r/AskOldPeople

Death Metal, Progressive, Slam, etc.

For me, it’s a telephone table
The one picture below isn’t mine. It’s just a sample image found on Google.

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I've heard about old folk remedies for teething pain. Really old remedies are outright drugs like opium or morphine. But, I've also heard boomers and older mention things like giving kids sugar or alcohol soaked stuff to make them quiet.

I'm curious what were the go-tos for you when you were a kid?

My father had me at 27, after retirement he started traveling every month, visiting everywhere there is to see.

However straight out of university I wanted to do this before settling into a career. I am 37 now and considering kids but only because I feel like kids are the final boss of life.

I’ve heard of a fairly even split on this topic talking to millennial’s.
50% think everything should be even with their partner but lose time with kids and others think men should provide so they can bring up their children but do they end up with no pension in exchange?

Shops and restaurants used to all let you pay with cheques, right? Or at least most of them did? What could you, as the owner/manager, actually do about it, practically speaking, if the cheque bounced? How frequently did people try and pass off fraud cheques?

We just had a massive long haul trip with our toddlers and relied heavily on technology. Even with this reliance, we still had many moments of boredom, crying, meltdowns and general unease.

If you flew with your kid(s) when they were younger (1-4), how was it? How did you keep them busy?

I feel like I was born in a weird and overwhelming era where tech and culture are changing faster than ever, and I wish I'd been born earlier. To those 35+: when you were younger, did the world feel like it was changing just as quickly as it does now, or has the pace genuinely picked up?

For me it is my CD burner. I still have a six CD changer in my Xterra. I've never used any music streaming platforms till now. I know, I am an anachronism.

My mom, born 1953 in the Midwest US, has a story about when she was in elementary school learning about mercury, and the teacher brought some in for the class to play with. They rolled the mercury around on their hands while they passed it around. Curious if anyone had a similar school experience?

How many of you had hippie parents?

I am 33, and though I am not considering it, am curious on what it feels like to be a member? What's the process like? Are there young members (like younger than me)?

How many remember getting your polo vaccine orally on a sugar cube back in the late 50s early 60s

This year is the 250th anniversary of the USA’s independence. I was 16 in 1976, the 200th anniversary, and the bicentenial was a big deal! Red, white, and blue on everything. Patriotic merchandise. Parades. TV specials. Community events. Any thoughts on why it’s barely being mentioned?

I started my first big-girl office job recently. I was reflecting on my mother's stories of her experience in the workplace in the 80s-onwards and it (thankfully) sounded like another world.

How would you say that the workplace has changed, either for better or for worse?

My mom did up the living room in the 1980s with everything pastel pink and florals. It stayed that way until both my parents passed on.

My friend's house had a very BLUE formal living room, done up in the early 70s.

Idk where but i remember hearing somewhere that food tasted way better in the 80s before they starting loading our produce and mest with a shit ton of gmos and other chemicals. Is that true?

A lot of older movies make malls seem like THE place people spent entire weekends hanging out. Was it really like that?