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Without revealing your age.... [View all] ButSeeYa Mar 2017 OP
Getting off the couch to choose between three television networks. RandySF Mar 2017 #1
You were lucky SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #266
Driving around looking for a safeinOhio Mar 2017 #2
Free roam childhood. Lunabell Mar 2017 #3
I miss the fireflies. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #11
come to my house! ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #164
Cool. Thanks. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #174
I remember them as a child visiting my grandma in Chicago in the summer kimbutgar May 2018 #405
We called them Lightening Bugs.. whathehell Oct 2018 #412
We used to catch them in jars and put them by the bed at night. littlemissmartypants Oct 2018 #413
I remember them being put in jars.. whathehell Oct 2018 #414
Also "trick or treating" for hours on foot, many blocks from home with siblings... brush Mar 2017 #124
Trick or treating for a week. Butterflylady Sep 2017 #359
no parents, no fear on Halloween night. 634-5789 Jul 2020 #424
Yes, this. Six, seven years old I'd walk two blocks through suburbia to a pond, watch minnows femmedem Mar 2017 #208
Didnt have fireflies where I lived but I spent many hours roaming the neighborhood and the Amaryllis Mar 2017 #212
THAT is a big one... pangaia Sep 2017 #362
Female - not being allowed to wear pants in (public) school! Freddie Mar 2017 #4
In my high school (Australia), the girls HAD to do home ec SwissTony Mar 2017 #12
At my school, boys took shop PJMcK Mar 2017 #73
For the time my high school was enlighten sarge43 Mar 2017 #77
We had the same deal randr Mar 2017 #139
Oh, no! pnwmom Sep 2017 #346
We were wary of one of the shop teachers tonekat May 2018 #392
I wasn't allowed to wear pants to school all thru high school MadCrow Sep 2017 #279
I remember the Principal telling a second grader she couldn't wear pants at demigoddess May 2020 #417
Without revealing your age.... LenaBaby61 Mar 2017 #5
I had a 4 track player in my '61 Ford Starliner HAB911 Mar 2017 #45
Sleeping in hair rollers. spooky3 Mar 2017 #6
Could not sleep on those plastic ones! mgardener Mar 2017 #19
Dippity Do lillypaddle Mar 2017 #38
2 colors mgardener Mar 2017 #43
Are you talking hair rollers or the first color TV? LakeArenal Mar 2017 #146
Dippity Do lillypaddle Mar 2017 #249
Teal too N/T tonekat May 2018 #393
Too funny.... MLAA Sep 2017 #300
OMG! llmart Sep 2017 #382
My sister rolled her hair on orange juice cans! MLAA Sep 2017 #386
I rolled my hair on grape-juice cans..using liberal globs of Dippity Do solara Oct 2022 #438
Dippity do! It was so goopy and green! MLAA Oct 2022 #439
I think Dippity Do also came in pink.. but I never used that one solara Oct 2022 #440
What about the wire rollers with brushes inside, fixed in place by pink plastic pins. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #68
My mom used those to make her chin-length hair go under at the ends marzipanni Mar 2017 #204
Those things were torture devices! ShazzieB Oct 2020 #429
Me too! tblue37 Oct 2020 #430
Yep, used those too also used 'spoolies' solara Oct 2022 #441
Sleeping in orange juice cans!! Sparkly Jul 2023 #444
Without revealing your age.... LenaBaby61 Mar 2017 #7
Remember that every table has an ashtray and free matches? randr Mar 2017 #142
This could be a long list TexasProgresive Mar 2017 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Kittycow Mar 2017 #37
Sounds just like my childhood! PJMcK Mar 2017 #78
Same to you PJ. Is that Patrick Joseph? TexasProgresive Mar 2017 #120
Nah, that's not me PJMcK Mar 2017 #152
The saints seem to always deny being one. TexasProgresive Mar 2017 #192
poodle skirts and my record player leftofcool Mar 2017 #9
I hesitate to presuppose what might not be understood, but... littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #10
