Brigadier General and actor Jimmy Stewart. Stewart flew 20 combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe, and even flew one Mission during Vietnam.
Pablo Picasso
Elizabeth Taylor in 1956 (another WOW)
Alfred Hitchcock
Big Jay McNeely, Olympic Auditorium, 1953
Charles Darwin
Clint Eastwood, 1962
Hindenburg Blimp crash
British Soldiers Returning from the front in 1939
Albert Einstein on a Long Island beach in 1939
Samurai Training 1860
Winston Churchill, 1941
Country store in July 1939 Gordonton, North Carolina
Unemployed Lumber Worker and His Wife 1939
W.H. Murphy testing the bulletproof vest in 1923
Marilyn Monroe (WOW again)
Joan Crawford on the set of Letty Lynton, 1932
An RAF pilot getting a haircut while reading a book between missions
Babe Ruth’s 1920 MLB debut
Clint Eastwood working on his 1958 Jag XK 120 in 1960
View from the Capitol in Nashville, 1864
Baltimore Slums, 1938
American Poet Walt Whitman, 1868
Louis Armstrong practicing backstage in 1946
Girls delivering ice, 1918
Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939. Photo taken right after his famous retirement speech. .
He would pass away just two years later from ALS.
Times Square 1947 .
Lee
Harvey Oswald, 1963, being transported to questioning before his murder
Trial for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Helen Keller meeting comedian Charlie Chaplin in 1918
Burger Flipper 1938
Madison Square Park New York City around 1900
Union Soldiers taking a break 1863
WWII soldiers at Easter
Red Hawk of the Oglala Tribe on horseback 1905
Boys selling flowers in 1908
An Oklahoman farmer during the great dust bowl in 1939
Louis Armstrong plays to his wife, Lucille, in Cairo, Egypt 1961
Brooklyn Bridge in 1904
Two Boxers after a fight
Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield (double WOW)
Brothers Robert Kennedy, Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy and John F. Kennedy outside the Oval Office.
Cornell Rowing Team 1914
Henry Ford, 1919
Seeing these photos in color for the first time makes it easy to imagine we could all have been part of a world that we’ve never even seen. It literally changes our perspective of history.
After world war II, 1940’s and 1950’s cars became lower, longer and broader in look, as well as more massive and hefty. The semi automatic transmissionwas introduced by Hudson, and the driver could change between manual and semi-automatic with the push of a button.
The US-made cars offered huge trunk sizes, width and length.
In the 1940s a new car cost about $800 and
a gallon of gas was about 18 cents, not a bad deal.
In the 50s, chrome was introduced to more cars and also a more luxurious
look in a country slowly getting back to its feet after the war.
The 1950s saw a huge boom in American car manufacturing,
and during that time, the US made more cars than England,
France, Japan, Sweden and many other nations put together –
and many times over.
The 50’s was the decade of cars, and the huge demand
Today’s cars may be faster, safer, more luxurious and get better gas mileage – BUT THEY DON’T EVEN COMECLOSE ON LOOKS ! When Detroit Was In Its Full Glory
956 Ford Thunderbird
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible
1960 Plymouth Fury
1959 Chevrolet Impala 2Dr hardtop 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria
1958 Cadillac Series 62 Seda 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V Four Door Landau 1957 Buick Roadmaster 2 Door Hardtop 1957 Lincoln Premiere four-door Landau 1959 Buick 2 Door Convertible
1959 Edsel Citation Ford lost $350 million ($1.55 billion in 2009 dollars) on the Edsel venture
1958 De Soto
1959 Mercury Colony Park Country Cruiser 1958 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special 1958 Dodge Custom Sierra 1949 Oldsmobile 88 1959 Ford Thunderbird Convertible 1949 Kaiser Virginian 1960 Imperial Crown Convertible 1953 Studebaker Commander 1949 Pontiac Four Door 1960 Chevrolet Impala Four Door Hardtop 1959 Mercury Four Door Hardtop 1955 Oldsmobile Super 88 Two-Door Sedan 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser
1954 Mercury Sun Valley
1960 Chrysler Valiant
1960 De Soto Fireflite 1960 Chevrolet Corvair 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz 1960 Mercury Colony Park Country Cruiser 1956 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe de Ville 1957 Dodge Royal Lancer 1960 Dodge Dart Pioneer
1957 Lincoln Premiere 1960 Dodge Polara Matador 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible 1950 Studebaker Starlight
What a trip down memory lane! Be sure to share with all your really old friends! How many do you remember?
What flying was like over 100 years ago. No in flight-movies, no wi-fi connection andworst of all no pretty stewardesses, how did they make a go of this? The aircraft lookslike the tail is going to fall off with the slightest bit of turbulence.
Flying Aboard The Handley Page HP-42.
Imperial Airways 1931 to 1939
If people had serious money in the 1930s and traveled internationally, they may wellhave
flown on one of these large (130 foot wingspan) Handley Page bi-plane
aircraft, which were the mainstay of British Imperial Airways at the
time.
They
carried 26 passengers in first class only, in three different
compartments. The first class saloon, the bar and cocktail area, andthe smoking section.
These machines were ubiquitous, extremely safe (no passenger in a HP-42 was everkilled
in 10 years of international and domestic operations from 1930 until
1940), very comfortable in seating, leg room and service, hot meals wereserved
on bone china with silver cutlery, free liquor flowed, overnights were
in the very best hotels. There was no rush, no waiting in lines andeveryone was well dressed.
Flying along at a few thousand feet, one could see every interesting feature passing below.
At 95 to 110 mph. one also had time to look at the passing panorama. It took four daysto
a week (depending on headwinds and weather) to fly from London to Cape
Town, South Africa by only flying a few hours a day, and staying at the
best hotels in Europe, Cairo, Khartoum and the Victoria Falls.
All stops to India also made for an interesting choice of destinations.
The Handley Page HP-42 “Helena” of Imperial Airways. 1932.
HP-42
“Hanno” at Samakh, Lake Tiberias in Palestine, 1931. Bi-plane aircraft,
such as Tiger Moths, can land anywhere; wherever there is a stretch of
grass.
A
1930 flying magazine’s view of the new HP-42 airliner. The Bristol
Jupiter engines were initially 450 hp and later bumped up to 550 hp.
The crew. The Captain, almost certainly, would have flown in the First World War(love his cigar).
Khartoum , Sudan Boarding for the flight south. Only one more overnight and then theywill be taking in the sights of Lake Victoria.
There
was only one class; First Class. This is the forward saloon. Note the
gentleman’s pith helmet in the rack. Airspeed indicator and altitude
displays – as in modern jets – are on the bulkhead.
Cabin of a Handley Page HP-42. 1931. British Imperial Airways.
The cockpit of a Handley Page HP-42 airliner. London, 1931. No powered controls here.
HP-42 airliner ready for a night flight. London’s Croydon aerodrome, 1931.
Here’s an excellent set of photo’s, I’ve never seen before! Enjoy.
#6 Alaska has a longer coastline than all of the other 49 U.S. states put together.
#7 The city of Juneau , Alaska , is about 3,000 square miles in size. It is actually larger than the entire state of Delaware .
#8 When LBJ’s “War on Poverty” began, less than 10 percentof all U.S. children were growing up in single parent households. Today, that number has skyrocketed to 33 percent .
#10 The poverty rate for households that are led by a married couple is 6.8 percent. For households that are led by a female single parent, the poverty rate is 37.1 percent .
#11 In 2013, women earned 60 percent of all bachelor’s degrees that were awarded that year in the United States .
