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dixiegrrrrl

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57. My Grandmother had encyclopedias,

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 01:22 PM

Aug 2015

and a huge Miriam-Webster dictionary on a stand ( I have it today)
and a bookshelf of what appeared to be some sort of book club books of famous literature..the books were all identical in gold embossing on the spine, etc. They were all the well known authors...Twain, etc.
And I read damn near every one of them.

What was weird was she and I never talked about the books or reading or ideas..I just grabbed a book and took it off to my room and read, while she sat in her chair in the living room and read her magazines and newspapers and books.

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I am so old I remember when the Naugahydes went extinct. How old are you? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 OP

I remember the hanging of Hattie Ledoux seveneyes Aug 2015 #1

I'm so old I fart dust. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #2

I was sad when they went extinct, they were cute... PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #3

I remember when you had to RENT your phone from TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #4

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Yeah, it would be a classic if we still had it TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #7

we had a buick estate wagon as the family backup car for awhile fizzgig Aug 2015 #11

I had to parallel park the damn thing TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #14

i would park that thing as far away as possible fizzgig Aug 2015 #18

Now, I remember the parallel parking on the driver's test hamsterjill Aug 2015 #30

I still have an estate wagon. A 1990 The Second Stone Aug 2015 #17

ours would stall if you gunned the engine fizzgig Aug 2015 #19

Mine still does. Only allows heavy acceleration, no stomping The Second Stone Aug 2015 #35

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Looks like the one I bought recycled60 Aug 2015 #29

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Eight party line. rogerashton Aug 2015 #51

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My aunt & uncle had one TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #12

Interestingly, qnr Aug 2015 #13

We had one of those, in a town of 55,000, in the late 1950's. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #15

We had one too...in the 60's! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #16

Used my grandparents' outhouse, and fell in a cesspool. Hoyt Aug 2015 #10

I remember the bio-mechanical channel selector. chknltl Aug 2015 #20

When I was born, Christ was a Lance Corporal...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2015 #21

I am so old I remember Los Angeles OxQQme Aug 2015 #22

so old that I remember when Mother created the universe. niyad Aug 2015 #23

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Through 6 feet of snow. recycled60 Aug 2015 #32

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I had heard that Ali McGraw was in the commercial, Art_from_Ark Aug 2015 #99

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I remember a lid being ten bucks, denbot Aug 2015 #39

Ha! you got me! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #42

Old enough to drink & too young to know better. GOLGO 13 Aug 2015 #40

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I have a rotary phone. MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #44

Wow.....that was fascinating. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #45

wow incredible stuff steve2470 Aug 2015 #55

I did meet President Reagan many times MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #61

please say more about LBJ, thanks so much! nt steve2470 Aug 2015 #62

I don't know much about PRESIDENT LBJ MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #73

great stuff! Can you say a bit more about Nixon ? steve2470 Aug 2015 #76

I really can't MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #82

hey, if you have any other stories, feel free to share! steve2470 Aug 2015 #83

Sure MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #84

love your stories steve2470 Aug 2015 #85

I agree with the book idea. malthaussen Aug 2015 #106

Robert Caro's voluminous bio of LBJ says the same thing... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #91

Here's one MosheFeingold Aug 2015 #102

My brother once took a smoke break with Reagan... malthaussen Aug 2015 #105

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We got TV when I was 10. rogerashton Aug 2015 #52

I remember there were 3 tv stations only, and test patterns. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #54

I had 1 tv station. Channel 6 Kaleva Aug 2015 #63

I remember actually having to trudge down to the library if I wanted to know something... steve2470 Aug 2015 #56

My Grandmother had encyclopedias, dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #57

your grandmother was like my Dad which is great steve2470 Aug 2015 #77

Like many many others have said...reading saved my life dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #92

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