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What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
SunnyDaze
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Date: January 05, 2014 03:01PM
Imagine life in Virginia in the 1950s. How nice it must have been! Is anyone here old enough to remember? Was it like Leave It To Beaver? Nice , clean public schools as well. And polite teenagers! I wish it were the 1950s. Anyone have any fond memories of growing up during THAT time?
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Black Man
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Date: January 05, 2014 03:04PM
It was just a nonstop festival of fun and frivolity.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: January 05, 2014 03:08PM
It must have sucked to be black, or gay. Just imagine being a gay black back then.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Marital Dis
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Date: January 05, 2014 03:12PM
Also could not have married my Asian trophy wife. Would have ended up with some bland stepford wife that would not swallow or do anal. No porn either.
I guess cannabis would be around without the penalties of today, so perhaps not all that bad.
I guess cannabis would be around without the penalties of today, so perhaps not all that bad.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Strange times
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Date: January 05, 2014 03:18PM
They had Xray machines at shoe stores where you could place your foot on them and see the bones. They used to spray the fields with DDT from planes and you'd thinki that this is how snow must look. Nobody cared about lead paint or asbestos or DDT. Caefree times, if you told your parents that some priest touched you they say it was for your own good. People were more understanding.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: January 05, 2014 03:31PM
The ordinary person could also get firearms mail ordered to their door.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: January 05, 2014 03:49PM
Women like Alias would be put in their proper place.
Domestic violence? LOL It's just her being disciplined for being unruly and insubordinate. If she acts up too much, a psychiatrist can recommend a lobotomy to cure her manic disobedience.
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Domestic violence? LOL It's just her being disciplined for being unruly and insubordinate. If she acts up too much, a psychiatrist can recommend a lobotomy to cure her manic disobedience.
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Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
sexwasok
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Date: January 05, 2014 04:03PM
Lots of hairy bush. Remember no pill so you took your chances.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Tough One
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Date: January 05, 2014 04:35PM
I wasn't even Daddy's "little squirt" in the ol' vas deferens then
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
OldTimer
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Date: January 05, 2014 04:42PM
The 50's were a cold, dark, grey decade immersed in fear, foreboding and repression. Not just for blacks and gays -- for women, artists, intellectuals, and anyone else who didn't step directly out of some Norman Rockwell painting. Three recessions, the Korean War, the Red Scare and McCarthyism, a broken-down old war horse in the White House, and the Soviets beating us into space and making us look and feel like a second-rate nation. No, the 50's were not like Ozzie & Harriet or Leave It to Beaver. They were not at all like that.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
eeshologistÂ
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Date: January 05, 2014 04:52PM
OldTimer Wrote:
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> The 50's were a cold, dark, grey decade immersed
> in fear, foreboding and repression. Not just for
> blacks and gays -- for women, artists,
> intellectuals, and anyone else who didn't step
> directly out of some Norman Rockwell painting.
> Three recessions, the Korean War, the Red Scare
> and McCarthyism, a broken-down old war horse in
> the White House, and the Soviets beating us into
> space and making us look and feel like a
> second-rate nation. No, the 50's were not like
> Ozzie & Harriet or Leave It to Beaver. They were
> not at all like that.
Now we have repression of everyone who isn't rich, a 7 year recession, lots of little wars, the IRS and NSA going after political enemies, a community organizer in the White House, the Chinese beating us at just about everything, truly becoming a second rate nation and quickly approaching 20 trillion dollars in debt. I wasn't around in the 50's but so far, the 2000's, especially the last 7 years have completely sucked.
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> The 50's were a cold, dark, grey decade immersed
> in fear, foreboding and repression. Not just for
> blacks and gays -- for women, artists,
> intellectuals, and anyone else who didn't step
> directly out of some Norman Rockwell painting.
> Three recessions, the Korean War, the Red Scare
> and McCarthyism, a broken-down old war horse in
> the White House, and the Soviets beating us into
> space and making us look and feel like a
> second-rate nation. No, the 50's were not like
> Ozzie & Harriet or Leave It to Beaver. They were
> not at all like that.
Now we have repression of everyone who isn't rich, a 7 year recession, lots of little wars, the IRS and NSA going after political enemies, a community organizer in the White House, the Chinese beating us at just about everything, truly becoming a second rate nation and quickly approaching 20 trillion dollars in debt. I wasn't around in the 50's but so far, the 2000's, especially the last 7 years have completely sucked.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
70coolman
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Date: January 05, 2014 05:00PM
f that...lets talk about the 70s!
