50 pm to Purplehaze
Gasoline for about 30 cents a gallon.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 12:50 pm to Purplehaze
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The first Burger Chef – burger, fries and a shake for $1.00
What happened?
Posted on 6/4/17 at 12:57 pm to Purplehaze
13. 25 cent movies and 5 cent popcorn
14. 30 cent per gallon gasoline
Crap, I'm ancient
14. 30 cent per gallon gasoline
Crap, I'm ancient
Posted on 6/4/17 at 12:59 pm to Purplehaze
You could go across the tracks to the other side of town, honk your horn and get a blowy for a shiny half dollar.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 12:59 pm to Purplehaze
I remember some of that and am not near 60
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:01 pm to Purplehaze
I am not in the 65+ crowd, not really even close to it.. I am 39, but a few of these I can relate to.
The barber shop I go to still has a coke vending machine (with the bottled cokes), while it is $1 now, when I was a kid it use to be like $0.15. But it is the only place I know that still has a bottle coke vending machine.
I graduated HS in 1997. Lunch was $0.75. Looking back at it today, that was one hell of a deal for a full lunch meal (including a drink). If you put together a sandwich today, two slices of bread, ham, lettuce, etc. cost under $0.75, but that's not including a drink.. And at least with the school lunch, you got a cup of fruit, bread, etc.
Car seats were not really a thing yet when I was a kid. Today kids have to be over a certain weight and height before not using a car seat, but I remember just sitting in the back seat of the car, no seat belt... Well, I think they had them.. But I remember my dad use to let me ride in the back of his truck like it wasn't a big deal.
In middle school we had no AC. The windows were always open and on days the wind blew a lot, it would blow dust inside.. Students who sat by the window had to hold their papers down with whatever they had (ruler, etc).
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1. Coke vending machines that cost 6 cents
The barber shop I go to still has a coke vending machine (with the bottled cokes), while it is $1 now, when I was a kid it use to be like $0.15. But it is the only place I know that still has a bottle coke vending machine.
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3. School lunches cost a quarter in Vermillion Parish
I graduated HS in 1997. Lunch was $0.75. Looking back at it today, that was one hell of a deal for a full lunch meal (including a drink). If you put together a sandwich today, two slices of bread, ham, lettuce, etc. cost under $0.75, but that's not including a drink.. And at least with the school lunch, you got a cup of fruit, bread, etc.
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6. No seat belts in cars
Car seats were not really a thing yet when I was a kid. Today kids have to be over a certain weight and height before not using a car seat, but I remember just sitting in the back seat of the car, no seat belt... Well, I think they had them.. But I remember my dad use to let me ride in the back of his truck like it wasn't a big deal.
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7. No school in Vermillion parish had air conditioning
In middle school we had no AC. The windows were always open and on days the wind blew a lot, it would blow dust inside.. Students who sat by the window had to hold their papers down with whatever they had (ruler, etc).
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:10 pm to OweO
Learning to type on Underwood typewriters from the 30's
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:10 pm to Purplehaze
Guilty on most except for the regional ones.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:14 pm to Purplehaze
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2. Using a hand cranked ice cream machine
Used to love making homemade ice cream when we had company over.
3. School lunches cost a quarter in Vermillion Parish
Here in Evangeline Parish as a senior in 1978, they were .75.
4. State of Louisiana issued 3 tablets and pencils to each school kid
I remember this from grade school.
6. No seat belts in cars
No car seats either, and yet most of us lived.
7. No school in Vermillion parish had air conditioning
Didn't have A/C in my grade school rooms either. Hell, the gym at Mamou High still doesn't have A/C.
8. The tv might get 2 stations if you turned the antenna correctly
I guess here in Evangeline Parish we were lucky, we got 3 until cable arrived here in the early to mid 80s.
9. Baton Rouge had one bridge
Yeah I remember going to Baton Rouge and driving in front of the old Esso refinery, with the Tiger painted on the oil storage tanks.
10. Tiger Stadium had wood bench seats, no charge for the splinters
Didn't attend my first game in BR until 1976, so I missed this one.
11. LSU had mandatory ROTC, freshmen wore those stupid beanies
Yep, that's what my Dad told me.
12 Worrying about your draft status
Didn't have to worry about the draft, but still had to register for Selective Service.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:16 pm to Purplehaze
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Learning to type on Underwood typewriters from the 30's
A year or two before my freshman year, the HS got rid of the typewriters and had a "computer lab". Typing was still a class, but I never took it. I taught myself how to do it (which is my situation with almost everything. If I really want to learn it, I have to teach myself).
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:16 pm to Purplehaze
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Coke vending machines that cost 6 cents
I was looking through some of my grandfather's old papers and came across a receipt from Coca-Cola where he bought 70 cases of coke for $70. One dollar a case. It was from 1956.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:17 pm to Purplehaze
I'm not 60 yet but I even used an outhouse in rural north LA!
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:19 pm to Purplehaze
I remember some of that.... not much different growing up in Michigan....
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:20 pm to LongueCarabine
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Hell, the gym at Mamou High still doesn't have A/C.
LOL!! Not sure whether to laugh or cry about that one.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:32 pm to Purplehaze
I remember some of the late 60's... the 70's was a blast, you could ride your bikes anywhere night or day. You
could leave your doors unlock... The good ole days.
could leave your doors unlock... The good ole days.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:33 pm to Purplehaze
I remember all that not related to LA and I was born in 1970. Cheap cokes and lunches, Hand cranked ice cream, no seat belts, worrying about draft status..
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:37 pm to Purplehaze
It absolutely fascinated me how much prices have changed just in one lifetime
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:46 pm to LSU TIGERS 1234
White only drinking fountains and white only restrooms
You felt rich if you had more than 2 pairs of shoes
45 records for the record player
The freezer in the refrigerator was just big enough to hold one gallon of ice cream and it had to be defrosted on a regular basis
You felt rich if you had more than 2 pairs of shoes
45 records for the record player
The freezer in the refrigerator was just big enough to hold one gallon of ice cream and it had to be defrosted on a regular basis
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