sugar cubes (polio vaccine) gfwzig Mar 2017 #13
I had forgotten the sugar cubes SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #267
I'm old enough to remember the max vaccinations immediately after PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #348
Watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan JetFuel Mar 2017 #14
My mother was actually just the opposite Rhiannon12866 Mar 2017 #32
My mom, too! She bought me the Veejay album "Introducing the Beatles." Still Blue in PDX Apr 2017 #260
Many of our parents were very young by today's standards. hedda_foil Apr 2018 #390
I watched Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan show! whathehell Mar 2017 #52
Yep, I was so excited about their first performance on Ed Sullivan and we all watched it. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2017 #59
welcome to DU gopiscrap Mar 2017 #166
Not being able mgardener Mar 2017 #15
Life without any electronic devices sarge43 Mar 2017 #16
I remember my dad taking the bad vacuum tubes from our tv down to the appliance store to get replace dhol82 Mar 2017 #29
Yes. rzemanfl Mar 2017 #47
Thanks! dhol82 Mar 2017 #61
Bwaaa! The whole theme song just came back to me! Squinch Mar 2017 #231
This is from Wikipedia- rzemanfl Mar 2017 #234
I must have caught it the second time around. Don't remember anything but the song. Squinch Mar 2017 #237
Does "Plunk your magic twanger froggy" mean anything to you? n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #238
No, but I saw the reference down thread. Squinch Mar 2017 #239
Buster Brown shoes sponsored that show. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #241
Oh! But their commercials must have been all over for me to remember every word of the song. Squinch Mar 2017 #242
Andy's Gang - Andy Devine rickford66 Sep 2017 #282
This was entertaining during Irma. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2017 #371
Bob would say "So you take the pie..." EarnestPutz Sep 2017 #318
"MOTHER, PLEASE... I'D RATHER DO IT MYSELF!!!" ailsagirl Apr 2017 #261
DRAMA! tonekat May 2018 #394
"Sure, you're tense, irritable... but don't take it out on her!" ailsagirl May 2018 #411
DON'T TAKE THE CAR YOU'LL KILL YOURSELF!!" solara Oct 2022 #437
I remember vacuum tubes and whathehell Mar 2017 #48
A pack of vac tubes in house sarge43 Mar 2017 #50
Wow - interactive television! Beartracks Mar 2017 #130
Carbon paper. n/t sarge43 Mar 2017 #60
I just bought some and was shocked by how expensive it was dhol82 Mar 2017 #63
I'm surprised it's still available. sarge43 Mar 2017 #69
I remember retyping term papers at school because I made a mistake in the last RKP5637 Mar 2017 #75
Oh, that was the worst... Freedomofspeech Sep 2017 #277
Ay caramba! PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #327
I remember the joy when I discovered tonekat May 2018 #396
probably on your nose also. LOL pangaia Sep 2017 #364
I was finally able to track it down at Staples dhol82 Mar 2017 #76
I was 5 when we got our first TV set, and few people we knew had one yet. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #72
Relatives and neighbors showed up just to check it out. n/t sarge43 Mar 2017 #109
Oh, yes. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #147
Watching "Peter Pan" PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #328
I actually did my taxes w/o any devices this year CountAllVotes Mar 2017 #154
Trying to talk to... WiffenPoof Mar 2017 #17
Having some young kid in 1987 tell us PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #329
Wacky Packages! Chasstev365 Mar 2017 #18
Let's see rpannier Mar 2017 #20
Telephone party lines. nt GP6971 Mar 2017 #97
and only needing to dial 4 digits... 2naSalit Mar 2017 #141
frontier 1956 rpannier Mar 2017 #200
We didn't have those 2naSalit Mar 2017 #223
Ditto plus happy feet Mar 2017 #21
Rotary telephone GeoWilliam750 Mar 2017 #22