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Rockhound
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Date: January 05, 2014 05:10PM
The 50's were a fine time to be a man.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Rockhound
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Date: January 05, 2014 05:11PM
Eisenhower warned us in the 50's.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Rockhound
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Date: January 05, 2014 05:11PM
In the 50's, I would have been a greaser.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
55Chev
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Date: January 05, 2014 05:14PM
SunnyDaze Wrote:
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> Imagine life in Virginia in the 1950s. How nice it
> must have been! Is anyone here old enough to
> remember? Was it like Leave It To Beaver? Nice ,
> clean public schools as well. And polite
> teenagers! I wish it were the 1950s. Anyone have
> any fond memories of growing up during THAT time?
I remember the 50's. I was only a kid but you could turn on the tube and not be bombarded with gays, blacks, and ball busting cunt women on every show. Kids behaved themselves in school because if you didn't you'd get your ass paddled.
Teachers didn't have to worry about being sued if a parent didn't like the fact that their little brat was acting like an idiot.
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> Imagine life in Virginia in the 1950s. How nice it
> must have been! Is anyone here old enough to
> remember? Was it like Leave It To Beaver? Nice ,
> clean public schools as well. And polite
> teenagers! I wish it were the 1950s. Anyone have
> any fond memories of growing up during THAT time?
I remember the 50's. I was only a kid but you could turn on the tube and not be bombarded with gays, blacks, and ball busting cunt women on every show. Kids behaved themselves in school because if you didn't you'd get your ass paddled.
Teachers didn't have to worry about being sued if a parent didn't like the fact that their little brat was acting like an idiot.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Willoughby
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Date: January 05, 2014 05:27PM
"ball busting cunt women." Yup, welcome to 2014 in NOVA.
If I could go back in time I would take the 50's, fuck all of the violent negroes, illegal hispanics, gays, and ball busting cunt women.
If I could go back in time I would take the 50's, fuck all of the violent negroes, illegal hispanics, gays, and ball busting cunt women.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Rockhound
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Date: January 05, 2014 05:52PM
In the 50's, cars had carburetors and fuel injection sounded like magic.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Rockhound
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Date: January 05, 2014 05:53PM
In the 50's, Colin Kaepernick could have taken on an entire NFL team by himself.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Rockhound
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Date: January 05, 2014 05:53PM
In the 50's, it was okay if ads were racist.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Good ol days
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Date: January 05, 2014 06:09PM
In the 50's money was still set on the gold standard,
even the simple man with little education could have a job and could afford to buy a small home, have insurance,retirement account, a car and afford to have children.
He also did not have a credit card.
even the simple man with little education could have a job and could afford to buy a small home, have insurance,retirement account, a car and afford to have children.
He also did not have a credit card.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
55Chev
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Date: January 05, 2014 06:10PM
Willoughby Wrote:
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> "ball busting cunt women." Yup, welcome to 2014 in
> NOVA.
> If I could go back in time I would take the 50's,
> fuck all of the violent negroes, illegal
> hispanics, gays, and ball busting cunt women.
TV shows actually portrayed families as a married couple of the opposite sex having kids and a good relationship. The dad worked and mom stayed home and tried to raise their kids to be decent human beings. I can't remember when it happened but all that went out the door. Now nobody is married and if they are the wife has all the brains and her husband is a complete idiot.
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> "ball busting cunt women." Yup, welcome to 2014 in
> NOVA.
> If I could go back in time I would take the 50's,
> fuck all of the violent negroes, illegal
> hispanics, gays, and ball busting cunt women.
TV shows actually portrayed families as a married couple of the opposite sex having kids and a good relationship. The dad worked and mom stayed home and tried to raise their kids to be decent human beings. I can't remember when it happened but all that went out the door. Now nobody is married and if they are the wife has all the brains and her husband is a complete idiot.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Jay North
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Date: January 05, 2014 06:25PM
In the 50's people were not proud to be on welfare.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
57 Pickup
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Date: January 05, 2014 06:48PM
eesh Wrote:
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> Women like Alias would be put in their proper
> place.
>
> Domestic violence? LOL It's just her being
> disciplined for being unruly and insubordinate.
If I lived in the 50s I would've come home from work all pissed off and then take out my anger on Alias, whether she deserved it or not. I'd get rid of all that stress by smacking her around, and then I'd go pour myself a drink and relax while she cooked my dinner.
