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Latebloomer you got your space food sticks. They are the things you pick up at the drive throughs. You know McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's
Bernie
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I got 20. yep I'm older then dirt. LOL
DON'T CHEAT.
History Exam...
Everyone over 50 should have a pretty easy time at this exam.
If you are under 50 you can claim a handicap.
This is a History Exam for those who don't mind seeing how much they really remember about what went on in their life.
Get paper and pencil and number from 1 to 20.
NUMBER 1-20, Write the letter of each answer and score at the end.
Then, best of all, before you pass this test on, put your score in the subject line, send to friends AND HAVE FUN!!!!
1. In the 1940's, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?
a. On the floor shift knob
b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch
c. Next to the horn
2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For what was it used?
a. Capture lightning bugs
b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing
c. Large salt shaker
3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?
a. Cows got cold and wouldn't produce milk
b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled
c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top.
4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?
a. Blackjack
b. Gin
c. Craps!
5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during W.W.II
a. Suntan
b. Leg painting
c. Wearing slacks
6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?
a. Studebaker
b. Nash Metro
c. Tucker
7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?
a. Strips of dried peanut butter
b. Chocolate licorice bars
c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside
8. How was Butch wax used?
a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up
b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing
c. On the wheels of roller skates t o prevent rust
9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?
a With clamps, tightened by a skate key
b. Woven straps that crossed the foot
c. Long pieces of twine
10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?
a. Consider all the facts
b. Ask Mom
c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo
11. What was the mos t ! dreaded disease in the 1940's-5 0's
a. Smallpox
b. AIDS
c. Polio
12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey"
a. SUV
b. Taxi
c. Streetcar
13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pet pony?
a. Old Blue
b. Paint
c. Macaroni
14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?
a. Part of the game of hide and seek
b What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores
c. Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.
15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?
a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring
b. Princess Sacajawea
c. Princess Moonshadow
16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?
a. Immediately sniffed the purple in k, as this was believed to get you high
b. Made pape r airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window
c. Wrote another pupil' s name on the top, to avoid their failure
17. Why di d your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?
a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum
b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items
c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos
18. Praise the Lord, and pass the _________?
a Meatballs
b. Dames
c. Ammunition
19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song "Cabdriver" a hit?
a. The Ink Spots
b. The Supremes
c. The Esquires
20. Who left his heart in San Francisco?
a. Tony Bennett
b. Frank Sinatra
c. George Gershwin
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ANSWERS
1. b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe, took till the late '60's to catch on.
2. b) To sprinkle clothes before iron ing. Who had a steam iron?
3. c) Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top.
4. a) Blackjack Gum.
5. b) Special makeup was applied, fol lowed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.
6. a) 1946 Studebaker.
7. c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water.
8 a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.
9. a) With clamps , tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck.
10. c) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.
11. c) Polio. In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed, movies and other public gathering places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease.
12. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight!
13. c) Macaroni.
14. c) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.
15. a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet.
16. a) Immediatel y sniffed the purple ink to get a high.
17. b) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for
household items at the Green Stamp store.
18. c) Ammunition, and we'll all be free.
19. a) The widely famous 50's group: The Inkspots.
20. a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today..
SCORING
17- 20 correct: You are older than dirt, and obviously gifted with mental abilities. Now if you could only find your glasses. Definitely someone who should share your wisdom!
12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but you're getting th ere.
0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your experiences.
Send this to your friends with your score in the subject line!
DON'T CHEAT.
History Exam...
Everyone over 50 should have a pretty easy time at this exam.
If you are under 50 you can claim a handicap.
This is a History Exam for those who don't mind seeing how much they really remember about what went on in their life.
Get paper and pencil and number from 1 to 20.
NUMBER 1-20, Write the letter of each answer and score at the end.
Then, best of all, before you pass this test on, put your score in the subject line, send to friends AND HAVE FUN!!!!
1. In the 1940's, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?
a. On the floor shift knob
b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch
c. Next to the horn
2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For what was it used?
a. Capture lightning bugs
b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing
c. Large salt shaker
3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?
a. Cows got cold and wouldn't produce milk
b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled
c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top.
4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?
a. Blackjack
b. Gin
c. Craps!
5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during W.W.II
a. Suntan
b. Leg painting
c. Wearing slacks
6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?
a. Studebaker
b. Nash Metro
c. Tucker
7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?
a. Strips of dried peanut butter
b. Chocolate licorice bars
c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside
8. How was Butch wax used?
a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up
b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing
c. On the wheels of roller skates t o prevent rust
9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?
a With clamps, tightened by a skate key
b. Woven straps that crossed the foot
c. Long pieces of twine
10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?
a. Consider all the facts
b. Ask Mom
c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo
11. What was the mos t ! dreaded disease in the 1940's-5 0's
a. Smallpox
b. AIDS
c. Polio
12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey"
a. SUV
b. Taxi
c. Streetcar
13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pet pony?
a. Old Blue
b. Paint
c. Macaroni
14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?
a. Part of the game of hide and seek
b What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores
c. Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.
