I'm so old I Remember when:

[pertnear09]

I remember when John Wayne was a singing cowboy. Glad they got over that quickly.

He sang in only a couple movies in the early 30's. He was called Singing Sandy in one of them. He didn't carry a tune too well.

 

[pertnear09]

Don't remember her name but he had a real knockout secretary.....

Della Street

 

[BarnyardChaos]

How about medical technology?
I have a cousin who was the world's first person under the age of 13 to receive a heart pacemaker. Had to have surgery every few years to replace the battery. It was the size of a hockey puck. She still has one today, although much smaller and no more battery replacement needed.

My grandma still gave me cod liver oil whenever I stayed with her. Nasty stuff!!!

 

[Hayden Goseek]

Okay, I skipped ahead. I do remember spending the summer of '62 with my grandparents in Baton Rouge. We would get a box of tacos every week from Ponchos and watch the Beverly Hillbillies on TV. It was extra special because my Mom used to play baseball with Donna Douglas (Ellie May) in High School.

 

[pertnear09]

Andy Rooney

Andy or Mickey?

 

[pertnear09]

I watched the tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King, the "Battle of the Sexes."

Watched Joe Namath win the Super Bowl.

Watched Mark Spitz win 7 gold medals at the Munich Olympics, and the news about the Munich Olympics massacre.

Roe vs. Wade

Watergate

Did you see Joe advertising his pantyhose?

 

[Debbie292d]

You all ever have like a call in swap n shop on the radio?
You could call in and explain what you had for sell and it broadcasted on the radio. Then if you heard something you wanted you could call in and they'd give you the person's contact phone number.
It was on on Saturday mornings so me and my friends would call in as pranks. Usually one would advertise something made up which was often a slang word for something dirty that our group had made up then others would call in acting interested and wanting more details. The radio people never knew what we were talking about and even being clueless they'd try their best to help sell the item.
Maybe you just had to be there or maybe we were slightly touched in the head but man that was fun times.

We still had one up until a couple of years ago when the guy that ran it passed away. I don't think they replaced it with anything like it.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Remember when bread was delivered, like milk?

There was a bakery, Viking Bakery, in Connecticut. A couple times a week their truck would stop at the house and Tony the driver would knock on our door. He had a big box of baked goods, pastries, cookies, including limpa bread, and my mother would buy some. I miss limpa bread.

And milk was in glass bottles

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Did you see Joe advertising his pantyhose?

I did! I'd forgotten about that! He was a hearthrob, wasn't he?

 

[chrissynemetz]

My grandma still gave me cod liver oil whenever I stayed with her. Nasty stuff!!!

With my grandma it was castor oil. It didn't matter what was wrong with you, she was convinced that a good healthy dose of castor oil would cure it.