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146. We still have two of those old jelly glasses

Fri Oct 21, 2022, 03:53 PM

Oct 2022

They are the favorites of my twin grandchildren when they are visiting here, even though they have no idea who Tom and Jerry were.

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Things that were and are no more. [View all] debm55 Oct 2022 OP

The sound of the rotary phone... Drum Oct 2022 #1

yep, had a distinct sound debm55 Oct 2022 #7

I still have one, and it is my main phone. It works just fine. Bought in 1984 or 5? Stuart G Oct 2022 #27

Cardboard savings cards that allowed Quakerfriend Oct 2022 #2

How about the birthday cards with the slits for dimes or quarters? debm55 Oct 2022 #15

March of Dimes cards at restaurant check outs yellowdogintexas Oct 2022 #184

Milk boxes by the back door... TygrBright Oct 2022 #3

We didn't have a box, Milk was brought to door and left there.We aslo had a juice man, donut man and debm55 Oct 2022 #11

My first job (age 12 or 13) was a weekly donut route. n/t FSogol Oct 2022 #95

What was your favorite seller debm55 Oct 2022 #97

Krispy Kreme glazed sold about 5 to 1 over Jelly or Chocolate. FSogol Oct 2022 #108

We used to have a Krispy Kreme store locally. You would get the donuts warm and fresh. They closed, debm55 Oct 2022 #112

Yeah, I made about $15 a week for about 1-2 hours of work. FSogol Oct 2022 #122

We had milk delivered too. Treefrog Oct 2022 #98

💙 we can do it Oct 2022 #90

my friends dad Conjuay Oct 2022 #149

We had a milkman who delivered and picked up milk bottles. Disaffected Oct 2022 #180

pork skins with the little hot sauce Beachnutt Oct 2022 #4

I remember the "Pork Rinds".... SergeStorms Oct 2022 #25

You're right, Pork Rinds Beachnutt Oct 2022 #41

Glassware/dishes.... SergeStorms Oct 2022 #5

So true, And the towel we got was like paper debm55 Oct 2022 #9

My grandma had those dweller Oct 2022 #24

That's wonderful! SergeStorms Oct 2022 #28

I remember those glasses from my childhood dweller Oct 2022 #36

About the smallpox vaccination scar... EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #6

Polio vaccine, surely? n/t malthaussen Oct 2022 #165

No, it was the smallpox vaccine. Polio vaccine was dropped onto a sugar cube. EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #168

Ah, you got the later version. malthaussen Oct 2022 #169

I remember the long lines for the Polio vaccine. It took hours. i remember getting three at debm55 Oct 2022 #170

I think the worst was over by the time I got the vaccine EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #171

The shots were given in the school gym in my town. It was packed with parents and kids. Still there debm55 Oct 2022 #173

That's the difference between versions of the vaccine EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #176

Yes, I received my first version as a shot. It looked like a gun, debm55 Oct 2022 #177

I still have my small pox scar it is on my thigh yellowdogintexas Oct 2022 #183

Why on the thigh? debm55 Oct 2022 #186

I don't know why my mom's was on her thigh, but yellowdogintexas Oct 2022 #187

Phone booths Beachnutt Oct 2022 #8

Those phone booths you mention-had to have enough change when the operator came on and said --you debm55 Oct 2022 #56

I remember when gas stations gave away tumblers (drinking glasses) with a fill-up EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #10

I remember that-you would tip him. We never got the glasses. debm55 Oct 2022 #12

Minimum 8 gallon purchase. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #30

I remember picking up change from the floor of my Chevy 1965 Impala to pay for the gas. debm55 Oct 2022 #51

I worked as a gas station attendant clerk in a previous life EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #81

Yeah, that was early to mid-60s. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #99

and if the car Conjuay Oct 2022 #150

Yes this! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #53

Sound of a dial-up modem ragemage Oct 2022 #13

Firestone Christmas Favorites record albums n/t TygrBright Oct 2022 #14

Mechanical Christmas displays that moved Old Crank Oct 2022 #16

Oh I always wanted to see them. Went to NYC on a AAA tour to see the city for Christmas. On the day debm55 Oct 2022 #40

Bell Bottoms (the pants) SWBTATTReg Oct 2022 #17

go go boots debm55 Oct 2022 #22

Go-Go Boots. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #38

I did too. It was the style baby! debm55 Oct 2022 #42

Im sure kids today.... SergeStorms Oct 2022 #47

With fish net stockings. wnylib Oct 2022 #92

LOL I had no shape as a teen--my garter belt would ride up to my waist. debm55 Oct 2022 #101

Of course I used nail push on runners. Didn't everybody? LOL. wnylib Oct 2022 #110

So true. And I didn't own a pair of jeans until I was in college. debm55 Oct 2022 #113

Oh my riverbendviewgal Oct 2022 #130

Belts for sanitary pads. tblue37 Oct 2022 #133

Phone answering machines. 8-track car stereos... brush Oct 2022 #18

My phone answering machine still works and receives messages. Stuart G Oct 2022 #29

Seriously? You still use it? Landlines offer that function now. brush Oct 2022 #31