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> Women like Alias would be put in their proper
> place.
>
> Domestic violence? LOL It's just her being
> disciplined for being unruly and insubordinate.
If I lived in the 50s I would've come home from work all pissed off and then take out my anger on Alias, whether she deserved it or not. I'd get rid of all that stress by smacking her around, and then I'd go pour myself a drink and relax while she cooked my dinner.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
CkbwH
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Date: January 05, 2014 08:10PM
Kind of like Chick-Fil-A
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
ColumnNo.4
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Date: January 05, 2014 08:20PM
The modern Republican party.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
55Chev
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Date: January 05, 2014 08:41PM
57 Pickup Wrote:
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> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Women like Alias would be put in their proper
> > place.
> >
> > Domestic violence? LOL It's just her being
> > disciplined for being unruly and insubordinate.
>
>
> If I lived in the 50s I would've come home from
> work all pissed off and then take out my anger on
> Alias, whether she deserved it or not. I'd get
> rid of all that stress by smacking her around, and
> then I'd go pour myself a drink and relax while
> she cooked my dinner.
Great role model for kids. I'm sure they'd be proud of you.
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> eesh Wrote:
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> > Women like Alias would be put in their proper
> > place.
> >
> > Domestic violence? LOL It's just her being
> > disciplined for being unruly and insubordinate.
>
>
> If I lived in the 50s I would've come home from
> work all pissed off and then take out my anger on
> Alias, whether she deserved it or not. I'd get
> rid of all that stress by smacking her around, and
> then I'd go pour myself a drink and relax while
> she cooked my dinner.
Great role model for kids. I'm sure they'd be proud of you.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Mr. History
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Date: January 05, 2014 08:44PM
The Beltway wasn't built yet. The Anchorage Motel was built to service guests who were exhausted from the long trip from Washington D.C on their way to the West Coast.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
14 Jag
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Date: January 06, 2014 06:39AM
57 Pickup Wrote:
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> If I lived in the 50s I would've come home from
> work all pissed off and then take out my anger on
> Alias, whether she deserved it or not. I'd get
> rid of all that stress by smacking her around, and
> then I'd go pour myself a drink and relax while
> she cooked my dinner.
What's changed??
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> If I lived in the 50s I would've come home from
> work all pissed off and then take out my anger on
> Alias, whether she deserved it or not. I'd get
> rid of all that stress by smacking her around, and
> then I'd go pour myself a drink and relax while
> she cooked my dinner.
What's changed??
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
I like IKEA
()
Date: January 06, 2014 10:54AM
The Beltway bandits were just starting to make a name and reputation for themselves.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: January 06, 2014 10:58AM
Mr. History Wrote:
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> The Beltway wasn't built yet. The Anchorage Motel
> was built to service guests who were exhausted
> from the long trip from Washington D.C on their
> way to the West Coast.
HA. Imagine taking Route 1 all the way to Florida or Route 50 to California with no air conditioning and bias ply tires that exploded of you went over 60 MPH.
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> The Beltway wasn't built yet. The Anchorage Motel
> was built to service guests who were exhausted
> from the long trip from Washington D.C on their
> way to the West Coast.
HA. Imagine taking Route 1 all the way to Florida or Route 50 to California with no air conditioning and bias ply tires that exploded of you went over 60 MPH.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/2014 10:59AM by eesh.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
abelard
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Date: January 06, 2014 11:11AM
I'm guessing it was pretty much like today but no internet, tv sucked, and cars wore you for protection. We thought the Russians might attack us any day and everybody smoked.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: January 06, 2014 11:21AM
It must have been nice to light up a cigarette right at your desk.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
eLester
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Date: January 06, 2014 12:07PM
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Easy To Forget
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Date: January 06, 2014 01:41PM
SunnyDaze Wrote:
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What were the 1950s really like?
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What were the 1950s really like?
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Hmmmmm
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Date: January 06, 2014 01:47PM
It was a lot colder, thank God for global warming!
