I'm so old I Remember when:

[Sally PB]

I have to say, it's not too late to change! Over a year ago (494 days, to be exact), I started on better health regimen. (Ok, it was a "Holy crap, my neighbor had a heart attack, and she's only 10 years older than I am!" wake up call.)

I feel like I am in the best health of my adult life. Certainly the best since my 30s, which was 24-33 years ago, depending on which end of the 30s you look at.

 

[kikiruru]

I remember being vaccinated for small pox I think by the school nurse. They broke a little glass vial and twisted it on your arm leaving a round scar. I still have mine.

My round vaccination is on my hip

 

[jxp]

I wonder. Did your husband inherit her looks?

Or her shapely legs?

 

[sdm111]

The second from the top I took with my phone like all the rest but came out really cool looking.i had poster burner on the internet to make a small poster size print of it so I can frame and put in my dining or living room.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Anyone remember that little red string you pulled to open a Bandaid? Do they still come like that? I haven't seen one in years.

 

[RoyalChick]

Revenge of the Nerds (1984) was filmed in Tucson. The Pi Delta Pi sorority house is a private home at 309 E. 1st Street.:

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Look at the difference in vegetation. In 1984 there was a grass lawn and normal green trees and bushes. That looks pretty much like any front yard in coastal soCal, where I'm from.

In 2025 the grass lawn is long gone. It's just dirt. The green trees and bushes have been replaced with brown desert ick.

This part of Arizona used to be desert grasslands.

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Rivers ran year round. You could graze livestock and grow crops.

This was the Santa Cruz river on the west side of Tucson in 1889. It flowed all year and had waterfalls. On flat stretches there was a paddle boat service that transported people and goods up and down the river.

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Today it looks like this.

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The reason for this is a plummeting water table. The reason for that is too political to get into here but it really ticks me off as there are workable win-win solutions that have been known about for years but politicians want to pretend to manage problems instead of actually solving them.

This area could be grasslands again. The rivers could run year round, we could have all the farms, orchards, pasture, parks, lawns, and golf courses we want.

Increases in tourism, agriculture, and recreation would mean an enormous economic boon to the region. Wildlife would also benefit including many species of wild birds for whom this area is a winter home or a stop on their migration paths. This could truly be an oasis in the desert.

We could do all that without touching any underground reservoir. Bonus: we could stay out of the battle for the Colorado River water and leave that to Colorado, Utah, and Nevada to figure out.

But then what do I know?

(rant over)

OMG I had no idea. That is just awfully sad.

 

[Sally PB]

Anyone remember that little red string you pulled to open a Bandaid? Do they still come like that? I haven't seen one in years.

I remember the little red string on band aids. Not there anymore.

 

[R2elk]

I remember the little red string on band aids. Not there anymore.

It is on some of the ones I have. I'm not going to say how long I have had them.

 

[ChickenzforLIFE]

i remember being at queens first concert

 

[Sally PB]

I remember the little red string on band aids. Not there anymore.

It is on some of the ones I have. I'm not going to say how long I have had them.

I should have said, the little red string is not on any bandaids I have purchased in the last... 10? 20? 30? years.