Old enough to remember

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I had a garden client who had me install a Y2K garden.

I remember when the Roman Catholic Mass was said in Latin.
I know the whole mass by heart as my brothers were all altar boys and helped them practice the recitations.
I still recall most of it.
That, and having taken Latin all four years of high school.

[tod2]

All I remember from my Latin class was the old school master calling us "Clotus Ineptus"!!! Probably spelt it wrong now.......

[mossie]

And all I remember is the declination of the Latin verb "duco" to lead, when the class would particularly emphasise the third person plural, which I will allow you to discover for yourselves ;D ;D

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I still remember the first day of school. (brought to mind of course by the fact that this is the first or second day of the school year in many countries)

[bixaorellana]

Your mention of the Latin Mass reminded me that the other day on a walk, the prayers at the end of the Mass (which were in English) rose unbidden to my little mind. The Latin Mass got so imprinted into the brains of those of us above a certain age, that scraps of it float into my head at the appropriate points whenever I go to a Mass, either in Spanish or in English.

I was forced to take a semester of Latin in 9th grade. So useful.

Mossie, I looked that up & just don't get it. Is my mind too clean?

No kids in school here, as once again the teachers are striking. It's certainly keeping traffic down in town, but that's hardly worth the cost. The parents have seized a couple of schools in order that there might be some classes, but overall it's a giant pain & a huge thievery of something owed to the population.

[bjd]

Latin was obligatory for at least two years -- grades 9 and 10. I dropped it after that. Any Latin phrases or expression I might know now certainly doesn't come from that time.

I just looked up mossie's 3rd person verb too and don't see the humour either.

[patricklondon]

Schoolboys find rude words hilarious in themselves, particularly when they can be smuggled in to a boring lesson to subvert it. Or indeed in a Christmas carol service - there is a particularly annoying way to sing Good King Wenceslas, if you're all prepared to act together.

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I remember a time when we did not use paper towels at home, although they apparently exist since 1931 for kitchen use.

I do remember the rough brown paper that you would advance by using a crank to dry your hands in a public restroom.

[htmb]

We still have those where I work. Old ones, too.

[mossie]

I trust you remember how to recycle newspaper. ;D ;D

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Luckily, I never had to do that, but I always heard plenty about it. In America, it was often the best way to recycle the old Sears catalogue.

[patricklondon]

In America, it was often the best way to recycle the old Sears catalogue.

It was a sign of thrift/frugality everywhere, I think (and during WW2 shortages, essential) - and besides, you have to have something to read in there, of course.

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Frankly, I would have preferred newpaper or a catalogue to the slick brown paper that was used in France when I was a child. It was about the same as using wax paper to try to get clean.

[bixaorellana]

Ditto that used in Spain in the same era, except I remember it as being almost white. As far as I know there was only one brand -- Elefante.

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I remember how we used to snicker about "Mazola parties" when I was in university although no one had ever actually been to one or personally knew anyone who had ever participated.

(I even just googled it to make sure that the term was not a figment of my imagination.)

[htmb]

It was Wesson oil here.

I remember the days of constantly undulating waterbeds that left your body achy and stiff in the morning, (and heaven help you if the bed should spring a leak). One slight shift and the wave action would begin and it would be another two minutes before the bed stopped moving.

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I was sleeping on a waterbed when the 1971 L.A. earthquake hit -- now that was an interesting experience!

[mossie]

So the earth really did move for you

[bixaorellana]

Just got a little shock as I scrolled through a message group & saw this picture posted there:


I thought, "Hey -- that's mine!" It looks huge in the photo, but is child-sized. For anyone who didn't grown up in the US in the 50s, Elsie was the "representative" for Borden Dairy Company.

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Elsie still appears on the Borden's packaging, doesn't she?

[bixaorellana]

I dunno. No Borden's here, although we do have ~~


Does the US still have Little Miss Sunbeam? She once sent me a birthday card!


She & Elsie seem to have the same hair dresser.

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Today it started raining while I was at the beauty salon with my mother and the hairdresser actually came up with with one of those folding plastic rain bonnets for the trip back the the nursing home.

I remember as a little boy, they had just been invented and the beautician at the time was showing my mother how great they were for protecting one's coiffure. I remember that my mother said what a shame it was that once you had unfolded it, there would never be any way to get it back as small as it was before.

The lady pulled the straps on each end and it folded itself perfectly. It really was a great invention, even though nobody would be caught dead in public with such a thing anymore. You should have seen the looks that we got as I wheeled my mother back to her place. Totally incredulous.

[htmb]

Your post brought back many nostalgic memories of my mother, Kerouac. She would go to the "beauty parlor" every week and would wear one of those horrible plastic accordion hoods home whenever the weather appeared to be threatening. I probably still have one of her bonnets stuck in a box of "treasures" somewhere, and remember what fun they were to fold back together with a snap of the wrists.

[bixaorellana]

Who remembers the "petal scarf" of the 60s? It was an oversized organza triangle-shaped scarf completely covered with organza petals. The idea was to tie it on after you'd put your hair up in rollers, so you'd look nice when out in public.

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Yes, I do. Other people's mothers would wear them out of the house. Not my mother, though, she wouldn't be caught dead in rollers. (No pride emoticon available?)

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I ran across a Toffee Crisp bar the other day at a retro candy shop. They were my absolute favourite as a child, and I hadn't seen them for over 30 years. I used to get them at the kids' Saturday matinées on the base. It was a Canadian base in Germany and the only confectionery available was either British or American, and some of it I haven't seen since. The memories came flooding back and I almost bought one. Too bad I don't care for candy or chocolate anymore. Sigh.

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Huge multinationals like Nestlé sell so many thousands of products around the world that often you can find brands that disappeared in other countries. Frankly, that wrapper reminds me of something sold in France, but since "toffee" is not a word that is known in France, it would have a completely different name here.

[bixaorellana]

Oct 21, 2013 17:44:33 GMT @lizzyfaire said:

Not my mother, though, she wouldn't be caught dead in rollers. (No pride emoticon available?)

Mine either & I totally identify with your pride. If you wish to modify your post, copy & paste this: [img src="http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu73/nowdocking/SMILEYS/proud.gif"]

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Oct 21, 2013 17:51:30 GMT @lizzyfaire said:

Toffee Crisp bar

Oooo ~~ anything like a Heath Bar?

Oct 21, 2013 17:51:30 GMT @lizzyfaire said:

Canadian base in Germany

Are you a service brat? My dad was in the US Air Force & Mich's was in the Canadian Air Force, I believe.

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Well, I won't modify, Bixa, but I was proud of her. She always looked great. Of course, it helped that she looked a little like Audrey Hepburn. Whereas I'm more of a foreshortened Maria Callas. ;D

No, (I had to look up a Heath Bar) Toffee Crisps had little rice crispies stuck together with caramel, then coated in chocolate. I'm a sucker for caramel or toffee and can always leave the chocolate, especially in a cheap bar.

Yes, I am a proud CAF brat. 4 Wing, CFB Baden-Sollingen.

Kerouac: I think you'll find that many, many chocolate bars have orange wrappers. Some sort of psychology going on there, I suppose.

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I remember when bathroom medicine cabinets had a slot in the back for "razor blade disposal." Even as a child, I thought that was a stupid idea.