lol, this pretty much sums up the 70s and 80s

LunarOrbit · 56-60, M

Yeah. Totally different culture nowadays.

I remember my first doctor smoking a pipe while assessing my health. McDonalds had ashtrays. You could smoke on planes and where you worked.

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@LunarOrbit I had chickens a long time ago when I lived in the country. They were roosting in an old building with an open garage. I’d feel sorry for them when it got really cold and put them in a little side room and would get in there and sweep out the litter with a broom to clean it up for them on a regular basis in the winter. Had a warming light too. I would be doing that now without a wet bandanna on my face and then go take a shower after.

LunarOrbit · 56-60, M

@cherokeepatti Yes. I had similar setup. Also used diatomaceous earth to keep the pests off them. That stuff is like talcum powder. It was hard on my lungs

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@LunarOrbit You should have worn a mask with diatomaceous earth powder, it’s easy to inhale. Back when I was a child living on the farm my aunt would make a dust bath with wood stove ashes and DDT for the chickens. I used to watch them wallow in that and wiggle around. No mites to be found on those chickens.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

I remember when lounges at the university had cigarette machines in them. People could smoke in the lounge, there was a smoking stand. A couple of teens would walk from school and wait in the basement for their father to get off work and buy cigarettes (probably very stale cigarettes). Eventually cigarette machines were removed, probably state or federal law to keep underage from buying.