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Re: OT - You know you're old when.....


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Posted by greenbeanman in Kansas on May 19, 2011 at 06:31:07 from (99.151.38.173):

In Reply to: OT - You know you're old when..... posted by Don S. on May 18, 2011 at 18:56:57:

You're old when you have driven a vehicle with knobby tires on it or maybe even just know what they are.

You're old when only single speed bicycles were available during your youth.

You're old when your family was pre-REA, i.e. Rural Electrification Association. We had a 32 volt system fed from glass cased batteries which were charged via a Delco-Remy "Light plant".

Others for me, I remember Truman speaking during the 1952 (Eisenhower) presidential campaign.

We had bare galvanized wire strung on insulators on posts for the local crank telephone system, which wasn't replaced until about 1964 with dial phones. You were responsible for maintaining the line that ran beside your property.

Outhouse served our needs until a modern bathroom addition was built onto the house when I was in 1st grade (born in 1947).

You're old if your farm truck had a blower on it rather than a bed hoist.

Water pumped by wind rather than electricity.

One TV station during fair weather--our area never could receive the aforementioned three stations.

You're old when you remember small freight items being shipped to the local railroad depot where they awaited your arrival. For us that meant a 60 pound can of honey each year, a crate of oranges from relatives in California each Christmas, etc.
Messages were still being telegraphed rather than sent via radio.

I still remember a ride via a regularly scheduled steam passenger train just before the switch was made to diesel service.

Enjoyed waving to steam locomotive engineers and firemen and other crewmen as well as hobos and bums as the trains traveled by our place.

In addition to waving to train crew we learned how to message them about "hot boxes", i.e. overheated wheel bearing journals. You hold your nose to indicate such---you either pat your head to show it is toward the front of the train, your stomach to show it is nearer the middle, or you butt to tell it is closer to the end of the train. They appreciated the information and would actually stop the train to check after seeing your message. Thus you didn't give it unless you were positive about it.

You're old if you remember unpaved state roadways.

You're old if you remember when Sputnik achieved orbit, when Alaska and Hawaii became states and the star field of our flag was changed.

Gosh, guess I'm just old. Still, I expect to live another 30 years.


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