Remember when...

Wow that reminds me seeing him drive around Philadelphia (Germantown) in his new Rolls.

 

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When you would go to the old Connie Mack stadium all the parking was street parking. So a kid would come up and say "watch you car for a quarter mister" and you better pay up or risk a flat tire or ....

 

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Those were the good ole days.

 

Too bad Jackson Pollock was dead. They would have made a good team.

 

I was there for the last game played there. What a night.
You had to be there to belive what was going on.
http://articles.philly.com/2003-09-...illies-stadium-phillies-chairman-toilet-seats

 

I remember the hobby before the internet and coin forums. Information was really hard to find.

 

I remember when counterfeiters weren't nearly as skilled as they are now.

 

I was making $12 a week delivering papers and I was getting $6 a week in silver. I knew I should be saving them but it was too hard of a sacrifice to cut my income in half.

 

Local phone calls were a nickel.

 

And you could frequently find change in the return slot

 

Too old to remember anything.

 

I'm just a bit too young but I'd like to remember turning in a gold or silver certificate for gold or silver. Better yet, observing how fast silver disappeared from circulation when the switch to clad was made. I was only 4 so my memory isn't even hazy!

 

I remember the times when precious metals and oil were a bargain!

On top of it, shipping prices were not as absurd as today.

 

Shipping may have been cheaper but you often had to wait 6-8 weeks for delivery.

 

I remember asking when would Kirby change the magazine in his B.A.R?

 

As a kid in the 1950's, we'd search the neighborhood for empty pop bottles... 2-cent deposit for small bottles, 5-cents for the large.

Then we'd buy candy bars & baseball cards.

 

Remember when flipper was a porpoise?

 

lol.

 

Flipper was a bottlenose dolphin.