15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?
a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring
b. Princess Sacajawea
c. Princess Moonshadow
16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?
a. Immediately sniffed the purple in k, as this was believed to get you high
b. Made pape r airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window
c. Wrote another pupil' s name on the top, to avoid their failure
17. Why di d your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?
a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum
b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items
c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos
18. Praise the Lord, and pass the _________?
a Meatballs
b. Dames
c. Ammunition
19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song "Cabdriver" a hit?
a. The Ink Spots
b. The Supremes
c. The Esquires
20. Who left his heart in San Francisco?
a. Tony Bennett
b. Frank Sinatra
c. George Gershwin
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
ANSWERS
1. b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe, took till the late '60's to catch on.
2. b) To sprinkle clothes before iron ing. Who had a steam iron?
3. c) Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top.
4. a) Blackjack Gum.
5. b) Special makeup was applied, fol lowed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.
6. a) 1946 Studebaker.
7. c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water.
8 a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.
9. a) With clamps , tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck.
10. c) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.
11. c) Polio. In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed, movies and other public gathering places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease.
12. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight!
13. c) Macaroni.
14. c) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.
15. a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet.
16. a) Immediatel y sniffed the purple ink to get a high.
17. b) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for
household items at the Green Stamp store.
18. c) Ammunition, and we'll all be free.
19. a) The widely famous 50's group: The Inkspots.
20. a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today..
SCORING
17- 20 correct: You are older than dirt, and obviously gifted with mental abilities. Now if you could only find your glasses. Definitely someone who should share your wisdom!
12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but you're getting th ere.
0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your experiences.
Send this to your friends with your score in the subject line!
Bernie
New Member
This is a wonderful and fun thread.
GP I also remember wondering what it would be like in 2000. I don’t remember how old I was but I do remember doing the math to see how old I’d been. 53! OMG my parents weren’t even that old at the time. LOL
Randy I remember being terrified of getting polio well. I also remember the day we got our first polio shot. For reasons I don't recall we had to go to another school for the shots. They walked us kids about five miles to the other school. Most the kids were afraid but not me, I was at the head of the line and couldn't wait. Since I was bigger then all but one person in my class I was allowed to stand there and catch the fainters. ROFLMBO
I'll be 62 this May and I am enjoying life as well. I do miss the more innocent times that I grew up in. It takes me longer to get things done these days but like I tell my kids I'm going to keep gardening until I'm compost. I've faired better then my mother. I don't have quite as many wrinkles or highlights as she did at this age but she was beautiful so I won’t mind when I get there.
GP I also remember wondering what it would be like in 2000. I don’t remember how old I was but I do remember doing the math to see how old I’d been. 53! OMG my parents weren’t even that old at the time. LOL
Randy I remember being terrified of getting polio well. I also remember the day we got our first polio shot. For reasons I don't recall we had to go to another school for the shots. They walked us kids about five miles to the other school. Most the kids were afraid but not me, I was at the head of the line and couldn't wait. Since I was bigger then all but one person in my class I was allowed to stand there and catch the fainters. ROFLMBO
I'll be 62 this May and I am enjoying life as well. I do miss the more innocent times that I grew up in. It takes me longer to get things done these days but like I tell my kids I'm going to keep gardening until I'm compost. I've faired better then my mother. I don't have quite as many wrinkles or highlights as she did at this age but she was beautiful so I won’t mind when I get there.
gonepostal
New Member
Ok Bernie-----I scored 100% on the quiz!!!!! So----I'm older than dirt!!! LOL
This is the big 60 year for me.Can't believe I made it this far! Wish I'd taken better care of myself!!LOL
I like that idea-keep gardening until we turn to compost ourselves! LOL
Oh--btw-----anyone else go to school in a little 2 room schoolhouse?--Now that's old!!!!!!!When my sister was in the 8th grade-she was the only one in her class! LOLMy class was fairly big-I think there was 6 or 7 of us! (Baby boom -you know)!! LOL
This is the big 60 year for me.Can't believe I made it this far! Wish I'd taken better care of myself!!LOL
I like that idea-keep gardening until we turn to compost ourselves! LOL
Oh--btw-----anyone else go to school in a little 2 room schoolhouse?--Now that's old!!!!!!!When my sister was in the 8th grade-she was the only one in her class! LOLMy class was fairly big-I think there was 6 or 7 of us! (Baby boom -you know)!! LOL
Blueaussi
New Member
latebloomer
Active Member
I want my jet pack and space food sticks!
