I was Born in the Fifties . . .

[NickDG 23]

I was born in the 50's . . .

"Leave it to Beaver" was reality TV.

My Mother's full time job was raising me.

TV was Black and White (and so was photography).

Strangers weren't dangerous.

We trusted the Government.

I received just one toy for Christmas.

I was allowed to wander all of New York City by myself.

I really did "Like Ike."

My parent's biggest fear is I would become a beatnik.

Gas was 20 cents a gallon.

My allowance was 50 cents a week.

We didn't cut or ditch school we played hooky.

My parents and teachers spanked me.

Policemen were men.

My grandparents lived in our house until they died.

We practiced "Duck & Cover" once a week in school.

My father taught me how to test "Tubes" from our TV at the local Drug Store.

My Mother was given the drug Thalidomide while pregnant with me.

The TV News is just fifteen minutes once a day.

We all read the newspapers.

Making or receiving a long distance phone call was an event.

Being a Lawyer was considered an honorable profession.

NickD BASE 194

[airtwardo 7]

My Mother was given the drug Thalidomide while pregnant with me.

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Explains the BASE jumping!



Born in the 50's too..
I remember much of what you listed, but it was even slower being in a small town Midwest farming community.


The big "End of Winter" event was when the new Oldsmobiles came in!

We didn't even HAVE a key to lock the house.

My mom would give me a couple bucks and I'd ride my bike to the "Super Par" gas station to get smokes & beer for her.

Start of school we got one pair of church shoes and one pair of school shoes...don't worry...you'll grow into them!

We burned all the household trash in a pit in the yard.

Every Christmas I got a gun, a book, clothes, school supplies, and a card with money for a toy I 'really' wanted.

Everyone in town went to the 'Movie House' on Saturday. Kids movie was the 1:30 showing, usually a Vincent Price Horror, the Adults movie was at 7:00 pm. All the kids played in the park across from the Theater waiting for their folks.

Summer was officially started when the guy on the bicycle with the cooler on front came down the street selling ice cream.

The wooded boxes on the front porch...left side was for milk delivery, Right side box was for Farm Fresh Vegetables delivered 3 times a week.

Every summer mom would bottle her own Catsup...
100 bottles of homemade, the house smelled of garlic for a week.

Couldn't wait until I turned 10...
FINALLY got to go hunting by myself!

We kids & dogs would crawl into bed with the folks to watch Bonanza & Ed Sullivan.

Report cards were all handwritten, if you were having problems at school..your teacher would walk over to the house, have dinner with you and the folks and "DISCUSS" your grades!

Feeling kinda "funny down there" when 'I dream of Jeanie' came on...

Our local phone number was two letters and four numbers...which was GREAT...no more 'party line'.

Got the local news...word of mouth, from the mailman. Respected even more that the town cop.

....Wow things change huh?!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[gravityizsexy 0]

Yeah they do,...

I would like to experience that, ALL(?) the kids
played across the street from theatre when the
parents were watching their films??? there must've
been some crazy stories from that. I think that
is hella cool. I wonder what 2050 will be like?
What the change will be... and what will be
remembered.

"'Someday is not a day in my week'"

[Rainbo 0]

Yeah, "I dream of Jeannie" did that to me too

Rainbo
TheSpeedTriple - Speed is everything
"Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting."

[billvon 3,119]

> I was born in the 50's . . .

You know, it's funny - I was born in the 60's but most of those ring true. I can remember testing TV tubes at the hardware store, and I remember how the TV would first show a bright dot that started to wiggle and then expand as the tubes warmed up into a whole picture. It took both hands to change the channel; it seemed like you were turning about 20 pounds of parts when you did that. At 11pm the TV stations would play the national anthem and then go off the air for the night.

Phones were all dial, and places would have numbers like Newton 5-2344. You often had to talk to an operator to place a call. We had fuses instead of circuit breakers, and we never had the right size to replace them, so my father would just pick one at random and it would usually work. We burned most of our yard waste. Started a forest fire once that way, but the neighbors got all their hoses together and managed to put it out, so not much harm done.

Around 1969 we got new electrical lines put in, complete with a transformer at the end of the street. It had a red light on it. It was about the coolest, highest-tech thing I had ever seen.