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Marion Barry-O
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Date: January 06, 2014 02:23PM
Nobody was playing the Knockout Game.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Public Safety movies
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Date: January 06, 2014 02:54PM
They would show awareness movies sponsered by the Government like "Beware the Homosexual pervert!" and "Homos deserve Hell". These movies were directed towards young men about the dangers of gay sex. it was not called "gay" at the time but "perverted". It was like "scared straight" movies. Very realistic, not camo. or sugar coated. They carried the "seal of approval" from normal organizations like the Boys Scouts, YMCA, boys Clubs of America. Maybe they should go back to doing movies like that.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
BEH
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Date: January 06, 2014 03:18PM
German Shepards are very nice dogs.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Scott Walker
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Date: January 06, 2014 05:09PM
I suspect those two cops handed out ass whippings on a daily basis at the corner of Main St and Jockey Boy Restaurant.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Pistol packers
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Date: January 06, 2014 05:15PM
they were packing the right equipment 45 Colts. That was really the 60s when all that started. The 50s, the commies were the menance. The 50s were the start of "duck and cover", little kids were taught to hide under desks at schools, like it would do any good!
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Mr. History
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Date: January 06, 2014 07:08PM
Lawn Jockey as status symbol
In the 50s, it was a black dude dressed in jockey suite and holding a lantern used to light up the lawn.
In the 00s, it was a hispanic dude holding a leaf blower to lighten up the lawn debris.
In the 50s, it was a black dude dressed in jockey suite and holding a lantern used to light up the lawn.
In the 00s, it was a hispanic dude holding a leaf blower to lighten up the lawn debris.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: January 06, 2014 08:06PM
I wasn't in Virginia in the 1950s, so I'm not sure if this is typical. Also I was a kid.
Cars were big in the 1950s. No seat belts and no AC, and it seemed like they had to be replaced every 3-5 years. If you were middle class chances are you only had one car. If your mother needed to use it that day she'd probably drive your father to work. Of course dad's work was probably only 5-10 miles away. Where we lived dirt roads were still common outside of town.
AC was in some homes, but it was rare. There were a few stores that had AC and you'd look for an excuse to go there on hot days. TV was also around, but since the area we were living in had lousy reception my parents lent theirs to relatives. We had a radio in the kitchen and a turntable and speakers in the living room.
One thing nobody has mentioned so far-BLUE LAWS. Most stores were closed on Sundays, and even the stores that were open had limits on what they could sell. Lots of other activities didn't happen on Sundays as well.
I don't remember much racial violence in the 1950s. It was going on, but somewhere else. The 1960s was when I started seeing this myself.
Cars were big in the 1950s. No seat belts and no AC, and it seemed like they had to be replaced every 3-5 years. If you were middle class chances are you only had one car. If your mother needed to use it that day she'd probably drive your father to work. Of course dad's work was probably only 5-10 miles away. Where we lived dirt roads were still common outside of town.
AC was in some homes, but it was rare. There were a few stores that had AC and you'd look for an excuse to go there on hot days. TV was also around, but since the area we were living in had lousy reception my parents lent theirs to relatives. We had a radio in the kitchen and a turntable and speakers in the living room.
One thing nobody has mentioned so far-BLUE LAWS. Most stores were closed on Sundays, and even the stores that were open had limits on what they could sell. Lots of other activities didn't happen on Sundays as well.
I don't remember much racial violence in the 1950s. It was going on, but somewhere else. The 1960s was when I started seeing this myself.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Jabywork
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Date: January 07, 2014 03:00PM
Kids were skinny, no junk food resturants like McDonalds. You used to see people sweeping in front of their houses. Davey Crocket hats were popular with kids as well as selling the newspaper "Grit". You could order little pet monkeys (rhesus) from the advertisement in the back of comic books. You could buy baby alligators too.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: January 07, 2014 03:04PM
You also went to the pharmacy to get soda.
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Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: January 07, 2014 03:05PM
Department stores had diners in them.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
sunrise over tomac
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Date: January 07, 2014 03:14PM
eesh Wrote:
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> Department stores had diners in them.
Yep> Used to have stores like Woolworths (5 and dimes), and Kresges where they served lunch, Blacks had a rough time being served though. They had comics like; Sgt Rock and his Howling Commados, Sgt Fury, lots of Pulp magazines that the kids would like because they usually had gory covers.
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> Department stores had diners in them.
Yep> Used to have stores like Woolworths (5 and dimes), and Kresges where they served lunch, Blacks had a rough time being served though. They had comics like; Sgt Rock and his Howling Commados, Sgt Fury, lots of Pulp magazines that the kids would like because they usually had gory covers.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
igc
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Date: January 07, 2014 03:20PM
sunrise over tomac Wrote:
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> eesh Wrote:
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> > Department stores had diners in them.
