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ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/22/13 10:41 P

Or programming the 'new' radio units

It's Only Temporary

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'It's only Temporary'

Water is very important for us. We may, and I do, require more than the 8 glasses a day. The link goes to a water calculator I use to see what I need for my current weight. Mt requirement has dropped 9 ounces due to weight loss. Yipee!
fitnessgear101.com/fitness-calculato
rs/water-requirement-caculators.aspx

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GRAPHICS2

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5/21/13 10:24 P

If you are totally at a loss trying to figure out all the I-pads, I-pods, " etc. etc. etc., and so on "

ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/20/13 4:11 P

Or Dick Clark

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UPBEAT551

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5/20/13 2:17 A

You remember watching Johnny Carson

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/19/13 11:05 P

My grandma's ranch has 1 of those pumps.

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LADYSTARWIND

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5/19/13 7:17 P

Oh...some of these are so great! I do believe it 'seals the deal' that I'm *definitely* over 50!!

Here's one more....you know how to use a slide rule!!

Remember...One Choice At a Time!

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HOPING4-15

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5/19/13 10:46 A

you were excited to be paid a dollar an hour as a babysitter...

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SPLD1RTTN2

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5/18/13 11:12 P

Remember the gas pumps with the clear tops so you could see the fuel. Gas commercials about putting a tiger in your tank.

Sandra-Lake Placid, FL

Every journey begins with a single step.

Strive for progress not perfection!

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/18/13 10:15 P

picking up pop bottles to cash in for a hand full of candy

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ALILOWE1

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5/18/13 9:58 P

I REMEMBERED 10 CENT CANDY BARS. AND PENNY CANDY.

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LADYSTARWIND

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5/18/13 1:24 P

...that a "long distance call" on a Birthday or Holiday was a **Very** Special** Event**.....!!

Remember...One Choice At a Time!

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/17/13 2:43 A

penny candy

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SPARKARINO

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5/16/13 9:04 A

10 cent matinee at the local theatre

Edited by: SPARKARINO at: 5/16/2013 (09:04)

With our thoughts we make the world.
-- The Buddha

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Dalai Lama

"Enough is equal to a feast".
Henry Fielding

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/15/13 9:52 P

I remember everyone of those

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SANDIELD

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5/15/13 5:56 P

Remember watching Dobie Gillis.

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LADYSTARWIND

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5/15/13 5:18 P

...when you went to school...you
a) could go home for lunch
b) actually were there for more than six hours
c) didn't have an "early release" day or a "teachers' day" off twice a month!!

(I'm not sure how some of the younger parents cope with the school "schedules" now!!)

Remember...One Choice At a Time!

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/14/13 8:44 P

And Capri's

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FREEDOM710

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5/13/13 10:15 P

I still love bell bottoms.

"Put one food in front of the other.....If you want to change your direction" Lyrics by Jules Bass,Producer, Composer & Author

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/13/13 9:17 P

I remember that! Bread 12 cents a loaf.

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LADYSTARWIND

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5/13/13 8:41 P

Hamburger at 33 cents a lb...and the store just wrote it down on your "Tab" if your mom didn't send enough money with you!!

Remember...One Choice At a Time!

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/12/13 10:56 P

even 12 cents a gallon with free glassware with a fill up

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EAYW47

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5/12/13 9:33 P

Gasoline at .29 cents a gallon

ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/8/13 11:44 P

I have 17 full books of them to use. Need a current catalog. Guess I better order one.

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GAILSQUEST

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5/8/13 10:50 A

I still have my mothers lamp purchased by s&h greenstamps

Love is`nt something you wait for or something that comes to you from elsewhere,but rather that it`s a behavior,a way of being in the world.

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/6/13 10:14 P

I had a wringer washer in the 70's too

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IOLANTHE51

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5/6/13 6:25 A

I live in Wales

I still use a clothes line and pegs lol
but I remember my mother having her first automatic washing machine with a wringer lol

not a complete disaster then

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LADYSTARWIND

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5/6/13 12:27 A

...you remember the Hippies in SF, and the Hare Krishna at the airport!

Remember...One Choice At a Time!

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/5/13 11:53 P

And 20 Mule Team Borax

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EAYW47

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5/5/13 11:28 P

Fels Naptha soap

ONLYTEMPORARY

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5/4/13 9:02 P

Did it all but the beauty parlor. It was nasty sleeping on those rollers

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CHIPPEE

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5/4/13 7:06 A

you remember rat tail combs, bobbie pins, and setting your hair on rollers. We slept (how well?) on them all night, or we had a big hair dryer you sat under (a la beauty parlor, but they made a home version in the late 60's) to dry your hair.

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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4/12/13 7:10 P

Stations gave full service

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ERIN_POSCH

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4/12/13 12:58 P

you turn the color off the tv set to view "It's a wonderful life" and other movies cuz that was the way you first saw it and don't look right any other way! CHEERs to those that made the transition from BW to color !!

