[billethkid]

And there was:

Fear....the good kind.... when you know if you do wrong something will happen to you.

Discipline

Enforcement

Maybe all the above consolidate to respect for rules, laws and authority.

[Bonny]

Hmmm... can't do your business, here's 2 tablespoons of Castoria !!
Listening to people on our party line.
Plowing through friends joined hands when someone on the other side yelled "red rover, red rover" !
Flashlight tag
Catching pollywogs in the creek
Going down in my grandmas basement to burn things in the incinerator
Playing with the hose and actually drinking from it
Having a dime and going to the store for penny candy

[getdul981]

Originally Posted by OBXNana

Survived with one bathroom in the house

IN THE HOUSE???? You had it made!!!

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by villagerjack

Making own margarine, Ration Stamps. Ice Boxes. 5 story walk up apartment. 10 cent weekly allowance. Stickball in the street.

Played stickball this morning. We won!!!

[TheVillageChicken]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

When I had a cough, my grandmother would put Vicks Vapour Rub on my chest with a paper bag over it.
I wonder if the paper bag had healing qualities ... perhaps she just didn't want me to mess up my pajamas.
Anyway, it was very comforting. I miss my Nana -- Grandparents are great are offering unconditional love.

My mother was an RN and owned a glass syringe. She kept penicillin in the fridge, and at the first sign of sniffles, that syringe was in a pot of boiling water on the stove and me and little brother went into hiding.

[TheVillageChicken]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Spankings..................ahhhhhhhhhhhh the good old days

I never got spanked, but I did get whipped with a switch at home and paddled at school.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken

I never got spanked, but I did get whipped with a switch at home and paddled at school.

Well you turned out really NICE.

[TheVillageChicken]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Well you turned out really NICE.

The beatings continue

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken

My mother was an RN and owned a glass syringe. She kept penicillin in the fridge, and at the first sign of sniffles, that syringe was in a pot of boiling water on the stove and me and little brother went into hiding.

Those syringes back then used the same needle over and over and became dull and hurt like hell.

[Shimpy]

[QUOTE=Bonny;1051396Having a dime and going to the store for penny candy[/QUOTE]
I always looked forward to summer to get a new pair of sneakers (Keds) and for popsicles to be in season. I'd get money every day to walk up the hill to buy one. On the way up big decisions were made, cherry or rootbeer flavor.

[2BNTV]

This thread reminds of the saying, "the good old days are here and now"

[BobandMary]

Paregoric

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by BobandMary

Paregoric

Oh Yes. I forgot about that. And spirits of ipecac?

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by BobandMary

Paregoric

Oh, boy, does that bring back memories.

[TheVillageChicken]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

This thread reminds of the saying, "the good old days are here and now"

Years ago, when my daughter woke her son to prepare for his second day of Kindergarten, he said, "I miss the good old days."