I didn't know that landlines offer that. Oh well. Yes, I still use it & use other outmoded stuff too Stuart G Oct 2022 #37

I have a Hoover. Remember the commercials where it could pick up a bowling ball. Heads up --I have a debm55 Oct 2022 #86

Mrs. Paul's fishsticks I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #19

I remember the Mrs, Paul's, Was the Stroganoff stuff in the envelope that you had to cut open? debm55 Oct 2022 #33

Yeah I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #75

The device at the drugstore where you took TV tubes grumpyduck Oct 2022 #20

Speaking of TV--antenna's on the roof and RABBIT EARS debm55 Oct 2022 #43

Yep, my dad used to take a tube out of Beachnutt Oct 2022 #44

Remember the drug stores had scales where you could... brush Oct 2022 #46

sure did and didn't they tell your fortune Beachnutt Oct 2022 #67

I remember a drugstore near my neighborhood wnylib Oct 2022 #93

Cherry Cokes! I remember one drugstore that would mix the Coke from scratch debm55 Oct 2022 #102

That's what my drugstore did. wnylib Oct 2022 #111

My drugstore would take the Coke syrup and mix with I would guess Carbonated Water. debm55 Oct 2022 #114

Mine had the carbonation and the syrup in separate containers, but wnylib Oct 2022 #117

Woolworths five and dime store. tblue37 Oct 2022 #134

S&H green stamps. tblue37 Oct 2022 #135

And Grants and Murphy's. They were all wnylib Oct 2022 #153

I live very near McKeesport,PA, where the home office was located. You are right, they were located debm55 Oct 2022 #154

The 5 & dimes in Erie did not have wnylib Oct 2022 #155

I remember Kresge/K-Mart. Do you remember the blue light specials and people running to them. debm55 Oct 2022 #156

Crank up car windows. Basic LA Oct 2022 #21

If I ever was able to drive I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #23

My 89 year old golfing buddy just bought a 2015 Jeep, gab13by13 Oct 2022 #35

Manual chokes. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #50

Was it a JeepLiberty? I gave mine to my cousin as she was crying around that she had no way to get debm55 Oct 2022 #158

Those little vent windows. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #57

Flip digital clocks I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #26

Tile pipe, replaced by PVC. gab13by13 Oct 2022 #32

5 cent candy bars. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #34

I remember two-for-a-penny kisses even. brush Oct 2022 #45

3 for a penney long, skinny red licorice strings. wnylib Oct 2022 #96

And if I got a drink in the glass bottle they would refund you 2 cents for the small and 5 cents for debm55 Oct 2022 #48

Yep. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #52

A dime would get you enough candy to make you sick ironflange Oct 2022 #58

pretzel rods were 2 cents. IcyPeas Oct 2022 #64

You must have lived in the high rent district. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #70

haha I could be misremembering... IcyPeas Oct 2022 #72

inflation debm55 Oct 2022 #80

(Or you got the stale pretzel sticks! Conjuay Oct 2022 #152

My store sold them for penny, you got ripped off. Also liked the flying saucer things with tiny debm55 Oct 2022 #71

Good one, Conjuay debm55 Oct 2022 #157

Nehru Jackets. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #39

Did you wear with a necklace of peace Beads? debm55 Oct 2022 #49

Of course! SergeStorms Oct 2022 #54

I hit an amazing bargain at a place that sometimes I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #77

do you wear it? It sounds beautiful. debm55 Oct 2022 #83

Yep to fancy occasions I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #84

The mechanical horse rides at grocery stores for a penny SheltieLover Oct 2022 #55

and the mechanical dolphin and merry go round(which I think was a nickel) debm55 Oct 2022 #59

Never saw those but I always rode the horse SheltieLover Oct 2022 #62

Never wore a watch. During the summer, you left the house on your bike, checked the position of debm55 Oct 2022 #60

I wore a Mickey Mouse watch. wnylib Oct 2022 #100

Curb service at Big Boy. nt doc03 Oct 2022 #61

Black and White TV. Crazy aunt said she had a color TV, Turns out it was this red, blue and white debm55 Oct 2022 #63

Anybody remember having a party line Beachnutt Oct 2022 #65

Oh yeah. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #74

jelly glasses. I'm pretty sure we had Flintstones ones. IcyPeas Oct 2022 #66

Sure do' Did you use a bottle cap opener? I remember it was hard to put back on, debm55 Oct 2022 #68

Buying a helium balloon from the balloon man Quakerfriend Oct 2022 #69

Tuesday is Red's Tamales Day Jack the Greater Oct 2022 #73

Here is one if you are/were a Catholic. Going to confession every Saturday evening, as a 6/7 year debm55 Oct 2022 #76

Yes. Boomerproud Oct 2022 #91

true debm55 Oct 2022 #106

Meatless Fridays. SergeStorms Oct 2022 #103

Fish sticks were the worse, I didn't mind the shrimp. A local bar started to sell Fish or Shrimp debm55 Oct 2022 #107

