How Boomers Lived in the Past - Uncovering the Legendary Era!

[@lorigrubisa287]

I remember all of these things. Times were so simpler back then and family meant everything. Great times! 👍😊

[@TooBlunt]

Lol I wish I could go back even though I was there to begin with

[@lindamaclellan4899]

Thanks for standing with your BOOMERS! I remember all the things in the video. I believe that one of the main differences between we of a "certain age" and the young is PATIENCE. For just one example: MUSIC - we had to wait patiently for a song we might like to play on the radio and be lucky enough to be in the vicinity of the radio at the exact time it was playing to hear it. Then, if we were fortunate enough to have a record store in the area (and some cash), we had to patiently wait for that store to get the newest vinyl album (we called them LPs meaning long playing) or the newest 45s (singles) - record stores would put a sign in the window when a popular album was in stock - and we somehow had to get to the store before the record was sold out. We treated our records like gold because, if something happened to them, chances were they could not be easily replaced - if at all. Also, we had to either patiently wait on long lines in all sorts of weather to get concert tickets or try our luck on the phone for hours hoping we wouldn't get a "busy signal" - meaning that the ticket person (who was a human being!) was busy taking another order and we would have to end that call and dial the number again on our rotary phone. But I can't describe to you the JOY I would feel if I actually secured a ticket to see a band or a solo artist after a very long wait - it was a BIG DEAL - and it was the only way I could actually see the musicians except in photos in a magazine or in a very rare TV appearance - and only then if I happened to be around at the exact time it was aired on TV. We had to have a load of patience in those days in many aspects of our lives - nothing was at our fingertips on a device because there were no devices except for our radio (which was plugged into a wall), our ONE phone (which was attached to the wall in our homes), our black and white TV (no color TV in my house till the late 60s) and our watches which we had to remember to wind every day! Technology has made things quicker and easier for sure. But I miss those days when the adage - "patience is a virtue" - was something no one had to learn since we knew we had to had to have tons of it everyday. Enjoyed your reaction!

[@cnatview]

I remember all of these like most of the other people that have responded. Our milkman would walk into our kitchen, open the frig and rotate the milk, leaving the fresh in the back and moving the milk we had, forward...then he'd sit down and have a cup of coffee with my parents. My poor father just couldn't accept the Beatles. The first time he saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show, which I was totally glued to, he called them, "Long haired s.o.b.'s with such long hair you couldn't tell if they were male or female." I mean for god's sake, look at those pictures of them. lol Incredible. I remember t.v. dinners but they weren't a common thing in our family because we had our garden to eat out of...fresh in the summer and canned during the winter. Nice to see you back, Blunt. Been missing you. Take care and be well. Peace.

[@TooBlunt]

Awesome insight. Sounds like you had a nice time in those days :) thanks for sticking around on the channel

[@gregoryleek1471]

As a 66-year old, I remember all of this. We had a box on the front porch where my mom would leave a note of what she wanted (eggs, milk, cottage cheese etc.). The milkman would take the empty bottles and leave the new. The baseball cards were used just as you said…to make the motor noise. I don’t think anyone did it to show off their cards…they were soon ruined. We also had a phone number just to get the exact time. When I was younger, we had a party-line…meaning we shared a phone line with someone else. 2 long and one short ring meant it was for our family.

[@chercee]

1. I was born in Nov. '59, don't remember the milkman coming to our house, but there were milkman/daddy jokes still going around when I was young. 2. S & H Green Stamps were big. You got a booklet, and when you got your stamps after shopping, you licked the stamps and put them in the booklet. You filled up the booklets, and when they were full you collected them until you had enough to trade them in for an item or items you you wanted from their catalog (which had pics & descriptions of each available item, & it told you how many booklets each item cost). 3. I didn't use baseball cards, I used regular playing cards on my bikes. Loved the clicking sound! 4. Drive-In theaters had lousy, tinny-sounding speakers! But a lot people used it as a make-out spot, so that didn't really matter! 5. Loved the tv shows back then. The whole family could sit down together for entertainment. 6. Yes, back then the rock stars wore suits! 7. Back then you had to heat up the tv dinners in the oven. Now we just nuke'em, it's a lot faster or just Uber Eats it & have dinner delivered! 8. Never liked math, God bless the creator of the calculator! 9. Never had to deal with the operator much, I guess I came a little late for the milkman & the operator! Thank you so much for looking back on how we used to live. It was definitely a much more innocent time & it's sad how some people want to deny children a childhood. I am glad I was brought up when I was!

