The Council of Revered Elders of the Geezer Guild, (Over 50)

[I Ceymore Ratz]

Do we have an anniversary thread? My wife and I had or 40th Nov. 30th of this year. Has any one on been married to the same person longer then us?  

[Saiyana2]

I Ceymore Ratz

Do we have an anniversary thread? My wife and I had or 40th Nov. 30th of this year. Has any one on been married to the same person longer then us?

Nope we've only been married 34 years as of last August 27th. Congrats Ceymore  

[Lil Brat]

Congrats to you and your sweetie on 40 years of working to keep thing together! That's just awesome. heart  

[Lachesia]

Aww, congratulations, Ceymore! That's wonderful! heart  

[I Ceymore Ratz]

Lil Brat

Congrats to you and your sweetie on 40 years of working to keep thing together! That's just awesome. heart

Check on this young lady when you have a chance.


~Goddess of the Universe~ Wrote:
thanks for the info its much appreciated. i do not hold much conversations on here as i mainly only use the site to keep up with my daughter. my name is Jean
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10977793&page=1
well i try to do some art but i am not so literate on it so yes my daughter does most of it. the quest thred listed is for me and my daughter.  

[I Ceymore Ratz]

The kid found someone born in 1966 but doesn't remember wher he posted it. He put it on the second or third page of one of my links and now I have to play find and go seek. xp  

[Lil Brat]

Seems to be a lot of us parents on Gaia trying to keep up with the youngins. wink  

[I Ceymore Ratz]

Lil Brat

Seems to be a lot of us parents on Gaia trying to keep up with the youngins. wink

 

[redshiftnova]

I am 52, been married 32 years. I am delighted to find a place where the older gaians hang out.  

[Alleira]

Hi, everybody, I'm 54 and I've just joined the Geezers. It's good to find a hangout for Gaia's senior citizens - I feel like I belong in Gaia now, rather than worrying that I might get evicted if they found out how ancient I am!! I'm also very pleased that my years qualify me for The Council of Revered Elders of the Geezer Guild - a classy thread if ever I saw one! Look forward to talking to all of you. whee  

[Lil Brat]

Burma Shave

Just a little history lesson.

HOW I LOVED THOSE BURMA SHAVE SIGNS!!

Those Grand Old Burma Shave Road Signs

TRAINS DON'T WANDER
ALL OVER THE MAP
'CAUSE NOBODY SITS
IN THE ENGINEER'S LAP
Burma Shave

SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH
BY MISTAKE
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
HER HUSBAND JAKE
Burma Shave

Remember these?

For those who never saw any of the Burma Shave signs, here is a quick lesson in our history of the 1930s and '40s.

Before there were intestates, when everyone drove the old 2 lane roads, Burma Shave signs would be posted all over the countryside in farmers' fields. They were small red signs with white letters. Five signs, about 100 feet apart, each containing 1 line of a 4 line couplet...... and the obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma Shave, a popular shaving cream.

Here are more of the actual signs:

DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT
Burma Shave

DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED
NEXT IS NOT AMUSING
Burma Shave

BROTHER SPEEDER
LET'S REHEARSE
ALL TOGETHER
GOOD MORNING, NURSE
Burma Shave

CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND MORE STEER
Burma Shave

SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS NOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT
Burma Shave

THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED TO A WARMER
HEMISPHERE
Burma Shave

AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY-SPLIT
BEAUTIFUL CAR
WASN'T IT?
Burma Shave

NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN THE CAR IS YOU
Burma Shave

A GUY WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPIN'
Burma Shave

AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT IT'S HARD TO PLAY
Burma Shave

BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE
Burma Shave

THE ONE WHO DRIVES
WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING
Burma Shave

CAR IN DITCH
DRIVER IN TREE
THE MOON WAS FULL
AND SO WAS HE.
Burma Shave

And my all time favorite:
PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
LET OUR LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW
Burma Shave

Do these bring back any old memories?

If not, you're merely a child.

If they do - then you're old as dirt... LIKE ME!
and I remember:

Don't stick your elbow
Out so far
It may go home
In another car.
BURMA SHAVE  

[Lil Brat]

REMEMBER 1957?

The following were some comments made in the year 1957:

1 "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, its
going to be impossible to buy a weeks groceries for $20.00."

2 "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long
when $5,000 will only buy a used one."

3 "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a
pack is ridiculous."

4 "Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just
to mail a letter?"

5 "If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire
outside help at the store."

6 "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would
someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car
in the garage,"

7 "Kids today are impossible. Those ducktail hair cuts make it
impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing
their hair as long as the girls,"

8 "I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they
let Clark Gable get by with saying damn in "Gone With The Wind", it seems every new movie has either hell or damn in it."

9 "I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to
put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some
fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas."

10 "Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for
$75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday that
they will be making more than the President."

11 "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be
electric. They are even making electric typewriters now"

12 "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few
married women are having to work to make ends meet."

13 "It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire
someone to watch their kids so they can both work."

14 "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a
whole lot of foreign business."

15 "Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government
takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder if we are electing the
best people to Congress."

16 "The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I
seriously doubt they will ever catch on."

17 "I guess taking a vacation is out of the question now days. It costs
nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel."

18 "No one can afford to be sick any more, $35.00 a day in the hospital
is too rich for my blood."  

[I Ceymore Ratz]

SilverMyst62 is the fiftyth, wonders if I'll reach 100 elders by the end of the year rofl  

[Alleira]

Lil Brat

REMEMBER 1957?

8 "I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they
let Clark Gable get by with saying damn in "Gone With The Wind", it seems every new movie has either hell or damn in it."

I like all of your quotes (and the Burma Shave ones, which I wasn't familiar with before), but being a bit of a movie buff, this one especially appeals to me! xd  

[Alleira]

I Ceymore Ratz

SilverMyst62 is the fiftyth, wonders if I'll reach 100 elders by the end of the year rofl

50 Elders, Ceymore - should we have a celebration for that?! lol