>
>
> Yep> Used to have stores like Woolworths (5 and
> dimes), and Kresges where they served lunch,
> Blacks had a rough time being served though. They
> had comics like; Sgt Rock and his Howling
> Commados, Sgt Fury, lots of Pulp magazines that
> the kids would like because they usually had gory
> covers.
Fangora magazine?
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> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Department stores had diners in them.
>
>
> Yep> Used to have stores like Woolworths (5 and
> dimes), and Kresges where they served lunch,
> Blacks had a rough time being served though. They
> had comics like; Sgt Rock and his Howling
> Commados, Sgt Fury, lots of Pulp magazines that
> the kids would like because they usually had gory
> covers.
Fangora magazine?
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
sunrise over tomac
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Date: January 07, 2014 03:25PM
igc Wrote:
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> sunrise over tomac Wrote:
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> > eesh Wrote:
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> > > Department stores had diners in them.
> >
> >
> > Yep> Used to have stores like Woolworths (5
> and
> > dimes), and Kresges where they served lunch,
> > Blacks had a rough time being served though.
> They
> > had comics like; Sgt Rock and his Howling
> > Commados, Sgt Fury, lots of Pulp magazines that
> > the kids would like because they usually had
> gory
> > covers.
>
> Fangora magazine?
I still remember some. One had a guy being cut up by a machete. Another a guy buried in an anthill and being devored alive. It was all artwork. Kids used to love that stuf.
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> sunrise over tomac Wrote:
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> > eesh Wrote:
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> > > Department stores had diners in them.
> >
> >
> > Yep> Used to have stores like Woolworths (5
> and
> > dimes), and Kresges where they served lunch,
> > Blacks had a rough time being served though.
> They
> > had comics like; Sgt Rock and his Howling
> > Commados, Sgt Fury, lots of Pulp magazines that
> > the kids would like because they usually had
> gory
> > covers.
>
> Fangora magazine?
I still remember some. One had a guy being cut up by a machete. Another a guy buried in an anthill and being devored alive. It was all artwork. Kids used to love that stuf.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Hussein Obama - OG
()
Date: January 07, 2014 04:04PM
The 50's were booming economically. The US was a lot like Chile is now. The economy was booming and many things were available to people that weren't before. Suburban sprawl took off, cars, jobs, money. Everything a strong republican president does for a country. Eisenhower was a great president and not a war monger like democrats. He warned us but liberals are too hell bent on war to care about the country.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
GoodoldDaze
()
Date: January 07, 2014 05:57PM
Virginia and I think even DC were segregated back then. My father was in the military and once they got south of Baltimore the trains made the "coloreds" get into their own cars from then on. There was a feeling of racial tension on many schools here. The Klan was on the rally too. But people tried to hide behind this false nice facade like you see on TV. It really wasn't like that. You had jerks too and not everyone was like Mister Rogers neighborhood. I will say the economy was a lot better than it is now, however. When you wanted a job, you didn't have to go through 5 different interviews to get one. You could just walk in some place and ask for an interview. You could work you way up easily to the top. That is unheard of today.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: January 07, 2014 06:00PM
How well would Meade have handled the 50s?
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Fit right in.
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Date: January 07, 2014 06:04PM
eesh Wrote:
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> How well would Meade have handled the 50s?
Considering his likes in music and food, he'd fit right in.
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> How well would Meade have handled the 50s?
Considering his likes in music and food, he'd fit right in.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Duck and Cover with Bert
()
Date: January 07, 2014 10:36PM
Hussein Obama - OG Wrote:
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> The 50's were booming economically. The US was a
> lot like Chile is now. The economy was booming and
> many things were available to people that weren't
> before. Suburban sprawl took off, cars, jobs,
> money. Everything a strong republican president
> does for a country. Eisenhower was a great
> president and not a war monger like democrats. He
> warned us but liberals are too hell bent on war to
> care about the country.
What a puny understanding of history you have. Eisenhower, a mostly do-nothing president known for his naps and golf game, was beloved for winning the war in Europe. He didn't. We were a sideshow to the real war on the eastern front.
The U.S. boomed economically in the 50's for 3 major reasons:
1) We were the only industrial power with our infrastructure intact. The other economic powers, Germany, Japan, Britain, France, Italy, were pulverized by the war. We spent quite a bit of money rebuilding them so that we'd have someone to trade with. When your (grand)parents talk about our "foreign aid", this is was they were actually referring to.