[@DeeVet1]

So happy to see you back! BTW, as you know, being 80 years old, I lived every single one of those things. Most of the things in your video are Pre-Boomer. Drive in theaters met their decline in the early 60s with TV in most homes. My folks had a milkman and I loved to sneak out before them, take the cardboard stopper off the bottle and lick the cream off it. Yep…in those days, the cream from the milk would rise to the top and the bottle had to be shaken before using the milk. Being Italian, we rarely had TV dinners but my dad, being the family progressive and dedicated shopper, would sometimes indulge me and my sister with a couple. Nothing like mom made of course. Mostly breading with a skinny, dry leg and breast, soggy string beans and gluey mashed potatoes. Welcome back! Your baby is adorable and you were greatly missed. Sending you a hug! Dee

[@cindycline2536]

Completely true! Thanks for the stroll down memory lane! You are a fine young man with a definite "old soul" and I really enjoy watching you!

[@carolinagallegos3926]

I remember all of this!! We grew up in the best time!! We witnessed a lot of history, the music boom, creativity and just great fun!!

[@jenniferclark8051]

After watching you for a minute or two, you are an old soul ❤

[@scottmole7819]

Nice to see you back on the tube. I have missed your content.

[@TooBlunt]

:) thanks for sticking around

[@lilsister5729]

This is actually a very short list. I remember all of these things, but we never had TV dinners. My mom & dad had 5 kids, both worked, and mom had a complete meal prepared for us every night. Dinner time was family time, to share all the happenings of the day. My grandfather was a milkman. The Helms bakery man was another favorite regular. Loved going to the drive in. And, playing outside until the street lights came on (or I heard my dad whistle, even from blocks away.) They truly were the good days, and I am so blessed to have lived them.

[@ilabelle1]

I was born in '63. But I relate more with Gen X. I totally remember this stuff except S&H stamps. I'm Canadian and we didn't have S&H here but there were plenty of coupons around that's for sure. Life was a lot simpler back then. Milkman, newspaper routes, hockey and baseball cards, TV dinners, shovelling snow to make some money, very expensive calculators and digital watches, dialing 0 on a rotary phone to get an operator, the yellow and white pages, just showing up at a friend's door, shopping at a small grocery store and so many other things that we just don't do any more. Do I really need to mention the incredible music that came out between 65 and 85? I had a pretty rough childhood but despite everything I am grateful for being born when I was. I certainly wouldn't want to be a young person now. Hmmm...nostalgia just ain't what it used to be. 🤘😳🤘

[@yvonnepoortinga8170]

Born 1960 in Canada, I remember milk delivery, bread delivery and a special delivery from the Dutch store. My parents were both born in the Netherlands. So we loved it when the van arrived with all the Dutch food and treats ❤ It was definitely a kinder and safer time 🥰 Yes you are an old soul 🙏 I love your reactions (especially your Pink Floyd ones) Congratulations to you and your family on the arrival of your new daughter!! God Bless❤

[@wordpro1998]

You're awesome, TB. I got hooked watching your reaction to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." You're so genuine, easy to like. Keep it coming.

[@joanmayfield4791]

I remember when the Piggly Wiggly gave a free parakeet with a ham at Easter. 🤣 Parakeets IN the grocery store. Lots of them. The bug spray truck would drive the streets at dusk. We'd ride our bikes in the spray so the skeeters wouldn't bite us that night. I'm still alive. We loved the park outside ice skating rink in the winter! And kids actually played on the big snow piles in parking lots. You would hear THE SOUNDS of play in every neighborhood. I miss that sound. Hide and seek, fire flies....

[@barbararees604]

I'm a gen X, but most of these things lasted at least to the 80's. We even got mini bottles of milk at school for morning break in Australia. We couldn't afford TV dinners or take aways, but nobody missed out on good food anyway, because everyone in the neighbourhood grew food, shared it around and shared their catch after going fishing, crabbing or casting for prawns. My brothers built a boat trailer for their push bikes, but didn't get to use it much before it was confiscated, after the local news guy wrote about it.

[@lindajames978]

So glad I was born in ghe mid 59's and remember everything you've shown wonderful times

[@9HighFlyer9]

That was fun. Good to see you again too. I'm 44 but remember a lot of those things. Plus my mom's parents were older when she was born so I heard directly from them about a lot pre and post war tech.

