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Across the Fence:  Older than dirt quiz !  |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 11 2009 : 7:22:09 PM
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Aunt Jenny - no way you're 50!? I figured 35, 40 tops. I would have sworn you were younger than me. You sure look great at 50!
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog:
http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
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Linda Houston
True Blue Farmgirl
538 Posts
Linda
Lake Charles
Louisiana
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2009 : 7:22:12 PM
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| I am 63 and old as dirt ! |
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
403 Posts |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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Buffalomary
True Blue Farmgirl
199 Posts
Mary
Caldwell
ID
USA
199 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2009 : 9:44:05 PM
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Oh Tracy, <giggle> you still have some catching up to do. I was a Junior in high school in Aug 71! I am currently 54 years young!! 
Buffalomary
Farmgirl Sister #293
You can take the farmer's daughter off the farm but you can't take the farm out of the farmer's daughter!!
Please visit me at my blog: http://buffalomaryscorner.blogspot.com |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
4427 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 12:05:53 AM
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Thanks for all those memories girls. Love reading about them. And oh I am 51 and proud of it, lol. (Really I am!!)
I remember some, but many had different names here, so maybe I know more than I realize.
I do remember those soda bottle shaped thingies, they were yumm! But here they were made of edible paper and filled with some sort of sour tasting little thingies. REAL good though :)
Candy cigarettes, YES
Milk delivery but with foil toppers
45's records, oh boy! Still have some in the attic, can't throw those out, lol.
Record players at parties, with the reel that held about 10?
Dancing with girl friends at Beatles music :)
Didn't have drive inn's here, but going to the movies with the news first. That I sort of remember I think.
Too fun to read all this. Memories.....
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
My personal blog:
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
Again new creations added, too cute lol. Come and check it out!!
http://princess-of-pink-creations.blogspot.com/
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 12:12:36 AM
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21…I'm older than dirt!
Queen of Dreamsz ~ keeper of dream kingdom
www.queenofdreamsz.blogspot.com ~~~~~~The Portal to A Vintage Collection & My Creative Journey |
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Mother Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Cindy
Peck
ID
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 12:23:40 AM
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I'm going to be 44 Thursday and I remember 21 of the items. I always said I was an "old soul". Now it's confirmed cuz I classified as "older than dirt". At least now I know what these grey hairs are for.
I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalms 34:1 |
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 03:56:48 AM
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I'm 51, scored an 18 and I'm "Older than Dirt"! My sister still gets milk delivery (what I wouldn't give...)Jenny, one of my friends in high school had that push-button Plymouth too. Was it a Valiant? I also remember black and white only TV and just having 13 channels to pick from...and you had to get up to change the channel!
Sharon
Farmgirl Sister #74
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
659 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 04:24:36 AM
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| 56 here, I plan to be just like Belle when I'm 69!! I love the sense of humor!!!! My mother is 79 going on 21, I hope I can be as healthy and upbeat as she is as I age. |
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 08:38:44 AM
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Find out what her secret is Suzanne-- IF she'll SHARE that is!!! ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
1564 Posts |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 09:27:23 AM
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| I just thought of another one. How many can remember records getting stuck? |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 09:31:28 AM
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| OK I am only(??) 48 & per this quiz, I am older than dirt..I got 17..Man, I figured I had at least 10 or 15 years before I could call myself that. |
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
1564 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 09:33:06 AM
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I'm 62 and I remember stuck records. I just remembed a candy that came in a straw and tasted like coolaid... Anyone remember it or what it was called? Maybe it is not that old. And PEZ how fun was that? Dispensing goodness one at a time.
Find your joy and live it. http://cheneybaglady.blogspot.com/http://www.kpaints.etsy.com |
Edited by - kpaints on Jan 12 2009 09:35:32 AM |
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
403 Posts |
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 11:46:43 AM
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Yeah, they're Pixie Sticks. They still have those, and the wax coke bottle candy too, but none of that "Nostalgiac" candy tastes like I remember it. It's rather ICKY!!!! Just not the same at all.
And hey, give yourselves CREDIT ladies!!! Age is a STATE OF MIND! Not a NUMBER!!! You're all still young yet, no matter WHAT those numbers say!!! ~~~~ Hugs! Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 11:55:02 AM
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Sharon..my plymouth was a Belvedere. I loved that old car. It was off white and looked like it needed surfboard racks on top.
When I was a kid we for sure had a black and white tv for some time..and 3 channels were what we all had (NBC CBS and ABC) and my dad always said he didn't need a tv with a remote (even after they were common) since he had 3 channel changers ..his kids.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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a rose
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Linda
Waterford
NY
USA
443 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 12:55:35 PM
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On Saturday my granddaughter came over for a visit and decided to look at some old photos. She is 28 and she commented on all the toys that were in pictures of her and her sister. A refrigerator, stove, sink (all plastic) and there were more.She asked me if I had them when I was young. I told her yes but we made our own out of cardboard boxes and pretended they were the real thing. We'd find a vacant space in a cellar or storage area and we would use that as our house.
Remember me as a rose. |
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
391 Posts
Belle
USA
391 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 12:58:42 PM
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I have only seen four on the list, I am still young.
Here are the ones I remember -
2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
23. Drive-ins
Wax Coke-Shaped bottles with colored sugar water and candy cigaretts are still made. I don't think that they put the red tips on the candy cigaretts now and I don't think they call them cany cigarettes anymore.
I have been to a Drive-in many times, there is one that is still open a few towns away from me.
I remember seeing the tableside Juke boxes at a local resturant, but this resturant is now closed down.
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 2:13:59 PM
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YES, to records getting stuck. 
Queen of Dreamsz ~ keeper of dream kingdom
www.queenofdreamsz.blogspot.com ~~~~~~The Portal to A Vintage Collection & My Creative Journey |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 6:05:26 PM
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I remember pixie sticks and records getting stuck, too.
Linda, that's funny you mention the cardboard boxes. I remember I somehow got a hold of a BIG box (fridge or stove or something) and I cut out windows and doors. I think I was about 6 or 7. I got into my moms fabric stash and pinned pieces of fabric over my window openings. I couldn't find any paint so I used these berries that grew on some bushes (I don't think they were edible) and they made the prettiest reddish purple walls (and arms, legs, face and clothes!). We all didn't need those pre-made toys. We could make our own!
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog:
http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
[size=1]My apron website:
http://lisamariesaprons.bravehost.com [size=1] |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 6:08:43 PM
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18 for me!
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
MJ's Heirloom Mavens Badgebadger
MJ's Heirloom Mavens Bookclub Coordinator
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 7:35:46 PM
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Here we are tellin' our age now! hee, hee! I'm 40 going on 41 young in August! I remember alot of the things on the list as well as cardboard box houses, records getting stuck, BIG pom poms on roller skates and my first car was a Pinto! lol - my grams old car - red with plaid seats! I just loved that car! And we always went to the "soda fountain"/diner for chocolate malts! YUM!
Melissa
Farmgirl Sister #360
Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain! |
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