Originally Posted By LadyKluck When I was little, I could never figure out why when you would turn the radio or TV on after turning it off earlier that the same song or show wasn't where you left it when you turned it off. I also wondered (and still do to this day) what in the heck Donald Duck has to do with orange juice? Though I still do love Donald Duck o.j. My mom used to threaten to sell me to the indians (or gypsies depending on her mood) when I was being bad. I always wondered how she would "call" them. (Obviously WAY before cell phones).
Originally Posted By LadyKluck Oh & speaking of movies that scared the ship out of us when we were kids, I was terrified of the clown doll in Poltergeist because I HAD one of those dang things. The funny thing is, I saw the movie way after we had gotten rid of the doll but I still freaked out big time. I still get the heebie jeebies when I see the one picture in my baby album of me in my crib & that clown is sitting on the dresser next to me!
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>...I could never figure out why when you would turn the radio or TV on after turning it off earlier that the same song or show wasn't where you left it when you turned it off. << You were just ahead of your time!
Originally Posted By u k fan I used to think that before a certain year life was actually in black and white and that's why old movies were that way!!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros All live-action (not cartoon) programs on TV were commercials. End of story. One morning, we turned the TV on and there was a 'commercial' that lasted a while, so by brother and I went to the basement for an hour or two. When we came back up, we were both amazed that the 'commercial' was still running (this was in the days before tons of infomercials that really were commercials that lasted hours). We also watched plenty of live action shows for kids, and knew those weren't commercials, so I don't really know how we came to that conclusion. There were some shows that were created with older kids (teens, probably) in mind, and we were never quite sure what to think of those. I thought that all times were given in the style of "8:30, 7:30 Central", like they said in ads for TV shows. I would ask my parents how much longer it would be until "8:30, 7:30 Central", so I could watch whatever show it was, and they just sort of went along with it. >>When he got to the age where the "Where do babies come from?" talk was needed, I had given him this book to read. I can't think of what it was called, but it explained it a kid-friendly way and then you could talk it over.<< I'm pretty sure my brother and I had that same book when we were little. Ours was called "The Stork Didn't Bring Me". Technically it was his (I think he was approaching the age where questions arise when he got it), and since he was older than me, I just sort of learned about it before I really had a chance to wonder on my own.
Originally Posted By chickapin >>...I could never figure out why when you would turn the radio or TV on after turning it off earlier that the same song or show wasn't where you left it when you turned it off. << I thought that singers/bands were in the radio station and performing live. DJ would say "here's the latest by..." and I would picture them stepping up to the microphone and singing. I was very impressed that my local radio station could line up such well known talent!
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD Many many years ago when my son had the chicken pox, he was convinced he was turning into a chicken and that all of the bumps were where his feathers were going to come in. Of course, it didn't help that my DH got a bird feather from outside and acted like he pulled it out of his back and my FIL acted like he found an egg where he had been sitting.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD Dreamin - I'm really glad to know that you now know that dogs can be girls. I can just imagine the problems that would have caused you at work. lol
Originally Posted By Labuda WDW - the frontage road is the road that runs alongside a highway. Here in Texas, you will occasionally actually see a sign for an exit that's just marked "Frontage Rd." even! I think in other areas it's called something like an access road, but I'm not sure since I've always called it the frontage road.
Originally Posted By avimagine Acess road sounds about right. Along with Main St vs High St, and every (lakefront) city here has to have a Lakeshore. Just like how pretty much every California city has Spanish street names, every city here has English so (Picadilly, Oxford, Dalhousie etc are common street names) When I was little I would't step on sidewalk or tile "cracks".
Originally Posted By Daannzzz When I was little the road running next to the highway or Freeway was often marked (at the exit ramp) as Frontage road. You don't see it as much anymore as they just use the road name instead.
Originally Posted By RidgebackLuver *That the loud sound jets made was because they were breaking the sound barrier. *That roller coasters ran on a motor. *That when you rode Space Mtn., you were actually risking your life. *That my cat would live forever (had him from age 4 until I was engaged at age 21). *That Sleeping beauty's castle was Walt's house until he died. *That if you didn't have enough money for something, you could just write a check. *That I wanted 4 or 5 kids!?! Two is enough for me!
Originally Posted By goodgirl When I was little and there was thunder I thought it was God moving the furniture around in heaven.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I thought that if you accidently swallowed a watermelon or apple seed then an apple tree or watermelon vine would grow in your tummy. And I told my two year old today, that she had to watch for seeds in her melon or that would happen =)
Originally Posted By DlandDug I was convinced that Walt Disney did the introduction of his TV program from inside Sleeping Beauty Castle. It was years later that I realized why-- they always showed the castle just as they introduced Walt, and then cut to an interior shot. I guess I thought the shot of the castle established the exterior...
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 "*That if you didn't have enough money for something, you could just write a check." I thought that too...I can't remember how many times my mom said something was too expensive and I relied "you could write a check." Today my kids think that credit/debit cards are like that. I will say something is too expensive and they will say "just put it on your card".
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin I thought that people HAD to turn on the turn-blinker before they turned or the car would have trouble turning.
