Originally Posted by Nonna Judi
Thank you all for making me laugh with your comments! Most of the doctors I go to look 12 and I just keep telling myself they are "cutting edge" in their skills just to not laugh! I remember party telephone lines, telephone numbers such as Hamilton 5- 1234, I was thrilled when I got a raise at work from .75/hr to $1.00 and thought I was rich, remeber 5cent White Castle hamburgers, going to the "linen store" with my mother to buy curtains, gas at 17cents/gallon and when speed limits were 25 mph on the highway. I am 62 this summer and thank God for every day of my life.
I remember when McDonald's put their sign up "Over a million served". The gas wars, I bought gas for 15 cents a gallon. I worked at a resort for $1 an hour and thinking, wow, I'm rich. I'm 66 but I think my knees are about 85.