Short, striped polyester dresses with fishnets and go-go boots, white of course! babylonsister Mar 2017 #23
And as a male of the time, I definitely appreciated them! malthaussen Mar 2017 #81
Fighting off grizzly bears at school with my musket... Cooley Hurd Mar 2017 #24
Fake news.... pangaia Sep 2017 #365
Party line telephone dhol82 Mar 2017 #25
Pulling your car into a gas station.... tobefree Mar 2017 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #98
I remember riding with my Dad Rhiannon12866 Mar 2017 #248
My Dad knew the guys that ran Johnny's Esso well SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #268
My Dad, on the other hand, was not a car guy Rhiannon12866 Jul 2017 #274
My dad always got 2 bucks worth of gas. On Sunday he would buy 2 bucks worth of gas and drive doc03 Sep 2017 #288
I remember getting a ride to school with my cousin Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #292
Us guys would each chip in our change and maybe come up with doc03 Sep 2017 #294
So I guess 47-cents was quite exorbitant! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #296
I remember the full serve Flying A station tonekat May 2018 #397
"Ding Ding" N/T tonekat May 2018 #404
Interesting post, thanks. democrank Mar 2017 #27
We had a milkman and a "bread man" Freddie Mar 2017 #94
Milk wagon, bread truck, ice wagon, rag man, coal truck, and vegetable wagon randr Mar 2017 #143
And a seltzer man that brought chocolate and coke syrup. bullimiami Mar 2017 #183
We used to get a case of soda and seltzer delivered every other week. dhol82 Mar 2017 #194
Okay? It's alright griloco Mar 2017 #28
Don't forget Topo Gigio... dchill Mar 2017 #107
Senor Wences lived to be 103. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #264
Senor Wences lived to be 103. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #330
ok..this is fun... Sancho Mar 2017 #30
AAA still does TripTiks--but now we download them Maeve Mar 2017 #140
I forgot creepy crawlers!! Sancho Mar 2017 #161
Doing "paste-up" for the school newspaper and Silver Gaia Mar 2017 #31
Oh the smell of rubber cement zeusdogmom Mar 2017 #65
Yup! Rubber cement! Silver Gaia Mar 2017 #71
We had mint flavored glue in art class randr Mar 2017 #153
Panty hose was an important aspect of mini skirts. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #331
When communiques to overseas were done by telex. DinahMoeHum Mar 2017 #33
Yep...make a mistake GP6971 Mar 2017 #122
Worked at a fish farm and we had a Telex. bullimiami Mar 2017 #184
Oh! Oh! PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #332
My dad's office had a Teletype Room tonekat May 2018 #395
Place a long distance call by telling the operator the number to bill bucolic_frolic Mar 2017 #34
You mentioned "catalog" and my mind immediately went to the Sears catalog. The back of it. Squinch Mar 2017 #35
I hope someone (Smithsonian?) has all the catalogs sarge43 Mar 2017 #42
The Main Street of my small town in Southwest PA.... Freedomofspeech Mar 2017 #36
Yep, just thinking back, Vietnam was really the turning point. Seems we've been fighting an uphill RKP5637 Mar 2017 #70
No kidding. Freedomofspeech Mar 2017 #92
Paper drives lillypaddle Mar 2017 #39
I remember the Don't be a Litterbug! campaign in the early '60's marzipanni Mar 2017 #246
They should bring this campaign back TuxedoKat May 2017 #263
Fall Out shelters padfun Mar 2017 #40
Newspaper classified ads for jobs divided into "Male" and "Female" whathehell Mar 2017 #41
Along with those ads for a "Girl Friday"! k8conant Sep 2017 #320
Oh yeah? whathehell Sep 2017 #370
Oh yes.. whathehell Oct 2020 #432
I grew up down south... ShazzieB Oct 2020 #428
Wow. whathehell Oct 2020 #431
All of the above and Shanti Mama Mar 2017 #44
Always being the only one of your type in every school and job IronLionZion Mar 2017 #46
I remember when a pay phone was still only 10 cents. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #306