#12 According to the CDC, 34.6 percent of all men in the U.S. are obese at this point.
#13 The average supermarket in the United States wastes about 3,000 lbs of food each year. Meanwhile, approximately 20 percent of the garbage that goes into our landfills is food.
#14 According to one recent survey, 81 percent of Russians now have a negative view of the United States. That is much higher than at the end of the Cold War era.
#15 Montana has three times as many cows as it does people.
#16 The grizzly bear is the official state animal of California. But no grizzly bears have been seen there since 1922.
#17 One recent survey discovered that “a steady job” is the number one thing that American women are looking for in a husband, and discovered that 75 percent of women would have a serious problem dating an unemployed man.
#18 According to a study conducted by economist Carl Benedikt Frey and engineer Michael Osborne, 47 percent of the jobs in the United States could soon be lost to computers, robots and other forms of technology.
#19 The only place in the United States where coffee is grown commercially is in Hawaii.
#20 The original name of the city of Atlanta was “Terminus“.
#21 The state with the most millionaires per capita is Maryland.
#22 One survey of 50-year-old men in the U.S. found that only12 percent of them said that they were “very happy”.
#23 The United States has 845 motor vehicles for every 1,000 people.
#2548 percent of all Americans do not have any emergency supplies in their homes whatsoever.
#26 There are three towns in the United States that have the name “Santa Claus“.
#27 There is actually a town in Michigan called “Hell“.
#28 If you have no debt and also have 10 dollars in your wallet then you are wealthier than 25 percent of all Americans.
#29 By the time an American child reaches the age of 18, that child will have seen approximately 40,000 murders on television.
And now the summary/opinion. More to think about! Once
upon a time we were the most loved and most respected nation on the
entire planet, but those days are gone. We have wrecked our economy, we
have lost our values and we have fumbled away our future. But if you
look close enough, you can still see many of the things that once made
this country a shining beacon to the rest of the world. This article
includes some weird facts, some fun facts, but also some very troubling
facts. If we are ever going to change course as a nation, we need to
come to grips with just how far we have fallen.
please click on to the link (at the bottom) and watch through the end
Frank
Sinatra considered Kate Smith the best singer of her time, and said
that when he and a million other guys first heard her sing “God Bless
America” on the radio, they all pretended to have dust in their eyes as
they wiped away a tear or two.
Here
are the facts… The link at the bottom will take you to a video
showing the very first public singing of “GOD BLESS AMERICA”. But before
you watch it, you should also know the story behind the first public
showing of the song.
The
time was 1940. America was still in a terrible economic depression.
Hitler was taking over Europe and Americans were afraid we’d have to go
to war. It was a time of hardship and worry for most Americans.
This was the era just before TV, when radio shows wereHUGE,
and American families sat around their radios in the evenings,
listening to their favorite entertainers, and no entertainer of that era
was bigger than KateSmith.
Kate
was also large; plus size, as we now say, and the popular phrase still
used today is in deference to her, “It ain’t over till the fat lady
sings”.
Kate Smith might not have made it big in the age of TV, but with her voicecoming over the radio, she was the biggest star of her time.
Kate
was also patriotic. It hurt her to see Americans so depressed and
afraid of what the next day would bring. She had hope for America, andfaith
in her fellow Americans. She wanted to do something to cheer them up,
so she went to the famous American song-writer, Irving Berlin (who also
wrote “White Christmas”) and asked him to write a song that would
makeAmericans
feel good again about their country. When she described what she was
looking for, he said he had just the song for her. He went to his files
and found a song that he had written, but never published, 22 years
before – way back in 1917. He gave it to her and she worked on it with
her studio orchestra. She and Irving Berlin were not sure how the song
would be received by the public, but both agreed they would not take any
profits from God Bless America. Any profits would go to the Boy Scouts
of America. Over the years, the Boy Scouts have received millions of
dollars in royalties from this song.
This
video starts out with Kate Smith coming into the radio studio with the
orchestra and an audience. She introduces the new song for the very
first time, and starts singing. After the first couple verses, with her
voice in the background still singing, scenes are shown from the 1940
movie, “You’re In the Army Now.” At the 4:20 mark of the video you see a
young actor in the movie, sitting in an office, reading a paper; it’s
Ronald Reagan.
To
this day, God Bless America stirs our patriotic feelings and pride in
our country. Back in 1940, when Kate Smith went looking for a song to
raise the spirits of her fellow Americans, I doubt whether she realized
just how successful the results would be for her fellow Americans during
those years of hardship and worry….. And for many generations of
Americans to follow.
Now that you know the story of the song, I hope you’ll enjoy it. Many
people don’t know there’s a lead in to the song since it usually starts
with”God Bless America …..” So here’s the entire song as originally
sung….. ENJOY!
The year is 1910 one hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1910:
The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.
Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower !
The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour.
The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A
competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, A dentist
$2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a
mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.
Ninety percent of all Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as ‘substandard.’
Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn’t been invented yet.
There was no Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
Two out of every 10 adults couldn’t read or write and only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores.
Back
then pharmacists said, ‘Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to
the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect
guardian of health’
Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U. S. A. !
If I am now trying to forward email this to someone else without typing it myself. From there, it will be sent to others all over the WORLD — all in a matter of seconds!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.
A: Gulf opened up the first station in Pittsburgh in 1913.
Q: What city was the first to use parking meters?
A: Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935.
Q: Where was the first drive-in restaurant?
A: Royce Hailey’s Pig Stand opened in Dallas in 1921.
Q: True or False? The 1953 Corvette came in white, red and black.
A: False. The 1953 ‘Vett’s were available in one color, Polo White.
Q: What was Ford’s answer to the Chevy Corvette, and other legal street racers of the 1960’s?
A: Carroll Shelby’s Mustang GT350.
Q: What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct current dynamo?
A: The 1960 Plymouth Valiant
Q: What was the first car fitted witha replaceable cartridge oil filter?
A: The 1924 Chrysler.
Q: What was the first car to be offered with a “perpetual guarantee”?
A: The 1904 Acme, from Reading, PA. Perpetuity was disturbing in this case, as Acme closed down in 1911.
Q: What American luxury automaker beganby making cages for birds and squirrels?
A: The George N. Pierce Co of Buffalo, who made the Pierce Arrow, also made iceboxes.
Q: What car first referred to itself as a convertible?
A: The 1904 Thomas Flyer, which had a removable hard top.
Q: What car was the first to have it’s radioantenna embedded in the windshield?
A: The 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix.
Q: What car used the first successful series-production hydraulic valve lifters?
A: The 1930 Cadillac 452, the first production V16
Q: Where was the World’s first three-color traffic lights installed?
A: Detroit, Michigan in 1919. Two years later they experimented with synchronized lights.
Q: What type of car had the distinction of being GM’s 100 millionth car built in the U.S.?
A: March 16, 1966 saw an Olds Tornado rollout of Lansing, Michigan with that honor.
Q: Where was the first drive-in movie theater opened, and when?
A: Camden, NJ in 1933
Q: What autos were the first to use a standardized production key-start system?
A: The 1949 Chryslers
Q: What did the Olds designation 4-4-2 stand for?
A: 4 barrel carburetor, 4 speed transmission, and dual exhaust.
Q: What car was the first to place thehorn button in the center of the steering wheel?
A: The 1915 Scripps-Booth Model C. The car also was the first with electric door latches.
Q: What U.S. production car had the quickest 0-60 mph time?
A: The 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409.
Q: What’s the only car to appear simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek?
A: The Mustang
Q: What was the lowest priced mass produced American car?