Slow and steady wins the race!

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CHIPPEE

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4/12/13 9:55 A

if you went to "filling stations" and "service stations".

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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4/4/13 12:17 A

wringer washers

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CHIPPEE

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4/3/13 7:59 P

instead of "snack food" you snacked on a carrot, a stalk of celery, a piece of fruit, a cucumber, etc...

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GRAPHICS2

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4/2/13 9:30 P

You remember clothes lines, and clothes pins

REDDIERAZORBACK

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4/2/13 8:43 P

You know what an 8 track is

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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4/2/13 7:36 P

Gold Bond Stamps

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CHIPPEE

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4/2/13 7:31 P

you covered your school books with paper bags

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SKINNYNAHNI

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4/1/13 11:40 P

............. you can't find your "cheaters" when they are sitting on top of your head. ( Not to mention the fact that you NEED cheaters to SEE!)

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KATIEG999

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4/1/13 9:43 P

...if you remember someone in your neighborhood getting the first color TV on your street, and going over with other neighbors to watch "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color".

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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4/1/13 8:37 P

Boy do I and Tiny Tim. Tip Toe Through the Tulips.

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GRAPHICS2

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4/1/13 3:20 P

You remember British model,Twiggy

ONLYTEMPORARY

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3/31/13 10:50 P

Remember all of them

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THINNYMINNY

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3/31/13 9:08 P

Dippity-Do. Spit Curls. "Calgon, take me away!"

History is not destiny.

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CHIPPEE

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3/31/13 2:12 P

You remember before dial phone when an operator would come on and say "number, please".

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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3/30/13 11:16 P

S & H you can still get and use. I have 17 full books

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JACEUG

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3/30/13 9:41 A

If you wore bell bottoms at university and thought you were really cool

Life is a journey... enjoy the ride!

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BOOCH6

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3/30/13 8:57 A

We had a big neighborhood square dance on Labor day weekend. The caller was named Slim Sterling. Does anyone square dance anymore ?

Barb www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/groupsindividual.asp?gid=37845

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ROBERTAUP

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3/30/13 8:53 A

Funny morning stop.
Thank you

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KESTRYLL

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3/30/13 8:45 A

I remember a lot of these, especially black and white tv. I remember watching Perry Mason and it was only in b&w!

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LIFETIMER54

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3/30/13 6:45 A

Using the wringer washing machine....

ANITA - ONE DAY AT A TIME

TOKIEMOON

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3/30/13 5:55 A

No. But in a similar vein, there were saving stamps you earned for purchases at grocery stores. (S & H green stamps). They were turned in for stuff- the more you saved up, the better the "prize".

Denise

“If you don’t like something, change it. IF you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” Maya Angelou

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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3/29/13 7:15 P

DUZ

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HAPPYGIRL581

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3/29/13 12:14 P

I remember getting some type of powder laundry soap that had kitchen towels inside the box. But I can't remember the name of the soap. Does anyone know what the name was?

Every day is a new day with a new chance to do something great!

ONLYTEMPORARY

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3/20/13 5:16 P

Had them too and crank ones at grandmas

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PARKSCANADA

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3/19/13 12:28 P

rotary dial phone - I got one and a phone table for my front hall and my kids didn't know how to use it! and we only had one phone!

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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3/19/13 12:24 P

Boy do I remember 99% of those

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BRASKIN

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3/19/13 8:07 A

you played jacks

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STARRPOWER1

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3/19/13 7:44 A

You know what a jukebox is!

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UPBEAT551

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3/19/13 7:26 A

sanitary belts, girdles for middle school girls, boiling baby bottles, using karo syrup in evaporated milk for baby formula, cloth diapers with big pins

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JIMIPAGE29

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3/19/13 12:21 A

if a nun has hit you with a ruler

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ONLYTEMPORARY

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3/17/13 10:19 P

I remember the 17 cents a gallon plus a dish or glass or even a carton of cigaretts for $3.00 if you filled up

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HIKERCHICK13

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3/17/13 7:24 P

...you remember "gas wars" when (full service) gas stations would compete for the lowest prices, which were around 23 cents per gallon!

GRAMMYTOBIN

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3/17/13 4:08 P

if you remember playing outside in the evening with neighborhood kids. And had to be in the house when the street light came on.

God will never leave you, or forsake you.
GrammyTobin

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HOTCOFFEEE

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3/16/13 9:46 P

I thought of this one yesterday, which I totally forgot about.

Remember when grades in school were A and B. I was in A2 -- first half of second grade, when they took away the A/B and made them all one grade level.

Also remember Gaylord, the Bassett Hound pull-a-long toy
and the dolls Chatty Cathy and Little Miss No Name - the doll with big tear on her face?

Memories ;o)

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