Nah, they treated those kind of afflictions with leaches back then.
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....or leeches.....Nah, they treated those kind of afflictions with leaches back then.
The only day of the week we were allowed to eat cold cereal in front of the TV
I remember watching the Saturday evening line up Love Boat, Fantasy Island and dating game back in the day.
I remember when the message board was open all the time.........ah the mammaries of such good times........
Weekday mornings were Mr. DressUp, Friendly Giant, And Chez Helene
I remember the smallpox vaccine, the one that left a scar.
I must have gotten it late November or early December. My sister and her boyfriend took me to a place called Santa’s Village. I remember a giant rocking chair (think EdithAnn). And I got paper dolls. When we got home I was sitting on the floor playing with the paper dolls and without thinking, scratched the scab off my arm.
It had been drilled into me....don’t touch it...don’t scratch it. I immediately went and showed my mom. She phoned someone...hospital maybe? No telehealth back then. She was on the phone a long time. And the look on her face...she was terrified. Absolutely terrified. Having lost friends to diseases we now have vaccines to prevent, she was probably picturing those DO NOT ENTER signs. I don’t know if it was a live virus shot or not, I’m guessing yes.
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And I remember when 911 was created. Prior to that, whenever I was babysitting every house had a pad by the telephone with a list of numbers which included police and fire.
So scary about your scab, but I am not quoting on that part. I feel for your poor mom!!
Weekday mornings were Romper Room and Captain Kangaroo for me. Everybody get your Picture Pages!!
And I grew up in a small town. 911 was active and well in many a big city before it came to us. Everybody knew everybody. One day shortly after it went into service, an elderly lady (whose son happens to own a good bit of the businesses and real estate in the town) called 911. She didn't have an emergency, just needed her friend Betsy's phone number. She was confusing it with 411 - information. So the 911 operator looked up Betsy's number and gave it to her!
We used to have these red pull alarms on poles, similar to in schools. (Do they still have them in school?) There was one right on the corner and kids used to pull it as a prank, which resulted in, fire trucks not rushing when that one got pulled. Which resulted in a woman dieing because the trucks didn’t come until someone actually phoned to report the fire.
I think every kid scratched off that scab... I know I did it. My parents didn't think too much of it... They still had two other kids as backup.
I would sit on the washing machine. It was in the corner by the kitchen sink, and was as far as the telephone cord would reach. If I wanted to stretch out, the dryer was close on the opposite wall, and I would get a pillow from the couch, and recline there for hours, chatting away.I used to stretch ours into the nearby bathroom. So many hours laying on the floor in that bathroom, feet up on the wall, the phone cord under the door and the door shut, talking and laughing on the phone.
Good times.
My uncle had a portable black and white TV in his bedroom when he was a teenager. I loved spending the weekend at Grandma's house because it meant that he and my aunt that was still living at home would let me stay up and watch Saturday Night Live on that little TV....you even had to hit it with a shoe to get it to turn on. I thought I was the coolest kid in the world back then.
I remember as a child we had lunch carts that were metal and rolled. You got your tray from the cart and there was most usually cooked spinach. Who likes that stuff as kid? You could either have chocolate or white milk . You could have only have chocolate milk for lunch, but not for break.