I got them all too. I remember the polio vaccines too, but the first ones were given to us with the vaccine soaked into sugar cubes. I was so grateful to Dr. Jonas Salk for making that vaccine possible. My Dad's youngest sister had polio and it crippled her for life.
The first polio vaccines I received were shots. Then the sugar cubes a few years after.
I was born in 1950. I am older than dirt, too. Love my silver hair but avoid my mother in the mirror at all costs.
I am going to 'steal' a couple of these to share on another site, if I may. (I'm actually asking a little late)
I was born in 1950. I am older than dirt, too. Love my silver hair but avoid my mother in the mirror at all costs.
I am going to 'steal' a couple of these to share on another site, if I may. (I'm actually asking a little late)
latebloomer
Active Member
Oh my! Now you all have prompted memories....
Beany and Cecil,Slo-pokes and Chiclets, Playland at the Beach, Shake-a-puddin, Fizzies,Chatty Cathy and Mr. Machine, Willy Mays telling us not to touch blasting caps (public service announcement),One Step Beyond, Rock em Sock em Robots, Cootie, Fractured Flickers....
jeez!
Beany and Cecil,Slo-pokes and Chiclets, Playland at the Beach, Shake-a-puddin, Fizzies,Chatty Cathy and Mr. Machine, Willy Mays telling us not to touch blasting caps (public service announcement),One Step Beyond, Rock em Sock em Robots, Cootie, Fractured Flickers....
jeez!
Latebloomer you got your space food sticks. They are the things you pick up at the drive throughs. You know McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's
Up until a few months back, they were showing some of those old "Fractured Flickers" on one of the cable channels, then they quit. I loved those things. They were much better than the new programming. I'm probably wrong about the sugar cubes and the vaccine. I know we got the vaccine that way, but I could have it reversed. That's been a long time ago.
latebloomer
Active Member
Blueaussi,
I found your car but boy,is it going to cost you!!!
http://news.aol.com/article/flying-car/389720
I found your car but boy,is it going to cost you!!!
http://news.aol.com/article/flying-car/389720
Blueaussi
New Member
Bernie
New Member
GP I wish I'd taken better care of myself as well. Namely wish I'd never started smoking.
My daughter was born in '68 and she went to a 2 room school house and was the top of her class when she graduated. She was also the bottom of her class as she was the only one in the class. LOL
Randy my DH says he thought it was the sugar cube too but I defianately remember we got the shots the first time around because it was the only time they walked us to another school. Later we got the shots with the gun. Sugar cubes came after that for us.
I hope they wait till I'm gone before flying cars start buzing over head. We keep running into one another with lines on the ground to guide us what's going to keep those things from falling on our heads when they colide? DUI will have a whole new meaning. A jetpack might be fun though.
Tina you are welcome to pass on what I've posted that test is fun.
Sharon I never thought of fast food that way but I agree.
LB I didn't get TV until '60 so I don't remember 'Willy Mays telling us not to touch blasting caps' OMG what that a problem. Thanks for the whiplash trip down memory lane. LOL
I loved Fractured Flikers
OH This Is Fun
My daughter was born in '68 and she went to a 2 room school house and was the top of her class when she graduated. She was also the bottom of her class as she was the only one in the class. LOL
Randy my DH says he thought it was the sugar cube too but I defianately remember we got the shots the first time around because it was the only time they walked us to another school. Later we got the shots with the gun. Sugar cubes came after that for us.
I hope they wait till I'm gone before flying cars start buzing over head. We keep running into one another with lines on the ground to guide us what's going to keep those things from falling on our heads when they colide? DUI will have a whole new meaning. A jetpack might be fun though.
Tina you are welcome to pass on what I've posted that test is fun.
Sharon I never thought of fast food that way but I agree.
LB I didn't get TV until '60 so I don't remember 'Willy Mays telling us not to touch blasting caps' OMG what that a problem. Thanks for the whiplash trip down memory lane. LOL
I loved Fractured Flikers
OH This Is Fun
But I liked playing with blasting caps. But I was in my late 20's when we did that. There was a test that we did on the solid rocket propellants that we made. We would take a 2" cube of the tested propellant and place it on a piece of steel that was 1' square and two inches thick. We would insert a #8 blasting cap and hide behing a revetment and set it off. Then we would use a 2" cube of Comp B (plastic explosive) and do the same with that. The Comp B was our standard and we would compare the damage done to the steel plate with the tested propellant. These were propellants that were being developed for missile systems.
latebloomer
Active Member
Jeez,Randy! You're scary!! As Willie would say "don't touch those things"!
I don't any more, but I'm not afraid of them either. They were a normal part of our testing at that time and we treated them carefully. Back in those days, handling explosives was just a part of the job. I did breathe a sigh of relief though when I transferred over to a matallurgical laboratory working for the same company (Aerojet-General Corp.).
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