The 1950's Will Never Be Recreated

We have gone too far down the wrong path

I Indeed Remember All Of These

Memories of the 1950's
All the girls had ugly gym uniforms? And wore tennis shoes not $200 Nike's!

Memories of the 1950's
It took three minutes for the TV to warm up?

Memories of the 1950's
Nobody owned a purebred dog?

Memories of the 1950's
When a quarter was a decent allowance?

Memories of the 1950's
You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?

Memories of the 1950's
Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?

Memories of the 1950's
You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time? And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?

Memories of the 1950's
Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?

Memories of the 1950's
It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?

Memories of the 1950's
They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed... and they did it!

Memories of the 1950's
When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel
out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?

Memories of the 1950's
No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always
in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?

Memories of the 1950's
Lying on your back in the grass with your friends... and saying things like, 'That cloud looks like a... '?

Memories of the 1950's
Playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?

Memories of the 1950's
Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic
seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger...

Memories of the 1950's
And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you
could slip back in time and savor the slower pace, and share it with the children of today.

Memories of the 1950's
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing
compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?

Memories of the 1950's
Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of
drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents
were a much bigger threat! But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.

Memories of the 1950's
And our summers were filled with bike rides, Hula Hoops,
and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.

Memories of the 1950's
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, 'Yeah, I remember that'?


I am sharing this with you today because it ended with a Double Dog Dare to pass it on... To remember what a Double Dog Dare is, read on... And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care.


Memories of the 1950's
Send this on to someone who can still remember Howdy Doody
and The Peanut Gallery, the Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows,
Nellie Bell , Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.

Memories of the 1950's
How Many Of These Do You Remember?
Candy cigarettes...

Memories of the 1950's
Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside...

Memories of the 1950's
Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles...

Coffee shops with Table Side Jukeboxes...

Memories of the 1950's
Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum...

Memories of the 1950's
Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers...

Memories of the 1950's
Newsreels before the movie...

Memories of the 1950's
Telephone numbers with a word prefix...( Yukon 2-601). Party lines...

Memories of the 1950's
Peashooters...

Memories of the 1950's
Hi-Fi's & 45 RPM records...

Memories of the 1950's
78 RPM records...

Memories of the 1950's
Green Stamps...

Memories of the 1950's
Mimeograph paper...

Memories of the 1950's
The Fort Apache Play Set...

Memories of the 1950's
Do You Remember a Time When Decisions were made by going...
'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'?
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, 'Do Over!'?
'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest?

Memories of the 1950's
Catching The Fireflies Could Happily Occupy An Entire Evening?

Memories of the 1950's
It wasn't odd to have two or three 'Best
Friends'...

Memories of the 1950's
Having a Weapon in School meant being caught with a Slingshot?

Memories of the 1950's
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?

Memories of the 1950's
'Oly-oly-oxen-free' made perfect sense?

Memories of the 1950's
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?

Memories of the 1950's
The Worst Embarrassment was being picked last for a team?

Memories of the 1950's
War was a card game?

Memories of the 1950's
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?

Memories of the 1950's
Taking drugs meant orange flavored chewable aspirin?

Memories of the 1950's
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?


If you can remember most or all of these, Then You Have Lived!!!!!!! Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their 'Grown-Up' Life... I Double-Dog-Dare-Ya! From a friend with a memory