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Thanks for sharing that with us, Bobby. I just love those old videos and enjoy seeing almost every one of the gentlemen in suit and tie, with the ladies in dresses and everyone wearing hats out on the streets. Ladies never smoked, nor wore slacks out in public. You almost never see that in today's world, with most people wearing shorts and T-shirts everywhere, including church. When we took our first cruise, way back in 1972, with three young girls, everyone was "dressed" for dinner, meaning dresses for the ladies and suits, or sports coats and ties for the gentlemen. Nowadays even on "formal" night most diners are dressed casually. Men must at least were shirts with collars and shorts are not allowed to be worn by anyone. Sometimes the old ways seemed better than the "new ways", but then again, maybe I'm just to'o old fashioned for today's world.
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Where I grew up you only wear shorts while excercising. Also, you do not wear pants without a belt.
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Mike,
I tell my kids that when I was in the seventh grade in public school the boys had to wear shirts with collars and the top button had to be buttoned. No tennis shoes, jeans or shorts were allowed. Slacks had to have a belt. The girls had to wear dresses and they had to cover their knees. No cleavage. (damn). When I started the eight grade I was sent to the principals office as I had allowed my hair to grow to an unacceptable length over the summer. The school threated to expel myself and 6 other boys unless we cut our hair. They dropped their threat as one of the boys dad was an attorney and he offered to represent us all. By the end of the eight grade most of the dress code was gone except for the cleavage thing(damn again). At the time I saw this as a victory. As I get older I get more nostalgic for simpler times. I was born in 1958 and saw a lot of cultural changes in the 60's and 70's during my youth. It's funny I see the changes today with the tattoos and piercings and react much the same way that people did towards me 40+ years ago.
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I did most of my schooling in the "70's". I vividly remember the Gym uniforms. School t-shirt with matching shorts and the girl’s uniform looked like a 1920's bathing suit! Sneakers were ONLY allowed on gym days. No t-shirts or No Blue jeans (until High School). I hated corduroy bell bottoms! Then of course we had button-down shirts with the puffy sleeves. Hair below or even touching the collar was only for girls. But most of all I was happy to see corporal punishment go the way of the Dodo. That paddle HURT! Then of course we have the non humorous or fond such as the War in SE Asia. Evening news with it's body counts and the like. That part I would be happy to forget. Not those who served or made the ultimate sacrifice, just everything else. When we get nostalgic we often forget the negative.
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RevStampman,
I can never forget the impact the Vietnam "conflict" had on my growing up. There WAS horror in every evening newscast and we all had friends brothers and uncles that never returned. I thankfully had no one from my immediate family that had to go there. Many of my stamp collecting friends today are Vietnam Veterans. I make sure to thank every vet for his service and sacrifice and especially the ones that went to Vietnam. They were not received well when they came back.
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"There WAS horror in every evening newscast and we all had friends brothers and uncles that never returned."
How true! I know that there is one day that I personally will never forget.
All I can add is:
To those who gave their lives - R.I.P., you have not been forgotten!
To ALL who served before, during and since, Thank You for your service!
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Just a couple of comments:
• I was one of those young men who got to "fight for my country" in Vietnam. Let me just say that while it was not an altogether horrible experience, I came home with both physical and psychological wounds that have never truly healed. We speak about WWI and WWII. In my opinion, the Vietnam War was very much a "WWIII" that changed the world forever, and not in ways that benefit us today. My Vietnam web pages: 37 Days in Vietnam.
There is a philatelic connection.I won a silver medal at VANPEX 2007 with my exhibit, 37 Days in Vietnam — a hospital corpsman's story.
• In the early 1970s, my wife led a "revolt" about "feminine attire". She was teaching at an elementary school in Ottawa, virtually on the shores of the Ottawa River. In winter, a north wind would have been fatal in very little time to anyone exposed to it without shelter and without good clothing. However, the school's principal, no doubt toadying up to his overseers, insisted that teachers had to wear skirts or dresses, even if they were on playground duty. Susan (my wife) asked the principal if she could wear a pantsuit on playground duty days. The simple answer: "No." Susan's simple response? She talked to the other female staff members, and all agreed to wear pantsuits on duty days. The principal didn't exactly cave in, but he never mentioned a word to Susan or any of the other teachers, who finally were able to "do their duty" with a modicum of comfort. Such were the "good old days".
Bob
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I take my hat off to Susan, Bob.
Out of order is no good to anyone.
Out of step is much better.
That way you tread on the bits
the other people miss.
John Derry
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Thank You for your service Bob.
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Bob,
I also Thank You for your service, and hats off to your wife as well.
