I'm so old I Remember when:

[Ursuline Chick]

Here too. I think it was called the "Blue Law". Nothing was open on Sunday.

Then when it was first changed they could only open after 1pm and had to close by 6pm. No beer or wine could be sold on Sundays at grocery stores. I worked at a grocery store as a teen and had to remind people of this rule.
ABC stores here are still closed on holidays and Sundays.


I remember sleeping with the windows open and doors unlocked. We never even thought twice about it.

We had a "Blue Law" here as well. Stores were closed on Sunday, except grocery stores, where you could buy alcohol.
All Catholic Holy Days were holidays here, as most of our population was Catholic. So schools and stores were closed so people could attend Mass. We were not allowed to play on Good Friday, so we would make rosaries out of Mardi Gras beads.
We have had so many outsiders move into the city in the last few decades that most of those traditions have gone by the wayside.

 

[NanaK]

Stores were closed on Sunday, except grocery stores, where you could buy alcohol.

Alcohol on Sunday? Wow! Probably was not allowed here because so many Baptist. I was raised Baptist and we had to always use grape juice for communion.

Growing up my best friend was Catholic. She was from Pennsylvania. We went to church with each other. We found each other's churches interesting. Different but the main points were the same.

 

[tripletfeb]

I breastfed my son for four months. When I went back to work, I had to cut down until formula was introduced. And then the milk stopped. Being a waitress, there was no way for me to pump while at work. So, there are many of us that wanted to breastfeed but simply couldn't. And every time I gave my son a bottle, there was bonding going on. I would never just prop up the bottle and leave. My mom breastfed the first three of us girls but for obvious reasons, could not breastfeed us triplets. And we don't feel any less of a bond with her than the older three. Just trying to help the formula moms feel better for their decisions. A healthy, well fed child is a success, no matter how that baby was fed

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Here too. I think it was called the "Blue Law". Nothing was open on Sunday.

Then when it was first changed they could only open after 1pm and had to close by 6pm. No beer or wine could be sold on Sundays at grocery stores. I worked at a grocery store as a teen and had to remind people of this rule.
ABC stores here are still closed on holidays and Sundays.


I remember sleeping with the windows open and doors unlocked. We never even thought twice about it.

As late as the 70's and early 80's, not only were all house doors unlocked, but we left the keys in the vehicle. This was not in town, of course, but things were different then.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

healthy, well fed child is a success, no matter how that baby was fed

Excellent point, Trip.

 

[NanaK]

As late as the 70's and early 80's, not only were all house doors unlocked, but we left the keys in the vehicle.

Keys in vehicles were never a problem back then either. Dad's vehicle didn't even have a key. Good old days!

Now even though we are in a very rural area, our doors are dead bolted at night. I keep them locked in the daytime if I am home alone.
Our house is off the road surrounded by trees. If someone slipped back here no one would know until DH came home in the evening.
People have gotten so mean. Better safe than sorry.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Keys in vehicles were never a problem back then either. Dad's vehicle didn't even have a key. Good old days!

Now even though we are in a very rural area, our doors are dead bolted at night. I keep them locked in the daytime if I am home alone.
Our house is off the road surrounded by trees. If someone slipped back here no one would know until DH came home in the evening.
People have gotten so mean. Better safe than sorry.

Sadly, you're absolutely right.

 

[jxp]

I was actually thinking this morning about posting this same thing as a memory because I made a pot of coffee in mine today. It’s a regular thing during cold weather for it to be used. I had actually purchased this for power outages during hurricane season but it’s used more frequently & some of my family’s favorite coffee. I bought mine through Home Depot & love it.

Your friend has shared a link to a Home Depot product they think you would be interested in seeing.



https://www.homedepot.com/p/Farberw...h-Blue-Knob-Coffee-Percolator-47794/311418497

$45 for a percolator!?!
Times certainly have changed.

 

[jxp]

I was raised without television and really appreciate it now. We don't have a tv in the house now either.

I was raised with 2 TV's in the house. A big console on the floor with sound and a smaller on sitting on top of it for picture. Or do I have that backwards?

 

[jxp]

As late as the 70's and early 80's, not only were all house doors unlocked, but we left the keys in the vehicle. This was not in town, of course, but things were different then.

I still don't lock my doors.
When I was growing up, however, we lived in an apartment in a very "working class" neighborhood. I wore the door key on a shoestring around my neck.