a memory meme from theoldone
These things supposedly aren't around any more-- bold the ones you remember!
1 Blackjack chewing gum
2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes Gaggier than you might think!
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles There were stacks of wooden cases to hold empties.
5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers Glass bottles and concrete stoops . . . bad idea.
7. Party lines
8. Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax A vain attempt to make crew cuts suck less.
11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody Didn't see it, but grew up with folks who had.
14. 45 RPM records Still have some...
15. S&H greenstamps And Top Value, which were yellow...
16 Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper Had to work one of these in grad school.
19 Blue flashbulbs
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins Unfortunately too young to have lost my V-Card there.
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers
26. Big, little books.
27. Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
28. Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
29. Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
30. Real ice boxes.
31. Head lights dimmer switches on the floor First car had this.
32. Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
33. Ignition switches on the dashboard. There was a key switch and a starter button. You could engage the starter by pushing the button, key or no key.
1 Blackjack chewing gum
2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes Gaggier than you might think!
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles There were stacks of wooden cases to hold empties.
5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers Glass bottles and concrete stoops . . . bad idea.
7. Party lines
8. Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax A vain attempt to make crew cuts suck less.
11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody Didn't see it, but grew up with folks who had.
14. 45 RPM records Still have some...
15. S&H greenstamps And Top Value, which were yellow...
16 Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper Had to work one of these in grad school.
19 Blue flashbulbs
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins Unfortunately too young to have lost my V-Card there.
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers
26. Big, little books.
27. Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
28. Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
29. Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
30. Real ice boxes.
31. Head lights dimmer switches on the floor First car had this.
32. Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
33. Ignition switches on the dashboard. There was a key switch and a starter button. You could engage the starter by pushing the button, key or no key.