2) Being the sole western power with an intact military, we were able to work our economic will on the world via the Bretton Woods Agreement. This lasted until the Nixon Shock of 1971, when "another" strong Republican president took the country off the gold standard as a means of reducing our growing inflation and public debt. But Nixon didn't act without reason. He was trying to squeeze the excessive stimulus that came about because we were fighting a war in a far off place called "Vietnam" that we weren't paying for (sound familiar?).
3) The GI Bill. Perhaps the greatest "socialist" initiative of the U.S. government, veterans got low interest no money down loans to buy houses and start businesses; and Washington paid tuition and expenses for former servicemen who wanted to go to college. Housing boomed, industry boomed, Ike built the interstate system (because he so admired the efficiency of Hilter's autobahn), and we got a generation of engineers who put man on the moon in the next decade.
Damn that big government! No good ever comes from it!
Culturally, "Leave it to Beaver", "I Love Lucy", and "Gunsmoke" were what we wanted to see in ourselves. "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" were what we were.
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> The 50's were booming economically. The US was a
> lot like Chile is now. The economy was booming and
> many things were available to people that weren't
> before. Suburban sprawl took off, cars, jobs,
> money. Everything a strong republican president
> does for a country. Eisenhower was a great
> president and not a war monger like democrats. He
> warned us but liberals are too hell bent on war to
> care about the country.
What a puny understanding of history you have. Eisenhower, a mostly do-nothing president known for his naps and golf game, was beloved for winning the war in Europe. He didn't. We were a sideshow to the real war on the eastern front.
The U.S. boomed economically in the 50's for 3 major reasons:
1) We were the only industrial power with our infrastructure intact. The other economic powers, Germany, Japan, Britain, France, Italy, were pulverized by the war. We spent quite a bit of money rebuilding them so that we'd have someone to trade with. When your (grand)parents talk about our "foreign aid", this is was they were actually referring to.
2) Being the sole western power with an intact military, we were able to work our economic will on the world via the Bretton Woods Agreement. This lasted until the Nixon Shock of 1971, when "another" strong Republican president took the country off the gold standard as a means of reducing our growing inflation and public debt. But Nixon didn't act without reason. He was trying to squeeze the excessive stimulus that came about because we were fighting a war in a far off place called "Vietnam" that we weren't paying for (sound familiar?).
3) The GI Bill. Perhaps the greatest "socialist" initiative of the U.S. government, veterans got low interest no money down loans to buy houses and start businesses; and Washington paid tuition and expenses for former servicemen who wanted to go to college. Housing boomed, industry boomed, Ike built the interstate system (because he so admired the efficiency of Hilter's autobahn), and we got a generation of engineers who put man on the moon in the next decade.
Damn that big government! No good ever comes from it!
Culturally, "Leave it to Beaver", "I Love Lucy", and "Gunsmoke" were what we wanted to see in ourselves. "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" were what we were.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Otter Boone, class of '57
()
Date: January 08, 2014 12:36AM
Kids were having toga parties at George Mason University, which became the stuff of legend and provided the inspiration for the Animal House movie.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
contractador de ventanas
()
Date: January 08, 2014 01:26AM
los cincuentas eran un tiempo muy bueno, eran tiempos mas libres
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
dje..
()
Date: January 08, 2014 02:29AM
Blacks had an out-of-wedlock birth rate of 24%
Whites, 3%
Whites, 3%
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: January 08, 2014 04:57AM
The comment about the generation of engineers that put a man on the moon....NASA's technological prowess came from the rocket engineers of Nazi Germany. Project Paperclip brought over Nazi scientists and laid the foundation for space travel for decades to come.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Vexxxed
()
Date: January 08, 2014 06:14AM
Yeah, damn that Eisenhower. What a do nothing president.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: January 08, 2014 06:17AM
Hitler also invented the autobahn, which was the basis for our interstate system. He also inspired the creation for the VW Bug.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Ed Haskell
()
Date: January 08, 2014 06:49AM
When you bought a car the ad stated R & H. Which few today would recognize as radio and heater.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Hussein Obama -
()
Date: January 08, 2014 07:53AM
Duck and Cover with Bert Wrote:
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> Hussein Obama - OG Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The 50's were booming economically. The US was
> a
> > lot like Chile is now. The economy was booming
> and
> > many things were available to people that
> weren't
> > before. Suburban sprawl took off, cars, jobs,
> > money. Everything a strong republican president
> > does for a country. Eisenhower was a great
> > president and not a war monger like democrats.
