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DURHAM D

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50. oh dear...can not imagine getting through that

Reply to William769 (Reply #40)

Sun Feb 13, 2022, 12:50 AM

Feb 2022

Sorry William.

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How many of these can you say "Yes" to? [View all] DURHAM D Feb 2022 OP

All of these.nt. drray23 Feb 2022 #1

Did your family have a locker at the grocery store DURHAM D Feb 2022 #4

no,not that. We had a cold room and later on a deep freezer.nt drray23 Feb 2022 #11

I don't know what a cold room is. DURHAM D Feb 2022 #19

also called root cellar. drray23 Feb 2022 #194

We called that a 'fraidy hole. nt DURHAM D Feb 2022 #196

Never heard of that! electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #73

It was pretty cool actually. DURHAM D Feb 2022 #83

Wow, ok then. 👍 electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #88

My family's dairy farm in upstate NY had a bunker built of heavy timbers and covered with panader0 Feb 2022 #145

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. nt DURHAM D Feb 2022 #180

We lived across the street from the locker plant in our town. pazzyanne Feb 2022 #122

All of the above plus my grandmother had a real ice box. And a washboard and a press dryer. Tommymac Feb 2022 #174

Yes, we did have a meat locker and it was just 2 blocks away. Forgot all about that. ratchiweenie Feb 2022 #176

Yes to your soap, wood stove, washing shed and DURHAM D Feb 2022 #183

LOL. ratchiweenie Feb 2022 #212

Yup - although slightly different. Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #199

Aced that test. In fact, I avoided remote controls thinking it would make me lazy. Hoyt Feb 2022 #2

We were my dad's remote control n/t aggiesal Feb 2022 #85

lol Cha Feb 2022 #116

And his antenna. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2022 #138

Every Single One Otto_Harper Feb 2022 #3

Yes - you get the Super Ok Boomer award. DURHAM D Feb 2022 #6

All of them. Sneederbunk Feb 2022 #5

Do you remember your phone number? DURHAM D Feb 2022 #9

CL2-1983 nt trocar Feb 2022 #75

WEstmore3-7832 n/t aggiesal Feb 2022 #90

Yes, and the one before that, plus Grandma's. Plus addresses. tblue37 Feb 2022 #92

I had a party line until 1981. Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #201

AM7-4903. ShazzieB Feb 2022 #127

Yes. It was "12J". We lived upstairs in my grandmother's house and lamp_shade Feb 2022 #132

All of them. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #7

All of the above... Enter stage left Feb 2022 #8

Can you still buy a regular new car with a manual transmission? nt DURHAM D Feb 2022 #10

Anything with a manual trans now days is the very lowest priced vehicle available... Enter stage left Feb 2022 #33

Having a manual transmission makes your car a lot less likely to be stolen. captain queeg Feb 2022 #63

Last I looked, Subaru, Volvo, Volkswagen, and high-end sports offered a manual option nt Gore1FL Feb 2022 #72

Every New Car You Can Still Buy with a Manual Transmission sir pball Feb 2022 #148

Thank you for the link. DURHAM D Feb 2022 #167

I learned on stick, and I still love the engagement of it.. sir pball Feb 2022 #218

I'm getting to the point where I'll need a new car - Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #204

Yes. I have a 2019. nt NutmegYankee Feb 2022 #187

Yes, but it is getting harder. Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #202

Still drive a stick ornotna Feb 2022 #12

Interesting that you made screwdrivers in shop. DURHAM D Feb 2022 #18

In my school I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #45

You must be several years younger than I am. nt DURHAM D Feb 2022 #51

How young are you I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #52

FDR was President when I was born. nt DURHAM D Feb 2022 #59

Have any of you heard of cannabis_flower Feb 2022 #64

I feel stuck between jobes and x I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #78

Hmmm... this might have been age related... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #96

I graduated high school in 1968. ShazzieB Feb 2022 #129

Home ec in the '90s, huh! electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #130

We still have our 1982 Ford Bronco. StarryNite Feb 2022 #25

all Skittles Feb 2022 #13

I had to look up three on the tree. DURHAM D Feb 2022 #20

my boyfriend got ridiculously drunk Skittles Feb 2022 #35

Learned to drive using "three on a tree" Zorro Feb 2022 #48

LOL DENVERPOPS Feb 2022 #120

5 of 6 here. Brainfodder Feb 2022 #14

Always had the dryer too. LizBeth Feb 2022 #152

All of them plus had an ice box (and yes, the ice man cameth) as did the milk man and the bread LoisB Feb 2022 #15

Didn't know about a bread man. DURHAM D Feb 2022 #23

Grandmother baked our bread in South Carolina. Bread truck in small town in Pennsylvania. LoisB Feb 2022 #65

I remember all of the OP's stuff -- plus my mom had a wringer washer. That wringer Nay Feb 2022 #191

I totally forgot about the knife sharpener guy. That is so cool about the milkman and bread man LoisB Feb 2022 #206

