"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
...


Life was good.




I'm a very late Boomer- JFK disappeared early on, the rest of the '60s in
NYC area anyway was tumultuous, putting nicely. Cousin Brucie was god
though.

John H.

Hagstar wrote:
I'm a very late Boomer- JFK disappeared early on,

I was in the 6th grade when JFK was killed and the
Beatles first came on the scene.
It was a very interesting time to be growing up.

Watched every space shot there was, just eat it up.
Got my first transistor radio for my birthday
just before Alan Shepard's first sub orbital flight,
a little green Motorola that I still have.
In the forth grade my teacher asked me to bring my
radio to class the next day so we could listen to John Glen
first real orbital flight... I got to sit in class all day listening
with my ear phone with instructions to interrupt if anything
interesting happened. I was the RADIO MAN, it ruined me.

73 all,

Ron
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/

"Ron in Radio Heaven" wrote in message
...
I was in the 6th grade when JFK was killed and the
Beatles first came on the scene.
It was a very interesting time to be growing up.

Watched every space shot there was, just eat it up.
Got my first transistor radio for my birthday
just before Alan Shepard's first sub orbital flight,
a little green Motorola that I still have.
In the forth grade my teacher asked me to bring my
radio to class the next day so we could listen to John Glen
first real orbital flight... I got to sit in class all day listening
with my ear phone with instructions to interrupt if anything
interesting happened. I was the RADIO MAN, it ruined me.

73 all,

Ron
http://radioheaven.homestead.com/



We had some cool heroes back then with the space program going on! I don't
think too many things in my life have given me the same feeling of seeing
Neil Armstrong on a old black and white tv put his foot down on the moon
other than the birth of my children. There will never ever be greater test
pilots and astronauts than we had in the 50s and 60s, all the rest just walk
in their shadows.

BH

"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
...


Life was good.




I'm a very late Boomer- JFK disappeared early on, the rest of the '60s in
NYC area anyway was tumultuous, putting nicely. Cousin Brucie was god
though.

John H.


Did someone say Cousin Brucie?
That aint me, but this is:

http://www.musicradio77.com/fullairchecks.html

"Bruce Y" wrote in message
http://www.musicradio77.com/fullairchecks.html


I lost this link, thanks!

John H.

Hagstar wrote:
I don't remember much of anything good about the old days. They're
gone- that's good. Mostly I remember JFK's death, duck and cover
drills, Cuban Missiles, Vietnam body counts, Selma, Watts, Newark,
then RFK and Martin Luther King,

Lest we forget, "The gun control act of 1968" and wage and price
controls. Charles Manson and the Manson Family. The Symbionese
Liberation Army. The John Birch Society. The Great Society. Students
for a Democratic Society. And with Watergate, the media's ascension
to serial killer status in that from that time forward, they've made
it their goal to destroy anyone in office.

Oh, and personally, graduating from high school just in time for the
first collapse of the aerospace industry. "Help wanted: Service
station attendant. NO engineers!"

Oh yeah, trying to make sense of it all trying to grow up living under
the fear of a nuclear holocaust or ending up as a box gift wrapped by
the Army.

The only nice thing about that time was not knowing about AIDS,
crack cocaine, crystal meth, disco or reality TV.

Jeff

--
RESTRICTED AREA. Anyone intruding shall immediately become subject to
the jurisdiction of military law. Intruders will be subject to lethal
force, without warning, and on sight. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED
under the Internal Security Act of 1950.

And with Watergate, the media's ascension
to serial killer status in that from that time forward, they've made
it their goal to destroy anyone in office.
-
Except W

"Jeffrey D Angus" wrote in message
...
Hagstar wrote:
I don't remember much of anything good about the old days. They're gone-
that's good. Mostly I remember JFK's death, duck and cover
drills, Cuban Missiles, Vietnam body counts, Selma, Watts, Newark,
then RFK and Martin Luther King,

Lest we forget, "The gun control act of 1968" and wage and price
controls. Charles Manson and the Manson Family. The Symbionese
Liberation Army. The John Birch Society. The Great Society. Students
for a Democratic Society. And with Watergate, the media's ascension
to serial killer status in that from that time forward, they've made
it their goal to destroy anyone in office.

Oh, and personally, graduating from high school just in time for the
first collapse of the aerospace industry. "Help wanted: Service
station attendant. NO engineers!"

Oh yeah, trying to make sense of it all trying to grow up living under
the fear of a nuclear holocaust or ending up as a box gift wrapped by
the Army.

The only nice thing about that time was not knowing about AIDS,
crack cocaine, crystal meth, disco or reality TV.


Jeff,

There is good and bad in every time and in every endeavor.

Things I remember from the 60's:

Television worth watching, where the most violence you saw was on Road
Runner cartoons.

Tuning across the (AM) dial at night to hear all the interesting things..
programs (mostly all different) from thousands of miles away, it was almost
like being there.

Going to school to learn things, from teachers that went there to teach. And
the most dangerous thing in school was the playground bully.. and he only
used fists.

Riding bicycles without having to get geared up to look like some sort of
unearthly monster.

Being able to do things like mow lawns or do field work to earn money (try
that now if you're under 16!)

Secret prisons were something that the bad guys had.

