Only the “Oldies” will get & believe this one!

[John Schmidt]

EATING IN THE FIFTIES

Pasta had not been invented.  It was macaroni or spaghetti.
Curry was a surname.
A take-away was a mathematical problem.
Pizza? Sounds like a leaning tower somewhere.
Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.
All chips were plain.
 
Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever part of our dinner.
 
A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.
Brown bread was something only poor people ate.
Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking.
Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.
Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.
Chickens didn't have fingers in those days.
 
None of us had ever heard of yogurt.
Healthy food consisted of anything edible.
Cooking outside was called camping.
Seaweed was not a recognized food.
'Kebab' was not even a word, never mind a food.
Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold.
Prunes were medicinal.
 
Surprisingly muesli was readily available. It was called cattle feed.
Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a picture of areal one.
Water came out of the tap. If someone had suggested bottling it and charging more than gasoline for
it they would have become a laughing stock.
The one thing that we never ever had on/at our table in the fifties...was elbows or hats!

================================================================

As a side note, it still bugs me when I sit at a table and all or most of the guys still have their hats/caps on. Some are so ugly and dirty I wouldn't let a dog play with it. Some guys say it's to cover up their balding head. Get real....you don't think everyone alread knows you're losing your hair? Others use the cop out that it's an old habit. Yeah right, but you didn't develop it in boot camp....and it is a cop out. Show a little couth(and respect for others), take it off. My daughters got a good chuckle from it one time when their various sons complained that....heaven forbid.....gramps made them remove their caps at the dinner table. They told their moms that I asked if they were planning on playing baseball or eating dinner. If it were the latter, then you don't need the baseball caps. They all laugh about it now....and usally remove them. I know.....times change. Another cop out! 

[Patrick]

I'm glad you brought up the hat deal, because I was going too. I too don't like hats at any table, bar stool, etc.
I'm always reminded of the Soprano's episode of the guy wearing the hat in the restaurant.

[solo1]

Caps and hats on while eating piss me off but shouldn't.

Ny son-in-law wears a cap while eating at his house  but not mine.

It's like this food might not be good enough to eat so I might make a fast exit.

Reminds me of a joke that most wouldn't get these days.

An old gentleman gets on the elevator, sees two women, and immediately removes his hat.  He is forced into listening in on their conversation which is filled with one f*** after another.

He puts his hat back on.

[BF]

Perpetually offended people.   

Given all the problems in the world today, I find it hard to believe that people let themselves get so worked up and upset over a hat. 

It's headwear, not unlike any other article of clothing. 

Makes about as much sense to me as someone being so offended as to want to kill someone over a cartoon. 

[Fritz The Cat]

I remember my mom slapping me when I put my elbows on the table. 

[old2soon]

I live by myself and whether I eat at home or I go out to eat the cap comes off. It NEVER came up but I'm thinkin had I wore the hat/cap at the table growin up Mom or Dad or Mom and Dad would have slapped the taste right outa my mouth!   Whatever was served at the table growin up must have been good fer us-Mom and Dad insisted we eat it as it was all we had.   Nuther thing-left overs were served usually on Saturdays. Might only be a dab of this and a smidge of something else but before you knew it your plate was full. To this day I STILL love gravy bread.   Ya-that water buyin thing-me and the 2nd ex wife went round and round on that more than once. Now when it's hot out and my water has warmed up i'll go to wally wurld and buy a 20 oz W W brand for like .50 cents CAUSE it is COLD. We must of been poor cause I ate a LOT of brown bread and day old bread.   Good memory jog there John!   RIDE SAFE.

[solo1]

So BF, Since I wasn't brought up to have my hat on while eating then i'm one of THOSE that are perpetually offended. A giant leap indeed!

[Psychotic Bovine]

Perpetually offended people.   

Given all the problems in the world today, I find it hard to believe that people let themselves get so worked up and upset over a hat. 

It's headwear, not unlike any other article of clothing. 

Makes about as much sense to me as someone being so offended as to want to kill someone over a cartoon. 

So, I guess I would be considered perpetually offended for not wanting to hear the f-word every other word in casual conversation.  Or people clipping their nails in a restaurant.  Or feet up on the chair next to them at a restaurant.  Or farting or belching loudly in social situations.

Yes, there are a ton of problems in the world today, and a good part of them are direct descendants of bad manners.  Sure, wearing a hat at the dinner table isn't the same as burning someone alive, beheading people, or shooting up a newspaper office, but neither is jerking off in a movie theatre.  I don't want to see that again, either.