A: The 1925 Ford Model T Runabout. Cost $260, $5 less than 1924.
Q: What is the fastest internal-combustion American production car?
A: The 1998 Dodge Viper GETS-R, tested byMotor Trend magazine at 192.6 mph.
Q: What automaker’s first logo incorporated the Star of David?
A: The Dodge Brothers.
Q:
Who wrote to Henry Ford, “I have drove fords exclusively when I could
get away with one It has got every other car skinned, and even if my
business hasn’t been strictly legal it don’t hurt anything to tell you
what a fine car you got in the V-8”?
A: Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde) in 1934.
Q: What car was the first production V12, as well as the first production car with aluminum pistons?
A: The 1915 Packard Twin-Six. Used during WWI in Italy, these motors inspired Enzi Ferrari to adopt the V12 himself in 1948.
Q: What was the first car to use power operated seats?
A: They were first used on the 1947 Packard line.
Q: Which of the Chrysler “letter cars” sold the fewest amount?
A: Only 400, 1963, 300J’s were sold
Q: What car company was originallyknown as Swallow Sidecars (aka SS)?
A: Jaguar, which was an SS model first in 1935, and ultimately the whole company by 1945.
Q: What car delivered the first production V12 engine?
A: The cylinder wars were kicked off in 1915 after Packard’s chief engineer, Col. Jesse Vincent, introduced its Twin-Six.
Q: When were seat belts first fitted to a motor vehicle?
A: In 1902, in a Baker Electric streamliner racer which crashed at 100 mph. on Staten Island!
Q:
In January 1930, Cadillac debuted it’s V16 in a car named for a
theatrical version of a 1920’s film seen by Harley Earl while designing
the body, What’s that name?
A:
The “Madam X”, a custom coach designed by Earl and built by Fleetwood.
The sedan featured a retractable landau top above the rear seat.
Q: Which car company started out German, yet became French after WWI?
A: Bugatti, founded in Molsheim in 1909, became French when Alsace returned to French rule.
Q: In what model year did Cadillacintroduce the first electric sunroof?
A: 1969
Q: What U.S. production car had the largest 4 cylinder engine?
A: The 1907 Thomas sported a 571 cu. in. (9.2liter) engine.
Q: What car was reportedly designed on the back of a Northwest Airlines airsickness bag and released on April Fool’s Day, 1970?
A: 1970 Gremlin, (AMC)
Q: What is the Spirit of Ecstasy?
A: The official name of the mascot of Rolls Royce, she is the lady on top of their radiatorsAlso known as “Nellie in her nighty”.
Q: What was the inspiration for MG’s famed octagon-shaped badge?
A: The shape of founder Cecil Kimber’s dining table. MG stands for Morris Garages.
Q: In what year did the “double-R” Rolls Royce badge change from red to black?
A: 1933
Trivia Extra.. Ford, who made the first pick-up trucks, shipped them to dealers in wood crates thatthe new owners had to assemble using the crates as the beds of the trucks. The new owners had to go to the dealers to get the crates, thus they had to “pick-up” the trucks. And now you know the “rest of the story.”
A few will remember it. This was Christmas Eve 1968. It is said to be the world’s most famous photograph, “Earthrise.” It’s been on the cover of TIME and on stamps. But did you know it almost didn’t happen. The site below is outstanding. It takes you right onto the module with the 3 astronauts and you hear them as they see it for the first time. A picture like this, taken by a human, is not likely to happen again even in the distant future.
If you have ever wondered about the story behind the photograph known as “Lunch Atop A Skyscraper” then you’ll find this video interesting to watch. Even if the scene was set by the photographer, it’s still impressive to me given the lack of safety lines and the extreme daring that is displayed by these men in a casual manner. I had no idea that the photographer who took the photograph can’t be identified as there were several taking photos that day.
#1:Cars Were Colorful! Most cars these days look fairly bland, but in the 50’s, our cars were big, bright, and fun!
#2. We Got Dressed Up for Birthday Parties. And sometimes there was even a pony there!
#3: We Played in the Streets: We didn’t have to text our friends back in the day – we’d all just come outside and get to playing!
#4: Gas Was Very Cheap: On some days, it was only $0.20 a gallon, and beyond that, the people at the station could also fix just about anything!
#5: Ben Franklin 5-10 Was Everything: We loved going to these stores. They had just about anything and everything you could think of.
#6: If it Wasn’t the Ben Franklin, it Was the A&P!
#7:Our Skates Got “Locked” with a Key. They were also made almost entirely of metal and very hard to skate on!
#8: The Drive-In Was The Place to Be: This 1950’s photo from South Bend, Indiana shows how popular they were!
#9:Car Seats Were More Like Couches: That’s right – they were big, long, and you could slide all the way across!
#10:The Freezer Actually Had to be DEFROSTED!: That’s right, every now and then you’d have to manually defrost the freezer – sometimes took all day with a lot of scraping!.
#11: Grandma Let Us Do Everything. Well, maybe that hasn’t changed so much, but we LOVED eating off the beaters!
#12: Sometimes Your Food Came On Roller Skates! That’s right – certain restaurants had “roller girls” who would zoom your food out to you!
#13: We got DOWN at the Sock Hop!
#14: Sunday Drives Were A Thing: That’s right – on Sunday, many of us would load up the family car and just go cruising over to the neighbors or just around town!
#15: There Was One TV. And, surprise, we didn’t argue all night about who should get to watch their favorite show. Most of the time, we all liked the same shows!
#16: The Playgrounds were VERY Different: At recess, we’d swing from the monkey bars with wild abandon and often even stand on the swings and go as high as possible. And still, we survived!
#17: TV Had “Sign Off” Messages. Remember these? TV would go off at midnight and sometimes even go as far as playing the National Anthem all night.
#18: Just One Hula Hoop Wasn’t Enough: Some of us could do multiple at a time!
#19: We didn’t Text, But We Did Pass Notes! And we were experts at not getting caught!
#20: We Had Xylophones That We Kept on a Pull String. That’s right – there was nothing like the Pull a Tune!
#21: We Got Bottled Cokes and Loved Them: That’s right – no cans or plastic bottles back then. We were 100% excited when we’d find a cooler like this to get that ice cold bottle!
In 1850, A farmer found a secret door in the sand.
History can be a bit dry and boring at times.
It seems to exist solely between the musty pages of old books. But once in awhile, you come across a bit of history that appears to come alive the moment you discover it.
That’s how I felt when I heard about this place.
In a small bay in Scotland, a well-kept secret is hidden among the green hills.
At first glance, it might not seem particularly impressive, but step inside and you’ll be amazed at what you see.
Thousands of years ago, it was a bustling society.
But time and weather buried it under the sand. For millennia, no one knew that this place ever existed, but when a terrible storm swept over the Orkney Islands in 1850, an incredible secret was revealed…Nestled in the mossy, green hills on the Orkney Islands off Scotland is a secret older than the great pyramids of Egypt.
At first, it might not look like much, but the fact is, this is a unique and magical place.
Because within this rolling hillside is a perfectly preserved prehistoric village called Skara Brae.
The winter of 1850 hit Orkney hard. A severe storm caused great devastation and resulted in more than 200 deaths.
But it also revealed something long forgotten. When the storm abated, villagers discovered a settlement under the sand.
The settlement consists of eight stone houses and was inhabited between roughly 3180 and 2500 B.C., making Skara Brae one of the oldest agriculture villages in the UK
.
Skara Brae has been called the “Scottish Pompeii” because the ancient monument is so well preserved.