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They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin
17 Apr 2014
06:12:19pm
A short video (3+ minutes), filmed in the mid 1950s, featuring New York's Nassau Street. Click on the title:
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Thanks for sharing that with us, Bobby. I just love those old videos and enjoy seeing almost every one of the gentlemen in suit and tie, with the ladies in dresses and everyone wearing hats out on the streets. Ladies never smoked, nor wore slacks out in public. You almost never see that in today's world, with most people wearing shorts and T-shirts everywhere, including church. When we took our first cruise, way back in 1972, with three young girls, everyone was "dressed" for dinner, meaning dresses for the ladies and suits, or sports coats and ties for the gentlemen. Nowadays even on "formal" night most diners are dressed casually. Men must at least were shirts with collars and shorts are not allowed to be worn by anyone. Sometimes the old ways seemed better than the "new ways", but then again, maybe I'm just to'o old fashioned for today's world.
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Where I grew up you only wear shorts while excercising. Also, you do not wear pants without a belt.
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Mike,
I tell my kids that when I was in the seventh grade in public school the boys had to wear shirts with collars and the top button had to be buttoned. No tennis shoes, jeans or shorts were allowed. Slacks had to have a belt. The girls had to wear dresses and they had to cover their knees. No cleavage. (damn). When I started the eight grade I was sent to the principals office as I had allowed my hair to grow to an unacceptable length over the summer. The school threated to expel myself and 6 other boys unless we cut our hair. They dropped their threat as one of the boys dad was an attorney and he offered to represent us all. By the end of the eight grade most of the dress code was gone except for the cleavage thing(damn again). At the time I saw this as a victory. As I get older I get more nostalgic for simpler times. I was born in 1958 and saw a lot of cultural changes in the 60's and 70's during my youth. It's funny I see the changes today with the tattoos and piercings and react much the same way that people did towards me 40+ years ago.
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I did most of my schooling in the "70's". I vividly remember the Gym uniforms. School t-shirt with matching shorts and the girl’s uniform looked like a 1920's bathing suit! Sneakers were ONLY allowed on gym days. No t-shirts or No Blue jeans (until High School). I hated corduroy bell bottoms! Then of course we had button-down shirts with the puffy sleeves. Hair below or even touching the collar was only for girls. But most of all I was happy to see corporal punishment go the way of the Dodo. That paddle HURT! Then of course we have the non humorous or fond such as the War in SE Asia. Evening news with it's body counts and the like. That part I would be happy to forget. Not those who served or made the ultimate sacrifice, just everything else. When we get nostalgic we often forget the negative.
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RevStampman,
I can never forget the impact the Vietnam "conflict" had on my growing up. There WAS horror in every evening newscast and we all had friends brothers and uncles that never returned. I thankfully had no one from my immediate family that had to go there. Many of my stamp collecting friends today are Vietnam Veterans. I make sure to thank every vet for his service and sacrifice and especially the ones that went to Vietnam. They were not received well when they came back.
Pat
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"There WAS horror in every evening newscast and we all had friends brothers and uncles that never returned."
How true! I know that there is one day that I personally will never forget.
All I can add is:
To those who gave their lives - R.I.P., you have not been forgotten!
To ALL who served before, during and since, Thank You for your service!
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Just a couple of comments:
• I was one of those young men who got to "fight for my country" in Vietnam. Let me just say that while it was not an altogether horrible experience, I came home with both physical and psychological wounds that have never truly healed. We speak about WWI and WWII. In my opinion, the Vietnam War was very much a "WWIII" that changed the world forever, and not in ways that benefit us today. My Vietnam web pages: 37 Days in Vietnam.
There is a philatelic connection.I won a silver medal at VANPEX 2007 with my exhibit, 37 Days in Vietnam — a hospital corpsman's story.
• In the early 1970s, my wife led a "revolt" about "feminine attire". She was teaching at an elementary school in Ottawa, virtually on the shores of the Ottawa River. In winter, a north wind would have been fatal in very little time to anyone exposed to it without shelter and without good clothing. However, the school's principal, no doubt toadying up to his overseers, insisted that teachers had to wear skirts or dresses, even if they were on playground duty. Susan (my wife) asked the principal if she could wear a pantsuit on playground duty days. The simple answer: "No." Susan's simple response? She talked to the other female staff members, and all agreed to wear pantsuits on duty days. The principal didn't exactly cave in, but he never mentioned a word to Susan or any of the other teachers, who finally were able to "do their duty" with a modicum of comfort. Such were the "good old days".
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The past is a foreign country, they do things different there.
20 Apr 2014
07:53:55pm
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I take my hat off to Susan, Bob.
Out of order is no good to anyone.
Out of step is much better.
That way you tread on the bits
the other people miss.
John Derry
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Thank You for your service Bob.
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10:48:58pm
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Bob,
I also Thank You for your service, and hats off to your wife as well.
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