Post a term from your childhood that kids today wouldn't understand.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

“Duck and cover.”

[lark]

1. Red rover red rover send X right over.

Don't see this being played today.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. Yep! Banned long ago here.

[gab13by13]

2. Get Bent!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

5. Ha!

[doc03]

4. Pull out the choke

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Oh man!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. That was Boss, man.

I grew up in the SF Bay Area.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. Bitchin!

[NoMoreRepugs]

8. How about - "your team came in last and you don't get a trophy."

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. It was a forgone conclusion!

[NoMoreRepugs]

20. Agreed.

[doc03]

10. Sir you are a quart low

[Floyd R. Turbo]

12. Check your tires?

[marble falls]

13. "Stop your whining".

[Floyd R. Turbo]

14. Ma-om!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

15. Ma-om!

[marble falls]

22. "Here's a buck, you, your brother and sister go to the Hippadrome for the matinee ...

... use the change for penny candy."

"matinee", "a buck", "penny candy", "change"

[Floyd R. Turbo]

28. 🎟🍿🥤🍫

[Shrek]

16. "I tried to call but I got a busy signal" n/t

[Floyd R. Turbo]

17. Yep!

[sarge43]

26. "Hello, Central?" n/t

[gratuitous]

35. Or

"Operator? I'd like to make a collect call."

Mom was an operator for Ma Bell and had many stories to tell. Put through a long distance person-to-person call from Ron. When the woman on the other end of the line picked up, she announced that she had a call from Ron. "Ron? Ron? I'm sorry Operator, I don't know a Ron." Just a moment. Is this 123-4567? "Yes, that's my number, but I'm sure I don't know a Ron. You must have made a mistake, Operator. You must have dialed the wrong number!" Just then, the caller chipped in, "It's me, Mother."

Oh, that Ron!

[jpak]

18. Time and temperature

n/t

[Flo Mingo]

19. Party Line

Two short rings, one long ring was our "number"

[lastlib]

21. "rotary dial"

"dimmer switch"
"manual shift"
"carbon paper"
"typewriter eraser"
"four on the floor"
"Playboy centerfold"

[blueinredohio]

23. The dimmer switch is on the floor board.

[gibraltar72]

24. Fill her up and check the oil.

[sarge43]

25. The Palmer Method. n/t

[multigraincracker]

27. Eenie Meenie Miney Mo and

best not to say the rest. Progress.

[Ron Obvious]

29. Your needle's stuck

Which actually probably sounds quite sinister...

[yardwork]

30. Would you pick up the needle off the record, please?!

It's not going to lift itself, you know.

Corollary - could you flip the record over?

[rownesheck]

31. Be kind.

Rewind.

[jcgoldie]

32. I said the word "telephone" to a class of high schoolers...

... and they all started laughing.

[malthaussen]

33. "Pay phone," "five and ten [or dime]"... uh, "nickel bag." n/t

[Totally Tunsie]

34. Hang on tight to your school bus ticket.

Who has the rollerskate key?

[Aristus]

36. "I'll trade you a Batman for a Captain Marvel."

Which, of course, only appeals to the intellectuals...

[ironflange]

37. Don't touch that dial!

[lpbk2713]

38. Go outside and turn the antenna.

So we can watch channel eight.

[NNadir]

39. Typewriter.

[csziggy]

49. Along with that, cabon paper. nt

[NNadir]

50. ...and of course...whiteout.

[csziggy]

56. When I was a kid there was no whiteout available

I used Mom's antique typewriter that looked like this:

http://www.mrmartinweb.com/type.htm#oliver

To type and get an image the carbon paper, you really had to pound on it. If you typed too fast, the typebars would get tangled up. If I made a mistake, I just XXXXed it out, no whiteout. For some of my teachers who didn't accept any mistakes at all, I'd have to re-type papers multiple times.

That typewriter inspired my hatred of typewriters. As soon as I got my first computer and printer with a word processing program, the typewriter I owned was donated to somebody else. I've never looked back.

[NightWatcher]

40. Be Kind, Rewind

[IcyPeas]

41. Olly olly oxen free

[Kali]

42. lid

[Brother Buzz]

43. Call POPCORN (767-2676) to set you clock

At the tone, the time will be 8:22 and 20 seconds....

[eShirl]

44. "I dig."

[Earth-shine]

45. Nickel bag

As for, duck and cover, that's what one should do when someone sneezes during a pandemic.

[Callalily]

46. Here's the skinny

(here's the story)

I actually still use this one

[tblue37]

47. Ps and Qs.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

48. Who's got a skate key?

[jmowreader]

51. "Heating oil"

[zanana1]

52. Make like a tree and leave.

[Wolf Frankula]

53. Make like a drum and beat it.

Typewriter ribbon.

Wolf

[wnylib]

54. Domino theory

Hell no, we won't go.

Penny candy

Tail fins

LSMFT

Crinoline, pinafore, garter belt, saddle shoes

[malthaussen]

55. From an even earlier period: "On the square."

Remember, children, the Boomers wouldn't understand a lot of terms their parents did, either.

-- Mal

[Mad_Dem_X]

57. "Casette Single" n/t

[consider_this]

58. Three on the tree.

[Brainfodder]

59. Single Side Double Density

Okay, that was in my late twenties, but I was still quite immature.

[Piasladic]

60. card catalog

jukebox