Since the surrounding sand and the buildings’ architecture were well protected against the cold, both the buildings and their contents have been remarkably preserved throughout the millennia.
Archaeologists estimate that 50-100 people lived in the village. When the settlement was built, the houses were 1,500 meters from the sea.
Now, the sea has dug closer to the village and the view from the settlement has changed from pastures to the sea.
The settlement’s seven or eight houses were connected to each other by tunnels.
Each residence could be closed off with a stone door.
In every room, one bed was always bigger than the other, but no one knows why.
Each room also contains cabinets, dressers, seats, and storage boxes.
These boxes were built to be waterproof, suggesting that they might have stored live seafood for later consumption.
One house is distinct from the other, however.
Archaeologists didn’t found any beds or other furniture. The house is believed to have functioned as a workshop.
Amazingly, the village also had a sewage system and each house had its own toilet.
Skara Brae was a society which centered around families. The dwellings are all quite similar, which led archaeologists to conclude that this society was a fairly equal one, without any authoritative leadership.
Some believe that the villagers were Picts, a people of unknown origin who settled in eastern and northern Scotland near the end of the British Iron Age.
But archaeological findings have shown that the people who lived here could have lived been much earlier than that.
A number of mysterious discoveries have been made at the site, including this carved stone ball, though no one really knows what it was used for.
And no one knows why the village was abandoned. But around 2500 B.C., the Orkney Islands became cooler and wetter.
Many theories speculate about how the people of Skara Brae met their fate; the most popular ones involve a violent storm.
What’s the future look like for Skara Brae?
Although the settlement was built nearly two kilometres from the beach, in recent centuries, it has been increasingly threatened by the sea.
Since 1926, the houses have been protected from the approaching sea and harsh autumn winds by a concrete wall.
There has been talk about building an artificial beach with boulders and breakwater to preserve Skara Brae and several other ancient monuments at risk of being destroyed.
But nothing has happened yet. Until further notice, tourists continue to visit this fascinating place, but the question is for how long?
I personally hope that the Scottish Government will do all they can to preserve this amazing place.
Please share this with others so that more people get the chance to discover the wonder that is history!
The proud owner of a magnificent 1956 Chevrolet convertible, wrote to say he had restored the car to perfection over the last few years, and sent this:
On a very warm summer afternoon he decided to take his car to town. It needed gas, as the gauge was practically on empty, but he wanted ice cream, so he headed first to his favorite ice cream shop.
He had trouble finding a parking space and had to park the car down a side street.
He noticed a group of young guys standing around smoking cigarettes and eyeing the car rather covetously. He was a bit uneasy leaving it there, but people often take interest in such an old and well-preserved car, so he went off to enjoy his ice cream.
The line at the ice cream shop was long and it took him quite a while to return to his car. When he did, his worst fears were realized… his car was gone.
He called the police and reported the theft.
About ten minutes later the police called him to say they had found the car abandoned near a gas station a few miles out of town.
It was unharmed and he was relieved. It seems just before he called, the police had received a call from a young woman who was an employee at a self-service gas station. She told them that three young men had driven in with this beautiful old convertible. One of them came to the window and prepaid for 20 dollars worth of gas.
Then all three of them walked around the car. Then they all got in the car and drove off, without filling the tank.
The question is, why would anybody steal a car, pay for gas that they never pumped and then abandon the car later and walk away?
Camping out in 1918. (even brought along a slop pail)
This couple pose in an early version of American Gothic, with a groundhog killed on their Manchester farm. It’s dinner!
Note: Photo taken circa 1914, from a family photo album.
Standing over one of her many trophy mule deer, subsistence-and-sport huntress “Gusty” Wallihan appears every inch the frontier matron with her dressy bonnet, prairie-pattern cartridge belt, floral-em broidered gauntlets, hunting knife, and Remington-Hepburn rifle. 1895
At least this one won’t be quite as dangerous as the old single wheeled models. Look in the trailer over the back wheel. They have their baby in there!
This was the approved way to change the street lamps in 1910. Cool!
A single Paddy Wagon. Never knew they had such a vehicle! This is way cool.
Here is an early motorhome, built in 1926.
This is a travel tent accessory built in 1910.
These are vintage treadmills in the 1920’s.
This is a 1920’s refrigerator. Only the elite could afford such a thing, and most still had the old ice boxes.This is a 1920’s refrigerator. Only the elite could afford such a thing, and most still had the old ice boxes.
A hair dryer in the 1920 Salon. What a contraption!
Chester E. Macduffee next to his newly patented, 250 kilo diving suit, 1911
A postcard from the 1800’s advertising a knife throwing act with the traveling circus.
A Strongwoman balances a piano and the pianist on her chest. 1920
London, in the 1920’s, this was a telephone engineer. What a job!
This is the first I’d heard of this. Additionally we also took other defensive steps to protect our war production capability from both Japanese and German attack. For instance in the Greater Buffalo, New York area there were several steel making facilities, iron foundries & chemical plants. All of these were critical to the war effort and all of them had many antiaircraft batteries manned by US Army troops around the clock.On the east & west coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico we had antisubmarine nets, manned barrage balloons & coastal artillery batteries & spotters. We also deployed Coast Guard & Naval assets in the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes to protect war related commence of raw materials to the steel and iron making industries.
Hidden in Plain View
During WW II Lockheed (unbelievable 1940s pictures). This is a version of special effects during the 1940’s. I have never seen these pictures or knew that we had gone this far to protect ourselves. During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a possible Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.
Before….
After.. The person that provided these pictures said she got an interesting story about someone’s mother who worked at Lockheed, and she as a younger child, remembers all this. She says that to this day, these are the first pictures of it she’s seen. Another person who lived in the area talked about as being a boy, watching it all be set up like a movie studio production. They had fake houses, trees, etc. and moved parked cars around so it looked like a residential area from the skies overhead. I lived in North Long Beach during World War II, I was 13 years old. (1940) The Long Beach airport was near Lakewood , CA . There was a large Boeing Plant there. If you would drive down Carson St. going south you could drive under the camouflage netting. Ed Pollard
I am 85 and had much of my pilot training in Calif. I have been under this net and have seen it from the air. During preflight training I rode a bus under the net and was very surprised as I didn’t know it was there. It was strong enough to walk on and they hired people to ride bicycles and move around as if they lived there to make it look authentic. Warren Holmgreen Jr Hiding the Lockheed Plant during World War II – wow this is amazing!
When a quarter was a decent allowance, You’d reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
Your Mom wore nylons that came in 2 pieces.
You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time. And you didn’t pay for air. And, you got trading stamps to boot,
Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box,
It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents,
They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed…and they did it!
When a 57 Chevy was everyone’s dream car…to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady.
No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked,
Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, ‘That cloud looks like a…’
Playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game,
Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger,
And with all our progress, don’t you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savour the slower pace, and share it with the children of today,
When being sent to the principal’s office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home,
Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn’t because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.
…as well as summers filled with bike rides, Hula Hoops, and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
Didn’t that feel good, just to go back and say,
‘Yeah, I remember that’
I am sharing this with you today because it ended with a Double Dog Dare to pass it on. To remember what a Double Dog Dare is, read on. And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care.
Share this on with someone who can still remember Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, the Lone Ranger, The Shadow knows, Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale,Trigger and Buttermilk.
How Many Of These Do You Remember? Candy cigarettes
Wax Coke-shaped bottles with coloured sugar water inside.
Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles. Coffee shops with Table Side Jukeboxes. Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum.
Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers.
Newsreels before the movie.
Telephone numbers with a word prefix…( Yukon 2-601). Party lines.
