Feeling old yet?

[Merlin the Elder]

Nimue and her friends used to rush home from school to watch Barnaby Collins and friends!

Yes...Church was a dress-up affair. By the time I quit attending, pretty much anything went when dressing for church.

I remember the Frito Bandito. Even more politically incorrect by today's standards were the cartoons. What is really stupid, in my opinion, is why they make such a big deal out of it?  I NEVER thought anything about it growing up...never associated any of it with racism. Hell, Disney has locked up Songs of the South in perpetuity from what I understand.

[BubbleWright]

Back in the 1950's in my town they used to spray DDT insecticide twice a month to control the mosquitoes. As the truck rumbled down the street, you could hear all the house windows being slammed closed to keep the stuff out. Of course, we kids had a different take on the spraying... as the truck approached, we would take a deep breath and then run through the dense white cloud, coming out to the other side gasping. This probably explains my later development and why people always said about me "...that boy just ain't right in the head".

[PollyPoPo]

In answer to the title question - yep.

Anybody remember GiGi when it was in theaters?  Maurice Chevalier's singing "I'm so glad I'm not young any more" ring a bell?

Life is good.

[Merlin the Elder]

Hehheh! Back in the day....  We went and saw—at the drive-in because my parents weren't crazy enough to take 4 young boys (3-8) into a theater—Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957.

Didn't Chevalier also do "Thank Heavens for Little Girls" in that flick, Polly? That song seemed to become his trademark.

[RenStarr]

Hehheh! Back in the day....  We went and saw—at the drive-in because my parents weren't crazy enough to take 4 young boys (3-8) into a theater—Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957.

Didn't Chevalier also do "Thank Heavens for Little Girls" in that flick, Polly? That song seemed to become his trademark.

I remember seeing "Bambi" at the drive-in with my family when I was really young.  Went to allot of movies at the drive-in's during my high school days.  Gezzzzz, I miss those drive-in theaters.

Do ya think that song (Thank Heavens for Little Girls) sung by a 60-something year old man would even make it in a movie now days?  I really doubt it.

First thing that really made me feel like I'm getting up in age was all the "Time-Life" music commercials on TV.  I remember seeing one that had music from the 60's& 70's time frame.  I used to listen to that stuff when I was in jr high and high school!!

[PollyPoPo]

Hehheh!...

Didn't Chevalier also do "Thank Heavens for Little Girls" in that flick, Polly? That song seemed to become his trademark.

Yes, the one and the one with the line "Am I getting Old? Oh, No, Not You" as well.

[Merlin the Elder]

First thing that really made me feel like I'm getting up in age was all the "Time-Life" music commercials on TV.  I remember seeing one that had music from the 60's& 70's time frame.  I used to listen to that stuff when I was in jr high and high school!!

I think I started feeling old when I started hearing Moody Blues, Beatles, and Led Zep in the elevators and grocery stores.

[Baron Frederick]

I remember when JFK was killed as I was working  at Northwestern Bell and the equipment increased in noise by a hundred fold, it just went mad. Then we where told what it was and all       the  workers spent the rest of the day in the break room,so we don't make a mistake and shut the whole communication system down.

[Merlin the Elder]

I cannot even imagine how much noise the relays would make in that situation.

[Hoowil]

First thing that really made me feel like I'm getting up in age was all the "Time-Life" music commercials on TV.  I remember seeing one that had music from the 60's& 70's time frame.  I used to listen to that stuff when I was in jr high and high school!!

I think I started feeling old when I started hearing Moody Blues, Beatles, and Led Zep in the elevators and grocery stores.

The local 'classic rock' station here used to be 50's, 60's & 70's. Now its 60's, 70's and 80's.

[Alaric]

8 tracks anyone 

I remember thinking how cool my 9v walkie talkies were

Cable tv only offered local channels  I remember when HBO and MTV started

Cars with manual gearshifts on the steering column, bench front seats and foot activated dimmer switches 

The bicenteniel - patriotic stuff everywhere

Oh and the horrid clothes in the 70's 

[Merlin the Elder]

I remember bench seats....so does my wife and love of nearly 46 years!  Cable? After we were married a few years, they made it available in our area.  Until then, we had the three networks on rabbit ears (if you know what those are), and that was it. Just prior to 8-tracks, they made an in-dash unit that would play 45s.

[PollyPoPo]

Vacuum tubes in tvs?  Daddy used to replace them when they went bad.  Now we just replace the entire tv.

No seat belts in front or back seats of cars.  Standing up and looking over Daddy's shoulder as he pointed out something while he was driving.

Vegetable seller driving down the street, Mama stepping inside to see what looked good.

Mail delivery twice a day.

[VIII]

I recall the Police driving me home (around the corner) because I was out after dark.

I met THE Col. Harlan Sanders when our local Kentucky Fried Chicken opened.

Pennies would buy us kids a whole lotta candy!

[dbaldock]

In the 1960's, my parents bought a set of those Child Safety Harnesses that connected to the rear seat (or seat belts), so my sister and I could move around some and see out, but were still restrained in the car.

I had a 4-Track Tape Player that a friend's uncle gave to me in the 70's, but never had any 4-Track Tapes (I think my Mom probably sold it in a Garage Sale sometime in the 80's).  We did have a portable 8-Track Player that was purchased in the late 60's or early-70's, and our Console Stereo in the Den had a 8-Track Recorder in it.  I remember inadvertently studying Physics when recording some Records onto 8-Track - our dog was a puppy at the time, and was inside playing, and her barks were loud enough to vibrate the album and get recorded in the background of some songs on the tape.      

When I mention the jobs I had during High School and College (several delivery type jobs in Little Rock, in the late-70's & early-80's), I realize that most of my coworkers weren't even born until the mid-80's...