[@lynnhoffman247]

😂 Yep, I remember all of these! Mostly when I was a child, but the S&H stamps lasted until the 80’s. 👋🏽

[@lynnhoffman247]

I need to get some time to watch your Pink Floyd reaction from the other day. Busy times! Was glad to see you back & liked the video already 👍🏼😂

[@robberrie677]

Wholly shit, FK N A... a 4 month hiatus and he's BACK!!! hope the girls aren't running ya crazy... Time to watch the video...

[@78stewburner]

Born in 1960, I've lived this whole clip. The milk was delivered to an insulated box on the inside landing via a hatch on porch landing. You PRAYED it was a good month and mom had a few extra pennies to get a gallon of CHOCOLATE milk!!

[@lindajames978]

Worked on those switchboards they were brilliant, used to get a little shock when the key bumped into a ring I was wearing Definitely the best time Beautiful easy life

[@jamesbobo]

I was born in 1950 and remember all this. I knew about the milkman, but my parents knew about the iceman. Before people had refrigerators, they had ice boxes. A large block of ice would be delivered to your home. It would be put in the top compartment of the icebox to keep cool the food stored below. They also had a hand crank record player, no electricity needed.

[@Trainwreck_Art]

The thing with cards on bike spokes had nothing to do with showing off your collection; the cards were bent and torn afterward a lot of the time. It was a way to make it sound kind've like an engine, and was just for fun.

[@katiewhite9351]

Nice to see you again!!!

[@TooBlunt]

Thank you :) happy you’re still here !

[@PowderedToastMan420]

Nice TAKE. ✌️

[@loricoil1732]

I turned 62 last month and i remember ALL of these things.

[@robberrie677]

Dude, this is a little before my time but I do remember when we got the cable box that gave us more than 5 channels and I was the remote, i had to stand by the tv and turn the box nob( i had to go slow so dad could find what he wanted , and had to keep going when i found what I wanted)...

[@pbell44]

I remember those things. The good thing about tv dinners was they had the little dessert. Times were definitely different. There wasn’t the fear that permeates everything now. We used to hitchhike to get places. We were stupidly lucky, as that was the time of the most infamous serial killers. You had the whole street of parents watching out for kids. Now I don’t even know my neighbors, so I doubt they’re watching out for each other.

[@pixie055]

Ay! Good to see you again! Also, my mom thought swanson meals were a treat because they were for her when she was growing up. Those things were nasty! Lol

[@BM-hb2mr]

I could watch these videos everyday

[@mamaalaska]

The milkman also delivered eggs, butter, buttermilk in glass containers, it was $.10 for a half gallon of cream or milk. You just left your list of what you needed and your payment in the empty glass milk containers for him to pick up and deliver what you needed.

[@msrlb1]

when I was a kid in Chicago in the 60s, we would wait for the good humor ice cream man on the street dressed all in white, the knife sharpening man on a cart in the alley , fruit and vegetable horse drawn cart also in the alley. We had no dryer so hung clothes on a line. no tv remote. TV dinners were like what fast food joints are today. a big treat and give mom a night off... lol

[@vestafairie]

my mother got all the dishes, glasses, even pitchers from the Esso station as part of their trading stamps program. and had books and books of S&H green stamps.

[@digibbs7012]

Absolutely true, I am blessed to have grown up in the best time.

[@Dcs.234]

Oh green shield stamps I remember them …. And I faintly remember ration books ended in the early 50s in Scotland I loved Bonanza and so lucky to have grown up with such fantastic music Lol no ready meals for us, we had an Italian mother Not many people had phones in their homes… we did because my parents had a cafe

[@BM-hb2mr]

I'm 50 and remember and did all of these things

[@Charlie1821]

You've got great takes on society!

[@Muckylittleme]

Every technology is a double edges sword. For every labour saving device and convenience we also lose a little bit of our social interactions and humanity.

[@michellepetrillo2235]

I remember everything except the phone operators… we could ‘direct dial’ when I was growing up, even long distance- we didn’t need the operator to call unless we needed to call collect. I’m 63 now.

[@karenhamill8702]

I remember all of these things and often think how life used to be simple and a lot slower pace. I was brought up in a small village everyone knew each you did not even have to lock your house door if you went out. There is no community left we now live in a world of me myself and I, I am blind I took a bus to the next village when getting on the bus I asked could someone help me find an empty seat no one helped and when I said thanks for not helping me this woman piped up and said we did help I asked her how did she help she did not tell me there was an empty seat in front of me or to the left or right no one said anything and that is society of today I'm alright Jack tough shit about you

[@Leigh53-k6h]

I was just barely past this time so some of it I remember but I am also aware that this was not a reality for everybody! Very sanitized and nostalgic but also on the cusp of many new things to come. I really appreciate my cellphone!!😂

[@TheOneEyesView]

very accurate...I was there...we all have stories that young people don't seem to want to hear...lol

[@nbrown5907]

All 14 seasons of Bonanza just came out in one set for the first time ever lol. I bought it. I am the child of boomers but at 58 to old to be in gen-X. They called us tweeners lol between boomers and gen x'ers.

