I'm so old I Remember when:

[BigBlueHen53]

Dad would make us kids a "hot buttered rum" at bedtime for sore throats & associated miseries. We slept great...

.. bet you did! And dad did, too!

I don't remember getting aspirin as a kid. Or cough syrup, either. If we got a sore throat, Dad would rub our chest and neck with Vick's VapoRub and tie one of his big handkerchiefs around our neck. It generated a soothing warmth and we'd sleep soundly. Vick's was good for "growing pains," or leg (calf) cramps too, along with the hanky tied around the leg. I'm not sure Dad knew any other treatments. Mom was off duty at night, we knew better than to disturb her.

 

[RedwoodCoastChick]

Vick's VapoRub

Oh, yes! I'd forgotten the "cures mosta what ails you" Vick's! Still good stuff.

Made me remember the vaporizers Mom would run in our rooms at night when we had stuffy colds, with some concoction they diffused into the moist air... I can still smell it in memory, but don't recall what it was. (1960s)

 

[MotherofOrpies]

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They forgot to mention sore thumbs

 

[BigBlueHen53]

They forgot to mention sore thumbs

What, you never heard of a thumb attack?

 

[R2elk]

I remember when we had Lincoln Logs. Legos did not exist at the time.

Stepping barefoot on jacks was worse than stepping on Legos.

 

[NanaK]

I remember when we had Lincoln Logs. Legos did not exist at the time.

Stepping barefoot on jacks was worse than stepping on Legos.

My little brother had Lincoln Logs. He also had one of those metal Erector Sets. We would build stuff for hours.

I had jacks. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

Grandson had Legos. Those really hurt a chilly bare foot unexpectedly in the dark!

 

[R2elk]

He also had one of those metal Erector Sets.

I had forgotten about those.

 

[ChicksnMore]

.. bet you did! And dad did, too!

I don't remember getting aspirin as a kid. Or cough syrup, either. If we got a sore throat, Dad would rub our chest and neck with Vick's VapoRub and tie one of his big handkerchiefs around our neck. It generated a soothing warmth and we'd sleep soundly. Vick's was good for "growing pains," or leg (calf) cramps too, along with the hanky tied around the leg. I'm not sure Dad knew any other treatments. Mom was off duty at night, we knew better than to disturb her.

My dad did the Vicks too for us. And if our cough was bad enough, sometimes a steaming hot bowl of water. We'd lean our head over it and drape a towel over our head and the bowl for a bit. We always did orange or lemon ginger tea with a splash of rum or whiskey added for cold medicine. I've made that for my kids when they were young...and betting they'll make it for theirs someday at least a few times

 

[ChicksnMore]

I remember when we had Lincoln Logs. Legos did not exist at the time.

Stepping barefoot on jacks was worse than stepping on Legos.

I loved Lincoln logs! I'd completely forgotten those til you mentioned them

 

[Bonkerelli]

Before 10 years old there was still rotary phones, mini cassette tapes for answering machines, corded phones, I remember the first flip phone and the first phone with a camera.