What separates us from the animals?  We use silverware and most of us still have manners.

[Patrick]

Yes, there are a ton of problems in the world today, and a good part of them are direct descendants of bad manners.
end quote




Agreed.

[BF]

So BF, Since I wasn't brought up to have my hat on while eating then i'm one of THOSE that are perpetually offended. A giant leap indeed!

If you see the wearing of a hat as some huge transgression ftom some outdated and mundane custom to the point of being offended, then yes, you are one of those people. 

If I'm in your house, it's a different matter all together.  Your  house your rules.

If I'm out in public and my hat somehow sends you into a tizzy, then yes, you are one of those people.

[big d]

By you obviously don't get it. It is simple, not wearing a hat inside or at the dinner table is a sign of respect. Nothing else. It is the who cares mentality you spew in your statements is exactly why this country is headed in the direction it is currently headed. And no I don't get my panties in a wad if someone does wear a hat. But in my eyes it speaks volumes about that persons parents and their upbringing. A complete lack of respect. That means the next generation will lose a little more respect for proper etiquette.

[John Schmidt]

As stated, it's a matter of respect and general good manners. Nothing more. My four daughters, ages ranging from the late 40's to late 50's, required it from their kids. They also required that you clean up before sitting at the dinner table. It's respect not only for the person whose home you're in, but for the rest of the members at the table. As for getting my panties in a wad over a hat/cap worn at the table.....seriously? Give me a break, I'm getting too old for such nonsense but not too old to show good manners. It's a foolish remark and methinks those that protest the loudest are the ones with the butt floss. Contrary to your misplaced comment, good manners are not mundane NOR are they similar to any other item of clothing. It's an optional item, unlike your pants or shirt, thank goodness.

Good manners in general are lacking to the extreme in our society, all you have to do is look around. Just a couple days ago we were in a local super market, me with the grocery cart, my wife with her walker. Some young dude came through pushing his cart like he was in a race, slammed into her walker and shoved it aside with his hand, then started on down the aisle. I grabbed him by his collar and darn near yanked him off his feet, then told him he had 10 seconds to apologize. He looked me square in the eye, said F*** You and started walking away. This time he did come off his feet as I quietly explained to him the error of his ways, then gave him a choice: He could get up as soon as he apologized, or stay put while I called the store manager. He apologized, got up and left the store without finishing his shopping. To begin with, since neither of us saw him coming all he had to do was say excuse me and she would have given him room to pass. Good manners and consideration for others are the most inexpensive commodity going, and so few observe it.

[Lyn-Del]

Reminds me of a joke that most wouldn't get these days.

An old gentleman gets on the elevator, sees two women, and immediately removes his hat.  He is forced into listening in on their conversation which is filled with one f*** after another.

He puts his hat back on.

I remember sitting at a football game some years ago, being mightily offended by the foul language behind me.  I finally turned around and said "Watch your language, there are ladies present!"  Then I saw it was a woman that had been cussin'. 

Not a foul peep out of her the rest of the game.


I'm getting fairly well known for saying things like "gee, do you know any other adjectives?" after someone goes on about the F'ing guy with the F'ing ...... 

[art]

Brown bread and Boston baked beans YUMYUM. My hat, I usually don't have it on inside but sometimes don't like taking it off either. I'm so old I'll probably forget it and there's the hat hair. Damn grey hair sticks up and I look like Red Skelton as Clem Kadidlehopper.

[John Schmidt]

Brown bread and Boston baked beans YUMYUM. My hat, I usually don't have it on inside but sometimes don't like taking it off either. I'm so old I'll probably forget it and there's the hat hair. Damn grey hair sticks up and I look like Red Skelton as Clem Kadidlehopper.

Same here Art. Although I seldom ever wear a hat/cap, when I do it comes off if I'm staying in the house. And I know the feeling with the hair, coming up on 77 in a few weeks and it's not changing color anymore, just population it seems. Getting a bit thinner in back, but then....who likes fat hair. 

[Hef]

As for me, if you let me know my cap offends you I'll remove it for you. I see a cap as an article of clothing, not as determining factor of respect. Growing up, I was not allowed to wear a cap in my father's house. I was never told why, just that I couldn't wear it in the house. However, my grandpa once told me that I was right to be obedient to my dad as long as I was in his house, but at grandpa's house I could wear my cap if I wished. He said, "Son, respect is shown by how you treat people, not what you wear or don't wear."

