For Old Guys Only

[indian22]

My mother was an actual nurse and she used every one of these items on me plus Vick's vapo rub; a dollop on the tongue and more slathered on throat, nose and chest. If I walked by an open flame I'd probably explode.

She was a wonderful Mom!

Rick C.

 

[Greg58]

Home remedies, some were strange, anyone ever heard of eating starch? I remember as a small kid eating what looked like chaulk for some ailment.

 

[indian22]

Diatomaceous earth perhaps, food grade dirt in reality and it's still used Greg. It actually does not taste that bad mixed in water. Animals eat dirt as well. Liver cleanse is one common use for this odd remedy.

Rick C.

 

[PeteMcP]

I was one of those kids who never missed a day off school in my life. Fate dictated if I was ill, it was always during school holidays. Back in the 50s-60s, the go-to remedy prescribed by our family doctor for anything ailing kids was 'The Mixture' - a thick, creamy pink goo which wouldn't pour and had to be shaken out of the bottle onto a spoon. Tasted bitter and chalky and clung to the insides of your mouth long after trying to swallow it promptly. I reckon the general idea of it was so kids said they were feeling much better - even if they weren't - rather than prolong the dosage. I also recall spending many a school holiday confined indoors with chicken pox or measles and being camouflaged from head to toe with dollops of calomine lotion. I was always convinced it was the exact same pink gooey stuff as 'The Mixture', just labelled differently!

 

[indian22]

Insect bites and poison ivy got the calomine treatment along with sunburn.

 

[PeteMcP]

Speaking of sunburn....I regret not applying the factor 50 on yesterday's bike ride.

 

[Tom from Rubicon]

Bread loafs with stocking's? make mine garlic

 

[Greg58]

When I was a kid I thought my granddad was the smartest man around, he had an apple tree with three different kinds of apples. He grafted limbs to his tree, I still remember the wires with a piece of garden hose around it to hold the limbs up, and something that looked like pine sap or epoxy sealing each limb to the tree.

 

[fasteddy]

Speaking of sunburn....I regret not applying the factor 50 on yesterday's bike ride.
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I couldn't make out what they were but I was thinking that if those are his legs, he will never walk again.

 

[Greg58]

Us old guys are tough, we rode in cars without seat belts, rode in the back of a pickup, drank water from the creek and went barefoot all summer. Todays young people haven’t done two of those.

 

[Tom from Rubicon]

In 55, dad hit the brakes. I went head long striking the steel dashboard of his 52 chev.
Never effected my drinking.

 

[Greg58]

I remember lying on the package tray of our 57 Chevy looking at the stars, I remember my mom telling me to be still so she could see in the rear view mirror.

 

[curtisfox]

1950s American City Life in STUNNING COLOR #Video

Please enjoy these color photos of 1950s American city scenes. Throughout these photos, you'll see classic American cars in action - before they were ...

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[PeteMcP]

1950s American City Life in STUNNING COLOR #Video

Please enjoy these color photos of 1950s American city scenes. Throughout these photos, you'll see classic American cars in action - before they were ...

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Interesting clip Curt. As a Brit, I consider myself lucky to be able to say I've visited all those cities - including Portland, Maine (and yes, Portland OR too) - shown in the clip apart from New Orleans. Fond memories.

 

[curtisfox]

They were my glory day, I was born in 41, I built a Go-Kart, Mini bike, had a factor Monark motor bike, motor went bad so built so I built one. Then traded it for a model A, then the girls come along. We won't even talk about the body injury's, broke my arms 3 times and so on. I have been puttsing on a build and will post a little later, when I get further along.............Curt

 

[zean]

The year was May of Forty-one the war had just begun. The Bismarck was the fastest ship and had the biggest guns. The Bismarck stated firing a 15 mile away, we had to sink the Bismarck because the world depends on us. We hit the decks a runnin boy and spun the guns around. We had to sink the Bismarck was the battle cry… . Do you remember Johnny Horton singing songs about the times when you were born? He was born on a dirt farm and died on a country road when he was 35. This twenty-first century got nothing about that.

 

[PeteMcP]

Speaking of Forty One....wish I still had this '41 Buick Sedanette in my life. A one year production run only, before US auto plants went over to making tanks and planes for the war effort. Wife Jen's care requirement's meant I had to shelve running my business in late 2016 so I could concentrate on looking after her. The proceeds from the Buick's sale, after only a year of caretaking her, meant we could manage. UK garages definitely weren't cut out for these leviathan's. It was a tight squeeze that involved sawing away part of the garage door architrave so the Buick fitted in with an inch to spare either side.

 

[Venice Motor Bikes]

Here's a really awesome film of Los Angeles in the early 1950s... Many of the buildings are still there!
They're mainly driving on Wilshire Blvd.

Early 1950s Los Angeles | 4k and Remastered - YouTube

 

[wrench]

Here's an old 40s Chevy Fleetline , just 4 miles from my house, It's been sitting in this same spot forever. It needs some Love
A Low Riders Dream Car

 

[PeteMcP]

Here's an old 40s Chevy Fleetline , just 4 miles from my house, It's been sitting in this same spot forever. It needs some Love
A Low Riders Dream Car
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Those hood vents though...!!!