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re: Question for anyone here that was alive in the 1950's (if any)
Posted on 11/10/24 at 11:01 pm to ChineseBandit58
Posted on 11/10/24 at 11:01 pm to ChineseBandit58
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But those were the best days of my life - I consider my character was formed in that era - and it was all about Fairness - Honesty - Trustworthiness - Anxious to help - Absolute Dedication to hard work - Easy to entertain - Very few fat people - everyone in tip top shape (only know one 'fat' girl) - nobody was a 'slacker' - everyone was friends with everyone else - very very very few 'outcasts' - girls were very modest - (a few were 'easy' but none were trashy.)
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Kids were let roam - we were expected to be home for dinner (or else we didn't get to eat) but almost no restrictions on activities - We played 'cowboys and Indians' graduating from finger guns to cap pistols. We rode out bikes for miles and miles on the open road and went anywhere we wanted - no fear of 'stranger danger' at all.
Thank you for saving me the trouble of posting that, It was exactly as I remember because I was born in 37 and graduated high school in 1954. Life has never been so simple, clean, and good since.
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Posted on 11/11/24 at 5:10 am to gumbo2176
Marquez’s at the Chef for seafood.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 6:05 am to Norway
I used to fist someone's mom like a meat puppet in the 50's.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 7:28 am to Norway
The 50s were NOLA’s golden age. Grew up in Gentilly - born 1949.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 7:28 am to gumbo2176
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Living in N.O., it was great if you were white-----not so much if black I would imagine with the old "Jim Crow Laws" in effect.
Older black many I knew loved the 50's in Lower 9th Ward for more than Uptown in 2000's NOLA
Posted on 11/11/24 at 10:25 am to shutterspeed
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The trim was unrivaled.
Nope, nope, nope
Pre 1980's the bush was thick as a Vietnam jungle. Tho late 60s' and 70's were the the thickest bush years.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 10:38 am to Norway
quote:I was born in '49. Yes, it was that amazing to me.
So were the 50's really that amazing ?
But 60's said hold my beer and watch this. 60s was even more amazing.
60's saw me go from an 11 year old kid to an Army PFC having had 2 muscle cars along the way. So maybe I'm prejudice on that subject.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 10:45 am to Cheese Grits
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Pre 1980's the bush was thick as a Vietnam jungle. Tho late 60s' and 70's were the the thickest bush years.
we've identified the poster that has seen few to zero vaginas in his life
Posted on 11/11/24 at 10:54 am to 777Tiger
A rootbeer float from the drive-in on hwy 90 Laplace. Froasted glass mug
that was good.
that was good.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 10:59 am to bigjoe1
I was born in 1953 in Bossier City La.
Will just say my brother, sister and I had a pretty terrific childhood.
Will just say my brother, sister and I had a pretty terrific childhood.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 11:21 am to Norway
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Probably more movies & television shows about the 50's than any other decade.
The 80s say hello.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 11:24 am to Norway
I was alive in that decade but only for two years.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 11:46 am to Norway
Born in '45, finished high school in '63, college in '68. Didn't have a TV or telephone till I was 8 or 9 and an AC even later. Thank goodness for attic and window fans.
Didn't have a black person in any classroom until '74 when I was a public school elementary teacher. It was easy living at that time. The technical advances received from the War, greatly improved our way of life.
It would take a major adjustment from this generation to even survive the 40's and 50's. I think our generation has gone through the biggest changes in technology of any generation. I would go back there in a heartbeat.
Didn't have a black person in any classroom until '74 when I was a public school elementary teacher. It was easy living at that time. The technical advances received from the War, greatly improved our way of life.
It would take a major adjustment from this generation to even survive the 40's and 50's. I think our generation has gone through the biggest changes in technology of any generation. I would go back there in a heartbeat.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 12:22 pm to LRB1967
I was born in 1947 and I remember many things from that period. Everything revolved around God, family, hard work. The men and women coming out of WW2 understood the value of hard work and its rewards. They didn’t expect something for nothing like too many people do today. We have become a soft, government dependent society that just doesn’t appreciate what made this country so special. I could go on but you get the point.
This post was edited on 11/11/24 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 11/11/24 at 12:25 pm to ImaObserver
Ward Cleaver got to be hard on the beaver a lot during the 50's. That is all I've got.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 1:09 pm to CitizenK
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Older black many I knew loved the 50's in Lower 9th Ward for more than Uptown in 2000's NOLA
Well, that's no mystery as to why. More and more drug slinging, more and more fatherless families, the rise of the rap/hip-hop culture that preaches violence against women and each other. Life has gotten cheap for some segments of our population.
Back in the 50's most folks settled their disputes with fists. Now, a person gets shot over the simple act of accidentally stepping on someone's new Air Jordan's or over a football starter jacket that the other guy wants.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 1:11 pm to RockoRou
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The technical advances received from the space program, greatly improved our way of life.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 1:16 pm to soccerfüt
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Marquez’s at the Chef for seafood.
I ate there several times when they were open. Another favorite of mine out east was a Chinese restaurant called "Ying King" that was on Chef past Michoud, but before Alcee Fortier where the local version of Little Saigon was located.
It was a big red metal building on the right hand side of Chef heading east and they had some of the best Chinese food in N.O. It wasn't real popular with many people in N.O. because of the location, but one of my favorites when open.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 2:39 pm to Norway
As a kid at the time I can truly say that 50s America was peak America ... for most, not all, but most.
Black families were strong, pre-LBJ bullshite. Drugs were almost non-existent. Streets were safe except in just a few small pockets and, even then, it was mostly organized crime in big cities.
All of my (ten) uncles had served in WWII and/or Korea. That was a big deal for my family. Vietnam was not a thing yet.
There were pictures of Jesus, Washington and Ike in every classroom.
Mom's raised kids, Dad's worked. We had plenty of money with three kids. Everyone had at least three kids or more.
Rabbit ear B&W TVs, transistor radios ... there was no FM, only AM, and at night we'd listen to the Super Stations out of Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte and even NY and Chicago, weather permitting.
I could go on and on.
We were, without a doubt, the Greatest Nation on earth. The GOAT.
Black families were strong, pre-LBJ bullshite. Drugs were almost non-existent. Streets were safe except in just a few small pockets and, even then, it was mostly organized crime in big cities.
All of my (ten) uncles had served in WWII and/or Korea. That was a big deal for my family. Vietnam was not a thing yet.
There were pictures of Jesus, Washington and Ike in every classroom.
Mom's raised kids, Dad's worked. We had plenty of money with three kids. Everyone had at least three kids or more.
Rabbit ear B&W TVs, transistor radios ... there was no FM, only AM, and at night we'd listen to the Super Stations out of Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte and even NY and Chicago, weather permitting.
I could go on and on.
We were, without a doubt, the Greatest Nation on earth. The GOAT.
Posted on 11/11/24 at 3:34 pm to scrooster
I wasn't born until the 70s, but was reading an article on why the working class went away from Democrats last week and it had this-
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America had it good after World War II. The nation led the globe with innovation but protected its interests. When Democrats looked after workers, American cotton, clothes and cars ruled the world. Never mind that American farmers kept out other countries’ cotton out of global or American markets, or that American workers in Detroit and the Rust Belt rode the tide of cars, aluminum and steel while not letting these industries flourish in the developing world.
There was no “left-behind” American worker then — there was a left-behind world, and that suited American workers just fine. There was also enough money to go around — to erect social safety nets in the 1960s and 70s, for example.
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