tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post5206857708574913530..comments2023-10-28T04:22:14.180-04:00Comments on FULL-ON FORWARD: Small Towns in the 50'sFull-On-Forwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964018803560952364noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-90274426885894060112012-03-29T18:30:16.691-04:002012-03-29T18:30:16.691-04:00Thanks my friends!
Joan I sure appreciate that! T...Thanks my friends!<br /><br />Joan I sure appreciate that! Thanks Pat!<br /><br />JohnFull-On-Forwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964018803560952364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-61619006483845699402012-03-29T18:18:00.570-04:002012-03-29T18:18:00.570-04:00So true! I grew up in a town of 1,400. A few dif...So true! I grew up in a town of 1,400. A few differences...<br />No hauling hay, I was in the bean fields pulling weeds in the summers. We had great tans! :)<br />Didn't get to drive a tractor.<br />No hunting...but had fun target shooting in the back yard.<br />TV shows...yes I did. I so remember Lawrence Welk on Sunday nights. I wasn't a fan but indured it. I was waiting for the Disney move to come on.<br />You need to frame your 1st spring photo. Gorgeous!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-79183286914921840832012-03-28T13:55:21.063-04:002012-03-28T13:55:21.063-04:00Great photos! That one with the country road in it...Great photos! That one with the country road in it is amazing!<br />Oh yeah, I remember that used to go crazy wondering how my mom found out things I did. Even when I was far from home! Spy network...Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-88532666486522587212012-03-28T05:56:57.465-04:002012-03-28T05:56:57.465-04:00Thanks for the visit, visiting you back!
Maybe you...Thanks for the visit, visiting you back!<br />Maybe you could come and join me http://crazybeautifullifeofkaren.blogspot.com/2012/03/scarlet-wednesday-1.html. Scarlet Wednesday is now up... see you there!Kai Ruihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01050260701147920299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-87879154182405590292012-03-27T23:04:47.556-04:002012-03-27T23:04:47.556-04:00What a cute picture of you!What a cute picture of you!Riot Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725825736285347870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-87794996242796175062012-03-27T21:02:14.678-04:002012-03-27T21:02:14.678-04:00We could stand outside a liquor store and give som...We could stand outside a liquor store and give someone our cash and they would buy us a bottle! Today we'd be arrested and they would slip out the back with our cash! LOL! Times have changed!<br />I went to Catholic school and I hated when the nuns always said "Why aren't you smart in Math like your brother Ed?" He was the smart one! Ugh!<br />No one I know died from alcohol poisoning or attempted to murder their schoolmates or family! Times are crazy today!Annesphamilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09355786666073982088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-27099962892454293042012-03-27T16:26:34.651-04:002012-03-27T16:26:34.651-04:00I could relate to so many of those points. Growing...I could relate to so many of those points. Growing up on Long Island in the 50's was not that different, it was just surrounded by water. This was a fun post!black eyed susans kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214016311612642339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-26780792880789110862012-03-27T13:50:40.520-04:002012-03-27T13:50:40.520-04:00Jeff- true--born in 54 I only had 6 years in the 5...Jeff- true--born in 54 I only had 6 years in the 50's..but the carry over to the 60's was still pure and innocent!<br /><br />Thanks Buddy!<br /><br />J<br /><br /><br />Mark--- I hear ya Bro!!!<br /><br />BBB,<br /><br />J<br /><br /><br />Tracy--super parent hearing will NEVER go away! LOL<br /><br />Glad ya smiled!<br /><br /><br />J<br /><br /><br /><br />TexWisGirl--we had a local Wino--I know that's not PC-- but we bought him a dollar bottle of wine- and he would buy all our Beer/Liquor!<br /><br />J<br /><br /><br /><br />Kelly-- It did make kinda of a weirdly abstract Achoo pic didn't it? Thanks so much!<br /><br />It is clear and beautiful and 71 right now with NO pollen coming back until tomorrow!<br /><br /><br />J<br /><br /><br /><br />Betty-- Thanks so much! I really appreciate your visits! In the 70's--72 to be exact I was getting in trouble at the Univ of SC my Freshman year!!<br /><br />I think all of us can relate to most any years/decade we grew up in as THE BEST- it's all we knew!!!<br /><br />JohnFull-On-Forwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964018803560952364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-24733616949636851692012-03-27T11:24:47.556-04:002012-03-27T11:24:47.556-04:00love sage's comment!
this is a brilliant pos...love sage's comment! <br /><br />this is a brilliant post, john, and<br />i can relate to some of these, as a child of the early 70's.<br /><br />gorgeous shots and views!Betty Manousoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08549686306725800208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-43156700791968446682012-03-27T10:39:56.627-04:002012-03-27T10:39:56.627-04:001958 was my first Christmas. :) I can relate to s...1958 was my first Christmas. :) I can relate to so many of the things in that list!<br /><br />Great photos! The pollen photo is beautiful (I can't believe I'm describing pollen as beautiful - achoo!!)Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-65383444238734657192012-03-27T09:48:21.214-04:002012-03-27T09:48:21.214-04:00i grew up in the 60s in a very small wis. town. we...i grew up in the 60s in a very small wis. town. we didn't have a stoplight or a stop sign thru town. but so much of the other stuff was true! altho i did manage to buy alcohol for those backroads parties. not sure how i did it...TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-68751468752927210972012-03-27T08:39:04.862-04:002012-03-27T08:39:04.862-04:00Like Lynne I'm a child of the late 60's/ea...Like Lynne I'm a child of the late 60's/early 70's but I can associate with so many of these, especially parents with super hearing. So funny, I loved this post.Felicity Grace Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17852843882007267665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-40523960370007319472012-03-27T08:36:45.464-04:002012-03-27T08:36:45.464-04:00I lived in the country so some of that stuff made ...I lived in the country so some of that stuff made sense but we were strangers in town. <br /><br />Your photos today are truly gorgeous John. OMGJeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320507412459242451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-36352640242681119492012-03-27T08:25:17.120-04:002012-03-27T08:25:17.120-04:00I grew up in the 60s / 70s, so can relate to some ...I grew up in the 60s / 70s, so can relate to some of that. But it still relates to my nieces in the Florida wilderness, so graduated with less than 20 kids and are still friends with all of them.<br /><br />Love those shots - you have an abundance of beautiful photos. You must live in a beautiful area.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-12594572507245977132012-03-27T07:39:11.028-04:002012-03-27T07:39:11.028-04:00In the cities it was much the same at that time......In the cities it was much the same at that time...only more people watching you and hanging out with. Not now so much but back in the 50's-60's. And we had five lanes to profile our cars on not one in each direction, but the cruisin' was the same everywhere.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771249763573109399.post-12381311974937523782012-03-27T07:33:32.411-04:002012-03-27T07:33:32.411-04:00Great photos, John, especially the one of you in 1...Great photos, John, especially the one of you in 1958... Doesn't look like you did much growing up in the 50s (I don't even remember the 50s, but I would have turned 3 in 1960).sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.com