Harvard

[OlDawg]

3 minutes ago, baddog said:

Congrats. I’m a Lamar dropout after 4 semesters. Long story. Harvard wasn’t my cup of tea then and surely not today. These protests would have been allowed back then. We would have kicked their asses out of the way to get to the classes we paid hard earned money to take.

Got em after I got back from the Navy. Was a late bloomer. Always told people “Uncle Sam taught me how to blow things up. I figured I may as well learn how to rebuild them.” LOL

[thetragichippy]

5 minutes ago, SmashMouth said:

No matter your family’s economic, ethnic, religious background, we were all privileged to grow up in the lost era of humankind. 

Remember collecting glass coke bottles that you found in a ditch or out of somebody’s trash or just laying on the side of the road to turn in for some change to buy some Penny candy?

 I used to go down Gulfway Drive and pick up coke bottles, I remember getting a nickel for some. Me and a buddy would do that about once a month and make a few dollars. Then that crying Indian came on TV, and hurt our income because people slowed down on the littering.😃

[OlDawg]

4 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

 I used to go down Gulfway Drive and pick up coke bottles, I remember getting a nickel for some. Me and a buddy would do that about once a month and make a few dollars. Then that crying Indian came on TV, and hurt our income because people slowed down on the littering.😃

Lmao. Still remember that dude. You’re definitely from Texas.

People still wonder why I laugh so much & jam out during ‘The Big Chill.’

[mat]

Way off topic but y’all have turned this into one of the best threads.

[mat]

37 minutes ago, OlDawg said:

No A/C in the car. We had good airflow in the truck bed with no tailgate, feet swinging.

Heck, no AC in the house, just the attic fan with windows open at night.

[baddog]

12 minutes ago, SmashMouth said:

No matter your family’s economic, ethnic, religious background, we were all privileged to grow up in the lost era of humankind. 

Remember collecting glass coke bottles that you found in a ditch or out of somebody’s trash or just laying on the side of the road to turn in for some change to buy some Penny candy?

If we had a penny, we’d buy one pack of Bazooka bubble gum with the comic paper inside. It was perforated and we split it between the two of us. We’d split a candy bar, but they were a nickel. Mr. Cola bottles would break against a tree. The old Coke bottles would bounce off. Turned in tons of bottles. Back then, a kid could buy packs of cigarettes for their parents. It was legal and the store clerk probably knew the parents. Man how times have changed.

[baddog]

Double post

[thetragichippy]

9 minutes ago, mat said:

Way off topic but y’all have turned this into one of the best threads.

Yea, we kinda spun off......

[thetragichippy]

7 minutes ago, mat said:

Heck, no AC in the house, just the attic fan with windows open at night.

I can still remember the attic fan and window units before Dad remodeled and we got central air.....which was a HUGE DEAL - that was as life changing as getting cable and having more than 3 channels 

[OlDawg]

2 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

Yea, we kinda spun off......

 

12 minutes ago, mat said:

Way off topic but y’all have turned this into one of the best threads.

A little levity is good for the soul. 

[SmashMouth]

15 minutes ago, baddog said:

Back then, a kid could buy packs of cigarettes for their parents. It was legal and the store clerk probably knew the parents.

I lived 5 houses down from O'Bannions on 124 near Tyrrell Park in the early to mid-70's. My neighbor, Judy, would give me money to walk to the store, buy her a pack of Eve's Menthols, a Tab (remember, the diet drink in the pink can that tasted like cat piss), and I could have a nickel or so to buy some candy for my troubles. All of that was less than a dollar. I was seven buying smokes... Lol.

[LumRaiderFan]

6 minutes ago, SmashMouth said:

I lived 5 houses down from O'Bannions on 124 near Tyrrell Park in the early to mid-70's. My neighbor, Judy, would give me money to walk to the store, buy her a pack of Eve's Menthols, a Tab (remember, the diet drink in the pink can that tasted like cat piss), and I could have a nickel or so to buy some candy for my troubles. All of that was less than a dollar. I was seven buying smokes... Lol.

My mom was a Tab fan. 😬

[OlDawg]

4 minutes ago, SmashMouth said:

I lived 5 houses down from O'Bannions on 124 near Tyrrell Park in the early to mid-70's. My neighbor, Judy, would give me money to walk to the store, buy her a pack of Eve's Menthols, a Tab (remember, the diet drink in the pink can that tasted like cat piss), and I could have a nickel or so to buy some candy for my troubles. All of that was less than a dollar. I was seven buying smokes... Lol.

Ran outta reactions for today. But, sometimes I remember playing a little sick where Mom would take me to the local drug store. It had a soda/ice cream fountain booth & God’s perfect reading material. COMIC BOOKS!

