How many of these do you remember?
Candy cigarettes YES
Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside YES
Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles MAYBE (I think I saw a few times)
Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes NOPE
Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum NOPE but you can still buy them
Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers NOT REALLY (Mom says we got delivery but I don't remember it)
Newsreels before the movie NOPE
P.F Fliers ?
Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601). Party lines NO but my grandparents in SC had it until mid-1960's
Hi-Fi's ?
45 RPM records YEP
78 RPM records Not really
Green Stamps Barely
Metal ice cubes trays with levers yes, hated
Roller-skate keys yes
Cork pop guns no
Studebakers no
Washtub wringers no but grandma had one on her back porch in SC
Erector Sets no
15-cent McDonald hamburgers no
5-cent packs of baseball cards - with that awful pink slab of bubble gum no
Penny candy I think it was 10 cents when I was a kid
25-cent a gallon gasoline no
Do you remember a time when...
'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest?
Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening? YES!
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was 'cooties'? yep
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?
'Oly-oly-oxen-free' made perfect sense? yes
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for the giggles? and a trip to the bathroom to throw up
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team? We actually played dodge ball!
Baseball cards in the spokes that transformed any bike into a motorcycle? yep
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin? St Joseph's children's aspirin :)
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!!!!!
All the girls had ugly gym uniforms? And were they uuuuuggglllyyyyy! Short, belted dresses with pantaloons for
underneath. No joke.
It took five minutes for the TV warm up? Yes. Our new one takes a minute; next time we'll get one with Instant-On.
Your Momwore nylons that came in two pieces? Yes.
Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger? Yes.
Candy cigarettes And pink, green and yellow bubblegum cigars.
Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside Yes.
Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles Yes.
Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes And diners with them.
Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum Liked Teaberry and Blackjack.
Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers No.
Newsreels before the movie No.
P.F Fliers (Sneakers) Yes
Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601). Party lines Yes.
Hi-Fi's (High Fidelity, LV - state of the art record players at the time) Yes
45 RPM records Of course.
78 RPM records Yes.
Green Stamps My job to paste 'em in the books.
Metal ice cubes trays with levers Yes.
Roller-skate keys Yes. I also remember when power drills came with chock-keys.
Cork pop guns No.
Studebakers No.
Washtub wringers My Nana had one.
Erector Sets Always wanted one; never got it.
15-cent McDonald hamburgers No, quarter, I think.
5-cent packs of baseball cards - with that awful pink slab of bubble gum Heyyyy, I liked that gum.
Penny candy No.
25-cent a gallon gasoline No.
Do you remember a time when...
'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest? Yes, and I miss it.
Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening? Yes.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was 'cooties'? Yes.
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot? Yes.
'Oly-oly-oxen-free' made perfect sense? Yes.
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for the giggles? Never did it.
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team? Yes.
Baseball cards in the spokes that transformed any bike into a motorcycle? Yes.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin? Yes, also St. Joseph's; and nose drops and vitamins in a dropper.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon? Was NOT allowed.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!!!!! Yep, and now I'm two days older'n dirt.
Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?
You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time? And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?
When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...
Yep, and now I'm two days older'n dirt.
Actually I do remember 45 RPM records too. When I was in 1st grade I had 45 RPM singles of "Our House" by Madness and "Mr. Roboto" by Styx. Those were my first musical acquisitions.
When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...
Actually I do remember 45 RPM records too. When I was in 1st grade I had 45 RPM singles of "Our House" by Madness and "Mr. Roboto" by Styx. Those were my first musical acquisitions.
Don't know.
I learned a lot by watching Johnny Carson in the 70's when I should have been in bed. I'd sneak down to the basement after I was sure everyone was asleep.
Jerry Mahoney. The names of the puppets are juuuust on the tip of my .... brain .... but I can't fish 'em out.
I watched the Dean Martin Show ......"goin' to the couch now ...... ".
Recall most of that...except the Star Trek convention...what a geek! ;D