Peashooters.
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Hi-Fi’s & 45 RPM records.
78 RPM records!
Green Stamps.
Mimeograph paper. The Fort Apache Play Set. Do You Remember a Time When:
Decisions were made by going ‘eeny-meeny-miney-moe,’ Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, ‘Do Over!’
‘Race issue’ meant arguing about who ran the fastest,
Catching The Fireflies Could Happily Occupy An Entire Evening,
It wasn’t odd to have two or three ‘Best Friends,’
Having a Weapon in School meant being caught with a Slingshot, Saturday morning cartoons weren’t 30-minute commercials for action figures,
‘Oly-oly-oxen-free’ made perfect sense , Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles,
The Worst Embarrassment was being picked last for a team, War was a card game,
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle, Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin,
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon,
If you can remember most or all of these, Then You Have Lived!!! come again and see some more
Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging 7 cents just to mail a letter?
If they raise the minimum wageto $1.00, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.
When I first started driving, whowould have thought gas wouldsomeday
cost 25 cents a gallon? Guess we’d be better off leavingthe car in the garage.
Did you see where some baseballplayer just signed a contract for$50,000
a year just to play ball?It wouldn’t surprise me if somedaythey’ll
be making more than the President.
I never thought I’d see the dayall our kitchen appliances would be electric. They’re even making electric typewriters now.
It’s too bad things are so toughnowadays.
I see where a few married women are having towork to make ends meet.
It won’t be long before youngcouples are going to have to hiresomeone to watch their kids sothey can both work.
I’m afraid the Volkswagen caris going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.
Thank goodness I won’t live to see the day when the Governmenttakes half our income in taxes. Isometimes wonder if we are electing the best people togovernment.
The fast food restaurant isconvenient for a quick meal, but I seriously doubt theywill ever catch on.
There is no sense going on short trips any more for a weekend. Itcosts nearly $2.00 a night to stayin a hotel.
No one can afford to be sick anymore. At $15.00 a day inthe hospital, it’s too rich formy blood.
If they think I’ll pay 30 centsfor a haircut, forget it.
Know any friendswho would get akick out of these,pass this on!Be sure and send it to your kids and grand kids, too!
This song was written by Mike Reid, All American tackle at Penn State ’69, drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals. Played five years, two years All Pro and left in his prime to move to Nashville to write music. He wrote or co-wrote 12 number one country hits in the ’80s and ’90s. Not your typical pro football player.
The Merchant Marines died at a higher rate than any military branch yet they did not receive service benefits. Most were not even allowed to carry arms or defensive equipment yet they traveled in harms way.
The first German serviceman killed in the war was killed by the Japanese.
Over 100,000 Allied bomber crewmen were killed over Europe.
More U.S. servicemen died in the Air Corps than the Marine Corps.
Polish Catholic midwife Stanisawa Leszczyñska delivered 3,000 babies at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland.
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In World War II, British soldiers got a ration of three sheets of toilet paper a day. Americans got 22.
In 1941, more than three million cars were manufactured in the United States. Only 139 more were made during the entire war.
Four of every five German soldiers killed in the war died on the Eastern Front.
Only 20 percent of the males born in the Soviet Union in 1923 survived the war.
In World War II, the youngest serviceman in the United States military was Calvin Graham – age 12. Graham lied about his age when he enlisted in the US Navy. His real age was not discovered until after he was wounded. (Unbelievable)
Only one out of every four men serving on U-boats survived.
The Siege of Stalingrad resulted in more Russian deaths (military and civilian) than the United States and Britain sustained (combined) in all of World War II.
To avoid using the German sounding name ‘hamburger’ during World War II, Americans used the name ‘Liberty Steak.’
Adolf Hitler’s nephew, William Hitler, served in the US Navy during World War II!!!
Adolph Hitler and Henry Ford each kept a framed picture of the other on his desk.
During World War II, the largest Japanese spy ring was actually located in Mexico.
The mortality rate for POWs in Russian camps was 85 percent.
Had it been necessary for a third atom bomb, the city targeted would have been Tokyo.
HAn Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer, who fought in World War II, iroo Onoda never surrendered in 1945. Until 1974, for almost 30 years, he held his position in the Philippines. His former commander traveled from Japan to personally issue orders relieving him from duty in 1974.
Total casualties for World War II totaled between 50 – 70 million people, 80 percent of which came from only four countries – Russia, China, Germany and Poland. Over 50 percent of the casualties were civilians, with the majority of those being women and children.
Veterans are people who, at one point in their life, wrote a blankcheck payable to the United States of America, for an amount up to and including their life.
The “Benson Ford” originally transported iron and coal for the Ford Motor Company! The ship was decommissioned in 1981 after nearly 50 years of service.
After being decommissioned it was left to rust for four years before the front part of the ship was removed and perched on top of the 18-foot cliff above Lake Erie, to serve as a vacation home.
Looking across the bow, it seems that the boat is actually steaming – full speed ahead! The ship still contains the beautiful wood-paneled state rooms, dining room and lounge designed by Henry Ford.
The boat was used by Henry Ford to travel across the Great Lakes. Thomas Edison was a frequent guest on this beautiful ship. The present four-deck ship-house is 7,000 sq. ft. and includes walnut-paneled staterooms, a dining room with galley, and passenger lounge designed by Henry Ford for his personal use while on board.
The ship-house was originally owned by Frank J. Sullivan, but after failing to turn it into a hotel in 1992, Sullivan auctioned the building to father and son Jerry and Bryan Kaspar, who still enjoy relaxing there while taking time off from work. It has been modernized with a garage, a game room, a bar, a state-of-the-art kitchen, and four bathrooms. The 90-year-old cargo ship is beautiful, as she sits overlooking her former waterways.
Visitors must be okay with heights if they take a tour onto the bow of the boat and see the water so far below. This ship-home has maintained the historic and beautiful interior, which is updated with modern amenities.
Bryan Kaspar says: “Everyone who sees our home from the outside, wants to look inside. I think everyone who sees it is amazed at the gorgeous woodwork throughout our beautiful ship-home.”
This impressive getaway includes five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a captain’s office and living room with panoramic views across Lake Erie. ‘I love the deck on the fourth floor. It’s a great place to enjoy a cocktail overlooking the lake and the nearby cliffs, and to watch the sunsets is amazing from there.’
Videographer Nick James, who conducts tours of the home, says, ‘The most incredible part is standing at the helm with the way the boat hangs over the cliff. It actually feels like you’re on the open water.’ I love the history that remains all around the Benson Ford.
In the parlor, you can imagine Thomas Edison and Henry Ford sitting there puffing on their cigars.’ When you’re there, it feels like you’re stepping back in time, and that those two famed gentlemen could appear at any moment.’ An incredible beauty of a long-ago ship, still available for water lovers to see.
The “Benson Ford” originally transported iron and coal for the Ford Motor Company! The ship was decommissioned in 1981 after nearly 50 years of service.
After being decommissioned it was left to rust for four years before the front
part of the ship was removed and perched on top of the 18-foot cliff above Lake Erie, to serve as a vacation home.
Looking across the bow, it seems that the boat is actually steaming – full
speed ahead!
The ship still contains the beautiful wood-paneled state rooms, dining room and lounge designed by Henry Ford.
The boat was used by Henry Ford to travel across the Great Lakes.
Thomas Edison was a frequent guest on this beautiful ship.
