Things baby boomers remember

Travelinglady · Jan 22, 2020 at 11:22 AM

I remember when doctors gave out suckers to children. And pharmacies gave out Cokes and such. That's before the days when it was decided they were bad for us. Sigh.

Nammu · Jan 22, 2020 at 11:56 AM

Remember when there was a family doc who did the whole family?

winter4me · Jan 22, 2020 at 02:08 PM

Sure do. Even did house calls if someone was very ill. (I remember because he came to see my brother several times, I was jealous...he laughed at me, said I was about the healthiest patient he had)----Dr. Burgess....
But then, my family---me, h. and kids had a family doctor...he recently retired.
My kids are middle aged now.
Remember when doctors (or actors dressed as) did cigarette commercials? "MORE DOCTORS SMOKE CAMEL THAN ANY OTHER CIGARETTE"?

Nammu · Jan 22, 2020 at 02:13 PM

I do. I remember when there was smoking everywhere. Hospitals, doctors offices, airplanes! People smoked inside their houses and turned everything yellow. Ya get trapped in the car with smoking parents. No seatbelts either.

winter4me · Jan 22, 2020 at 03:45 PM

Nope, no seatbelts. And OK to drink while slugging a beer...

winter4me · Jan 23, 2020 at 05:27 AM

And I remember that my first pair of stockings had a seam up the back and were held up by garters. oh gosh...getting older every day lol

Travelinglady · Jan 24, 2020 at 12:41 PM

Oh, my, garter hose. What a pain. Thank goodness for panty hose.

retiredlibrarian · Jan 25, 2020 at 10:16 PM

I'm a guy so never wore stockings. But I remember the ones with seams and how important it was for the seam to be straight.

Skeezyks · Jan 26, 2020 at 07:37 PM

pole lamps...

winter4me · Jan 26, 2020 at 09:37 PM

sleds with metal runners that occasionally impaled someone

Nammu · Jan 26, 2020 at 09:45 PM

Steel pointed lawn darts that were sold as kids games

winter4me · Jan 26, 2020 at 09:50 PM

buying cough medicine with codeine in it over the counter

Skeezyks · Jan 27, 2020 at 02:51 PM

Having your chest rubbed with Vicks VapoRub when you had a chest cold. My mother used to warm a washcloth & pin it to the inside of my pajama top so it laid against the Vicks.

winter4me · Jan 27, 2020 at 06:23 PM

Vicks in the vaporizer

Nammu · Jan 27, 2020 at 06:42 PM

I remember that the news was truthful, opinion peices were clearly defined as opinion

Skeezyks · Jan 27, 2020 at 07:33 PM

Walter Cronkite & Eric Sevareid on CBS.

Travelinglady · Jan 28, 2020 at 10:19 AM

My mother pinned a cloth with Vick's on it around my neck, too.

Wasn't there a bottle of liquid medicine called Castoria or something like that?

Skeezyks · Jan 29, 2020 at 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Travelinglady

My mother pinned a cloth with Vick's on it around my neck, too.

Wasn't there a bottle of liquid medicine called Castoria or something like that?

Castoria sounded familiar. But I had to look it up to recall specifically. It was Fletcher's Castoria (now called Fletcher's Laxative.) It's "an oral syrup containing a stimulant laxative and ingredients to soothe the stomach."

One other thing I recall was Paregoric. I recall my mother putting it on my teeth if I had a toothache. (I was only taken to the dentist, or the doctor either for that matter, if it was absolutely necessary.) For some reason I really liked the taste. Now I can perhaps understand why I liked it since it is a "camphorated tincture of opium".

winter4me · Feb 02, 2020 at 07:47 AM

I remember trying to do the following and not being allowed because I was female:
-get a paper route
-take shop instead of home ec
-I did finally wear pants to school---first one---
-use the uneven parallel bars during recreation
….etc etc etc...………………………………………….

winter4me · Feb 02, 2020 at 07:48 AM

And, being on two HS teams---no one came to see the girls play
(& being so happy later, as my daughter played and won a full athletic scholarship to college...and beyond)

