I'm so old I Remember when:

[Smoked Brisket]

That makes me smile, but I have no actual memory of it that I can access.

It wasn't that one but Mom had some just like it.

 

[jxp]

Wallpaper was all the rage. I remember growing up with roosters on the kitchen walls, eagles on the dining room walls, and some sort of funky pink birds on the bathroom walls.

And colonial patterns on the cushions of the spindle leg living room couch set against dark paneling on the walls.

 

[TXchickmum]

And colonial patterns on the cushions of the spindle leg living room couch set against dark paneling on the walls.

...and Syroco eagles on the dark paneling

 

[TXchickmum]

Wallpaper story: About 26 years ago we were having a house built. Close to completion, the dear hubby gave me a lovely diamond necklace for our anniversary. I looked at him and asked, "would it offend you to return it........I'd like to get some wallpaper for the house instead". The look on his face was absolutely priceless. HA!!! -never seen such a dropped jaw and perplexed stare.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Wallpaper story: About 26 years ago we were having a house built. Close to completion, the dear hubby gave me a lovely diamond necklace for our anniversary. I looked at him and asked, "would it offend you to return it........I'd like to get some wallpaper for the house instead". The look on his face was absolutely priceless. HA!!! -never seen such a dropped jaw and perplexed stare.

Practical woman! I love it. In lieu of a wedding ring, I had the kitchen remodeled. We don't do jewelry.

 

[pertnear09]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1997651406262550740

Has everyone seen this?

Imagine that.

 

[MROO]

Cursive isn’t even taught anymore in many places.

I tell my middle schoolers to learn it online. By the time they're adults, it'll be a secret code that even their kids can't read. They think that's GREAT!

 

[MROO]

Yet, people don't stay home and still drive and still eat out. And go more and more in debt

Yes, they do. They have taught cursive for years. There was a time when the public school system got out of teaching it but they went right back to teaching it when they realized that was a dumb idea

Some do, Most don't. Our "formal" cursive teaching is limited to a handful of teachers who hand out cursive worksheets as "free-time fillers." Not surprisingly, they're more popular than coloring sheets, crosswords and word searches!

 

[MROO]

Back when your couch came with a new car (late 1970s)...

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I learned to drive in a '73 Monte Carlo. Those seats were more comfortable than any in the house!

 

[MROO]

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I once told my daughter that I admired how her generation was never afraid to share their inexperience with the world.

When teaching about the Civil Rights Movement, we watched a video about the Baltimore riots. It was just another boring video until I started talking about them first-hand. I had family caught up in both sides of the chaos, and the only info we had about them was what we saw on TV and a few cautiously worded phone calls shared across party lines. It was scary!