Back in the day

@divegeester said
"back in the day..."

My jeans were larger in the waist area; it is disappointing how clothing manufacturers try to cut costs by reducing material.

I remember when one bought Levi jeans they were like cardboard, and had a distinctive and not unpleasant smell. And they shrunk in the wash and the colour leached out for a bit. And then they lasted 5 years of whatever one threw at them.

Edit: And only blue, none of these fancy colours!

@indonesia-phil said
I remember when one bought Levi jeans they were like cardboard, and had a distinctive and not unpleasant smell. And they shrunk in the wash and the colour leached out for a bit. And then they lasted 5 years of whatever one threw at them.

Edit: And only blue, none of these fancy colours!

Yea, but the damned things lasted forever not like today's one you have throw away after a couple years.

-VR

@very-rusty said
Yea, but the damned things lasted forever not like today's one you have throw away after a couple years.

-VR

That was my point.

There was much more, as Aretha said, "R - E - S - P- E - C - T".

@great-big-stees said
There was much more, as Aretha said, "R - E - S - P- E - C - T".

WOW....Long time since I saw that word...Didn't even realize people still knew and understood it! 😉

-VR

@very-rusty said
WOW....Long time since I saw that word...Didn't even realize people still knew and understood it!

They don't.

@handyandy said
They don't.

Obviously from a lot of posts on here! 😉

-VR

Back in "MY" day bell bottomed pants and long hair were "the thing". Oooops almost forgot, free love too.

😉

@great-big-stees said
Back in "MY" day bell bottomed pants and long hair were "the thing". Oooops almost forgot, free love too.

😉

Free love is still the thing.

@torunn said
Free love is still the thing.

Unless a baby comes into the picture!!! 😉

-VR

@very-rusty said
Unless a baby comes into the picture!!! 😉

-VR

And they did.

@torunn said
And they did.

You probably used the cloth diapers back in the day torunn!

Much cheaper than todays pampers, only a lot more work to them and much more messy.

-VR

@very-rusty said
You probably used the cloth diapers back in the day torunn!

Much cheaper than todays pampers, only a lot more work to them and much more messy.

-VR

No, in fact I believe I was one of the first in my family to use pampers, mid 60's.

@very-rusty said
You probably used the cloth diapers back in the day torunn!

Much cheaper than todays pampers, only a lot more work to them and much more messy.

-VR

Back in those days, pin pricks were part and parcel of learning just how to get them to stay on.

@great-big-stees said
Back in those days, pin pricks were part and parcel of learning just how to get them to stay on.

If you were sticking the safety pins I believe they were called in properly you would stick it in your own finger or thumb not the baby!!! 😉

-VR