You could drive for a week (or more) on $5 worth of gas. (now you can just
about get home from the gas station)

I could walk into a radio shop and watch the tech work on things for hours,
and not only did he not get upset, he tought me as he went. (now there are
virtually no repair shops left, and most of the ones that are, don't repair,
they exchange).

A hamburger was 19 cents. If you wanted fries and a Coke, it was 45 cents.
If you felt like going to eat at a real cafe, sit in a booth and have
someone serve you, the price went up to a dollar.

You could take a Greyhound to ANYWHERE for under $20! (now they have
cancelled most routes completely, and stop in far fewer towns on the ones
they still have)

Sometimes, kids would get in a fight during a Little League game. The
parents broke it up, instead of participating.

You weren't worried about whether your neighbor was a serial killer,
abductor, or politician.

You could go out all day, and never lock your door.

You knew your neighbor, and even shared your time, your lawn mower or your
BBQ with them.

Kids played outside, instead of sitting endless hours in front of the TV or
computer.

So, yeah. There was Richard Speck, Sirhan Sirhan, Jack Ruby, Herbert
Hoover's dossier's, the Cuban missile crisis, the Watts riots... but
overall, things were not so bad. The Russians did a lot of sabre rattling,
but I don't recall any bombs.

Things I remember from the 60's:

Television worth watching, where the most violence you saw
was on Road Runner cartoons.

An odd remark, as we're now living in the Platinum Age of television... The
Soparanos, Mythbusters, and The Simpsons/King of the Hill/South Park, to
name just a handful of great shows. I ought to throw in the live version of
The Tick, one of the most wonderfully written TV shows I've ever seen.


I could walk into a radio shop and watch the tech work on things
for hours, and not only did he not get upset, he tought me as he
went. Virtually no repair shops are left, and most of the ones that
are, don't repair, they exchange.

This appears to be because most modern electronics cannot be economically
repaired. And even if it's built to last, changing technology has an
irritating way of rendering it obsolete 5 to 10 times as fast as it used to.


A hamburger was 19 cents. * If you wanted fries and a Coke,
it was 45 cents. If you felt like going to eat at a real cafe, sit
in a booth and have someone serve you, the price went up to
a dollar.

You're looking at Ye Olde Days through rose-colored glasses. How did those
prices compare to your disposable income?

* More like 15 cents.


You weren't worried about whether your neighbor was a serial killer,
abductor, or politician.

grin


You could go out all day, and never lock your door.

In Bermuda, perhaps, but that was hardly common in the US.


So, yeah. There was Richard Speck, Sirhan Sirhan, Jack Ruby,
Herbert Hoover's dossier's, the Cuban missile crisis, the Watts riots...
but overall, things were not so bad. The Russians did a lot of sabre
rattling, but I don't recall any bombs.

You are ignoring WWII, as it occurred before you were born (or you were very
young). Post-WWII America was certainly its Fat 'n Stupid era.

I'll agree with one thing... We're entering an era where it appears that the
utter stupidity of world leaders (and I'm condemning all of them) will lead
us into a global war that will make double-u double-u 2 (punning reference
intentional) look like a tea party.

"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message
. ..
Things I remember from the 60's:

Television worth watching, where the most violence you saw
was on Road Runner cartoons.

An odd remark, as we're now living in the Platinum Age of television...
The
Soparanos, Mythbusters, and The Simpsons/King of the Hill/South Park, to
name just a handful of great shows. I ought to throw in the live version
of
The Tick, one of the most wonderfully written TV shows I've ever seen.

When we were kids, William, shows like those you listed would never have
been allowed on television, let alone during primetime or any time kids
would be watching. And that includes "The Tick" (which, BTW, I agree with
you that it is a very well done show. Patrick Warburton does The Tick to a
tee.. he was made for the part). But it would never have passed the
Television Code.

A hamburger was 19 cents. * If you wanted fries and a Coke,
it was 45 cents. If you felt like going to eat at a real cafe, sit
in a booth and have someone serve you, the price went up to
a dollar.

You're looking at Ye Olde Days through rose-colored glasses. How did those
prices compare to your disposable income?

Actually pretty favorably. As a preteen/early teen I spent a lot of my time
working and earning money. At 12 I worked the strawberry fields (ate up half
their profits... LOL), at 13 and 14, I worked in the (sugar) beet fields.
Early season I would thin (weed), late season I would help with the harvest.
I made up to $8 a day. That may not sound like much, for so much work, but
for a kid back then, it was a lot of money, considering our largest outgo
was 10 cents for a bottle of soda from the machine (5 cents if we bought it
by the glass in a cafe) or a nickel for a candy bar. For the 'bad kids',
the big money was 30 cents for a pack of cigarettes from a machine (a
quarter if they could forge a note from mom or dad and buy them at the
store..)

* More like 15 cents.

The 19 cent figure was at Dee's (at the time the only chain in the Salt Lake
Valley) at a time (1968) when I was actually interested in going to fast
food places.

You weren't worried about whether your neighbor was a serial killer,
abductor, or politician.

grin


You could go out all day, and never lock your door.

In Bermuda, perhaps, but that was hardly common in the US.

In most any place, except maybe the larger cities. Nobody in Salt Lake ever
locked their doors (except businesses), let alone any of the several small
towns I lived in growing up. It was also quite common for people to leave
the keys in their car or pickup so they didn't have to look all over the
house when they wanted to go out. I actually lived in houses that never had
a lock on the front door at all.