[Zep 0]

I was born in the fifties too

dont remember much till the sixties

playing on the old bomb sites

getting cufed by the local Bobby

getting cained at school

getting another cuff when my Father got home for getting cained at school

watching Dr Who every Saturday

having to walk 3 miles to the shops

being made to go to Sunday School (thence came my loathing of religion)

London being under two feet of snow

my first trip to Carnaby street

All in all a good decade

Gone fishing

[airtwardo 7]

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I wonder what 2050 will be like?
What the change will be... and what will be
remembered.

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Funny you should ask that!
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1608961#1608961

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[GARYC24 3]

Staying up and watching tv station sign off for the night and seeing that indian on the screen was a big deal for me.
I remember my Dad putting a plastic thing to put over tv screen to make it "color" haha
Us kids had to get up and change the channel for Mom!

[MakeItHappen 15]

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I wonder what 2050 will be like?
What the change will be... and what will be
remembered.

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Funny you should ask that!
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1608961#1608961

Funny that post looks like my article
Fast Forward to the year 2050

Would you like to pay for the article or ask a moderator to remove it?
your choice.

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Make It Happen
Parachute History
DiveMaker

[ryoder 1,590]

Thalidomide was never approved in the US:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide

Where did you grow up?

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[NickDG 23]

Fast Forward to the year 2050

Jan,

You know I've always been a fan of yours, and that is a great piece of writing . . .

I really hope you rise in the USPA hierarchy.

With you as Executive Director I could actually look forward to "Capital Commentaries."

As it is now I don’t think I've made it passed the first paragraph of that dribble in years.

The USPA hasn't represented average jumpers since the days Norm Heaton kept the membership names in a shoebox.

NickD BASE 194

[NickDG 23]

>>Thalidomide was never approved in the US:<<

That is correct.

I was born at Mt. Sinai hospital in NYC in 1954 and my mother received it as part of a small clinical trial. They won't admit it now as there are still pending lawsuits. BTW, I'm not party to any of those. And I never suffered any ill effects . . .

She found out about in the 70s after she was contacted by a group of mothers who found out about the trials.

A reference to it can found here where it says:

"Although thalidomide was never approved for sale in the United States, millions of tablets had been distributed to physicians during the clinical testing program. It was impossible to know how many pregnant women had been given the drug to help alleviate morning sickness or as a sedative."

http://www.birthdefects.org/information/env_bendectin.htm

NickD BASE 194

[slug 1]

Hi Nick

Norm Heaton, Jack Bergman
Jans not that old yet

R.I.P.

[airtwardo 7]

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I wonder what 2050 will be like?
What the change will be... and what will be
remembered.

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Funny you should ask that!
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1608961#1608961

Funny that post looks like my article
Fast Forward to the year 2050

Would you like to pay for the article or ask a moderator to remove it?
your choice.

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I deleted my post...sorry for the inconvenience!

The person that sent it to me via an email made
no mention of you being the author,
and okayed my using it...obviously without
your permission.


For that I do apologize!

I did just check the link to the website posted,
and do regret getting it via email and not from
the website it's post to.

Though the page linked features no
by line author, if I'd had any idea it was
already on a website I likely would have
just linked it...

... with you the actual authors permission of course!

(Do you need that for a link? I don't know?)

It IS a cute, well written story...
and again I'm very sorry I offended you by sharing it with people that might enjoy it.


Since you asked~
Though I've made no claim of being the author,
and have not profited in any way by my unfortunate & unmalicious error...

How much money do you feel I owe you?

I'm not a wealthy person, but in the interest of
friendly coexistence...I can attempt to pay what you
currently get for it.

Once again...please forgive my ignorance regarding
this matter.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[ryoder 1,590]

Hey! You left out the most important thing about being born in the '50's:

Remembering watching a weekly TV show about skydiving: "Ripcord".

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[MakeItHappen 15]

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I deleted my post...sorry for the inconvenience!

The post in question is
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1608961#1608961
not the reference to the post in question.

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The person that sent it to me via an email made
no mention of you being the author,
and okayed my using it...obviously without
your permission.

Perhaps, you might forward my email to you to this jumper, to help explain why links are better than copy/paste

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For that I do apologize!

I did just check the link to the website posted,
and do regret getting it via email and not from
the website it's post to.