The present four-deck ship-house is 7,000 sq. ft. and includes walnut-paneled
staterooms, a dining room with galley, and passenger lounge designed by Henry Ford for his personal use while on board. The ship-house was originally owned by Frank J. Sullivan, but after failing to turn it into a hotel in 1992, Sullivan auctioned the building to father and son Jerry and Bryan Kaspar, who still enjoy relaxing there while taking time off from work. It has been modernized with a garage, a game room, a bar, a state-of-the-art kitchen, and four bathrooms. The 90-year-old cargo ship is beautiful, as she sits overlooking her former waterways.
Visitors must be okay with heights if they take a tour onto the bow of the boat and see the water so far below.
This ship-home has maintained the historic and beautiful interior, which is
updated with modern amenities.
Bryan Kaspar says: “Everyone who sees our home from the outside, wants to look inside.
I think everyone who sees it is amazed at the gorgeous woodwork throughout our beautiful ship-home.”
This impressive getaway includes five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a captain’s office and living room with panoramic views across Lake Erie.
‘I love the deck on the fourth floor. It’s a great place to enjoy a cocktail overlooking the lake and the nearby cliffs, and to watch the sunsets is amazing from there.’
Videographer Nick James, who conducts tours of the home, says, ‘The most incredible part is standing at the helm with the way the boat hangs over the cliff. It actually feels like you’re on the open water.’
I love the history that remains all around the Benson Ford. In the parlor, you can imagine Thomas Edison and Henry Ford sitting there puffing on their cigars.’
When you’re there, it feels like you’re stepping back in time, and that those two famed gentlemen could appear at any moment.’
An incredible beauty of a long-ago ship, still available for water lovers to see.
Phone from Car (1959) Hot dog stand 1947 Breaking all the rules 1950’s Popular hair styles from the 50s Segregated seating at the Orange Bowl, 1955 The Jackie Look 1961 Applicants to Paramount Motion Picture School , 1940 For city kids the street was your playground 1948 Los Angeles , street car chaos Irish Schoolboys get their Dose of Castor Oil TravelingFirst Class 1948 Promnight, 1957 Nice sales pitch 1953 Crowd at a high school football game, 1944 (Notice that there are NO young men in crowd. WWII was going on) Buying a car in 1950 The Classic Lunch Counter 1960’s A new suburban housing development opens, Bellflower California 1953 NYC streetnear Central Park 1900 MobileSchool . . . classroom on a rail car – Ontario Canada 1932 Picking up the U.S. Mail, early 1900s Doing Homework 1946 DaytonaBeachin the 1950s . . .
A 10 x 15-foot wooden shed where the “Harley-Davidson Motor Company” started out in 1903.
Testing football helmets in 1912
A bar in New York City, the night before prohibition began,1920
Mount Rushmore Before Carving, 1920s
Traffic jam in New York, 1923
A quiet little job at a crocodile farm in St. Augustine, FL 1926
World economic crisis, 1929
Central Park in 1930
Last 4 couples standing at a Chicago dance marathon, 1930
Meeting of the Mickey Mouse Club, early 1930s
Confederate and Union soldiers shake hands across the wall at the 1938 reunion for the Veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg
When they realized women were using their sacks to make clothes for their children, flour mills of the 30s started using flowered fabric for their sacks, 1939
NY, Coney Island, 1940
The thirty-six men needed to fly and service a B-17E in 1942
Three young women wash their clothes in Central Park during a water shortage. New York, 1949
19 year-old Shigeki Tanaka was a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima and went on to win the 1951 Boston Marathon. The crowd was silent as he crossed the finish line.
Florida’s last Civil War veteran, Bill Lundy, poses with a jet fighter, 1955
NASA scientists with their board of calculations, 1960s
NASA scientists with their board of calculations, 1960s
Muhammad Ali’s fists after the fight with Cooper, 1963
New York firemen play a game after a fire in a billiard parlor, 1969 An abandoned baby sleeps peacefully in a drawer at the Los Angeles Police Station, 1971
Boy hiding in a TV set, Boston, 1972 by Arthur Tress
Robert De Niro’s cab driver license. In order to get into character for the film Taxi Driver, he obtained his own hack license and would pick-up/drive customers around in New York City.
Nancy Reagan sits on the lap of Mr. T, dressed as Santa, 1983
Ronald Reagan wearing sweatpants on Air Force One, 1985
Pics from the Past – It is amazing the difference in 70 years.
ORIGINAL PHOTOS IN 1944 AND THE EXACT SAME LOCATION TODAY
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June 1944: Boats full of US troops wait to leave Weymouth to take part in Operation Overlord. 5 April 2014: A view of the harbour of the English town today. This location was used as a launching place for Allied troops participating in the invasion of Nazi-occupied France on D-day. Photographs by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty and Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
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May 1944: Ammunition stored in the town square of Moreton-in-Marsh shortly before D-day. 12 May 2014: A view of the high street in the English town today. Photographs by Frank Scherschel/Time & Life/Getty and Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
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June 1944: American craft of all styles pictured at Omaha Beach, Normandy, during the first stages of the Allied invasion. 7 May 2014: A view of the beach near Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Photographs by Popperfoto/Getty and Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
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6 June 1944: Royal Marine Commandos of Headquarters, 4th Special Service Brigade, make their way from LCI(S) (Landing Craft Infantry Small) onto ‘Nan Red’ Beach at Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer. 6 May 2014: A view of the sea in the Juno beach area today. Photographs by Lt Handford/IWM/Getty and Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
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6 June 1944: Troops of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division land at Juno Beach on the outskirts of Bernières-sur-Mer on D-day. 5 May 2014: A view of the seafront and beach in Normandy today. 340 Canadian soldiers lost their lives in the battle for the beachhead. Photographs by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty and Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
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1944: A French armoured column passing through Sainte-Mère-Église receives a warm welcome from its inhabitants. 7 May 2014: A view of the high street today. Photographs by Popperfoto/Getty and Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
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12 June 1944: A group of American soldiers stand in the village of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, which was liberated by paratroopers of the 501st and 506th Regiments of the 101st Airborne Division. 7 May 2014: A view of the old village fountain today. Photographs by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty and Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
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6 June 1944: A Canadian soldier directs traffic in Bernières-sur-Mer. 14,000 Canadian soldiers had landed at nearby Juno Beach. 5 May 2014: A view of Notre-Dame Nativity church today. Photographs by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty and Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
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July 1944: United States Army trucks and jeeps drive through the ruins of Saint-Lo. 7 May 2014: A view of the roadway in the town today. Saint-Lo was almost totally destroyed by 2,000 Allied bombers when they attacked German troops stationed there during Operation Overlord. Photographs by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty and Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
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6 June 1944: A Canadian soldier stands at the head of a group of German prisoners of war, including two officers, on Juno Beach, Normandy. 8 May 2014: A view of the beach in Bernières-sur-Mer in Normandy today. Photographs by Ken Bell/ National Archives of Canada/Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty and Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
Some of us have reached our golden years, and some of us have not. But these suggestions should be read by everyone. They have been collected from many a senior, each with his or her own piece of advice. Some you know, some may surprise you, and some will remind you of what’s important. So read well, share with your loved ones, and have a great day and a great life!
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1. It’s time to use the money you saved up. Use it and enjoy it. Don’t just keep it for those who may have no notion of the sacrifices you made to get it. Remember there is nothing more dangerous than a son or daughter-in-law with big ideas for your hard earned capital. Warning: This is also a bad time for an investment, even if it seems wonderful or fool-proof. They only bring problems and worries and this is a time for you to enjoy some peace and quiet.