HA! I remember penny post cards. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #334
WHAT?? PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #333
It's 50 cents now IronLionZion Sep 2017 #367
Pay Phones tonekat May 2018 #398
Printed Encyclopedias (NT) NeoGreen Mar 2017 #49
Just think if we'd had the internet to research school projects. Hoyt Mar 2017 #126
TV Tube testers at the Grocery Store JDC Mar 2017 #51
X-ray machines in the shoe stores. sarge43 Mar 2017 #58
Unscrewing the cap and removing the transmitter on the phone... terip64 Mar 2017 #53
The Air Raid Sirens going off every Saturday at noon in our town for testing. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2017 #54
Air Raid Siren jarhead69 Sep 2017 #275
A younger person wouldn't understand El Viejo Mar 2017 #55
Memorizing telephone numbers. wcast Mar 2017 #56
Pay phones mikeargo Mar 2017 #57
Nuclear Drills at elementary school iamateacher Mar 2017 #62
First time I was sent home for "bad" behavior randr Mar 2017 #149
Yeah that was a good plan. bullimiami Mar 2017 #185
Party line telephone service tech3149 Mar 2017 #64
S&H green stamos. Gas station attendants filling your car up and washing your windshield. tblue37 Mar 2017 #66
Licking those stamps for your mother (in our case Blue Chip) and putting in the books mchill Mar 2017 #180
Republican Senator Howard Baker wanting to get to the truth in the Watergate hearings Louis1895 Mar 2017 #67
Tangee lipstick zeusdogmom Mar 2017 #74
Tangee is still available from Vermont Country Store. sarge43 Mar 2017 #79
Being a paperboy Alpeduez21 Mar 2017 #80
Five and dime stores pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #82
Savings account passbooks GP6971 Mar 2017 #119
Feeding my program into the computer.....on punch cards AJT Mar 2017 #83
Dropping the tray of punch cards you were carrying sarge43 Mar 2017 #113
I remember still having a deck to IPL the mainframe as AJT Mar 2017 #123
Took a code writing class in the late 70's randr Mar 2017 #155
And waiting 24 hours (turnaround time) to find out you had one comma that made program not work mchill Mar 2017 #181
Writing a program in physics class and typing it into a teletype machine. dhol82 Mar 2017 #195
Ordering items via the Sears catalog. sinkingfeeling Mar 2017 #84
And "Monkey Ward". nt GP6971 Mar 2017 #117
In the spirit of the OP... malthaussen Mar 2017 #85
And the sad reality of smoking is that everyone knew it was dangerous. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #336
Huge back seat in car - could stand up northoftheborder Mar 2017 #86
Eating pancakes at Sambo's completely oblivious to the racist stereotype. Mrs. Overall Mar 2017 #87
The waiters at Morrisons Cafeteria. Speaking of racist stereotyping. bullimiami Mar 2017 #186
school handouts smelling of alcohol..... aka-chmeee Mar 2017 #88
Mimeograph fluid. MMMMM. bullimiami Mar 2017 #187
I loved that smell dhol82 Mar 2017 #196
And they were often kind of damp Dream Girl Mar 2017 #217
I remember many things Polly Hennessey Mar 2017 #89
Skates that had to be tightened with a key . . . PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #337
Many of my classmates were the children of small business owners Freddie Mar 2017 #90
Bigger is better killed our downtowns... Freedomofspeech Mar 2017 #95
Calling the Long Distance Operator to put through a call on Christmas CanonRay Mar 2017 #91
The Jewel man mercuryblues Mar 2017 #93
I lived in the country & we had a party line. CrispyQ Mar 2017 #96
I lived in Philadelphia and had a party line. dhol82 Mar 2017 #197
Hip hugger, bell bottoms with platform sandals. eom littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #99
Trucks delivering coal GP6971 Mar 2017 #100
Burning trash in Faux pas Mar 2017 #101
Writing computer programs on an IBM 026 card punch lapfog_1 Mar 2017 #102
I told my 11 year old GWC58 Mar 2017 #103
I remember changing points and plugs. dchill Mar 2017 #104