[@commenceenavoirmarre]

I don't think of myself as being ''old'' (yet..) but I remember as kids (really young) that we used a sign/cartboard and put it on the door or a window, to alert the Milk Man if we were in need of milk or not !!

[@caronspeas2888]

I’m 71 yrs old. Of course I remember. All of it.

[@barbarafowler7761]

Absolutely true. I remember wanting to be a telephone operator....

[@jhamptonjr]

It's refreshing to see some boomer love for once! Sometimes people forget we were the original hippies that started smoking pot and turning everybody on. And we've always had love! Peace and love to y'all!

[@lynnhoffman247]

🎯🙃👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Dcs.234]

I miss those hippie, flowers in my hair days

[@jhamptonjr]

@@Dcs.234 I like to stay in that state of mind 🙂 peace!

[@charliemac64]

I was born in 1964, the cusp year between boomers and Xers. I was there for most of these. While there were still milkmen delivering, I never lived where they delivered, or my folks were too cheap to pay. ;) I grew up after the telephone operator, but I do remember having a party line (shared with another party in the vicinity) when I was very young.

[@leed119]

I remember almost ALL of them.

[@victoriawaterman6339]

GenX here, and I remember all of this.

[@jenniferclark8051]

I am a transition between boomers and genx. I love pieces of both

[@suedarling9475]

We didn't use baseball cards. We used decks of playing cards discarded by our parents. We just loved the sound.

[@battygirlrachel]

My grandparents had their milk delivered from their local dairy once a week when I was a kid in the early 90s. We would occasionally stop by the dairy to get ice cream and see the giant cow statue they had. The dairy closed and the land is now a subdivision. PS glad to see you back! Hope all is well and the new baby isnt keeping you up too much

[@nbrown5907]

Oberweiss in northern Illinois still delivered milk a decade or so ago and may still do it. Good milk from naturally fed cows.

[@MrBurnout22]

Dang you exactly right I havent thought about this in ages! I still remember the milk man delivering our milk I remember the basket outside our door always! We got eggs and milk from the milk man! That seems so weird we did that now looking back! I dont remember when it ended probably mid 80s cause I was born in 1979 and vaguely remember it! I remember the operator too holy shit crazy! And Im not a boomer baby either my brother is but im in the next gen. I dont even know what my generation is called ? wtf? lol You rattled my brain today sir thanks a lot

[@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817]

You were born at the tail end of Gen X [1965-1980]. I was born in 67 and remember getting milk from the milkman. I have a nephew and 3 nieces older than you. The operator you remember was who you and I called for emergencies (Police, Fire, EMT), to get an emergency breakthrough (interrupt a busy line), and to get phone numbers (now we dial 911 and 411), NOT to connect us to the person we want to talk to.

[@robertdanyus6836]

When The Beatles first came over, their hair was considered too long and a lot of kids ran out and got beetle haircuts. My mom worked as a telephone operator for over 30 years. And at that time, you could dial your own phone number and get a wacky sound coming back.

[@nancymunroe3672]

I worked at switchboards in hospitals and hotels. I'm old!!! lol

[@Muckylittleme]

As kid who grew up in the 60's my feeling is times were better back then even though I would really miss some of the technology we have today. Maybe that is rose coloured spectacles because of course there were plenty of bad things going on, but I just feel society has degraded, especially the last couple of decades. Now I see young people out and instead of talking and laughing together they are all staring into their phones, it's kind of sad in a way.

[@robberrie677]

I know you are into computers... my first toy robot was 2-XL ( 1978 made by mego) . It was a fancy 8-track player that asked you questions that you could answer by pressing the track buttons. Way cool advanced stuff at the time...

[@TooBlunt]

Nice! Just looked it up, looks pretty retro now. Nice hearing from you pal

[@robberrie677]

Dude, you got me curious about when we started naming generations so i looked it up. 1901- 1924 Greatest gen ( got through great depression), 1924- 1945 Silent gen ( delt with ww2 and Mcarthyism), 1946- 1964 The Boomers. Apparently my gen (generation X 1965- 1979 is the bridge gen between the no computer folks and the internet starting folks... ( i lied ... just saw anglo american gen names list and it goes back to the 1400s ( the last 1800s group was called the Lost gen) enough for now, im late for work...