2. Stop worrying about the financial situation of your children and grandchildren, and don’t feel bad spending your money on yourself. You’ve taken care of them for many years, and you’ve taught them what you could. You gave them an education, food, shelter and support. The responsibility is now theirs to earn their own money.
3. Keep a healthy life, without great physical effort. Do moderate exercise (like walking every day), eat well and get your sleep. It’s easy to become sick, and it gets harder to remain healthy. That is why you need to keep yourself in good shape and be aware of your medical and physical needs. Keep in touch with your doctor, get tested even when you’re feeling well. Stay informed.
4. Always buy the best, most beautiful items for your significant other. The key goal is to enjoy your money with your partner. One day one of you will miss the other, and the money will not provide any comfort then, enjoy it together.
5. Don’t stress over the little things. You’ve already overcome so much in your life. You have good memories and bad ones, but the important thing is the present. Don’t let the past drag you down and don’t let the future frighten you. Feel good in the now. Small issues will soon be forgotten.
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6. Regardless of age, always keep love alive. Love your partner, love life, love your family, love your neighbor and remember: “A man is not old as long as he has intelligence and affection.”
7. Be proud, both inside and out. Don’t stop going to your hair salon or barber, do your nails, go to the dermatologist and the dentist, keep your perfumes and creams well stocked. When you are well-maintained on the outside, it seeps in, making you feel proud and strong.
8. Don’t lose sight of fashion trends for your age, but keep your own sense of style. There’s nothing worse than an older person trying to wear the current fashion among youngsters. You’ve developed your own sense of what looks good on you – keep it and be proud of it. It’s part of who you are.
9. ALWAYS stay up-to-date. Read newspapers, watch the news. Go online and read what people are saying. Make sure you have an active email account and try to use some of those social networks. You’ll be surprised which old friends you’ll meet. Keeping in touch with what is going on and with the people you know is important at any age.
10. Respect the younger generation and their opinions. They may not have the same ideals as you, but they are the future, and will take the world in their direction. Give advice, not criticism, and try to remind them of yesterday’s wisdom that still applies today.
11. Never use the phrase: “In my time”. Your time is now. As long as you’re alive, you are part of this time. You may have been younger, but you are still you now, having fun and enjoying life.
12. Some people embrace their golden years, while others become bitter and surly. Life is too short to waste your days on the latter. Spend your time with positive, cheerful people, it’ll rub off on you and your days will seem that much better. Spending your time with bitter people will make you older and harder to be around.
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13. Do not surrender to the temptation of living with your children or grandchildren (if you have a financial choice, that is). Sure, being surrounded by family sounds great, but we all need our privacy. They need theirs and you need yours. If you’ve lost your partner (our deepest condolences), then find a person to move in with you and help out. Even then, do so only if you feel you really need the help or do not want to live alone.
14. Don’t abandon your hobbies. If you don’t have any, make new ones. You can travel, hike, cook, read, dance. You can adopt a cat or a dog, grow a garden, play cards, checkers, chess, dominoes, golf. You can paint, volunteer at an NGO or just collect certain items. Find something you like and spend some real time having fun with it.
15. Even if you don’t feel like it, try to accept invitations. Baptisms, graduations, birthdays, weddings, conferences. Try to go. Get out of the house, meet people you haven’t seen in a while, experience something new (or something old). But don’t get upset when you’re not invited. Some events are limited by resources, and not everyone can be hosted. The important thing is to leave the house from time to time. Go to museums, go walk through a field. Get out there.
16. Be a conversationalist. Talk less and listen more. Some people go on and on about the past, not caring if their listeners are really interested. That’s a great way of reducing their desire to speak with you. Listen first and answer questions, but don’t go off into long stories unless asked to. Speak in courteous tones and try not to complain or criticize too much unless you really need to. Try to accept situations as they are. Everyone is going through the same things, and people have a low tolerance for hearing complaints. Always find some good things to say as well.
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17. Pain and discomfort go hand in hand with getting older. Try not to dwell on them but accept them as a part of the cycle of life we’re all going through. Try to minimize them in your mind. They are not who you are, they are something that life added to you. If they become your entire focus, you lose sight of the person you used to be.
18. If you’ve been offended by someone – forgive them. If you’ve offended someone – apologize. Don’t drag around resentment with you. It only serves to make you sad and bitter. It doesn’t matter who was right. Someone once said: “Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die.” Don’t take that poison. Forgive, forget and move on with your life.
19. If you have a strong belief, savor it. But don’t waste your time trying to convince others. They will make their own choices no matter what you tell them, and it will only bring you frustration. Live your faith and set an example. Live true to your beliefs and let that memory sway them.
20. Laugh. Laugh A LOT. Laugh at everything. Remember, you are one of the lucky ones. You managed to have a life, a long one. Many never get to this age, never get to experience a full life. But you did. So what’s not to laugh about? Find the humor in your situation.
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21. Take no notice of what others say about you and even less notice of what they might be thinking. They’ll do it anyway, and you should have pride in yourself and what you’ve achieved. Let them talk and don’t worry. They have no idea about your history, your memories and the life you’ve lived so far. There’s still much to be written, so get busy writing and don’t waste time thinking about what others might think. Now is the time to be at rest, at peace and as happy as you can be!
AND REMEMBER: “Life is too short to drink bad wine.“
During Our Golden Years
Some of us have reached our golden years, and some of us have not. But these suggestions should be read by everyone. They have been collected from many a senior, each with his or her own piece of advice. Some you know, some may surprise you, and some will remind you of what’s important. So read well, share with your loved ones, and have a great day and a great life!
Like
1. It’s time to use the money you saved up. Use it and enjoy it. Don’t just keep it for those who may have no notion of the sacrifices you made to get it. Remember there is nothing more dangerous than a son or daughter-in-law with big ideas for your hard earned capital. Warning: This is also a bad time for an investment, even if it seems wonderful or fool-proof. They only bring problems and worries and this is a time for you to enjoy some peace and quiet.
2. Stop worrying about the financial situation of your children and grandchildren, and don’t feel bad spending your money on yourself. You’ve taken care of them for many years, and you’ve taught them what you could. You gave them an education, food, shelter and support. The responsibility is now theirs to earn their own money.
3. Keep a healthy life, without great physical effort. Do moderate exercise (like walking every day), eat well and get your sleep. It’s easy to become sick, and it gets harder to remain healthy. That is why you need to keep yourself in good shape and be aware of your medical and physical needs. Keep in touch with your doctor, get tested even when you’re feeling well. Stay informed.
4. Always buy the best, most beautiful items for your significant other. The key goal is to enjoy your money with your partner. One day one of you will miss the other, and the money will not provide any comfort then, enjoy it together.
5. Don’t stress over the little things. You’ve already overcome so much in your life. You have good memories and bad ones, but the important thing is the present. Don’t let the past drag you down and don’t let the future frighten you. Feel good in the now. Small issues will soon be forgotten.
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6. Regardless of age, always keep love alive. Love your partner, love life, love your family, love your neighbor and remember: “A man is not old as long as he has intelligence and affection.”
7. Be proud, both inside and out. Don’t stop going to your hair salon or barber, do your nails, go to the dermatologist and the dentist, keep your perfumes and creams well stocked. When you are well-maintained on the outside, it seeps in, making you feel proud and strong.
8. Don’t lose sight of fashion trends for your age, but keep your own sense of style. There’s nothing worse than an older person trying to wear the current fashion among youngsters. You’ve developed your own sense of what looks good on you – keep it and be proud of it. It’s part of who you are.