Drive ins CountAllVotes Mar 2017 #105
I LOVE drive-ins. Amazingly enough there are 3 within a 2 hour drive from us. WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #116
Cigarette vending machines Freddie Mar 2017 #106
Early morning delivery of milk in glass bottles. gademocrat7 Mar 2017 #108
First grade required that littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #110
Where did we get cigar boxes? I'm pretty sure I had one though no one smoked. n/t pnwmom Sep 2017 #343
Drug store gave them away. littlemissmartypants Sep 2017 #374
Aha! Thanks for clearing up the mystery! pnwmom Sep 2017 #375
Rotary dial phone. Historic NY Mar 2017 #111
And the phones were all attached to the wall by a wire that carried the signal. No wireless phones. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #310
I still have them... Historic NY Sep 2017 #369
Some young people may know one or two of these, IDK... WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #112
It was not only the TVs that needed to warm up. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #338
I hadn't thought of that but it makes sense... WePurrsevere Sep 2017 #356
The short answer is yes. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #358
Without revealing your age Lebam in LA Mar 2017 #114
Halloween Adults tonekat May 2018 #399
Turning on the car radio and waiting for the tubes to warm up. eom guillaumeb Mar 2017 #115
Calling time and temperature missingthebigdog Mar 2017 #118
You'd dial POPCORN for the time! CountAllVotes Mar 2017 #131
Hitchhiking. eom littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #121
Out Houses, party lines, test patterns, bomb drills, punch cards, george wallace (or maybe there is Hoyt Mar 2017 #125
Playing golf Lefthacker Mar 2017 #127
The sadness of math tests tempered by JenniferJuniper Mar 2017 #128
Telephone party lines Freethinker65 Mar 2017 #129
Smelling your test... liberalmuse Mar 2017 #132
That was mine too... JenniferJuniper Mar 2017 #144
Waiting by the phone for a call DesertRat Mar 2017 #133
These MFM008 Mar 2017 #134
The empty bottles you put in the milk box randr Mar 2017 #135
Great post! democrank Mar 2017 #136
Apparently, 13 yr olds think the idea of a pager dewsgirl Mar 2017 #137
Good Humor ice cream trucks. nt GP6971 Mar 2017 #138
Trading cards. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #145
Tires with tubes. nt GP6971 Mar 2017 #148
Following the DDT sprayer mist with our bicycles... LakeArenal Mar 2017 #150
Breaking therometers and playing with the mercury. sarge43 Mar 2017 #170
I was fascinated with breaking them and playing with mercury! Thanks I forgot about that toxic joy lunasun Mar 2017 #210
Not dangerous unless you breathe it in or swallow it SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #269
I only broke one... tonekat May 2018 #400
Along the hazard line, in school we'd make projects by moulding asbestos clay powder. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #229
Local drug stores GP6971 Mar 2017 #151
The local phamacy I use delivers for free CountAllVotes Mar 2017 #158
Styrofoam boater hats for candidates. LisaM Mar 2017 #156
Cobble stone streets randr Mar 2017 #157
Rolodexes and Rotary Phones C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #159
I worked in an office with a corded switchboard GregD Mar 2017 #191
I was a telephone operator when Lily Tomlin was doing her thing, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #350
No yard fences and everyone's dog ran loose and un-neutered! Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #160
watergate gopiscrap Mar 2017 #162
welcome to DU fun question gopiscrap Mar 2017 #163
long division--with no calculator! ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #165
diagramming sentences WhiteTara Mar 2017 #172
Yes! I am just young enough not to have learned to use a slide rule, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #339
