Can't you get arrested for that

OTOH, there would never be any arguements about 'which movie to see'....

 

I remember having only one television and one telephone in the house and a quarter buying a whole lot of candy and popcorn at the movie. [/QUOTE]
I remember one telephone too. As a matter of fact, we had a telephone table in the foyer. The telephone sat on the top and the phone books sat on the lower tier. The phone was one of those bakelite models with sharply defined lines. Our phone number was Hickory-4-3570.

We'd all gather around on Friday evenings during the winter for the long distance call to my grandmother in Florida. Long distance calling was a very big deal in the 1950s.

 

Well Jerry, since you asked. I think it's OK but it may depend on one's religion.

 

Why not Lainey. In your state you can not only date yourself, perhaps you could even marry yourself.

Although, I am not sure how Rick would feel about that?

 

I'll have to ask him. Not too sure what his answer will be. If I ask him if he'd marry me again his usual reply is "most days."

 

I don't remember 1955 since I was born in 1958 but I remember stoping at the corner store walking home from school with 10 cents. I could get two candies, like Good and Plenty or Hot Tamales, or one big one, like a Hershey's bar, for that.

 

I remember one telephone too. As a matter of fact, we had a telephone table in the foyer. The telephone sat on the top and the phone books sat on the lower tier. The phone was one of those bakelite models with sharply defined lines. Our phone number was Hickory-4-3570.

We'd all gather around on Friday evenings during the winter for the long distance call to my grandmother in Florida. Long distance calling was a very big deal in the 1950s. [/QUOTE]
Only my lil' bro could remember his phone number from the 50s. Amazing. I have a gossip bench/table from that period to this day. It's like a desk for left handers with a place for the phone book on the botton. Oh and yes, the phone numbers really did start with names back then, didn't they? Funny stuff.

 

Only my lil' bro could remember his phone number from the 50s. Amazing. I have a gossip bench/table from that period to this day. It's like a desk for left handers with a place for the phone book on the botton. Oh and yes, the phone numbers really did start with names back then, didn't they? Funny stuff. [/QUOTE]
Our phone number was WYMAN 4-1955.

Now how do I remember a phone number from over 30 years ago, and I can barely tell you what I had for dinner last night?

 

Now how do I remember a phone number from over 30 years ago, and I can barely tell you what I had for dinner last night?


I know what you mean.
Our phone number was 798J and the years were late 40s to 50s. We had to pick up the reciever and wait for the operator to come on to give her the name of the town and number and name. For information, my dad was calling his family in Isle Of Palms SC. He had to give them the name and tell her that the place is near Charleston. That of course before area codes so giving the number was no help.

 

Imagine no area codes. Those operators earned their keep back then for sure. Anybody remember the test screen? And what time did programming go off in your area? Watching until 10pm was considred late night television and that's if you were lucky. Programming didn't start until late afternoon or evening either if I recall. We'd watch the test screen just like we "watched" the radio. I also remember only 2 or 3 channels.