I remember when.....

[Matt Crunk]

During my school years from '72 through '84, in a rural county school, in the South, kids carried pocket knives and it was no big deal. Many also carried tins of chewing tobacco in their hip pocket ( that would over time leave a clear circular pattern in their blue jeans) which some even chewed in class. You could carry cigarettes and smoke in designated areas with parental consent (op until the late '70s). We too had many boys old enough to drive to school who had gun racks in their pickups with guns in them, on school property. No one thought a thing of it and no problem ever came of it.

Boy, how times have changed.

 

[3fingers]

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but I have carried a knife every day since 2nd grade. My elementary school teachers used to borrow it if they needed a knife for some reason. We also had guns in pickup window racks in high school. It was common everywhere around here. I know of not one incident where anyone was even threatened with a weapon in any of the schools in this area at that time or before.

 

[supercruiser]

I remember when you could almost get around Los Angeles without having to fight traffic. I also remember a time when homes in my neighborhood were well taken care of, rather than being bulldozed to make way for awful monolithic structures that truly disgust me in my 1930s neighborhood. And all of this wasn't that long ago.

 

[green papaya]

I remember when hobos used to ride the rails and pass through my town all the time, most bums back then were alcoholics / winos

I still remember the smell of urine & sweat you could smell a bum a block away

 

[Stearmen]

I remember the first time I was allowed to *hold* a $20 bill. I was awestruck. I had no idea that amount of money existed.

I remember when I was a kid, my Dads boss came over, he was heading off to buy a new building. He had $5,000 dollars with him, all in $1,000 bills. I got to hold one, only for a minute though! It was as incomprehensible to me as a million dollars at the time.

 

[Gregg Axley]

I remember when I was a kid, my Dads boss came over, he was heading off to buy a new building. He had $5,000 dollars with him, all in $1,000 bills. I got to hold one, only for a minute though! It was as incomprehensible to me as a million dollars at the time.

The only time I saw those was on Let's Make A Deal.

 

[dh66]

I can remember learning to draw with Jon Gnagy.

Haven't heard that in years. My grandfather bought me that art set when I was a kid. I must've drawn that dog a hundred times.
Thanks for bringing back memories.

And speaking of gun racks, I can't even remember the last time I saw a truck with one in it, on school grounds or otherwise.

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[HudsonHawk]

Our high school didn't have any such ban in the late 1970s. We even had kids who had rifles in the gun racks of their trucks. AND...there was never an issue with any of it. People knew how to behave themselves better back in those days.

Not the kids in my elementary school. Letting us throw knives at each other was just a bad idea.

I did carry a pocket knife in high school, though it was specifically banned. I don't think anyone cared. I'm not allowed to carry a pocket knife at work, so I don't, because...well, I like my job, but I carry one pretty much everywhere else.

 

[Big Man]

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but I have carried a knife every day since 2nd grade. My elementary school teachers used to borrow it if they needed a knife for some reason. We also had guns in pickup window racks in high school. It was common everywhere around here. I know of not one incident where anyone was even threatened with a weapon in any of the schools in this area at that time or before.

When I was in high school I drove a school bus. Several of us student drivers carried our deer rifles on the bus in the event we spotted a deer along the route. I recall several times someone would shoot a deer, drag it on the bus, and when we got to school took it to the shop and dressed it out.

The thought of using a gun for anything other than hunting or a knife for anything other than work never entered our minds.

 

[jamespowers]

The thought of using a gun for anything other than hunting or a knife for anything other than work never entered our minds.

That was definitely one of those I remember when lines. No one thought of being a crazy nut then. Then again, all crazy nuts were quickly locked up back then too---but then you know this well.

 

[green papaya]

I remember when McDonalds use to use fresh large sized potatoes and you could view them using a special french fry cutter , thats when they use to taste real good, back when they still made them the old fashioned way.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

I remember when it was easy to find a good hamburger and fries practically anywhere. Then..the push was on to change the ingredients that they are cooked in. Gradually every fast food menu succumbed to those who demand that surely they know best for everyone. Now finding those once simple and everyday flavors is mostly lost...but this generation knows no different. Bland has now become the norm.
HD

 

[1mach1]

I remember when you could buy a 1968-1979 Ford pick up for under 500 bucks. Now, you are lucky to find one that runs and drives for less than 3 grand, and one worth owning for under 5 grand. Ouch!

 

[HudsonHawk]

I remember when it was easy to find a good hamburger and fries practically anywhere. Then..the push was on to change the ingredients that they are cooked in. Gradually every fast food menu succumbed to those who demand that surely they know best for everyone. Now finding those once simple and everyday flavors is mostly lost...but this generation knows no different. Bland has now become the norm.
HD

One of the benefits of living in a big city is that there at still quite a few mom and pop burger joints that haven't changed in the last 80 years. You may have to drive a ways, and they're crowded, but oh so worth it.

 

[LizzieMaine]

The secret to McDonalds' original burger flavor was very simple, and easily replicated at home: 80-20 ground chuck at 10 patties to the pound, cooked on a griddle and seasoned with a mixture of salt, pepper, and monosodium glutamate (sold commercially as "Accent.")

The french fries were cooked in a product called Smargon's Fry-All, which was a mixture of hydrogenated cottonseed oil and beef tallow, and is no longer manufactured. You can make a pretty close copy of it for frying at home by mixing two parts melted Crisco with one part rendered beef fat.

 

[Big Man]

That was definitely one of those I remember when lines. No one thought of being a crazy nut then. Then again, all crazy nuts were quickly locked up back then too---but then you know this well.

When I started working at the State Hospital we had over 2,000 patients. When I retired after 30 years service, we had less than 300. Want to guess where those other 1,700 people are now?

 

[rjb1]

A local beer joint had the best French fries in the world (so we thought). We had never heard of Smargon's Fry-All, so we used to debate whether the owner was using Quaker State or Pennzoil for frying them. Whatever it was, he used a lot of it, and it sure made them taste good. Also, they were so greasy you didn't have to chew them - just put them in your mouth and they'd slip right down, pretty much on their own.
The owner died a few years ago and the secret of the French fries went with him.

 

[HudsonHawk]

When I started working at the State Hospital we had over 2,000 patients. When I retired after 30 years service, we had less than 300. Want to guess where those other 1,700 people are now?

Apparently they all live next door to Powers.

 

[HudsonHawk]

The secret to McDonalds' original burger flavor was very simple, and easily replicated at home: 80-20 ground chuck at 10 patties to the pound, cooked on a griddle and seasoned with a mixture of salt, pepper, and monosodium glutamate (sold commercially as "Accent.")

The french fries were cooked in a product called Smargon's Fry-All, which was a mixture of hydrogenated cottonseed oil and beef tallow, and is no longer manufactured. You can make a pretty close copy of it for frying at home by mixing two parts melted Crisco with one part rendered beef fat.

Or you can just fry it in lard. You want to cure whatever tastes bad? Fry it in lard. It's magical.

 

[Tomasso]

Duck fat is my favorite fat for cooking French fries. Yum!