Saturday morning cartoons gopiscrap Mar 2017 #167
Not being able to buy alcohol til 2pm on a Sunday gopiscrap Mar 2017 #168
We used to have blue laws in Philly dhol82 Mar 2017 #198
Blue laws. We couldn't buy any kind of alcohol on Sunday, or anything else for that matter. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #312
Christmas programs on TV ONLY once a year gopiscrap Mar 2017 #169
liberal republicans unblock Mar 2017 #171
Hey, I grew up in SC SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #270
Glass oral thermometers with mercury. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #173
If you missed a TV show, you were just SOL until summer reruns, if they showed it then. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #175
The standard season was 36, maybe 39 weeks. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #340
Reading through this thread littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #176
Having a 20 foot phone cord Sedona Mar 2017 #177
shorthand & typing class in school Motley13 Mar 2017 #178
I took typing my Senior Year SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #271
Phone numbers that started with words like "Olympic" (for "OL" 65) mchill Mar 2017 #179
NAtional 1 6386. Call me. bullimiami Mar 2017 #188
Yep Olympic 8-1654 :) mchill Mar 2017 #190
Logan ####, don't remember the numbers Motley13 Mar 2017 #199
Blackstone 3478 radical noodle Mar 2017 #213
EMpire 4-2177 pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #257
ADams 1059 FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #313
LOgan 2-1926 k8conant Sep 2017 #323
GLadstone 5-6365. My phone number from age 5 to 12. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #240
Me too: SunSet 20281 sagesnow Sep 2017 #291
Cleaning chalkboard erasers on the big vacuum in the janitors' closet at school. A reward WheelWalker Mar 2017 #182
Glass clacker balls (also called knockers) on a long string. Mrs. Overall Mar 2017 #189
punch cards and diskettes GregD Mar 2017 #193
When I started with computers we pluged wires into a board to program them. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #319
Typing term papers on a typewriter and not being able to edit! Wondering how much white out i could Amaryllis Mar 2017 #201
Oh! Oh! I used to type papers for other students PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #344
Whenever I'm watching the news I recognize Lint Head Mar 2017 #202
Family owned mom and pop convenience stores... wcmagumba Mar 2017 #203
When I was very poor, I'd turn in a silver dollar to a locally owned PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #345
Going to the library GentryDixon Mar 2017 #205
Space Food Sticks oldtime dfl_er Mar 2017 #206
And Tang lapucelle Mar 2017 #232
Found some at Costco a few weeks ago. Ron Obvious Mar 2017 #256
The phrase "Oh, Rochester!?" Va Lefty Mar 2017 #207
Yes boss? lunasun Mar 2017 #215
That's awesome! Thanks for the info Va Lefty Mar 2017 #219
"Your money or your life .... sarge43 Mar 2017 #236
Cultural References are now more difficult. Basic LA Mar 2017 #209
moving the ears on the TV antenna Fresh_Start Mar 2017 #211
"Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!" longship Mar 2017 #214
Officer Joe Bolton and Captain Jack McCarthy hosting cartoons lapucelle Mar 2017 #233
Without revealing your age... radical noodle Mar 2017 #216
Rotary dial phones. Doreen Mar 2017 #218
Rotary phones why 212, 213 & 312 are NY, LA, Chicago area codes MrPurple Mar 2017 #247
I'm a former long distance operator. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #355
We had a candy store and trick store in our hood. One just sold candy . The other gags and tricks lunasun Mar 2017 #220
Going to a movie at any time, not when it started DeeDeeNY Mar 2017 #221
Yes. On Saturdays we'd be dropped off at the local theater PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #347
