The Good Ole Days - What do you remeber about them?

Oh my,8 tracks!I remember them and mostly going for after dinner walks with my mom and passing people and speaking and they did not look at us like we were nuts,like they do now.When my mom stopped to talk to a friend or we went to someones house we were not rude and disrespectful like kids are now(including my own,).I remember buying sasparilla,buying a candy bar for a nickle,tuna was 59 cents a can.I remember racing home from school to watch "Wagon Train " and the "Flintstones."When I was a kid my favorite show "Gunsmoke" Marshal Dilon was my hero!I remember going to my aunts about two hours away,my sister and I laying down in the back of the station wagon with our pillows and blankets without a law saying that we need seatbelts.On the way we would stop and get gas at a much,much lower price in a full service gas station.I remember the pleasant smell of the leaves burning in my grandfathers can out back!

Yep,the good ole days!

We lived across the street from a public park. I can recall picking 4 leaf clover with a cousin from Texas. She was in the military and came to visit my parents. I can recall being a swimming instructor at a local, public pool so I could earn a free pass to swim daily. We had the first air conditioner in the neighborhood and as a result, I made alot of friends..lol It became a hangout of sorts for some of our friends during the heat of the summer months. I can also remember ice skating on a frozen pond with friends and neighbors. I don't recall much from my childhood and not exactly sure why but the above mentioned events will always stand out in my mind.

Ah, the good old days!! I had the roller skates with the key as a child too, then by the time I was in my teens I had my own real skates and went to the rink a few times a week. I also had my own ice skates and a pond by the house to skate on. I miss that! In the summer I gave everybody and their brother rides in my raft on that pond. When I wasn't skating or rowing, I'd spend most of my free time with my horses. I didn't really have friends my own age in the rural area I grew up in, so it was up to me to make my own fun. I'd spend hours and hours investigating the deep woods and valleys, and would often pack a lunch (and carrots for the horse) and stay gone for most of the day. Back then, the only time somebody really worried was when the horse would come back alone, and they knew I probably got pitched and had to walk home lol.

I also remember playing PacMan whenever I got the chance. I never had a color tv until the mid 70's, even though they'd been out for many years prior. I remember the first person in our area who got a colored set, she was really old and every time I'd go to visit the people on the tv were green and purple. I'd offer to reset the colors, but she said she liked them that way hahaha. Good times back then, life was sure different, and the attitude in the country was different back then too. There was pride in workmanship, job loyalty (and loyalty back from those companies we worked for), we all said the Pledge of Allegiance and were proud to be Americans. We never had to lock our doors at night, or when we went away for the day...I don't do that now even though I live in the same house I grew up in!

well i remember playing nintendo games, i remember buying a bag of chips and watching the wrestling with my brothers, i remember the vhs players, the betamax players and the outdoor games... he he kids rarely enjoy these kinds of fun nowadays...