Geysergazers
Member
- Oct 15, 2008
- 58
I remember practicing Duck&Cover in the school hallway. That's where all the kids knelt with their heads against the wall and with their hands clasped behind their necks. This was in case the "Reds" dropped their Atom Bombs on us.
I remember getting Polio vaccinations and I remember kids with Polio. The "lucky" ones could walk with leg braces and crutches.
I remember when drivers in wrecks were routinely impaled on the one-piece steering column which stopped happening when Federal Safety Regulations came in and steering columns had to be made collapsible.
I remember having to replace Ignition Points and Sparkplugs every few thousand miles.
I remember when car tires only lasted 7000Mi.
I remember car radiators routinely boiling on hills when towing a trailer. My Dad would stop and spray water from a 5 gallon can on the Radiator.
I remember when Ice came only in 25Lb Blocks.
I remember when you couldn't see the Pittsburgh skyline through the Smog.
I remember when refrigerators had one door and wouldn't keep Ice Cream hard.
I remember wearing out LP Records to the point that it would play one line over and over. That's when the term "crack in his record" (someone who repeats himself) had meaning.
No thanks to "the good old days". I'll take the Internets, blood pressure medicine that works and 200,000Mi car engines.
Lew
I remember getting Polio vaccinations and I remember kids with Polio. The "lucky" ones could walk with leg braces and crutches.
I remember when drivers in wrecks were routinely impaled on the one-piece steering column which stopped happening when Federal Safety Regulations came in and steering columns had to be made collapsible.
I remember having to replace Ignition Points and Sparkplugs every few thousand miles.
I remember when car tires only lasted 7000Mi.
I remember car radiators routinely boiling on hills when towing a trailer. My Dad would stop and spray water from a 5 gallon can on the Radiator.
I remember when Ice came only in 25Lb Blocks.
I remember when you couldn't see the Pittsburgh skyline through the Smog.
I remember when refrigerators had one door and wouldn't keep Ice Cream hard.
I remember wearing out LP Records to the point that it would play one line over and over. That's when the term "crack in his record" (someone who repeats himself) had meaning.
No thanks to "the good old days". I'll take the Internets, blood pressure medicine that works and 200,000Mi car engines.
Lew