Since my hair was blond, my mother rinsed it in lemon juice. Fun memories.....Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Maupin" <mgm148@rollanet.org> To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > _________________ > Do any of you remember a grandmother with a rain barrel? The rain > water was strictly for shampoos - and NO WASTING THE WATER. And > rinsing your hair with a vinegar rinse. Bettye (Mrs. Max G.) Maupin > - Rolla MO > _______________________ > > > > >I remember when ignorance was bliss. I would play in rain storms, I love the > >wind before rain and the sweet smell during and after. I have no idea how > >dangerous lighting was. I would stay out even in the cold to feel it on my > >face. Jackie > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <SandKatC@aol.com> > >To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:05 PM > >Subject: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > > > > > >> Were you a kid in the Fifties or earlier? > >> Everybody makes fun of our childhood! Comedians joke. Grandkids snicker. > >> Twenty-something's shudder and say "Eeeew!" But was our childhood really > >all > >> that bad? Judge for yourself: > >> > >> > >> In 1953 The US population was less than 150 million... Yet you knew more > >> people then, and knew them better... And that was good. > >> > >> The average annual salary was under $3,000...Yet our parents could put > >some > >> of it away for a rainy day and still live a > >> decent life... And that was good. > >> > >> A loaf of bread cost about 15 cents... But it was safe for a five-year-old > >to > >> skate to > >> the store and buy one... And that was good. > >> > >> Prime-time meant I Love Lucy, Ozzie and Harriet, Gunsmoke and Lassie...So > >> nobody ever heard of ratings or filters... And that was good. > >> > >> We didn't have air-conditioning... So the windows stayed up and half a > >dozen > >> mothers ran outside when you fell off your bike... And that was good. > >> > >> Your teacher was either Miss Matthews or Mrs. Logan or Mr. Adkins...But > >not > >> Ms Becky or Mr. Dan... And that was good. > >> > >> The only hazardous material you knew about...Was a patch of grassburrs > >> around the light pole at the corner... And that was good. > >> > >> You loved to climb into a fresh bed... Because sheets were dried on the > >> clothesline... And that was good. > >> > >> People generally lived in the same hometown with their relatives... So > >> "child care" meant grandparents or aunts and uncles... And that was good. > >> > >> Parents were respected and their rules were law.... Children did not talk > >> back..... > >> and that was good. > >> > >> TV was in black-and-white... But all outdoors was in glorious color....And > >> that was certainly good. > >> > >> Your Dad knew how to adjust everybody's carburetor... And the Dad next > >door > >> knew how to adjust all the TV > >> knobs... And that was very good. > >> > >> Your grandma grew snap beans in the back yard...And chickens behind the > >> garage... And that was definitely good. > >> > >> And just when you were about to do something really bad... Chances were > >> you'd run into your Dad's high school coach... Or the nosy old lady from > >up > >> the street... Or your little sister's piano teacher... Or somebody from > >> Church... ALL of whom knew your parents' phone number...And YOUR first > >> name...And even THAT was good! > >> > >> REMEMBER.... > >> > >> Send this on to someone who can still remember Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, > >> Laurel &Hardy, Abbott &Costello, Sky King, Little Lulu comics, Brenda > >Starr, > >> Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, The Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, > >> Nellie Belle, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk as well as the sound > >> of a real mower on Saturday morning, and summers filled with bike rides, > >> playing in cowboy land, playing hide and seek and kick-the-can and Simon > >> Says, baseball games, amateur shows at the local theater before the > >Saturday > >> matinee, bowling and visits to the pool...and eating Kool-Aid powder with > >> sugar, and wax lips and bubble gum cigars > >> > >> Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! > >And > >> was it really that long ago? > >> > >> If you were too young to remember, please accept our sympathy, for it WAS > >a > >> great time!! > >> > >> > >> ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > >> RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the > >author. 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