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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 14416" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p>Oh my goodness, so many reminders! lol-</p><p></p><p>B/W tv only, 13" in the living room, no remotes, ever. </p><p></p><p>Parent's never went out alone together. Dad hated the movies, mom loved them so she always grabbed one of us kids to go with her. And we went a lot! She loved the theatre.</p><p></p><p>We always had animals - dogs, cats, rabbits, you name it. But we never had fish.</p><p></p><p>Mom would kick us out of the house on Early Sat morning and we weren't allowed back indoors till dinnertime. </p><p></p><p>We'd go sledding behind the house for hours, come home soaked through in our oversized hand me down snowpants with red faces and empty bellies. She'd make us Lipton chicken noddle soup and Nestle Quick hot cocoa. Yum.</p><p></p><p>Mom made almost all of our clothing, and since I was the youngest everything I owned had that comfy, lived in look. I remember she made my older sisters these fake wet look patent leather dress coats in bright red, very fashionable in the mid-late 60's. Then I got them long after the fad ended and was so embarrassed to wear them that I went without a winter coat one year~</p><p></p><p>We had one phone, in the kitchen, on a chord. MY sisters and I would stretch that chord as far as it would go before snapping (it was mechanically attached back then, no clips), pulling it down the back stairway for some privacy. There were 7 of us stuffed into a small 3 bedroom ranch. We had no privacy.</p><p></p><p>We also had septic/water problems. If a shower lasted more than 3 minutes we could expect dad to be standing outside the bathroom door banging on it to get us to turn off the water! When you came out, there would be he!! to pay! Our basement flooded regularly. Haha.</p><p></p><p>I had to walk to school in HS only - 5 miles each way. And we rode our bikes everywhere! We would ride our bikes to this beach, Sunken Meadow beach which was about 15 miles from our house without incident and without any concern on our parent's behalf. We slept out in our backyards, went swimming at night, pool hopped, etc. I remember when we were really little, Saturday was bath night and all the kids would be indoors getting their baths and after dinner, we'd all emerge in our jammies and play tag while the parents would chat and relax on the patios. </p><p></p><p>And I remember my mother's trips to the Green Stamps Store where she would cash in her booklets from some household gadget! One time she got an iron and an ironing board - you would have thought she just won the lottery she was happy with herself! Even my grandma who lived with us was thrilled over this! lol~</p><p></p><p>Oh, this has been such great reading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 14416, member: 2211"] Oh my goodness, so many reminders! lol- B/W tv only, 13" in the living room, no remotes, ever. Parent's never went out alone together. Dad hated the movies, mom loved them so she always grabbed one of us kids to go with her. And we went a lot! She loved the theatre. We always had animals - dogs, cats, rabbits, you name it. But we never had fish. Mom would kick us out of the house on Early Sat morning and we weren't allowed back indoors till dinnertime. We'd go sledding behind the house for hours, come home soaked through in our oversized hand me down snowpants with red faces and empty bellies. She'd make us Lipton chicken noddle soup and Nestle Quick hot cocoa. Yum. Mom made almost all of our clothing, and since I was the youngest everything I owned had that comfy, lived in look. I remember she made my older sisters these fake wet look patent leather dress coats in bright red, very fashionable in the mid-late 60's. Then I got them long after the fad ended and was so embarrassed to wear them that I went without a winter coat one year~ We had one phone, in the kitchen, on a chord. MY sisters and I would stretch that chord as far as it would go before snapping (it was mechanically attached back then, no clips), pulling it down the back stairway for some privacy. There were 7 of us stuffed into a small 3 bedroom ranch. We had no privacy. We also had septic/water problems. If a shower lasted more than 3 minutes we could expect dad to be standing outside the bathroom door banging on it to get us to turn off the water! When you came out, there would be he!! to pay! Our basement flooded regularly. Haha. I had to walk to school in HS only - 5 miles each way. And we rode our bikes everywhere! We would ride our bikes to this beach, Sunken Meadow beach which was about 15 miles from our house without incident and without any concern on our parent's behalf. We slept out in our backyards, went swimming at night, pool hopped, etc. I remember when we were really little, Saturday was bath night and all the kids would be indoors getting their baths and after dinner, we'd all emerge in our jammies and play tag while the parents would chat and relax on the patios. And I remember my mother's trips to the Green Stamps Store where she would cash in her booklets from some household gadget! One time she got an iron and an ironing board - you would have thought she just won the lottery she was happy with herself! Even my grandma who lived with us was thrilled over this! lol~ Oh, this has been such great reading. [/QUOTE]
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