> He
> > warned us but liberals are too hell bent on war
> to
> > care about the country.
>
> What a puny understanding of history you have.
> Eisenhower, a mostly do-nothing president known
> for his naps and golf game, was beloved for
> winning the war in Europe. He didn't. We were a
> sideshow to the real war on the eastern front.
>
> The U.S. boomed economically in the 50's for 3
> major reasons:
>
> 1) We were the only industrial power with our
> infrastructure intact. The other economic powers,
> Germany, Japan, Britain, France, Italy, were
> pulverized by the war. We spent quite a bit of
> money rebuilding them so that we'd have someone to
> trade with. When your (grand)parents talk about
> our "foreign aid", this is was they were actually
> referring to.
>
> 2) Being the sole western power with an intact
> military, we were able to work our economic will
> on the world via the Bretton Woods Agreement.
> This lasted until the Nixon Shock of 1971, when
> "another" strong Republican president took the
> country off the gold standard as a means of
> reducing our growing inflation and public debt.
> But Nixon didn't act without reason. He was
> trying to squeeze the excessive stimulus that came
> about because we were fighting a war in a far off
> place called "Vietnam" that we weren't paying for
> (sound familiar?).
>
> 3) The GI Bill. Perhaps the greatest "socialist"
> initiative of the U.S. government, veterans got
> low interest no money down loans to buy houses and
> start businesses; and Washington paid tuition and
> expenses for former servicemen who wanted to go to
> college. Housing boomed, industry boomed, Ike
> built the interstate system (because he so admired
> the efficiency of Hilter's autobahn), and we got a
> generation of engineers who put man on the moon in
> the next decade.
>
> Damn that big government! No good ever comes from
> it!
>
> Culturally, "Leave it to Beaver", "I Love Lucy",
> and "Gunsmoke" were what we wanted to see in
> ourselves. "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Invasion
> of the Body Snatchers" were what we were.
Um, moron. The results of the wars you mention were due to democrats. Republicans didn't put us in WWII, a war where we were not attacked and Vietnam, another war where we were not attacked. You need a history lesson. Thanks for backing up what a leader Eisenhower was. We have yet to have a democrat make such an impact on our country.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Hussein Obama - OG Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The 50's were booming economically. The US was
> a
> > lot like Chile is now. The economy was booming
> and
> > many things were available to people that
> weren't
> > before. Suburban sprawl took off, cars, jobs,
> > money. Everything a strong republican president
> > does for a country. Eisenhower was a great
> > president and not a war monger like democrats.
> He
> > warned us but liberals are too hell bent on war
> to
> > care about the country.
>
> What a puny understanding of history you have.
> Eisenhower, a mostly do-nothing president known
> for his naps and golf game, was beloved for
> winning the war in Europe. He didn't. We were a
> sideshow to the real war on the eastern front.
>
> The U.S. boomed economically in the 50's for 3
> major reasons:
>
> 1) We were the only industrial power with our
> infrastructure intact. The other economic powers,
> Germany, Japan, Britain, France, Italy, were
> pulverized by the war. We spent quite a bit of
> money rebuilding them so that we'd have someone to
> trade with. When your (grand)parents talk about
> our "foreign aid", this is was they were actually
> referring to.
>
> 2) Being the sole western power with an intact
> military, we were able to work our economic will
> on the world via the Bretton Woods Agreement.
> This lasted until the Nixon Shock of 1971, when
> "another" strong Republican president took the
> country off the gold standard as a means of
> reducing our growing inflation and public debt.
> But Nixon didn't act without reason. He was
> trying to squeeze the excessive stimulus that came
> about because we were fighting a war in a far off
> place called "Vietnam" that we weren't paying for
> (sound familiar?).
>
> 3) The GI Bill. Perhaps the greatest "socialist"
> initiative of the U.S. government, veterans got
> low interest no money down loans to buy houses and
> start businesses; and Washington paid tuition and
> expenses for former servicemen who wanted to go to
> college. Housing boomed, industry boomed, Ike
> built the interstate system (because he so admired
> the efficiency of Hilter's autobahn), and we got a
> generation of engineers who put man on the moon in
> the next decade.
>
> Damn that big government! No good ever comes from
> it!
>
> Culturally, "Leave it to Beaver", "I Love Lucy",
> and "Gunsmoke" were what we wanted to see in
> ourselves. "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Invasion
> of the Body Snatchers" were what we were.
