Was 11 yrs old when Alaska and Hawaii were annexed into the United States ...... So I guess that classifies me as "old geezer class" ............................ drill sgt.

I was 5 yo in '59

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:

our house had only one phone.

Me too.

Rotary phones and party lines. Each phone on the line had a different ring.

I was born 2 years after dirt was discovered.

Same here!

I don't even want to talk about birth year!!

1954 birth year here, been at the “old” inflection point for awhile. Having made it through the sixties/seventies/eighties, I used to say I’ve seen it all….but no, not now.

I can hardly begin to summarize and contrast where and how things were to the current state of affairs.

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Originally posted by fiasconva:
Rotary phones and party lines. Each phone on the line had a different ring.

Two longs and a short at the farm.

I was already 10 in 1950, when my Dad let me take my new Marlin rifle, and ride to Paintsville, Ky., on a Greyhound bus, so he could show me how to hunt on BlackBerry Hill. Grandad ran Southern Bell’s Central Office in town, had the old rotary
phones at the house...
Blackhorse4

We didn’t have History class yet.

We had the class Current Events.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Redleg06:
"(I wonder if anyone still has a 48 star Flag?)"

I do actually. I don't remember where I got it and it was fairly recent. My daughter loves it so I gave it to her.

Born in 1940, in 1950 the things we were able to do then will never occur again in this country. eg: my cousin and I carrying our .22 rifles through town to pick up a box of .22s at hdw store then on to the dump to shoot rats, lol.
Yes, I know I am old!

Same for me. Never considered actually being retired with no job to go to and there are days when it gets a bit boring and the weather doesn't inspire a nice long walk.

I was born in MCMXLVII.

Age has been studied. Twenty years older than your age. Also called a biblical generation.

Two weeks after I was born Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time.

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Originally posted by Mark in Michigan:
(I wonder if anyone still has a 48 star Flag?)

529 hits on eBay, get all you like.

I remember when there were 13 stars.

I wasn't alive, but I remember when that was the case.

I was 10 when I heard it on the radio at the exact time when they became a state