I'M a MISERABLE OLD RETCH!!! - Page 2

toolman · 03-29-2008, 06:42 PM

Sad to say, Papa G has been gone for several years. He was a great guy, but got ticked off over a religious comment and bailed out. I miss his wit and wisdom around here.

Righteous · 03-29-2008, 06:59 PM

I'm old enough to know better but to young to care

jerry · 03-29-2008, 08:51 PM

PapaG rocks

oldjarhead · 03-29-2008, 09:01 PM

S&H Green stamps...I still have a couple unredeemed books and some loose stamps. Hmmm, anybody want to trade sumthin?

Windwalker · 03-30-2008, 09:07 AM

Lol, I think I fit in that class too. I also remember all those things except the coal and ashes. Now instead of the best if used by date it would say something like use in an emergency only.

doctor rizz · 03-30-2008, 01:12 PM

Gosh! I am a young one. I have the M4 carbine as my main rifle and the little is crappy. Have shot a M16, M14, and own a Garand. Would like to get the M14 issued for main weapon but not go on that.

jimb2 · 03-30-2008, 07:42 PM

"Best if used by Date!"

What is that? Some newfangled marking??? Heck! I remember when they usta come out and pump the gas for ya, and clean the windshield while the pump ran and the price was $0.25/gal.! Gawd! I am old!!!!

Capt'n Mil Coll · 04-01-2008, 12:57 AM

Ya know if someone is old if they can tell you where they were when Kennedy got shot. And they dont ask "which Kennedy" they know what your talking about.

libraryguy · 04-01-2008, 09:43 AM

Yup I remembe rthe milkman, green stamps, 10 cent comics ..ah those were the days

jimb2 · 04-01-2008, 10:47 AM

I was in study hall in the foyer of the gym at my high school!......

MrJitters · 04-01-2008, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jimb2

How about bread and milk being delivered to the house every morning? Or eagle stamps, or S&H Green Stamps? Hmmmmm, I'm not dating myself am I???

Any of you old timers here remember what S&H stood for. If you google it you're cheating.

ezearln · 04-01-2008, 02:26 PM

Hells bells Jimb2! I can remember dragging a lawn mower behind me toting a gallon can of gas I'd just bought at the Filling station (how many here remember them being called that!) and got CHANGE back from my quarter! Just so's I could go earn me a dollar or two cutting folks lawns, Another thing you don't see youngun's doing these days to earn their own spending money!

Capt'n Mil Coll · 04-02-2008, 01:34 PM

Kennedy? 2nd grade Mrs Stoffle's class 3rd row first desk on the left. Right behind Leanne Devany. The class said a prayer. It didnt help.

rcbuck · 04-03-2008, 03:28 PM

I sit here at my computer and my wife wants to know what I'm laughing about. This site is not only educational, but could compete with Laugh In. Remember that?

Slow Fuse · 04-03-2008, 03:52 PM

Butter in a plastic bag with a blue dot that had to be mixed in before using,
Top Value stamps, Ice man going house to house, push lawn mowers w/o motors, movies 10 cents, peanut butter that you had to add oil to, 03 rifles, Ration stamps, horses before tractors, milking by hand, Packard , Hudson cars, and the list goes on and on

Capt'n Mil Coll · 04-03-2008, 03:57 PM

Beside the Milkman there was the Egg delivery, the skellgas guy with the propane tanks, the oil delivery, the Raleigh man, the Fuller brush man, the Avon lady oh and dont forget the paperboy who also had to collect his own money. All came to visit.

jimb2 · 04-03-2008, 10:03 PM

Ok slow fuse, you got me on the ration stamps, but that is the only one. Let's see, was it Shelby and Hutchinson green stamps? They had a redemption center about 4 blocks from where I lived. And there was the Nickle Plate Railroad passenger service that came through town every Sunday morning and stopped to deliver to the railway express office. I remembet when they first switched from steam locomotives to deisel engines! WOW, what a stir that caused....no more pufferbellies!

WestTex · 04-03-2008, 10:11 PM

JFK Third grade Mrs Ross' Class We were at recess, Lots of crying adults
Old enough to remember.... My mom could send me to the store with my $2.oo Allowance and Icould get a model car or plane for 1.25, and a coke for 15Cents and that was a Large, I could drink out of a water hose, I got a 22 rifle when I was 11 and get with the other guys who also had one, and walk down the street with them on your shoulder to go rabbit hunting,(because your Dad taught you from age 9 how to shoot and be safe) We had 2 1/2 channels on the tv and I was the remote.........

jimb2 · 04-03-2008, 10:31 PM

Hmmmm, we had 3 + 1/2. On a good night, we got a bounce signal from London Ontario coming across Lake Erie.

libraryguy · 04-04-2008, 10:23 AM

4th grade, Sacred Heart School, Erie PA..nuns went crazy, we all prayed, he stayed dead unfortunately.

Ahh paperboys. All my brothers and I were paperboys, a good lesson for young kids. Toughened you up carrying those Sunday papers.

03-29-2008, 06:42 PM	#21
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,566 Blog Entries: 22	Sad to say, Papa G has been gone for several years. He was a great guy, but got ticked off over a religious comment and bailed out. I miss his wit and wisdom around here. __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!