Most. applegrove Feb 2022 #16

I got five out of six. William769 Feb 2022 #17

Do you still have your Atari? nt DURHAM D Feb 2022 #24

I have three Atari 130XE machines (more advanced than the classic 800s) in my closet. Earth-shine Feb 2022 #29

lol nt DURHAM D Feb 2022 #34

Sadly no. William769 Feb 2022 #40

oh dear...can not imagine getting through that DURHAM D Feb 2022 #50

It was a long time ago. William769 Feb 2022 #53

Nice to see you as well. DURHAM D Feb 2022 #56

He's a plague I wish on noone. William769 Feb 2022 #61

My cousin and I played it I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #49

All of the above! bamagal62 Feb 2022 #21

I can!! There were dryers in town at the little laundromat. 7wo7rees Feb 2022 #22

5 SheltieLover Feb 2022 #26

Are you trying to smoke out the old geezers? Earth-shine Feb 2022 #27

I will admit that I am surprised by the number of DURHAM D Feb 2022 #32

I learned to drive a stick from a large-scale video game in an arcade. Earth-shine Feb 2022 #37

I think I would say no DURHAM D Feb 2022 #39

shifting is easy. NutmegYankee Feb 2022 #190

This isn't really an "old geezer" list, even elder Millenials can tick most of the boxes. sir pball Feb 2022 #150

That's quite a reply. I was simply being ironic. nt Earth-shine Feb 2022 #153

It wasn't meant to be angry or anything lol sir pball Feb 2022 #155

It's about geezers, simply because I am in the group. Earth-shine Feb 2022 #157

Right, and as a 42 year old none of the OP questions scream "geezer" to me sir pball Feb 2022 #219

I can see that you are really taking this seriously. Earth-shine Feb 2022 #221

I can drive a stick, and many nations have petrol attendants Celerity Feb 2022 #28

Hmmm... Archae Feb 2022 #30

All of them. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #31

The whole shebang dweller Feb 2022 #36

3 IcyPeas Feb 2022 #38

4 I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #41

Yes to all but the last one FakeNoose Feb 2022 #42

I took all the advance placement classes DURHAM D Feb 2022 #46

"To be honest learning shorthand was the best college prep course I took." pazzyanne Feb 2022 #125

Diid you go to Sears and pump your own car's motor oil into a jar and it was 3Hotdogs Feb 2022 #43

No. But I remember those. nt DURHAM D Feb 2022 #47

All of them HubertHeaver Feb 2022 #44

All of them. murielm99 Feb 2022 #54

Gas stations gave green stamps, and sometimes vanlassie Feb 2022 #55

I remember the drinking glasses moonscape Feb 2022 #119

We had a combo clothes washer dryer at moonscape Feb 2022 #123

There is a gas station by my mom that still gives full service. chowder66 Feb 2022 #57

Party line? moondust Feb 2022 #58

Yes to that. Good one. nt DURHAM D Feb 2022 #60

Oh, missed your party line photo! 😄 electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #86

all of them. in fact, my camaro z28 is a stick shift now. AZLD4Candidate Feb 2022 #62

All except for hanging clothes outside iemanja Feb 2022 #66

All of the above and many more...... KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2022 #67

I guess you have! 😄 ... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #108

Lordy, I wouldn't want to be a street cleaner in NYC. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2022 #158

I do. You as well. 👍 electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #189

An old 55 gallon drum out back for burning garbage? captain queeg Feb 2022 #68

I forgot about the trash drums DURHAM D Feb 2022 #79

4/5. We had a dryer. Sometimes my mother used a clothes line, but not extremely often. nt Gore1FL Feb 2022 #69

4 out of 5 gblady Feb 2022 #70

Rotary✔️ pre remote TV✔️ some line drying✔️ ... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #71

Yep to all coolsimo Feb 2022 #74

All the above. niyad Feb 2022 #76

No on the stick shift and even though my mother always had a dryer, she sometimes like to hang clothes Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 #77

Yes to all. 65 yr old here Pas-de-Calais Feb 2022 #80

Yes to all. 66 yo here slightlv Feb 2022 #81

Four and a half... RockRaven Feb 2022 #82

All of them n/t aggiesal Feb 2022 #84

Four and a half. We hung out clothes but dryers did exist. tblue37 Feb 2022 #87

For Boomers and even X'ers most of these would be true. radius777 Feb 2022 #89

All of them lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #91

None of them Sympthsical Feb 2022 #93

All but one MoonlightHillFarm Feb 2022 #94

How many had a milkman ... aggiesal Feb 2022 #95

Yes and also on Thursday DURHAM D Feb 2022 #97

We had a milk man coolsimo Feb 2022 #99

I did that too. Otto_Harper Feb 2022 #118

Yes. pazzyanne Feb 2022 #128

I can say yes to all of these. PatrickforB Feb 2022 #98

Yup Timewas Feb 2022 #100

Yes to all... Texasgal Feb 2022 #101

All but we had a dryer IbogaProject Feb 2022 #102

All of them... littlemissmartypants Feb 2022 #103

Interest post. Thanks for sharing. DURHAM D Feb 2022 #110

Actually, Brunswick Stew is more of a coastal plains, SC low country dish. littlemissmartypants Feb 2022 #112