9. ALWAYS stay up-to-date. Read newspapers, watch the news. Go online and read what people are saying. Make sure you have an active email account and try to use some of those social networks. You’ll be surprised which old friends you’ll meet. Keeping in touch with what is going on and with the people you know is important at any age.
10. Respect the younger generation and their opinions. They may not have the same ideals as you, but they are the future, and will take the world in their direction. Give advice, not criticism, and try to remind them of yesterday’s wisdom that still applies today.
11. Never use the phrase: “In my time”. Your time is now. As long as you’re alive, you are part of this time. You may have been younger, but you are still you now, having fun and enjoying life.
12. Some people embrace their golden years, while others become bitter and surly. Life is too short to waste your days on the latter. Spend your time with positive, cheerful people, it’ll rub off on you and your days will seem that much better. Spending your time with bitter people will make you older and harder to be around.
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13. Do not surrender to the temptation of living with your children or grandchildren (if you have a financial choice, that is). Sure, being surrounded by family sounds great, but we all need our privacy. They need theirs and you need yours. If you’ve lost your partner (our deepest condolences), then find a person to move in with you and help out. Even then, do so only if you feel you really need the help or do not want to live alone.
14. Don’t abandon your hobbies. If you don’t have any, make new ones. You can travel, hike, cook, read, dance. You can adopt a cat or a dog, grow a garden, play cards, checkers, chess, dominoes, golf. You can paint, volunteer at an NGO or just collect certain items. Find something you like and spend some real time having fun with it.
15. Even if you don’t feel like it, try to accept invitations. Baptisms, graduations, birthdays, weddings, conferences. Try to go. Get out of the house, meet people you haven’t seen in a while, experience something new (or something old). But don’t get upset when you’re not invited. Some events are limited by resources, and not everyone can be hosted. The important thing is to leave the house from time to time. Go to museums, go walk through a field. Get out there.
16. Be a conversationalist. Talk less and listen more. Some people go on and on about the past, not caring if their listeners are really interested. That’s a great way of reducing their desire to speak with you. Listen first and answer questions, but don’t go off into long stories unless asked to. Speak in courteous tones and try not to complain or criticize too much unless you really need to. Try to accept situations as they are. Everyone is going through the same things, and people have a low tolerance for hearing complaints. Always find some good things to say as well.
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17. Pain and discomfort go hand in hand with getting older. Try not to dwell on them but accept them as a part of the cycle of life we’re all going through. Try to minimize them in your mind. They are not who you are, they are something that life added to you. If they become your entire focus, you lose sight of the person you used to be.
18. If you’ve been offended by someone – forgive them. If you’ve offended someone – apologize. Don’t drag around resentment with you. It only serves to make you sad and bitter. It doesn’t matter who was right. Someone once said: “Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die.” Don’t take that poison. Forgive, forget and move on with your life.
19. If you have a strong belief, savor it. But don’t waste your time trying to convince others. They will make their own choices no matter what you tell them, and it will only bring you frustration. Live your faith and set an example. Live true to your beliefs and let that memory sway them.
20. Laugh. Laugh A LOT. Laugh at everything. Remember, you are one of the lucky ones. You managed to have a life, a long one. Many never get to this age, never get to experience a full life. But you did. So what’s not to laugh about? Find the humor in your situation.
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21. Take no notice of what others say about you and even less notice of what they might be thinking. They’ll do it anyway, and you should have pride in yourself and what you’ve achieved. Let them talk and don’t worry. They have no idea about your history, your memories and the life you’ve lived so far. There’s still much to be written, so get busy writing and don’t waste time thinking about what others might think. Now is the time to be at rest, at peace and as happy as you can be!
AND REMEMBER: “Life is too short to drink bad wine.“
Will Rogers, who died in a 1935plane crash in Alaska with bush pilot Wiley Post, was one of the greatest political country/cowboy sages this country has ever known. Some of his sayings:
1. Never slap a man who’s chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3. There are two theories to arguing with a woman, … Neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.
8. There are three kinds of men:
The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.
9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
10. If you’re riding’ ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there.
11. Lettin’ the cat outta’ the bag is a whole lot easier’n puttin’ it back.
12. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you’re full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
ABOUT GROWING OLDER…
First ~Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
Second ~ The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
Third ~ Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me; I want people to know ‘why’ I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren’t paved.
Fourth ~ When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
Fifth ~ You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
Sixth ~ I don’t know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.
Seventh ~ One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it’s such a nice change from being young.
Eighth ~ One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Ninth ~ Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable and relaxed.
Tenth ~ Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it’s called golf.
And, finally ~ If you don’t learn to laugh at trouble, you won’t have anything to laugh at when you’re old.
Today’s cars may be faster, safer, more luxurious and get better gas mileage –
BUT THEY DON’T EVEN COME CLOSE ON LOOKS ! When Detroit Was In It’s Full Glory 1956 Ford Thunderbird 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible 1960 Plymouth Fury 1959 Chevrolet Impala 2Dr hardtop 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria 1958 Cadillac Series 62 Sedan 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V Four Door Landau 1957 Buick Roadmaster 2 Door Hardtop 1957 Lincoln Premiere four-door Landau 1959 Buick 2 Door Convertible 1959 Edsel Citation Ford lost $350 million ($1.55 billion in 2009 dollars) on the Edsel venture. 1958 De Soto 1959 Mercury Colony Park Country Cruiser 1958 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special 1958 Dodge Custom Sierra 1949 Oldsmobile 88 1959 Ford Thunderbird Convertible 1949 Kaiser Virginian 1960 Imperial Crown Convertible 1953 Studebaker Commander 1949 Pontiac Four Door 1960 Chevrolet Impala Four Door Hardtop 1959 Mercury Four Door Hardtop 1955 Oldsmobile Super 88 Two-Door Sedan 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser 1954 Mercury Sun Valley 1960 Chrysler Valiant 1960 De Soto Fireflite 1960 Chevrolet Corvair 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz 1960 Mercury Colony Park Country Cruiser 1956 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe de Ville 1957 Dodge Royal Lancer 1960 Dodge Dart Pioneer 1957 Lincoln Premiere 1960 Dodge Polara Matador 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible 1950 Studebaker Starlight What a trip down memory lane! Be sure to share with all your really old friends!
These were really professional photographers who took these pictures… Note how sharp and clear most of the photos are, and these are over a hundred years old. These were glass plate images and taken thru a pin hole type camera; and the opening was timed just right to get a dark enough exposure. Developing was another tedious task during which they had to be careful not to break the glass!
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, in 1917.
Atlantic City, 1910.
The main street of Memphis, north of Avenue Gayoso, 1910.
4 Station “Louisville-Nashville,” Florida, in 1910.
Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, Florida, in 1910.Love those cars.
The beach in Atlantic City, 1915.Note the men in coats and ties.
Grant Avenue after an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906. I didn’t realize there was so much destruction in that earthquake.
Carts for transporting dairy Thompson, Washington, 1927.How in the world did the dairy get those horses so evenly lined up.
Washington, DC, 1914.Not so thoughty having those horses run on a railroad tracks. (throughly? must have been a popular word back in the day)
Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan, 1916.
Ninth Street, Washington DC, 1915.
I wouldn’t want to walk across this street in a long dress.
Corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, 1910.
Broad Street north of Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 1905.
View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in 1909.
Fire at 55th Street, New York, 1915.
Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.
Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1907.
The New York Public Library, New York, 1915.Didn’t realize they had 4-laners in those days.
Wall Street, New York, 1911.The 2 sidewalks together are as wide as the street in this pic.
Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.Look at those top hats!
An abandoned baby sleeps peacefully in a drawer at the Los Angeles Police Station, 1971