American Bandstand. Howdy Doody. Lassie. When Star Trek first aired. Purple ditto sheets. Amaryllis Mar 2017 #222
A three scoop ice cream cone for 15 cents. Chilly Billey Cardill and doc03 Mar 2017 #224
My parents got dressed up to go shopping all the men wore a tie and hat nt doc03 Mar 2017 #225
Dressing up for church Freddie Mar 2017 #245
Suits were mandatory for church SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #272
Renting a rotary dial phone from the phone company Warpy Mar 2017 #226
I think it was when Carter was President MrPurple Mar 2017 #228
I remember when you wanted to change tv stations, you had to get up and do it MrPurple Mar 2017 #227
45 rpm singles. Some of them get vinyl, but 45s not so much. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #230
Winding a wristwatch... lapucelle Mar 2017 #235
I remember........... napi21 Mar 2017 #243
Sex Ed. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #244
Shoe salesman ex-raying my feet DeeDeeNY Mar 2017 #250
ENGLISH CLASS AND SPELLING heaven05 Mar 2017 #251
Poodle skirts mainstreetonce Mar 2017 #252
Sleeping OneBlueDotBama Mar 2017 #253
Buying cigarettes for my dad at 8 years old. Glamrock Mar 2017 #254
TV rabbit ears. And putting aluminum foil on same. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2017 #255
Long distance calls Vanessa Rose Mar 2017 #258
Calling collect. n/t pnwmom Sep 2017 #342
Yes! PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #357
Waiting for Sunday to call b/c the rates went down. Totally Tunsie Jul 2020 #420
Five cent cherry cokes at the Rexall drug store Mendocino Mar 2017 #259
Going down to the 7-11 duncang Apr 2017 #262
The first year "Peter Pan" was broadcast on TV with Mary Martin as Peter Pan, PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #265
30 cents SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #273
I bought Marlboros in 1967 for about $2.00 a carton in Michigan k8conant Sep 2017 #324
Filmstrips in junior high. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2017 #276
I was on the AV team in elementary school: k8conant Sep 2017 #325
lol, me too!! Not until junior high though... guess I was a "late bloomer." (haha) InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2017 #349
Waiting for the Sears Christmas catalog to come in the mail. AJT Sep 2017 #278
Playing in a Riverside Drive Park, New York, , circa 1950 secondwind Sep 2017 #280
The Alexander Botts series in the Saturday Evening Post (A Caterpillar Tractor from Peoria guy.) NBachers Sep 2017 #281
Having to adjust twin carburetors on a Austin Healey 3000. Enoki33 Sep 2017 #283
Watching Romper Room MFM008 Sep 2017 #284
Paper dolls BigMin28 Sep 2017 #285
car hops. donco Sep 2017 #286
Turning the car's brights off and on defacto7 Sep 2017 #287
The smell of ditto ink on tests in school nt doc03 Sep 2017 #289
Cap guns and candy cigarettes NotASurfer Sep 2017 #290
Going to a Saturday double feature buying popcorn and Good and Plentys doc03 Sep 2017 #293
A Republican president that wasn't batshit crazy nt doc03 Sep 2017 #295
Drive in theater. Jiffy pop popcorn and fizzies! MLAA Sep 2017 #297
1. Penmanship. They never heard of it SummerSnow Sep 2017 #298
Penny candy. onecaliberal Sep 2017 #299
Romper Room....and I see Suzy and Jimmy.... MLAA Sep 2017 #301
My mother would never allow me to watch that Warpy Sep 2017 #309
LOL! Unfortunately my mom had a little stronger stomach. 😀 MLAA Sep 2017 #311
The dirtiest line in television Funtatlaguy Sep 2017 #302
Alaska Pops! Heartstrings Sep 2017 #303
Seeing the Greatful Dead walll of sound tour. mjvpi Sep 2017 #304
Pay phones. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #305
Being fascinated with the drip pan under the ice box Warpy Sep 2017 #307
The excitement leading up to the Wonderful World of Disney every Sunday applegrove Sep 2017 #308
