Being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to what awaited you when you got home
A quarter seemed like a fair allowance
Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer
Any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him, or use him to carry in the groceries...and nobody, not even the kid, thought anything thing of it
Almost everyone's mother was at home when the kids got there
A 13" black and white television in your room meant you were RICH
Rainy days at school meant playing "Hangman" or "Heads Up 7-UP" in the classroom
"Work" meant doing the dishes or taking out the garbage
"Race issues" meant arguing about who could run the fastest
Money issues were handled by the kid who was the banker in "monopoly"
Being old meant anyone over 20
I double-dog-dare you
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Catching fireflies for the whole evening and not getting tired of it
Homemade ice cream from a hand cranked ice cream maker
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon
And If You're Really Old
Horses delivering milk
Tipping over the outhouse on Halloween
Kids missing a lot of school because of rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, pneumonia, mastoiditis (draining ears), polio and a host of other diseases before we had antibiotics
Extra, Extra! Read all about it! (like in 1939 when WWII started)
CCC, PWA, WPA and a bunch of other Federal programs
Fireside chats form FDR
Tractors with huge iron lugs that would tear up farm roads
The steam train coming to town and the race to see if you could beat it, while trying to avoid the black cinders from the smoke that would fall on your Sunday School white shirt
The local Civil War vets
Memorial Day parades with the WWI veterans marching in their puttees
Outdoor silent movies
Black face minstrel shows
If you remembered 0-20 = You're still young
If you remembered 21-40 = You are getting older
If you remembered 41-60 = Don't tell your age
If you remembered 61-74 = You're older than dirt!
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