Yeah, I had to take some yucky cough syrup stuff. But, the ice cream & comic book was worth it. Ice cream & comic was about .25 depending on the ice cream.

[baddog]

1 minute ago, SmashMouth said:

I lived 5 houses down from O'Bannions on 124 near Tyrrell Park in the early to mid-70's. My neighbor, Judy, would give me money to walk to the store, buy her a pack of Eve's Menthols, a Tab (remember, the diet drink in the pink can that tasted like cat piss), and I could have a nickel or so to buy some candy for my troubles. All of that was less than a dollar. I was seven buying smokes... Lol.

O’Bannions was the store on Cleveland street in the north end where I grew up. The other convenience stores were Jone’s 7-11. I remember cigarettes  @ 25 cents, gas  @ 10 cents, candy bars @ 5 cents. Yes, I remember Tab. It came along later. Took one sip and that was it for me.

[mat]

33 minutes ago, baddog said:

If we had a penny, we’d buy one pack of Bazooka bubble gum with the comic paper inside. It was perforated and we split it between the two of us. We’d split a candy bar, but they were a nickel. Mr. Cola bottles would break against a tree. The old Coke bottles would bounce off. Turned in tons of bottles. Back then, a kid could buy packs of cigarettes for their parents. It was legal and the store clerk probably knew the parents. Man how times have changed.

My wife and I still laugh about our grandmothers giving us a half a stick of gum.

[baddog]

6 minutes ago, mat said:

My wife and I still laugh about our grandmothers giving us a half a stick of gum.

Lol. Make no mistake about it, we were thankful for a 1/2 piece of gum. That was back when you could actually buy something for a penny. Now pennies cost more to make than they’re worth….well, they did stop using copper.

[SmashMouth]

2 hours ago, LumRaiderFan said:

Riding in the family car road yacht, no seat belts, seeing how many kids would fit in the back windshield area.

Yeah, we had a green Matador station wagon, hopping between the back seat and the “back back seat”, as we called it, with Mama smoking up front with the window rolled up because of the rain. Heading to Showtown Drive-In which is now a driving range on the North end of Beaumont. Tuesday nights were $1 per car night. We didn’t have a lot, so mom cut corners where she could. She would pop a huge paper grocery bag full of popcorn, and bring a pitcher of Kool-Aid. My son, who didn’t grow up in such a less fortunate household, doesn’t believe all of the stories I tell him. Sometimes I wonder who was really more fortunate though, him or me. I wouldn’t trade those days for anything.

[AggiesAreWe]

I walked to school 10 miles uphill, both ways.

[LumRaiderFan]

11 minutes ago, SmashMouth said:

Yeah, we had a green Matador station wagon, hopping between the back seat and the “back back seat”, as we called it, with Mama smoking up front with the window rolled up because of the rain. Heading to Showtown Drive-In which is now a driving range on the North end of Beaumont. Tuesday nights were $1 per car night. We didn’t have a lot, so mom cut corners where she could. She would pop a huge paper grocery bag full of popcorn, and bring a pitcher of Kool-Aid. My son, who didn’t grow up in such a less fortunate household, doesn’t believe all of the stories I tell him. Sometimes I wonder who was really more fortunate though, him or me. I wouldn’t trade those days for anything.

Same here.

[OlDawg]

44 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I walked to school 10 miles uphill, both ways.

Just like an Aggie. Couldn’t find the back door. 🙄 

 

[rupert3]

I got a pair of hand me down shoes and walked bacwards for a week looking at the footprints.🙃

[Big girl]

17 hours ago, Reagan said:

 

Do you believe the Holocaust actually happened?  Or is it a lie?

Yes I do. Israel is not always right. Saying that doesn't make me antisemitic 

[Big girl]

Awww, you guys have such fond memories. My relatives were being attacked by dogs, assaulted with water hoses and they had to sit at the back of the bus, and enter the back of restaurants. Also, 2 of my uncles were lynched.

[OlDawg]

6 minutes ago, Big girl said:

Awww, you guys have such fond memories. My relatives were being attacked by dogs, assaulted with water hoses and they had to sit at the back of the bus, and enter the back of restaurants. Also, 2 of my uncles were lynched.

And some of mine walked the Trail of Tears. What’s your point?

[mat]

23 minutes ago, Big girl said:

Awww, you guys have such fond memories. My relatives were being attacked by dogs, assaulted with water hoses and they had to sit at the back of the bus, and enter the back of restaurants. Also, 2 of my uncles were lynched.

If you can’t recall some shareable, memorable and enjoyable times when you were growing up, that would explain some your distain for others and their culture.

BTW - me and my family have plenty in our past that we would like to forget, but I choose not to focus on it. I’d rather focus on my blessings rather than misfortunes.