03-29-2008, 08:51 PM	#23
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,871 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	PapaG rocks __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

03-30-2008, 09:07 AM	#25
Windwalker Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,542	Lol, I think I fit in that class too. I also remember all those things except the coal and ashes. Now instead of the best if used by date it would say something like use in an emergency only. __________________ America: Love it and protect it or leave it

03-30-2008, 07:42 PM	#27
jimb2 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 511	"Best if used by Date!" What is that? Some newfangled marking??? Heck! I remember when they usta come out and pump the gas for ya, and clean the windshield while the pump ran and the price was $0.25/gal.! Gawd! I am old!!!! __________________ I am a nobody. Nobody is perfect. Therefore, I am perfect...

04-01-2008, 10:47 AM	#30
jimb2 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 511	I was in study hall in the foyer of the gym at my high school!...... __________________ I am a nobody. Nobody is perfect. Therefore, I am perfect...

03-29-2008, 06:59 PM	#22
Righteous Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 214	I'm old enough to know better but to young to care

03-29-2008, 09:01 PM	#24
oldjarhead Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mansfield, MO Posts: 814	S&H Green stamps...I still have a couple unredeemed books and some loose stamps. Hmmm, anybody want to trade sumthin?

03-30-2008, 01:12 PM	#26
doctor rizz Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 86	Gosh! I am a young one. I have the M4 carbine as my main rifle and the little is crappy. Have shot a M16, M14, and own a Garand. Would like to get the M14 issued for main weapon but not go on that.

04-01-2008, 12:57 AM	#28
Capt'n Mil Coll Military Rifle Collector Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right behind you. -NRA Member- Posts: 2,260 Images: 10	Ya know if someone is old if they can tell you where they were when Kennedy got shot. And they dont ask "which Kennedy" they know what your talking about.

04-01-2008, 09:43 AM	#29
libraryguy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oviedo, Florida Posts: 4	Yup I remembe rthe milkman, green stamps, 10 cent comics ..ah those were the days

04-01-2008, 02:26 PM	#32
ezearln Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 3,175	Hells bells Jimb2! I can remember dragging a lawn mower behind me toting a gallon can of gas I'd just bought at the Filling station (how many here remember them being called that!) and got CHANGE back from my quarter! Just so's I could go earn me a dollar or two cutting folks lawns, Another thing you don't see youngun's doing these days to earn their own spending money! __________________ "You can have my Freedom when I'm done with it!"

04-02-2008, 01:34 PM	#33
Capt'n Mil Coll Military Rifle Collector Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right behind you. -NRA Member- Posts: 2,260 Images: 10	Kennedy? 2nd grade Mrs Stoffle's class 3rd row first desk on the left. Right behind Leanne Devany. The class said a prayer. It didnt help.

04-03-2008, 03:28 PM	#34
rcbuck Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 5	I sit here at my computer and my wife wants to know what I'm laughing about. This site is not only educational, but could compete with Laugh In. Remember that?

04-03-2008, 03:52 PM	#35
Slow Fuse Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Just back far enough Posts: 77	I'M a MISERABLE OLD RETCH!!! Butter in a plastic bag with a blue dot that had to be mixed in before using, Top Value stamps, Ice man going house to house, push lawn mowers w/o motors, movies 10 cents, peanut butter that you had to add oil to, 03 rifles, Ration stamps, horses before tractors, milking by hand, Packard , Hudson cars, and the list goes on and on

04-03-2008, 03:57 PM	#36
Capt'n Mil Coll Military Rifle Collector Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right behind you. -NRA Member- Posts: 2,260 Images: 10	Beside the Milkman there was the Egg delivery, the skellgas guy with the propane tanks, the oil delivery, the Raleigh man, the Fuller brush man, the Avon lady oh and dont forget the paperboy who also had to collect his own money. All came to visit.

04-03-2008, 10:03 PM	#37
jimb2 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 511	Ok slow fuse, you got me on the ration stamps, but that is the only one. Let's see, was it Shelby and Hutchinson green stamps? They had a redemption center about 4 blocks from where I lived. And there was the Nickle Plate Railroad passenger service that came through town every Sunday morning and stopped to deliver to the railway express office. I remembet when they first switched from steam locomotives to deisel engines! WOW, what a stir that caused....no more pufferbellies! __________________ I am a nobody. Nobody is perfect. Therefore, I am perfect...

04-03-2008, 10:11 PM	#38
WestTex Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Texas Posts: 26	JFK Third grade Mrs Ross' Class We were at recess, Lots of crying adults Old enough to remember.... My mom could send me to the store with my $2.oo Allowance and Icould get a model car or plane for 1.25, and a coke for 15Cents and that was a Large, I could drink out of a water hose, I got a 22 rifle when I was 11 and get with the other guys who also had one, and walk down the street with them on your shoulder to go rabbit hunting,(because your Dad taught you from age 9 how to shoot and be safe) We had 2 1/2 channels on the tv and I was the remote.........

04-03-2008, 10:31 PM	#39
jimb2 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 511	Hmmmm, we had 3 + 1/2. On a good night, we got a bounce signal from London Ontario coming across Lake Erie. __________________ I am a nobody. Nobody is perfect. Therefore, I am perfect...

04-04-2008, 10:23 AM	#40
libraryguy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oviedo, Florida Posts: 4	4th grade, Sacred Heart School, Erie PA..nuns went crazy, we all prayed, he stayed dead unfortunately. Ahh paperboys. All my brothers and I were paperboys, a good lesson for young kids. Toughened you up carrying those Sunday papers.