Were you alive in 1960? - Page 3

squirell nutkin · 03-14-2010, 11:25 AM

fargon · 03-14-2010, 11:31 AM

I wuz 3 in 1960, and my mother started to teach me how to read.
Hooray for Mom!

Spexxvet · 03-15-2010, 04:36 PM

Just. By a split red one.

Gravdigr · 03-14-2010, 12:54 PM

1960. Wasn't even a gleam in daddy's eye yet.

Pico and ME · 03-14-2010, 02:42 PM

I forgot to mention the choo choo. I loved my Cuddly Duddly!

I so wished I could go on Bozo to play the Grand Prize Game.

wolf · 03-16-2010, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Pico and ME

I forgot to mention the choo choo. I loved my Cuddly Duddly!

I so wished I could go on Bozo to play the Grand Prize Game.

I would spend hours practicing throwing ping pong balls into buckets for hours. Didn't get picked out of the audience for the game, but I did end up with some great toys as a consequence. I had a drawing wheel that I played with for hours and hours ... it was a plastic platform that you put a cardboard circle into, and lined up a number with an arrow on the platform. You traced the parts of the picture that had the same number, and you found out what you were making when you had completely rotated the circle. I forget what it was called, but it was a godsend for a completely unartistically inclined child.

Pie · 03-15-2010, 04:40 PM

Nope. Not in existence till 1975.

Cloud · 03-15-2010, 05:03 PM

alive, yeah. But I don't remember much when I was 4. I could fill you in on early 60s swimming and parties, and stuff, though.

We swam (I'm from California); we partied, we drank. Well, my folks drank.

skysidhe · 03-15-2010, 05:20 PM

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html

According to my cousin who must just be getting her AARP card in the mail. This is what she did.

swimming
rollerskating
picnics
beaches
barbecues
pool parties
slumber parties
camping
hiking
fishing
dance lessons
dance performances
girl scouts
horseback riding
bicycling
Caroling
singing
laughing
playing board games
safely roaming the neighborhood

Probably all the things any generation likes to do except wear the mandatory dress.

bluecuracao · 03-21-2010, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by skysidhe

...safely roaming the neighborhood

I wasn't alive until 6 years after 1960...but I remember doing this--for the most part--throughout the '70s.

There was one instance on my way home from school in 2nd grade, where I had to run into the Dairy Queen to get away from some crazy guy. But other than that, roaming around parent-less was uneventful. It's terrible that kids today don't get to experience that relatively safe freedom--what's happened to the world.

Undertoad · 03-16-2010, 07:35 AM

What about running behind the mosquito spray truck?

Trilby · 03-16-2010, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

What about running behind the mosquito spray truck?

You mean the DDT truck?

skysidhe · 03-16-2010, 10:11 AM

nah..no way..you're kidding right.

I googled it. wow I'm glad I missed that experience.

Sheldonrs · 03-16-2010, 11:27 AM

I was born December 12, 1960. I remember poop. Lots and lots of poop.

Shawnee123 · 03-16-2010, 11:33 AM

My brother and I were on the local Bozo Show. I don't remember it, but I hear I told a joke:

What's green and red and green and red and green and red.
A tomato in an elevator.

My brother's joke:

What's yellow and goes slam slam slam slam?
A four-door banana.

I can't BELIEVE I wasn't discovered on the spot.

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fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I wuz 3 in 1960, and my mother started to teach me how to read. Hooray for Mom! __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

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Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Just. By a split red one. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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03-15-2010, 04:40 PM	#7
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Nope. Not in existence till 1975. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-14-2010, 02:42 PM	#5
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I forgot to mention the choo choo. I loved my Cuddly Duddly! I so wished I could go on Bozo to play the Grand Prize Game.

03-15-2010, 05:03 PM	#8
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	alive, yeah. But I don't remember much when I was 4. I could fill you in on early 60s swimming and parties, and stuff, though. We swam (I'm from California); we partied, we drank. Well, my folks drank. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-15-2010, 05:20 PM	#9
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html According to my cousin who must just be getting her AARP card in the mail. This is what she did. swimming rollerskating picnics beaches barbecues pool parties slumber parties camping hiking fishing dance lessons dance performances girl scouts horseback riding bicycling Caroling singing laughing playing board games safely roaming the neighborhood Probably all the things any generation likes to do except wear the mandatory dress.

03-16-2010, 07:35 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	What about running behind the mosquito spray truck?

03-16-2010, 10:11 AM	#13
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	nah..no way..you're kidding right. I googled it. wow I'm glad I missed that experience.

03-16-2010, 11:27 AM	#14
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	I was born December 12, 1960. I remember poop. Lots and lots of poop. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-16-2010, 11:33 AM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My brother and I were on the local Bozo Show. I don't remember it, but I hear I told a joke: What's green and red and green and red and green and red. A tomato in an elevator. My brother's joke: What's yellow and goes slam slam slam slam? A four-door banana. I can't BELIEVE I wasn't discovered on the spot. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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