I remember saying "Ma'am and Sir" to anyone older than I was.
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I remember saying "Ma'am and Sir" to anyone older than I was.
I remember when parents would wash kids mouths out with soap for cursing.
BAR SOAP even!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My grandma was fond of getting a brand new bar JUST for that.....uggggggQuote:
Originally Posted by Dbeltran24
You're lucky you got a new bar, it tastes even worse when the bar of soap has oil and grime on it from Dad working on the car... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by beepbeep
I never said it was the ONLY thing she would use....she lived in WV on a fixed income...ccouldn't be using a new bar of soap on each of the grandkids....well, at least me and my sisters. :Doh: My grandpa drove 18 wheelers, so there was plenty of dirt, grime and oil to go around.Quote:
Originally Posted by UTRacerX9
I remember my Great Grandma chasing me (on my bike) around the house with a switch. Closing the gate and waiting for me to hit it when I came around the corner and then "switching" me all the way to my room.
I also remember getting my face slapped for saying the word "butt" in church.
I remember being in trouble as a kid and being spanked with a nice flat stick and one time the stick wasn't available and a willow was used instead. I had to cut down the damn willow.
I remember Fearless Fly, and Tudor Turtle.
I remember black and white TV, and you had to get up to change to one of three channels.
I remember the neighbors getting the first color TV on the block.
I remember walking barefoot across asphalt on a hundred degree day and not flinching.
I remember A & W Root Beer, 5 cent stamps and 5 cent pay phones.
I remember gas at 29 cents a gallon, and it was pumped for you.
I remember, as a little girl, using my neighbor's outhouse. No lie.