Didn't know that. DURHAM D Feb 2022 #117

So, I did some research (yikes) the dreaded littlemissmartypants Feb 2022 #133

That looks delicious. DURHAM D Feb 2022 #216

My grandmother had a stove that could use coal or wood Retrograde Feb 2022 #137

We had indoor plumbing - Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #209

First 3 yes rpannier Feb 2022 #104

Never owned a clothes dryer canetoad Feb 2022 #105

Yup, I'm a Boomer shanti Feb 2022 #106

100% denbot Feb 2022 #107

Six. dchill Feb 2022 #109

Yes to all . . . . . . Stinky The Clown Feb 2022 #111

I think one of the most interesting census questions was in 1930 DURHAM D Feb 2022 #115

If they had a tractor, they had gasoline. If they has gasoline, they may have had . . . . Stinky The Clown Feb 2022 #179

All except the Stick Shift.. Cha Feb 2022 #113

All of the above. DFW Feb 2022 #114

All of them. pazzyanne Feb 2022 #121

I got two to add... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #124

All of these. ShazzieB Feb 2022 #126

Yes to all of the above and still drive a stick, and hang clothes out to dry. GoneOffShore Feb 2022 #131

all but typing lookyhereyou Feb 2022 #134

All of the list. n/t Paper Roses Feb 2022 #135

I knew dryers existed, but didn't have one Retrograde Feb 2022 #136

All of them. nt Roisin Ni Fiachra Feb 2022 #139

all except the clothes dryer (n/t) MissMillie Feb 2022 #140

I still drive a manual transmission, and so does my wife Martin Eden Feb 2022 #141

I don't get the appeal. Nt USALiberal Feb 2022 #146

Ever drive one? Martin Eden Feb 2022 #165

You feel more connected with the machine. NutmegYankee Feb 2022 #188

For one - far easier to get out of a snow-drift. Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #211

All of them. We had a dryer, but have you ever smelled bed sheets that dried outside Emile Feb 2022 #142

All malaise Feb 2022 #143

I still drive stick shift. GoCubsGo Feb 2022 #144

All of them, and I was born in 1979. sir pball Feb 2022 #147

Four, five if I can replace "typing" with "shorthand" JHB Feb 2022 #149

Yes, To All. But, A Story About One Of Them ProfessorGAC Feb 2022 #151

I cannot drive a stick shift ChazII Feb 2022 #154

I did own a Samsung CRT TV with knobs, no remote krispos42 Feb 2022 #156

All except the typing dumbcat Feb 2022 #159

All of the above. And kacekwl Feb 2022 #160

All of them. Solomon Feb 2022 #161

All of the above for me. Lol ananda Feb 2022 #162

Oh, and Jim Crow. ananda Feb 2022 #163

All but the last one Hangingon Feb 2022 #164

All but the clothes dryer mnhtnbb Feb 2022 #166

All of those. And I have never owned an automatic shift car. sinkingfeeling Feb 2022 #168

All of them! Deuce Feb 2022 #169

Are you trying to out the oldies? Lettuce Be Feb 2022 #170

That was not my intent but DURHAM D Feb 2022 #171

How many of you lived in a house heated by coal? Emile Feb 2022 #172

We did for quite a few years. It was a huge furnace in the basement. captain queeg Feb 2022 #213

All but one... hippywife Feb 2022 #173

The thing that was the most useful high school class I took was typing. Liberal In Texas Feb 2022 #175

Yes typing was probably the most useful class I had in HS. captain queeg Feb 2022 #214

All of them. bikebloke Feb 2022 #177

Yes to all the above. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #178

3 sakabatou Feb 2022 #181

1, 2, 3 and 6. Wingus Dingus Feb 2022 #182

All except stick shift and no dryer. Boomerproud Feb 2022 #184

All except the dryer treestar Feb 2022 #185

No to the stick shift hauckeye Feb 2022 #186

.... Tommy Carcetti Feb 2022 #192

Every one of them. (Thanks for reminding me how old I am.) 11 Bravo Feb 2022 #193

All of them, plus a phone with no dial at all. MineralMan Feb 2022 #195

I can say yes to 4 out of 6 Quakerfriend Feb 2022 #197

All 6. Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #198

Like so many here, all of them. Sogo Feb 2022 #200

That would be me GrapesOfWrath Feb 2022 #203

Yes to all the above except the last one Dave says Feb 2022 #205

Yes to all of them MsLeopard Feb 2022 #207

5 gulliver Feb 2022 #208

Yes to all except hanging clothes outside because there was no such thing as a dryer MiniMe Feb 2022 #210

Yes, yes, yes, yep, uh huh, and affirmative! nt 2 Meow Momma Feb 2022 #215

All of them, Mr.Bill Feb 2022 #217

All but the dryer. Dryers were around before I was born. Solly Mack Feb 2022 #220