Remember When

Cars in the 50’s & 60’s

A classmate sent me the following link about the cars we drove in the 50’s and 60’s: http://objflicks.com/CarsWeDrove.htm. It takes a little bit of time to watch it but you will definitely enjoy watching it. The website was created by OldBlueWebDesigns.

Listen to Oldies On Your Computer

Bill McLennan, class of 1962 told me about a website that plays oldies from the 50s to 84. They also have some other selections. The website is: Playa Cofi Jukebox. I am listening to it now while working on this newsletter. Thanks for sharing Bill. You are just such a wealth of information.

Mature couple/tropical setting

PERKS OF BEING OVER 50

If you are not over 50, this is what you have to look forward to.
       1. Kidnappers are not very interested in you.
       2 In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.
       3. No one expects you to run--anywhere.
       4. People call at 9 PM and ask, " Did I wake you ???? "
       5. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
       6. There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
     7. Things you buy now won't wear out.
       8. You can eat dinner at 4 PM .
       9. You can live without sex but not your glasses.
      10. You get into heated arguments about pension plans.
      11. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
      12. You quit trying to hold your stomach in no matter who walks into the room.
      13. You sing along with elevator music.
      14. Your eyes won't get much worse.
      15. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.
      16. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather    service.
      17. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
      18. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size.
      19. You can't remember who sent you this list

What Would You Change

Sometimes in looking back we would wonder if we would have done things any differently. Here is a link that makes you stop and think.

If I Had My Life To Live Over

Click on the link above to read the inspirational thought.

Remembering the 60's:

            Lee High School had an outstanding football team

            We graduated on the football field

            Boys were not cheerleaders

            There were no pregnant teens allowed to attend school

            T-shirts could not be worn to school

            Boys had to wear belts

            Girls still wore dresses to school and the skirt length had to touch the floor

            We did not have to worry about guns at school

            The rebel flag meant: Go Lee to the students at Lee

            We went to Lee in the 7^th Grade

We had submarine races at the airport

            We had drive in movies

            We had drive ins like Frontier to hang out at

Men went to the Barber Shop

            Women went to Beauty Salons

Women automatically took the mans last name when they married

            Credit Cards had to be in the husbands name

            Family Doctors treated everything

            DNA had not been discovered

            Furniture was made out of real wood

            Gas cost 19 cents a gallon or less

Viet Nam was beginning to be on everyone’s mind

            The civil rights movement was getting started

            There was still an iron curtain

There was a wall between East and West Berlin

Watching someone land on the moon on TV at school

            Smoking was allowed everywhere in public

            8 Tracks were the thing to have

            We had 45 records, 33 RPM and 8 tracks

            Adding machines had 100 keys

            There were no barcodes

            Kickers listened to KBUC and KBER

            Elvis was alive

            Peter, Paul & Mary had a hammer

            The Beatles were in

            The word blended families had not been invented

Remember the first walk on the Moon

When we graduated from high school in 1966 the following had not been invented?

Baby car seats

Calculators

Cassettes

CB Radios

CDs & CD players

Cell Phones

Copy machines

Cordless drills and tools

Digital Cameras

Disability Act

Disposable Diapers

DVDs’ & DVD players

Digital Sewing Machines

Divorce was not common

Drip Coffee Makers

Electric hedge trimmers

Electric Toothbrushes

Embroidery machines

Fax machines

Food Processors

GPS tracking system

Icemakers

Indoor Grills

Internet

Microwaves

Microscopic surgery

Motorized wheel chairs

Movie theatres only had one screen

Non Stick Coated Pots and Pans

Organ transplants

Pacemakers

Pagers

Personal computers

Men's Polyester Suits (Yuk!)

Post It Notes

Rotary cutters

Solar Power

TV remote controls

Video Recorders

Video cameras

This website has been created to reunite old friends and bring back good memories. In my years at Lee we had very strong school spirit and were proud to be at Lee. If you see a rebel flag on this website it was the school spirit for a lot of classes and not as any other meaning. This site is not intended to cause pain and suffering or emotional distress. It is not intended to make one feel old, even though some of us are older than dirt. (Better than the alternative)

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