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lonely bird

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36. I wasn't Catholic

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #25)

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 08:13 AM

Mar 22

I was just curious about it. I also had heard Catholic kids talk about Catechism but didn’t really know what it was.

It would be interesting to see schools keep kosher or halal (which is close to kosher iirc) for Jewish and Muslim kids. Somehow I think that would cause an uproar.

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As I get old, and by definition I am aging daily, [View all] PCIntern Mar 21 OP

Great post luv2fly Mar 21 #1

Familiar stuff. It's amazing how much things have changed Ocelot II Mar 21 #2

I remember the sonic booms. Delmette2.0 Mar 21 #35

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I remember all of that Walleye Mar 21 #3

School bus issues were very common PCIntern Mar 21 #4

Yes, I remember those days... MiHale Mar 21 #5

I remember those days too. multigraincracker Mar 21 #6

Thanks for the interesting post MustLoveBeagles Mar 21 #7

Remember when cigarette ads featured doctors telling smokers it would improve their health? sop Mar 21 #8

I have magazines that have ads like that in them Mossfern Mar 22 #42

i agree, except the blu laws were repealed when i was around AllaN01Bear Mar 21 #9

I remember much of what you wrote about. When I was a little girl I made leg braces for my Tiny Tears doll out of yarn. Vinca Mar 21 #10

Yes Jughead Mar 21 #11

Your post was interesting to me, thank you PCIntern! Diamond_Dog Mar 21 #12

Being a public school kid lonely bird Mar 21 #19

Many places still offer fish on Fridays to this day. Diamond_Dog Mar 21 #25

I wasn't Catholic lonely bird Mar 22 #36

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Our town, the family of 5 kids all came down with polio at the same time. One of the kids later became a 3Hotdogs Mar 21 #14

On the good side, though, otchmoson Mar 21 #15

Oh yeah! Picturelady Mar 21 #34

I never stopped to wonder what happened to mercurochrome mainer Mar 21 #16

My mother always had a small bottle of merthiolate or Mercurochrome, cksmithy Mar 21 #17

I remember all that as well nuxvomica Mar 21 #18

OMG, Sinclair the dinosaur! We had one and I loved it! Ocelot II Mar 21 #31

As I recall... GiqueCee Mar 21 #20

All of that, yep, remember it well Attilatheblond Mar 21 #21

Oh, I remember those Brylcream commercials: "a little dab'll do you." CTyankee Mar 21 #23

Almost all of this is familiar. I was born in 1951, and will mark 3/4 of a century next month. 3catwoman3 Mar 21 #22

I am reminded of the air raid sirens. FuzzyRabbit Mar 21 #24

You missed at least a couple on the Esso timeline. Susan Calvin Mar 21 #26

Not in Philly PCIntern Mar 22 #37

Piney Woods. Susan Calvin Mar 22 #38

Gotcha. PCIntern Mar 22 #39

They used to give away a lot of nice stuff to good customers. Susan Calvin Mar 22 #43

there was a restroom devoted to smokers in my high school Brainstormy Mar 21 #27

Early Fifties Tiny Tabby Mar 21 #28

Wow, we posted about the green stamps exactly the same time! GoodRaisin Mar 21 #30

Great reflections. Anybody remember Green Stamps? GoodRaisin Mar 21 #29

Sure: PCIntern Mar 21 #32

I remember most of these.... Bayard Mar 21 #33

;-{)...... Goonch Mar 22 #40

Yup. There it is! PCIntern Mar 22 #41