Small town Life

[packerbacker]

36. Many of the houses had names like the "Smith house" or "The Ol' Jone's House" even though the people with those last names hadn't lived there for years.

37. Adults that weren't even related to you would confront you if you did or said something wrong.

 

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[packerbacker]

38. Most peoples dogs stayed in their own yards even though there weren't any fences.

 

[ClonedSIM]

31. you could never buy cigarettes at the store because everyone knew who you were and would tell your parents.

32. when you did find somebody brave enough to buy cigarettes for you, you still had to go out on the back roads to smoke them.

33. you had a special place in the ditch where your buyer would drop off your beer

34. It was cool to date somebody from the next town

35. the whole school went to the same party after graduation

Ahh, you reminded me of another:

36. Your graduation party always had to be held in a different town because there wasn't a building in town large enough to accomodate it.

37. The county fair was held at the same time as the first week of school, so all the kids showing animals got to skip school for that week.

 

[sniffer]

39. you didn't give directions by street names. you gave them by reference, turn by Nelson's house, down 2 blocks to Anderson's, then four blocks from the track field

40. the golf course only has 9 holes

41. you couldn't help but date a friend's ex-boyfriend or girlfriend

42. your car was always dirty because of the dirt roads and you still lived in town

 

[jeff of pa]

i remember picking up the phone & there was a conversation going on.
I recognized the Voices as 2 of my Neighbors.

Also remember Everyone had their own ring on our Party line.

Everyone was in the phone book because a private Number was too expensive

If an accident happend at the other end of town you Heard it & walked up
directed traffic, Helped the people get out, Wrapped them in a blanket
and or took them back to your house
at the other end of town
and waited for an Ambulance and police.

If somone Knocked on your door at 3AM
you got up & Helped. You never called the police instead.
(I still would do this)

 

[sniffer]

43. The next town was considered trashy or snooty, when actually it was just like your town

44. The people in the "big city" dressed funny, and then 2 years later you dressed like that

45. if you needed to find someone on friday night, you could find them at the gas station or dairy queen

46. you saw at least one of your friends drive through town on a tractor or one of your friends would drive a grain truck to school

 

[Cynangyl]

It all sounds really familiar to me! Quite frankly I would be pretty content to go right back there! lol

 

[warsawdaddy]

Our town was so small and religous,the girls had to have a prescription to buy a bra.

 

[Ray S S]

The village I lived near had a grocery store that on occasion, a stranger would stop in and ask where the villager of
Gulliver was and Mr Reed would tell them, "Your standing in the middle of it"
We had a gas station, a post office, a RR depot, and a school and a church. A thriving community.
Almost forgot. we had our own lake with a resort around the back of the lake that had eight or ten little log cabins
for vacationers. That lake was great for swimming in summer and skating in winter until snow got too deep.

Ray karenray08

 

[ClonedSIM]

43. The next town was considered trashy or snooty, when actually it was just like your town

44. The people in the "big city" dressed funny, and then 2 years later you dressed like that

45. if you needed to find someone on friday night, you could find them at the gas station or dairy queen

46. you saw at least one of your friends drive through town on a tractor or one of your friends would drive a grain truck to school

Beautiful!!! I actually had a friend drive a tractor to school one time.

 

[Bootyhunter1971]

47. If you had an argument with another guy, you could fight it out and no-one would end up getting shot, even though everyone had a gun in their truck!!

 

[Cynangyl]

Deer season and harvest were excused absences from school

 

[jeff of pa]

Deer season and harvest were excused absences from school

Deer season is still a 2 Day Holiday here

Used to be one but because of kids taking 2 they Changed it for them.
to monday & Tuesday

 

[dogbeak]

When you were driving into town we would say, Look, the lights of (smalltown town)... BOTH OF THEM.
or, we don't live on the edge of the earth, but you can see it from there.
Just my input.
You guys are great.
Bill

 

[Shortstack]

Deer season and harvest were excused absences from school

That's a fact! A guy I grew up with missed so much school time during growing season, he fell about 2 years behind in school; finally quit because he was embarrassed to go.

48. We started in the 1st grade and went on up through the 12th in the same building. Our school was the largest consolidated school in the United States when it was built in the 1920s. All brick and 3 stories high. I started 1st grade in 1953 and graduated in 1965.

49. The Drum Major and Majorettes actually marched and did baton tricks instead of "dry humping" on the streets. Their uniforms were good looking without being slutty.

50. The local bootlegger walked around with a 38 Long Colt tucked inside his waistband and the City Marshall told him he couldn't take it into the bank; knowing he didn't have an account there ANYWAY.

51. Beer drinking was considered terrible and whiskey was decadent. Mary Jane and coke were unknown.

 

[sniffer]

52. the gym teacher suggested that you bale hay during the summer to get stronger

53. directions were given using THE stoplight

54. when you decided to walk for some exercise, at least 5 people would pull over and ask you if you needed a ride

55. your teachers called you by your older sibling's name

 

[greydigger]

Deer season was time off and "smudge" time was late to school time.
(Frost on the pears was combatted by smudge pots that put out smoke and some warmth I guess)
Harvest time (hay) Huge breakfast, kinda big "dinner" and short "supper".
Logging and hay is all I know about small town life.

 

[LadyDigger]

Riding your pony to school. (not me, hubby. He grew up in Texas and when he started school, he and his brother would ride their ponies to school.)

When girls wore dresses to school and boys wore slacks, shirt and tie. ONLY pants we were allowed to wear, was Pant Suits. I made my own! Pants were nice in the winter time! LOL

I was not part of 4H, but was FHA: Future Homemakers of America (and remember when the first boy joined our class, only cause he could meet girls! LOL)

When Scouting (Boys or Girls) was not considered "stupid", "gay", "childess" ... you can't get kids to join these days.

When TRICK OR TREATING lasted well into the midnight hour (and folks still answered their doors and handed out the goodies)!!! And when you could accept a homemade cookie or candy, apples, etc....without fear of being poisioned or biting into a razor blade. And when pennies in your Trick or Treat bag was the BOMB!!! Penny Candy BABY!!!

 

[stoney56]

After a bit of doing burnouts and donuts in an intersection, you come home to find the folks and police on front porch waiting for you.

Taking guns and ammo to school and putting them in locker for bird hunting after school-no questions asked.

A group of FFA'ers were considered a gang.

 

[sniffer]

your teachers remembered when they taught your parents

you could charge at any local store or write a check without ID

there wasn't a McDonalds anywhere close