[@TooBlunt]

Lol late for work?! Thanks for leaving that extra info pal!

[@robberrie677]

@@TooBlunt yep, around 45 miles to work, gotta leave around 6:30am to make it by 7:30am with the highway construction ...

[@terrigabriel582]

Rather shocked to see you doing something like this, but not really as you do seem to be an "ol soul" and yes accurate, uncomplicated times, but as humans we tend to complicate life in general , but many fewer distractions then. Loved this, Gods best to you and your family 😊❤🙏

[@BM-hb2mr]

Speaking Over wires back in the day and now we talk over glass. Fiber

[@Charlie1821]

To grow up in the suburbs right after winning WW2 must have been f'ing amazing. Optimism and prosperity. Yeah that's gone for good.

[@blackthornpvp]

ok so a couple of things to tell you young ones lol in the UK the milk man would drop off eggs/milk/chocolate milk/orange juice/sometimes cheese ect.whatever you arranged with them. you would leave a few pounds or dollars just outside the front door for them to collect. they would have a payment book that they would sign off on for that and drop a receipt off with the goods. they would come at about 4 am so no they were not sleeping with the women as the guys were at work, they were in the house lol that was in the late 90's. not olden times lol

[@officialkirin7219]

Welcome Back Have you seen Falling in Reverse - Watch the world burn?

[@robberrie677]

If you want a song about TV dinners... TV dinners by Zz Top...

[@Sheepdog1314]

we invented everything that GenZ enjoys...and you can't beat the music....

[@TooBlunt]

Definitely can’t beat the music

[@doylescordy]

This is my parents' generation.

[@angel7171972]

Even though I'm only 51 I remember all of this being a thing

[@rachelfowler2681]

I remember all of these things. Something not mentioned, diaper service.😊

[@BarbMacdonald-uv9zd]

Yes I remember this. 😂

[@donnabertolotti8954]

I'm 66 and I remember all of these things except the trading stamps. I don't think my parents used them.

[@musicairplanes4884]

Just remember that know one has a choice as to when they are born, where they are born and to whom they are born too.

[@ericmorgan204]

A major control on my behaviour, was the level of shame I would bring on my family if or when I went astray.

[@amalfi460]

We put the baseball cards on the wheels so we could pretend we were riding a motorcycle

[@jenniferclark8051]

I remember TV dinners and they sucked! It is why I learned to cook!

[@lindajames978]

No not coupons, stamps were saved and you could get almost anything from the store from kitchen items go lamps carpets

[@rollandklontz]

Towns were basically created because there is safety in numbers. A lot of this pertains to gen x also.

[@zechs7804]

So when are we getting that watch the world burn by falling in reverse reaction?????

[@johnsweany2548]

My mother would send me to the store with a dollar, I would come back with peanut butter, bread, More candy then I could eat, one time I lost the change she was irate.

[@takentimes8903]

I do think of the milk thing a little here and there. I now believe I grew up in the greatest time of America. It did not last long.

[@caronspeas2888]

Baby boomers hey day was 1965-1975.

[@libmrsisters]

Now they have to kill the milk first.

[@trishc3099]

Swanson tv dinners were nasty. 😂

[@TooBlunt]

Loool

[@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817]

Were? Are. 😆

[@trishc3099]

@@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 They still make those things? And people actually eat them? 😖

[@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817]

@@trishc3099 - Yep and yep. Not me though, I don't eat them. I had one, gosh, back in the 1990s, I think..., and it wasn't good then. I seriously doubt they've gotten any better. lol Frozen dinners, pizzas etc., are rarely good.

[@trishc3099]

@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 For the most part I agree, but I have to defend Red Baron and Dijourno pizzas. They really are pretty good.

[@BM-hb2mr]

Back to the Nuclear Family

[@jhamptonjr]

Oh yeah I remember all of this, especially the milkman. He used to give me a quart of chocolate milk every once in a while when my mom would let him.

[@nancy8219]

I remember everything but those TV dinners were my favorite and they never tasted the same once they took them out of the metal trays microwaves change the taste of everything yuck

[@TooBlunt]

I can imagine , and the frozen dinners today I’m sure aren’t even close to what the original tasted like

[@lynnhoffman247]

@@TooBlunt That’s the truth! It used to take 45 minutes I think to warm those TV dinners up, but they were wayyyy better than most stuff you throw in the microwave now.