[Windrider]

That's a great memory trip.  Thanks John!

One other thing.  We had to clear our plates before going outside to play 'cause their were starving kids in China.  Never understood how my being too full helped them.  It was really intended to teach appreciation for what we had.  But, of course, we were raised by the generation that suffered through the Great Depression.

[cookiedough]

I won't get into a pissin' match about if hats at tables are good or bad, life's too short for such arguments.  I do admit though I swear way too much in my daily life and need to downgrade it sometimes.  You wouldn't see my dad's generation hardly swear at all, it was just not a thing they did. 

My dad's generation lead different lives and values as my generation for sure and so will my kid's generation.  Times change, sometimes as parents and grandparents we do not change though and keep up with the times.  Which to me, is a good thing we do not since I really think, in my eyes anyways, that each successive generation is getting worse and worse in terms of values and what is right and wrong.  All we can do as parents/grandparents is try as best as we can for the next generation to learn some morales/values from us and pass them along to them.   

[old2soon]

After I got out of the U S Navy and got married and started raising my own family it dawned on me and still surprises me at times as to HOW smart Mom and Dad really were.  Course times do change-good upbringing don't. RIDE SAFE.

[Momz]

Talk about RESPECT and MANNERS. Last month my wife and I went to Confederation of Clubs fundraiser; there were M/C clubs of every type and description at this gathering. It was hosted by a large "outlaw" club, but everyone was welcome.

While waiting to enter the clubhouse we were warmly greeted at the door by members of the host club and we were both so surprised by the number of people that were in the clubhouse. Needless to say it was crowded and loud (live bands), but I have not heard as many "excuse me's", "pardon me's", or "please" as when I was a kid in church. Swearing was also forbidden as there were women at this gathering.

RESPECT and MANNERS still exsist in places that one may not expect, but we still need to practice those teachings in everyday life.

[BF]

By you obviously don't get it. It is simple, not wearing a hat inside or at the dinner table is a sign of respect. Nothing else. It is the who cares mentality you spew in your statements is exactly why this country is headed in the direction it is currently headed.

Obviously you didn't read the part where I said...."If I'm in your house, it's a different matter all together.  Your  house your rules."

I'm not talking about in your house.  

I have plenty of respect, I hold doors open for women, I say yes sir and no mam.  I respect your right to your views.  

Apparently, you have no respect for mine.  

I'm 61 years old.  I almost died on the operating table a few months ago.  I had to walk with a cane for months.  I could give a rat's ass what you think of me.  

If I want to wear a hat out in public or out to a casual restaurant (I'm Florida btw) then I'll wear my hat.  If that pisses you off somehow, then that's your damn problem, not mine.  

I don't think that my wearing of a hat is going to cause the downfall of morals in America.  The country has much bigger problems than a hat.  

And btw.....where exactly did I "spew" the "who cares" part.  I must've missed that.  

Pictures such as this must drive ya'll bat crap crazy (hats on, elbows on the table, America in decline oh my   ).......

[Jess Tolbirt]

to me a hat is an article of clothing, i wear my ball cap at the tables,,if you want the clothing removed why not remove all of it?  now if i wore hats like my grand daddy did i would remove it, but what really pisses me off is people that get pissed off about crap like this,,  

[solo1]

Sometimes I get pissed off by MY choice of words which results in someone else getting pissed off because I didn't take the time to use the right word..  I should've said that I see it as a loss of respect and I also understand that many today wouldn't understand that either. 

At 87 years old (since we brought age into it) I also don't really give a  rats arse what people think of me.  So if you want to get pissed off about what some of us said, go for it.

I have my opinion based on how I was brought up and I'll leave it at that.

[John Schmidt]

I have my opinion based on how I was brought up and I'll leave it at that.

Wayne, my feelings also. I couldn't believe all the lame-ass excuses and reasons posted, and then falling back on the equally lame comment of "getting your pants in a wad" over it. As I said earlier, judging by the protests, I'm not the one getting my britches in a wad. As for the pictures BF, they all know my take on it and we all have a good session of poking fun at each other. It doesn't come between friends and shouldn't on here either. I merely stated how I felt about such habits and a few chose to take that ball and run with it.....like Wrong Way Corrigan. 

[Hoser]

At my age I have to wear my hat all the time, it's the only way I can remember where it is.  Hoser