My parents would get dressed to the nines when going on a plane. Actually, they would dress up formally whenever going out, such as a restaurant or some other event.
@PatientlyWaiting25 My parents eventually went to a more "business casual" look by the 90's. There's nothing wrong with wanting to look dapper when stepping out, and there's likely a fair number of people who think some look like a bunch of slobs given the occasion.
My Nan and Grandad never threw anything away. Ripped clothing got a patch sewed onto it and if you grew out of trousers but they still fitted at the waist, Nan would turn them into shorts. I remember she even cut flat sheets across into three sections and resewed them so that the worn middle part was at the foot of the bed instead of throwing them away but she did teach me how to sew. 😊
Fix their own cars Save for what they needed Make their kids clothes Make all their meals from scratch Save the cooking fat to reuse More often than not, marry the first oerson they dated
we had face to face conversations with someone we were on a date with, without constantly looking down on our cellphones. i know we didn't have them back then, but i dare a young couple of kids to leave their phones at home on their first date.....absolutely impossible
@lissah I still answer the door in the day time but I think it's safe. I live in the country where it's safe to leave your door unlocked. I also don't have a camera door bell but I guess if you live in a dodgy area, you might think twice.
@CrazyMusicLover it was awe inducing though - like we knew there was something special about it and we wouldn't approach it to our eyes or mouth - you could see and feel it was "different" lol @Iknowyourouttheresomewhere
@Boeing Metallic mercury is only dangerous over long term exposure {1}. The big health problems are usually pollution involving organic mercury compounds dumped in waterways and concentrated by fish [2].
1.put on a 3 piece suit to go to a bar 2. Have a fist fight at the slightest insult to honour 3. Start the car by popping the lid and drying the spark plugs 4. Spank regularly 5. Approve of school using corporal punishment 6 Drink and drive.
Forget they had kids. Seriously, for many generations kids were seen and not heard, kids were not doted on or made a high priority. Yes, during the summer we disappeared all day, only came home to eat and when the street lights came on. My parents did not know where I was and did not care. We got thirsty, we used the hose. If we were lucky someones mom made Kool-aid and we'd get a taste in a dixie cup.
@dragonfly46 honestly, I am glad I grew up that way. Childhood seems really boring these days with constent attention and supervision. I would have hated childhood as it is today.
@MsSwan Yeah I remember when my daughter was born there was a number of smoking rooms dotted around the hospital, including one straight next door to the maternity ward. 乂º ₒ º乂
Talk on the phone! Talk in person! Being able to think without having to google their own thoughts! Knowing manners and how to interact with people in General!
@WillaKissing Here in the UK I see, and hear, people talking on phones all the time. Very often it is clear that they are talking to their spouse and I often wonder if they have anything left to say when they are actually together.
But in Norway voice calls have declined dramatically.
Rode in cars as children without car seats —often without seatbelts. And the sole purpose in owning a station wagon was so the children could ride in the cargo area and play games during the journey.
Move out of their parents house at 18, work to pay for their own education and pay for their own car and be smart enough to know they getting a degree that will not get them a job so they can earn a living is not smart.
Apparently, going out in the morning, leaving the house, and not returning home until evening without contact with your family blows some of the younger generations minds these days....
Raising turkeys in a turkey pen in the backyard, instead of buying a frozen Butterball turkey at a supermarket for Thanksgiving Day.
That said, I will admit that as much of a cosmopolitan girl that I am, my Dad has always raised a bunch of turkeys on his tobacco farm each year for our large family Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings that we'd hold, so from that perspective, the old fashioned way is still very much classified as totally "sane" in my family!
To my parent, what is "insane" is spending $80 on a frozen Butterball turkey!
@hunkalove Funny you should mention this because I have in my possession a 1970's camcorder video my grandmother took with her video camera in 1977 of the last public beheading that took place in France!
Her and her sister flew from Sweden to France for a week of touring and wine tasting when they read about a routine public execution being scheduled on a public notice board in France, which coincidentally was to take place during the same week they were there.
So, with camcorders in hand, they showed up at the advertised time and place and got as close as the police would allowed them to stand, then she video-taped the entire event just as all the other women in the crowd were doing!