My family was not Catholic, but my brother's wife was. wnylib Oct 2022 #115

Oh I didn't think of that--easier to make up a new set debm55 Oct 2022 #118

Besides, you wouldn't want to reveal your scam to the priest. wnylib Oct 2022 #119

One of my secrets was to peek the holes in the Confessional. Once i remember him moving his hands as debm55 Oct 2022 #121

Incorrigible sinner. Tsk, tsk. wnylib Oct 2022 #128

X-ray machines at shoe stores where you stuck your feet in them Ocelot II Oct 2022 #78

I remember that. At one time, the store around here, that had the machine was going to sell shoes debm55 Oct 2022 #79

I remember most all these and those in the replies riverbendviewgal Oct 2022 #82

What were the Fab dolls like? And thank you for sharing your memories. debm55 Oct 2022 #87

Fab dolls riverbendviewgal Oct 2022 #94

I had a Suzy Walker doll, too. wnylib Oct 2022 #104

I loved the beads riverbendviewgal Oct 2022 #126

Pop beads! I'd completely forgotten about those. Ocelot II Oct 2022 #129

Every well dressed little girl in the 50s had wnylib Oct 2022 #131

I had a Tiny Tears and Suzy Walker too. If I remember correctly TT had a soft plastic head; debm55 Oct 2022 #105

Yes I remember the limp. - riverbendviewgal Oct 2022 #127

Aunt Jemima Coffee Cake Auggie Oct 2022 #85

Home Economics and Shop debm55 Oct 2022 #88

Ah, shop. grumpyduck Oct 2022 #109

Good things turned out for you, grumpy. Are you a self taught woodworker. debm55 Oct 2022 #116

Yeah, pretty much trial and error. grumpyduck Oct 2022 #140

Getting buffalo nickels and mercury head Quakerfriend Oct 2022 #89

And silver dollars. My husband collected coins as a kid. He has a couple of the blue coin holders debm55 Oct 2022 #120

About that Hoover Vacuum Cleaner in post 37...I got from my mom, who used it in the 50s, 60s & 70s.. Stuart G Oct 2022 #123

Jeez guys, how did we forget the classic in modern culinary cuisine--the TV dinner in all it's glory debm55 Oct 2022 #124

The Merrymobile man bringing Bomb Pops, Fudgsicles, and Eskimo Pies to hot kids... LudwigPastorius Oct 2022 #125

"Sunday Sunday Sunday at Smokin' U.S. 30 Dragstrip!!!" GReedDiamond Oct 2022 #132

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday.... SergeStorms Oct 2022 #142

Oh and, one more - Earth Shoes... GReedDiamond Oct 2022 #136

Cap guns. Playing marbles. tblue37 Oct 2022 #137

Metal roller skates with keys that attached to your shoes. tblue37 Oct 2022 #138

With that slidy-thing in the middle.... SergeStorms Oct 2022 #143

Half gallon jar of library paste with a rule stuck in the paste. sarge43 Oct 2022 #139

Zemo Ointment rogerballard Oct 2022 #141

I hate to be a downer on this entire post..... SergeStorms Oct 2022 #144

Serge. I understand where you are coming from. My family was the only white family in my debm55 Oct 2022 #145

I understand completely.... SergeStorms Oct 2022 #160

I read your post and posted to you, You saw it first debm55 Oct 2022 #162

We still have two of those old jelly glasses SCantiGOP Oct 2022 #146

Do you remember the cartoon shows on Saturday mornings. I had the Flintstones and Deputy Dog set. debm55 Oct 2022 #147

45's , lunch boxes and book bags. debm55 Oct 2022 #148

Banks at Christmas Conjuay Oct 2022 #151

That vaccination scar - I didn't have one for years csziggy Oct 2022 #159

Wow,is you skin thick. Remember the ugly scar? debm55 Oct 2022 #164

S&H Green Stamps Wolf Frankula Oct 2022 #161

Do you remember the six small boxes of cereal? You could spit up the box and the inside wrapping, debm55 Oct 2022 #163

Free air at the gas station. malthaussen Oct 2022 #166

A few more things to add to this list. Niagara Oct 2022 #167

I remember debm55 Oct 2022 #172

This is so long ago... Laffy Kat Oct 2022 #174

I don't remember those. Was that regional? Do you remember the silver metallic Christmas trees debm55 Oct 2022 #175

I don't think it was regional. Laffy Kat Oct 2022 #178

Thanks for the link. I don't remember them though. debm55 Oct 2022 #188

I may be older. nt Laffy Kat Oct 2022 #189

" one of gadgets that included a pointed side and a rounded side." trof Oct 2022 #179

Thank you for the info, I knew it had a name just couldn't remember. debm55 Oct 2022 #181

K and R...Thanks for posting.. Stuart G Oct 2022 #182

Thank you , Stuart. I checked my record and found that I had original signed up for DU in 2004, only debm55 Oct 2022 #185

This will be my last list of items. White lipstick, granny dresses, and maxi coats and mini skirts. debm55 Oct 2022 #190

KidStarz Radio sakabatou Oct 2022 #191

Oh that sounds so neat.What year was this? debm55 Oct 2022 #192

Mid-90s? sakabatou Oct 2022 #193