Um, moron. The results of the wars you mention were due to democrats. Republicans didn't put us in WWII, a war where we were not attacked and Vietnam, another war where we were not attacked. You need a history lesson. Thanks for backing up what a leader Eisenhower was. We have yet to have a democrat make such an impact on our country.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Ten Toes in the Grave
()
Date: January 08, 2014 07:29PM
Here's the way it was: "From a Country Boy's View: Clifton Virginia--the 1950s."
http://www.amazon.com/From-Country-Boys-View-Virginia/dp/1425930069
It was a little bit different on the other side of Clifton (toward Centreville), but not by much. A bit less farming. Some of the adults worked in Fairfax, D.C., or Arlington. (One grownup worked for "The State Department" which we found out later was really the CIA.
The closest grocery store was the Giant in Annandale. (There were small general stores scattered around, like the one in Clifton.) Schools were segregated. I remember the first time our school bus picked up some "colored children." The bus driver first stopped the bus and explained to all the white kids what she'd be doing. That was probably around 1959.
White kids seldom saw blacks, unless they worked for their parents as maids or outside. Asians didn't seem to exist. Jews were almost as rare, and Sunday schools were still teaching that Jews killed Christ.
There was no Beltway, no 66, no Fairfax County Parkway. Most of the roads that are now 4-lane (123, 236) were just 2-lane back then. The only real highway was Shirley Highway--now 395. And "Bunnyman Bridge" was just a railroad bridge, with no horror stories attached.
A lot of homes--especially on the other side of Clifton (described in "A Country Boy's View")--had outhouses. Most people had phones, but they were on "party lines"--one line shared by multiple families. You could tell if a call was for your family by a distinctive ringing combination. You'd come home from school and watch "American Bandstand" on TV...if you had one. You'd listen to the radio at night, especially stations like WABC in New York and WBZ in Boston . . . if the night was cold and clear so the signal would carry, bouncing off the atmosphere.
The movie "Back to the Future" captures a lot of it--soda fountains, Davey Crockett hats, the novelty of television, etc. The movie "Stand by Me" is a pretty good recreation of what it was like to be a kid back then.
http://www.amazon.com/From-Country-Boys-View-Virginia/dp/1425930069
It was a little bit different on the other side of Clifton (toward Centreville), but not by much. A bit less farming. Some of the adults worked in Fairfax, D.C., or Arlington. (One grownup worked for "The State Department" which we found out later was really the CIA.
The closest grocery store was the Giant in Annandale. (There were small general stores scattered around, like the one in Clifton.) Schools were segregated. I remember the first time our school bus picked up some "colored children." The bus driver first stopped the bus and explained to all the white kids what she'd be doing. That was probably around 1959.
White kids seldom saw blacks, unless they worked for their parents as maids or outside. Asians didn't seem to exist. Jews were almost as rare, and Sunday schools were still teaching that Jews killed Christ.
There was no Beltway, no 66, no Fairfax County Parkway. Most of the roads that are now 4-lane (123, 236) were just 2-lane back then. The only real highway was Shirley Highway--now 395. And "Bunnyman Bridge" was just a railroad bridge, with no horror stories attached.
A lot of homes--especially on the other side of Clifton (described in "A Country Boy's View")--had outhouses. Most people had phones, but they were on "party lines"--one line shared by multiple families. You could tell if a call was for your family by a distinctive ringing combination. You'd come home from school and watch "American Bandstand" on TV...if you had one. You'd listen to the radio at night, especially stations like WABC in New York and WBZ in Boston . . . if the night was cold and clear so the signal would carry, bouncing off the atmosphere.
The movie "Back to the Future" captures a lot of it--soda fountains, Davey Crockett hats, the novelty of television, etc. The movie "Stand by Me" is a pretty good recreation of what it was like to be a kid back then.
Re: What were the 1950s really like?
Posted by:
Bill.N.
()
Date: January 08, 2014 08:00PM
Hussein Obama - Wrote:
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> Republicans didn't put us in WWII, a war where we were not attacked
I knew Pearl Harbor was a hoax. So were Wake Island and the Philippines. The whole thing was a hoax, as were the German and Italian declarations of war.
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> Republicans didn't put us in WWII, a war where we were not attacked
I knew Pearl Harbor was a hoax. So were Wake Island and the Philippines. The whole thing was a hoax, as were the German and Italian declarations of war.