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Across the Fence:  Ya know you're getting old when....  |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Sep 01 2009 : 09:03:31 AM
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And I guess that phone being a childhood fantasy(didn't they come out around 1962 or so?) pretty much makes me know I'm old! LOL! I think I was 12 and my dad brought a toy model home from some business meeting. Of course, back then, nobody bought a kid a fancy phone!!!
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
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Annika
USA
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Posted - Sep 01 2009 : 09:13:48 AM
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You know you're getting old when all of your childhood toys are in the antique stores. LOL!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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Posted - Sep 01 2009 : 10:07:59 AM
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yes, antique stores and worth money...lol
Linda in Scranton, PA
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EastTXFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Victoria
Farmgirl #549
TX
USA
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Posted - Sep 01 2009 : 3:08:28 PM
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You know your getting old when you tell your son to rewind the DVD before he turns the TV off. How about those 8 tracks. I was uptown in my new 1969 VW cause my brother put an 8 track in it for my birthday.
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Sep 01 2009 : 6:41:48 PM
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Your getting older by the minute when you can remember everything that you gals had mentioned. Does anyone remember ClaraBell, American Bandstand? Was it Troy Donahue who played on Rt66?
Laurie
suburban countrygirl at heart |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - Sep 01 2009 : 7:41:26 PM
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you are too old when the Amish saying "too soon old, too late schmart" is really true. lol
Bonnie Ellis
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 05:37:32 AM
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lol :-D
Linda in Scranton, PA
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Laila
True Blue Farmgirl
273 Posts
Laila
Kutztown
PA
USA
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Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 06:02:10 AM
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Troy Donahue - what a hunk! I remember him. (plus alot of the other TV shows mentioned here). Where'd the time go?????
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
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Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 06:09:54 AM
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I loved Dark Shadows too - I couldn't wait to get home from school to watch it!!! I just saw my doll clothes case in an antique shop - scary!!!!
Luanne
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
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Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 06:14:17 AM
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Martin Milner was in Route 66.
Cookie , Cookie lend me your comb..........Ed Burnes in 77 Sunset Strip.
Hey kids what time is it? Howdy Doody time
M i c see you real soon. Mickey mouse club
A little dab will do ya Brylcream
You'll wonder where the yellow went......when you brush your teeth with pepsodent
And you'll know you're getting old when you remember the Ted Mack Amatuer Hour....his sponsor Geritol
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 06:25:55 AM
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The lunch boxes we carried in elementary school are now valued higher than we are old! I remember picking out a new one every year and watching to see at luch what everyone else had.
toys I played with from the 70's and 80's are called vintage at flea markets (was it TAHT long ago!?!?)
I remeber watching the Monkees after school at friend's houses
We had a black rotary phone. It WAS heavy. Limited long phone calls w/ boyfriends due to my arm getting tired.
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 06:32:25 AM
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Some of you gals are older than me!! I barely remember Howdy Doody...and Clarabelle the clown.
My parents bought their first tv only because I kept talking about what the kids in school watched on theirs...Captain Kangaroo!
What about Elvis the first time on tv...I think that was 1955 or 1956. It was black and white and they blackened his waist down because his movements were considered too vulgar.
I saw it the first time when I was very young.... He was mesmerizing to me!
Also, when we had steak sauce it was called Heinz 57. I remember eating it one time and thought it was named after the year it was then 1957. lol
Linda in Scranton, PA
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 06:35:18 AM
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And another one from childhood. Marilyn Monroe was on tv alot and they called her sexy. I asked my mom what the word sexy meant....she said it's a bad thing...it means she wants other women's husbands! I'll never forget that!
How funny it seems now.
Linda in Scranton, PA
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 06:37:04 AM
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...that's funny...tired arms from holding up heavy phone receiver! It is true!
The area codes on phone numbers were words...so ya had to also know what numbers that was to dial the numbers...
did I say this confusing? Do ya remember that?
Linda in Scranton, PA
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 06:38:26 AM
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Linda in Scranton, PA
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Edited by - yarnmamma on Sep 02 2009 06:45:20 AM |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 11:07:06 AM
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I remember, Linda. My phone number was: JU(niper)55961.
Today, I realize I'm old because: I drive a sensible car and I wear sensible shoes and wouldn't have it any other way! LOL!!!
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 11:11:02 AM
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hO HO, HEE HEE
My name is Pinky Lee
My checkered hat, my checkered coat.
I laugh just like a billy goat......
How come I can remember that but can't remember where I left my glasses???
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.sissyandsisterstitch.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 11:16:25 AM
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That's IT, Michele! Thanks! That's a trip in the 'wayback machine'(remember Mr. Peabody and Sherman, his boy?)
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 11:23:45 AM
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LOL ya must be going back too far for me...tell us about them Janice.
Linda in Scranton, PA
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 11:29:53 AM
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Mr. Peabody was a dog who wore a bow tie and was smart like a college professor. He had his own 'boy' who he tried to teach. Mr. Peabody had a time traveling machine called the 'wayback machine' and they would have adventures together. They were both in the Bullwinkle cartoon show. :)
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 11:34:18 AM
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yes! now I remember it....great cartoon! I wish it was still on!
Linda in Scranton, PA
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 11:40:30 AM
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And speaking of our childhood toys being worth some money, today I saw a Howdy Doody marionette at an antique mall and the tag read: $145.00! OUCH!
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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LauriP
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Laurianne
Hertford
North Carolina
USA
239 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 12:42:27 PM
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My DH asked the other day about a commercial that was on during the late 50's & 60's..from one of the regional meat companies..I mumbled something about, well, it can't possibly be in business after all these years...
Then turned on a Los Angeles baseball game..an' sure enuf, the meat company (Farmer John) is Still A Sponsor!! Yikes!!
There were always so many jingles from advertisers in those years that lasted for what seems for ever. Now advertisers get thru one project, and onto another in about a week.
And I'm forever forgetting where my glasses are when I'm at my work table in the studio...but ;et me tell you, I can still remember some of the little songs from all those old tv shows!! Double Yikes!! LOL!
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HeatherAnn
True Blue Farmgirl
187 Posts
Heather
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 3:45:15 PM
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i'm only 26 but I do enjoy reading you gals' memories! keep em coming!
Heather Ann
Apartment Farmgirl
"You got to look at all the good on one side and all the bad on the other and say 'Well, alright then.'" - Aunt Eller, Oklahoma
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 6:13:39 PM
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Glad you enjoy us HeatherAnn...does it sound like another planet to you? It does to me! LOL
Linda in Scranton, PA
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