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WOW! Talk about about being old....

But look at it this way, he's only 24 years older than you and you know how fast the years go by.
 
I'm 72 (can hardly believe it)& graduated in '62. Here's my chance to interject a thought that hit me yesterday... I asked my wife, "do any of the companies like Sears still make Christmas catalogues?" Waaaaayyyy back when there were several Christmas catalogues that came in the mail. It was EXCITING for a kid to look through and see the toys. The pictures of trains were taken at floor level so they looked real! Kids nowadays miss some GOOD things we had back then. I wish I'd saved a few of those old catalogues including the regular ones to look through now. Anyone else remember those?
 
I did a little checking and found www.wishbookweb.com Neat site, it lists lots of old Christmas catalogues and each one has EVERY PAGE of that issue. Here's a page from a '58 Sears.
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I was born in the last century. My dad never made it to high school but he made sure his siblings did . My mom graduated in 1926 . By the way my grandfather was born in 1865 the year the civil war ended my grandmother was 1879. If you really want to stretch it one of grandpa's uncle's fought in Russia with napoleon that figures out to two generations every century.
 
My dad graduated 1938. An old skiing buddy of mine celebrated his 105th birthday earlier this year.
 
The story I heard was that vets got a good pension and that made them a good catch so younger girls would be married off for the pension.
 
My Dad graduated Oakway High School in 1933 and Clemson A@M College in 1937. I graduated Clemson University in 1977.
Richard in NW SC
 
My late dad graduated from college in 1912. Both of his brothers graduated from college one was a dentist in Louisville, KY. Hal
 
You have me by a year. My dad was born in 1890 and turned 50 just a week before I was born.He said he didn't make it past the second grade but still learned to read and write in 2 languages.
 
you are just a youngster ,.;lol ,.. my dad wenjt to 5th grade ,.. that summer he workt for his uncle , bought a model t and cut it down to make a pikup ,.. he and his cuzins went to peddlin produce and daily ran to Louisville hay market.. between milking ,..feb 1942 , nearly all them enlisted in military,;thats where dad got his education ,.he toldhis sergeant he wanted to be in mechanized tanks ,,. thinking he was safer ,. the sarge sat him down to boning up on his education ,,. he tested good enuf to make the unit,. after the war he went thru more schooling while recuperating...
 
My grandpa, NOT great grandpa, was born the year Lincoln was assinatyed and died in 43 when I was one month old.
 
My dad worked for the school and got the class pictures out of the old high school before they tore it down. The ones from his and from his next older brother's,hang in the restaurant in town now. Dad graduated in 42,Uncle Donald in 40.
 
(quoted from post at 06:20:23 11/20/16) I did a little checking and found www.wishbookweb.com Neat site, it lists lots of old Christmas catalogues and each one has EVERY PAGE of that issue. Here's a page from a '58 Sears.
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Thank you for posting that site! I appreciate it.
 
Another page. My cousin had one of those wind up dozers. Once in a grocery store there was one of those large tin 4 engine planes I begged mom for but didn't get. You can zoom in on these to see and read better.
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Leroy, My grandpa was born in 1880 and died in 1973. I am 53! My mom was born in 1931, must of been some cold nights in Springdale Montana. lol
 
LOL my dad joined the Army in 1938! He only was able to go to school through 8th grade because of the depression. He would have graduated High school in 1936. I graduated in 73.

Rick
 
. I only got a 5Th. grade education But I never stoped learning. Still read a lot. Any way when I got hired at Chemical Leaman Tank Lines you were supposed to have a high school education. About 3 years later they found out that I didn't have high school but was a good enough driver that they wouldn't fire me. One day the Terminal Manager old Ed Hall ask me, Just how far did you go to school ? Well I said about 3 miles but I didn't have to walk because the teacher went past our farm and I got a ride to the old 1 room school. Old Ed Hall s
laughed and said ask a stupid question and get a stupid answer. LOL
 
Teasing alert! Might be a 'reality show' trophy wife for Hollyweird producer or oold film star that saved some money. Couple cultures have second and third wives that age for old men that have the assets- the nnalert example of their prophet's last wife is even younger. Might be a smart young lady- the recent joke about 60 year old marrying 18 year old- he sort of lied about age he told friend. friend asked if he said he was 40, might pass for that? No, said I was 80 and had million dollar life insurance policy. warned ya.
RN
 

look at the aircraft in the adds: a super Connie, the YB-52 , and a DC-7 all mid to late 50's birds.

bass
 
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