Remember when................................?

[1mathom1]

Folks bought groceries and gas on credit from Cecil Meyer’s store north of Chandler. Dad worked the oil fields and was paid monthly so that’s when the grocery bill got paid.

 

[J-pitch]

I remember that TG&Y, well. I wanted that Winchester 94, so bad. Dad kept saying there wasn't a need, we didn't deer hunt much. I went 1 time, at 12 yo (Dad and Uncle were deer hunting, I carried 20 ga SxS and shot quail) Dad went 1 other time. Much to my surprise, he went to Walgreen's and bought me a Remington 1100 for Christmas .

Never have owned a 94, probably never will. But, I did get a Marlin 336 .30-30 and several more 1100s.

Walgreens, TG&Y and Western Auto were all in the same shopping center, 3 blocks from our house. The gun counter guy knew me well.

The 94’s at TG&Y were crap anyway so you were better off with the marlin

 

[mtnboomr]

Folks bought groceries and gas on credit from Cecil Meyer’s store north of Chandler. Dad worked the oil fields and was paid monthly so that’s when the grocery bill got paid.

I still have relatives in Chandler (the Douglas') and we have a family reunion at the County fairgrounds every year. I was born in Chandler and raised in Davenport. I remember Chandler well.

 

[mtnboomr]

Foreman Scotty on WKY channel 4 (now KFOR)

Ho Ho the Clown on channel 5

 

[Buck98]

As a kid with no running water at home, (we had a well we drew water from in a bucket) I went to another kid's house to trade comic books and while there, the otehr kid took a drink out a water hose and his mother saw him and laid into him about how unsanitary and bad that was and I though, how wonderful it would be if I had running water through a garden hose like that at my house. Some people had no idea of hw fortunate they had it as compared to others.
I'm so old I can remember when they didn't have TV commercials in Spanish...

And you didn’t have to press 1 for English!!

 

[aarondhgraham]

I made my first new firearm purchase at that Huge TG&Y on SW 74'th and Penn,,,
I know I was fourteen and it was one of those fake lugers in .22 LR.

I went to the counter, laid the 30-someodd dollars on the counter,,,
And told the man behind the counter what I wanted to buy.

He asked me if my parents knew what I was doing,,,
I said, "Yes, this is my birthday money."

He just took my cash and handed me the box,,,
But then a manager came out and asked for my home phone number.

He called and spoke to my Mom who said it was okay,,,
They knew about it and it was okay with them.

He wouldn't sell me any ammo for it though,,,
Even though it was perfectly legal,,,
He said that next time he would.

Honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about this in this day and age,,,
I know I really wasn't responsible enough back then,,,
I for sure wouldn't support that now.

Aarond

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[Lucky]

Remember when you went in first class every day started out pledge of allegiance to flag then the Lord’s Prayer. Then the ass whoopings started and hoping your parents didn’t find out. Then be another whooping

 

[Gadsden]

Calling the Operator to place a long distance call.

 

[DRC458]

Calling "collect."

 

[O4L]

Asking the operator to place a call.

Party lines.

The first number I remember we had when I was a child had letters in the prefix. BR3-XXXX.