Party lines, doilies, transistor radios, and my fave, Go-Go Boots. nt procon Sep 2017 #314
I remember taking tubes out of the TV down to the grocery store Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #315
Howdy Doody FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #316
Every time Kate Smith started singing "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" I knew that Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #321
black and white TV.... chillfactor Sep 2017 #317
Penny candy... k8conant Sep 2017 #322
Woah! best post so far. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #353
Let's Pretend---a Saturday morning radio show for young children Petrushka Sep 2017 #326
Ringer type washing machines? sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #335
Going door to door to sell Girl Scout Cookies. n/t pnwmom Sep 2017 #341
8 track tapes get the red out Sep 2017 #351
Encyclopedia Britannica chelsea0011 Sep 2017 #352
We had World Book Encyclopedia k8conant Sep 2017 #372
All the copies or are you missing any? We had one of them missing copies. chelsea0011 Sep 2017 #373
jeez, i have been doing estate sales for years. all the old shit i have seen. CRANK phone! pansypoo53219 Sep 2017 #354
A rotary phone. Butterflylady Sep 2017 #360
An actual ICE BOX. with ice in it... pangaia Sep 2017 #361
Defrosting a freezer... llmart Sep 2017 #383
Oh god, yes... pangaia Sep 2017 #385
WOLLENSACK reel to reel.. pangaia Sep 2017 #363
Saturday morning tv shows nocoincidences Sep 2017 #366
I remember all of what you all remember riverbendviewgal Sep 2017 #368
This message was self-deleted by its author Fresh_Start Sep 2017 #376
Let's see... Snackshack Sep 2017 #377
Horny toads yesphan Sep 2017 #378
How about 3 on the column? sdfernando Sep 2017 #379
Atari 2600 . stonecutter357 Sep 2017 #380
Explaining to my 14 yr old what a pager was and the codes we would use dewsgirl Sep 2017 #381
For the women in the group... llmart Sep 2017 #384
Howdy Doody and Mousketeers RandomAccess Dec 2017 #387
CARBON PAPER !!!!!! And Mimeograph machines RandomAccess Dec 2017 #388
Baseball Cards in bubble gum RandomAccess Dec 2017 #389
13 years old: SCantiGOP May 2018 #391
There was such a thing as a tv repairman who actually came to your house. Thomas Hurt May 2018 #401
Pushing the red dot on oleo margarine to spread the coloring through the package. wasupaloopa May 2018 #402
Telephone party lines wasupaloopa May 2018 #403
Getting a clock radio with green stamps redstateblues May 2018 #406
Juke boxes wryter2000 May 2018 #407
Gallon of gas 25 cents, when getting filled windows washed... pbmus May 2018 #408
Drive-in movie theatres. Nt lostnfound May 2018 #409
gas & markers used to smell good. CHRISTMAS TUNES WERE PLAYED ON CHRISMAST EVE & CHRISTMAS. pansypoo53219 May 2018 #410
Doctor making house call when my sister wnylib Nov 2019 #415
Horse-drawn junk carts in the alley. Talitha Dec 2019 #416
not being able to talk to my grandparents for years at a time Skittles May 2020 #418
I teach college students, so there are MANY things... Sparkly Jun 2020 #419
Wearing a sugar cube corsage for Sweet 16. Totally Tunsie Jul 2020 #421
Opening the vent window if you were lucky enough to sit in the front seat of the car phylny Jul 2020 #422
I remember... 634-5789 Jul 2020 #423
Broke a bone by dropping the yellow pages on my foot Mersky Jul 2020 #425
It was always a HUGE deal when the new Sears catalog arrived! TrumpVirus Sep 2020 #426
Free stuff from gas stations (other than Green Stamps) Auggie Oct 2020 #427
Pressing sheets on a clothes mangle wringer. Joinfortmill Jan 2022 #433
These phone plugs: El Supremo Feb 2022 #434
I don't remember those at all. ShazzieB Jul 2022 #436
Anxiously Waiting Bones1 Jun 2022 #435
As A Freshman RobinA Jun 2023 #442
3.2 Beer Voice79 Jun 2023 #443
There's got to be a party game in here somewhere... Sparkly Jul 2023 #445
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