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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:20 AM Original message |
The fabulous ‘50’s…what I remember…. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. Polio, segregation, Korea, The Cold War, McCarthyism... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Repression of minorities and women |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. Teenagers wearing bobby sox |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. $.50 filled the tank half-way...n/t |
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SCantiGOP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. you're younger than me |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. Elvis, hula hoops, Sputnik, poodle skirts, DA haircuts |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, I remember no air conditioning, |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I lived in SC. We had few electric fans. |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. I remember: |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You forgot one. |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. We had air-conditioning. It was called open windows. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Or hanging out in the basement. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yes, I remember walking to and from school, |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. No telephone service more than 1 mile out of the city limits until 1958 |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. How about party lines |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Oh, yes, of course! |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Speak for yourself about nobody caring about the AC! |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Hey, I cared, but I did not know any better |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. H-bombs. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Emmett Till. |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Oohh.. good call.. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Thank you. nt |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. I was gonna add the Peekskill Riot but it was in 49: |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Thanks for the link--I bookmarked it for later reading. nt |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Duck and cover. Segregation. Polio. No air conditioning except at the movies. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I know--I had measles and mumps in the early 1960's. |
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woofless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sonic booms. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. One of the very few things I miss from the 50's |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yes! And the Katz and Jammer Kids, Bringing Up Father, Snuffy Smith, Dick Tracy, Dondi...... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. A whole Sunday morning of pleasure |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. We listened to some religious music before church. I would bring home the paper after my deliveries |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. No, they don't. |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. And it would be there before 6:00 am regardless of weather. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Did you ever pitch one on the porch roof just out of spite because |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Honestly, no. I needed that nickel tip too much. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Stan's Polka Hour? |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 05:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Whatever your ethnic background, in the auto factory towns of Michigan circa 50's, |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. Sputnik |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Good one. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Thanks. |
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txwhitedove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. Big TV with small black/white picture, Lone Ranger, Rin Tin Tin, |
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Silver Swan (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. I remember that our small town bank |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
41. Being trapped in a water filled room for a long time, |
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