ScreamingMeemie
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Tue Jun-02-09 10:49 PM
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Anyone else's dad punish them when they were a kid (ca. 1976) by actually making them wear the seatbelt in the car when out and about? I was just thinking about this earlier. Seatbelts, when I was a kid, were punishment. No more hanging over Dad's shoulder while he drove. And...on the Rambler (my mom's car) that belt could pinch your belly man.
Ranks right up there with the bread loaf bags over the shoes and under the boots!
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Wapsie B
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Tue Jun-02-09 10:54 PM
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1. I did the bread loaf bag thing but not the seatbelts. |
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When I was growing up seatbelts weren't either in the cars we had or weren't used. I can't remember when cars had to have them in.
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ScreamingMeemie
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Tue Jun-02-09 10:55 PM
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2. We used to not use them too...only as a form of punishment, |
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after the meaningful look in the rearview mirror and before the "I'm going to pull this car over, so help me". :hi:
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Wapsie B
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Tue Jun-02-09 10:59 PM
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3. We got the look in the mirror and the pull the car over rant too. |
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More like a yell actually. :hi:
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ScreamingMeemie
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Tue Jun-02-09 11:07 PM
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4. My husband's father carried a yardstick in the cab of the truck... |
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and used to wave it around behind him when driving. Amazing, isn't it?
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Wapsie B
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Tue Jun-02-09 11:13 PM
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5. I didn't see the yardstick until after an unruly Sunday at church. |
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But yes it is amazing at the similarities of the lives of others, many common experiences.
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Tue Jun-02-09 11:15 PM
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Edited on Tue Jun-02-09 11:27 PM by Tuesday Afternoon
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Tue Jun-02-09 11:26 PM
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7. Ramblers had seat belts? |
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My parents must've tucked them under the cushions. That would solve the problem of five kids in the back and only two seat belts.
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Wed Jun-03-09 08:27 AM
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8. No we were just required to wear them |
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