Though the page linked features no
by line author, if I'd had any idea it was
already on a website I likely would have
just linked it...

... with you the actual authors permission of course!

It does have a byline author. I own ParachuteHistory.com
The copyright says I own the material on the web site.

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(Do you need that for a link? I don't know?)

Yes, if the moderators would change the 1608961 post to have a link to
Fast Forward to the Year 2050 instead of the content of that link, I would be happy.

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It IS a cute, well written story...
and again I'm very sorry I offended you by sharing it with people that might enjoy it.

Thank you very much for the compliment. I am not offended that people want to share it, I am disappointed that people do not realize that the sharing comes from providing links, not the actual content copied to a third-party site.

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Since you asked~
Though I've made no claim of being the author,
and have not profited in any way by my unfortunate & unmalicious error...

How much money do you feel I owe you?

I'm not a wealthy person, but in the interest of
friendly coexistence...I can attempt to pay what you
currently get for it.

Once again...please forgive my ignorance regarding
this matter.

Ok - buy me a beer - next time you see me. Put it on my account, if you cannot stay around til sunset.

Bottom Line Summarized:
Please ask the moderators to change post 1608961 to be a link to
Fast Forward to the Year 2050

BTW, how is your son doing recovering from his accident?


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Make It Happen
Parachute History
DiveMaker

[MakeItHappen 15]

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Jan,

You know I've always been a fan of yours, and that is a great piece of writing . . .

I really hope you rise in the USPA hierarchy.

With you as Executive Director I could actually look forward to "Capital Commentaries."

As it is now I don’t think I've made it passed the first paragraph of that dribble in years.

The USPA hasn't represented average jumpers since the days Norm Heaton kept the membership names in a shoebox.

This gave me a big chuckle, Nick ;)

I think Hell would have to freeze over before the USPA BOD would select me as the Executive Director!

Thanks for the thought - it *might* happen!

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Make It Happen
Parachute History
DiveMaker

[MakeItHappen 15]

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Hi Nick

Norm Heaton, Jack Bergman
Jans not that old yet

R.I.P.

I met both Norm Heaton and Jack Bergman.
I was born in the 50's.

RIP - Jack
and I may run into Norm some time again.

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Make It Happen
Parachute History
DiveMaker

[alw 0]

Remembering watching a weekly TV show about skydiving: "Ripcord".

[MakeItHappen 15]

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I wonder what 2050 will be like?
What the change will be... and what will be
remembered.

Try Fast Forward to the Year 2050

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Make It Happen
Parachute History
DiveMaker

[airtwardo 7]

Ok - buy me a beer - next time you see me. Put it on my account, if you cannot stay around til sunset.

Bottom Line Summarized:
Please ask the moderators to change post 1608961 to be a link to
Fast Forward to the Year 2050

BTW, how is your son doing recovering from his accident?

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If beer is the currency...

Consider it done!
(Whew..got off cheap there)




in regard to the change...I'll request it be so...





And as to Sasha, my son...
Thanks for asking, he's still rather sore....
stiches are out....had some infection complications...& he's a tad shy of the ole bicycle these days.
Ole pops is getting real tired of driving him to school.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[jonstark 8]

So was I.

I wish I could raise my kids like I was raised. I'm doing my damndest to give them whatever freedom and room to grow that our urban environment will allow but it's tough.

Thank goodness we have a hanger where we can pound pennies on an anvil, ride go carts, make small explosions and do stuff that their mom is convinced will put an eye out.

jon

[slug 1]

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Hi Nick

Norm Heaton, Jack Bergman
Jans not that old yet

R.I.P.

I met both Norm Heaton and Jack Bergman.
I was born in the 50's.

RIP - Jack
and I may run into Norm some time again.

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We met Jack in the early 70's He was a "funny" guy to read. He told us he was the estimator for the company that won the bid for the St Louis Arch. On time and on budget.
We later heard that Jack had a wonderful Wake enjoyed by all except for his ex wife.

Wake was paid for by Jack

R.I.P.

BTW Margret Hatcher did a ggod job for the England twice so why not Jan for ED of USPA after the present one gets promoted

[bodypilot1 0]

You forgot to add, "My mother always put that red Mercurochrome stuff on all my cuts and abrations, and it fucking HURT!



Be safe.
Ed

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