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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 47,983 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Jan 22, 2020 at 11:22 AM #361 I remember when doctors gave out suckers to children. And pharmacies gave out Cokes and such. That's before the days when it was decided they were bad for us. Sigh.
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 71,285 (SuperPoster!) 13 53.6k hugs given	Jan 22, 2020 at 11:56 AM #362 Remember when there was a family doc who did the whole family? __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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winter4me Wise Elder Member Since Dec 2012 Location: new england Posts: 7,733 11 1,818 hugs given	Jan 22, 2020 at 03:45 PM #365 Nope, no seatbelts. And OK to drink while slugging a beer... __________________ "...don't say Home / the bones of that word mend slowly...' marie harris
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winter4me Wise Elder Member Since Dec 2012 Location: new england Posts: 7,733 11 1,818 hugs given	Jan 23, 2020 at 05:27 AM #366 And I remember that my first pair of stockings had a seam up the back and were held up by garters. oh gosh...getting older every day lol __________________ "...don't say Home / the bones of that word mend slowly...' marie harris
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 47,983 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Jan 24, 2020 at 12:41 PM #367 Oh, my, garter hose. What a pain. Thank goodness for panty hose.
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retiredlibrarian Member Member Since Aug 2015 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 38 8	Jan 25, 2020 at 10:16 PM #368 I'm a guy so never wore stockings. But I remember the ones with seams and how important it was for the seam to be straight.
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Skeezyks Disreputable Old Troll Member Since Oct 2015 Location: The Star of the North Posts: 32,762 (SuperPoster!) 8 17.4k hugs given	Jan 26, 2020 at 07:37 PM #369 pole lamps... __________________ "I may be older but I am not wise / I'm still a child's grown-up disguise / and I never can tell you what you want to know / You will find out as you go." (from: "A Nightengale's Lullaby" - Julie Last)
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winter4me Wise Elder Member Since Dec 2012 Location: new england Posts: 7,733 11 1,818 hugs given	Jan 26, 2020 at 09:37 PM #370 sleds with metal runners that occasionally impaled someone __________________ "...don't say Home / the bones of that word mend slowly...' marie harris
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 71,285 (SuperPoster!) 13 53.6k hugs given	Jan 26, 2020 at 09:45 PM #371 Steel pointed lawn darts that were sold as kids games __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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winter4me Wise Elder Member Since Dec 2012 Location: new england Posts: 7,733 11 1,818 hugs given	Jan 26, 2020 at 09:50 PM #372 buying cough medicine with codeine in it over the counter __________________ "...don't say Home / the bones of that word mend slowly...' marie harris
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winter4me Wise Elder Member Since Dec 2012 Location: new england Posts: 7,733 11 1,818 hugs given	Jan 27, 2020 at 06:23 PM #374 Vicks in the vaporizer __________________ "...don't say Home / the bones of that word mend slowly...' marie harris
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 71,285 (SuperPoster!) 13 53.6k hugs given	Jan 27, 2020 at 06:42 PM #375 I remember that the news was truthful, opinion peices were clearly defined as opinion __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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Skeezyks Disreputable Old Troll Member Since Oct 2015 Location: The Star of the North Posts: 32,762 (SuperPoster!) 8 17.4k hugs given	Jan 27, 2020 at 07:33 PM #376 Walter Cronkite & Eric Sevareid on CBS. __________________ "I may be older but I am not wise / I'm still a child's grown-up disguise / and I never can tell you what you want to know / You will find out as you go." (from: "A Nightengale's Lullaby" - Julie Last)
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 47,983 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Jan 28, 2020 at 10:19 AM #377 My mother pinned a cloth with Vick's on it around my neck, too. Wasn't there a bottle of liquid medicine called Castoria or something like that?
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winter4me Wise Elder Member Since Dec 2012 Location: new england Posts: 7,733 11 1,818 hugs given	Feb 02, 2020 at 07:48 AM #380 And, being on two HS teams---no one came to see the girls play (& being so happy later, as my daughter played and won a full athletic scholarship to college...and beyond) __________________ "...don't say Home / the bones of that word mend slowly...' marie harris
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