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FormerOstrich

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128. This is a great thread!

Sat Feb 10, 2024, 02:13 AM

Feb 2024

Many I though of have already been mentioned but here are some thoughts:

- Bass Pro consisted of selling lures in the John Derby liquor store
- Roller washing machines
- Suds saver tank connected to the washing machine to collect gray water and reuse it (ahead of its time)
- To-go cups dispensed at the local bar at closing
- Hang clothes outside to dry (oops I still do this one)
- No voice mail, no email, no recording device for television programs
- Defense attorneys were respected as Perry Mason represented them well

Thanks for so many great replies!

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Things my young-adult sons are blown away by that used to be common practice [View all] Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 OP

TV repair shops DBoon Feb 2024 #1

Oh yes and some TV repairmen would actually come to your house! Good one! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #8

And a TV tube tester machine at Walgreens. MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #159

My uncle owned a TV & radio repair shop Freddie Feb 2024 #15

Oh wow, I'm sorry your uncle died so young. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #17

There's another one right there NJCher Feb 2024 #137

How dreadful! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #199

So true Freddie Feb 2024 #241

Vacuum tube test machines with replacement tubes in store (nt) Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #25

Oh yeah. grumpyduck Feb 2024 #28

Mr. Diamond remembers those. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #202

Used those myself Old Crank Feb 2024 #338

TV repair? SCantiGOP Feb 2024 #68

I still do that if I can. plimsoll Feb 2024 #76

let me know. i have connections if needed Tetrachloride Feb 2024 #116

I have the same problem. I went to three different stores to find a pair of doc03 Feb 2024 #176

doc03 I totally relate. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #209

I love sketchers. k55f5r Feb 2024 #352

I wish they catered to large sizes Old Crank Feb 2024 #339

I wear a women's 5-5 1/2 Danmel Feb 2024 #349

I'm the exact opposite! Size 10 Narrow Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #353

I worked with a woman Old Crank Feb 2024 #355

I have narrow feet too, plimsoll. I hear you. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #204

Still wear leather shoes, still get them repaired unc70 Feb 2024 #96

We had a really good shoe repair shop here Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #203

Oh! Oh! Oh! PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #117

They were fascinating places. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #205

NO! The TV guy came to your house. Thunderbeast Feb 2024 #306

I helped my father change a picture tube once Old Crank Feb 2024 #341

Ouch! Thunderbeast Feb 2024 #344

Long distant calls, overseas, had a delay and were very expensive, early internet you paid by the minute Shellback Squid Feb 2024 #2

I remember calling a store at the shopping mall ten minutes from my house Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #9

It depended on exactly where the lines were PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #125

Yes, drove there many times! Unreal! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #214

Yup Farmer-Rick Feb 2024 #279

When you had a long distance call from another state, everyone had to be quiet so you tblue37 Feb 2024 #85

And you called Conjuay Feb 2024 #177

Making collect calls to a fictitious person just to communicate to family that you arrived somewhere OK MichMan Feb 2024 #217

Yep, we did that, too. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #238

Yep, We Did That ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #281

My grandparents lived in rural PA Freddie Feb 2024 #242

17yo mini-unblock actually has a turntable and a decent vinyl collection unblock Feb 2024 #3

I salute mini-unblock and I agree! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #10

My 37 yo grandson also insists beveeheart Feb 2024 #165

Oh,too bad! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #237

Pay phones. Nt leftieNanner Feb 2024 #4

Another thing young people are astounded that even existed! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #11

It was 10 cents for a long time. Eventually went up to 25 cents. unblock Feb 2024 #13

You're absolutely correct! One thin dime was all you needed. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #18

What today seems really bizarre is directory assistance unblock Feb 2024 #32

All so true. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #35

Used to make a collect call to a fictitious person just to let family know you arrived somewhere safely MichMan Feb 2024 #219

Many, many years ago I was both an information operator, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #122

Me too!!! Alliepoo Feb 2024 #167

I mean they charge for minutes used, whether you placed or received the call unblock Feb 2024 #223

Wow moose65 Feb 2024 #216

Try .05, when I was a 'ute. 3Hotdogs Feb 2024 #60

And there were phone cards, like credit cards NJCher Feb 2024 #138

Lol there was no 'sprint' there was only The Phone Company. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #183

No you're wrong NJCher Feb 2024 #186

1984. Prior to that only AT&T could provide Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #195

Once upon a time I did a 2-year consulting gig for bell labs unblock Feb 2024 #314

I briefly worked on a joint project with bell labs. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #350

Ma Bell - she was a cheap mother rurallib Feb 2024 #347

Hence - "Drop a dime on someone" - rat them out (from a pay phone to be discreet) nt Maine-i-ac Feb 2024 #182

Wow - that's a great bit of background. So many phrases we use erronis Feb 2024 #251

Yep. Phone booths outside with folding doors. Some you could sit in. CTyankee Feb 2024 #340

When we girls went on dates we put a dime in our shoe. StarryNite Feb 2024 #100

Lol, I just learned something. Never heard that one and I'm 72. dameatball Feb 2024 #221

Many girls put them in their penny loafers. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #236

You reminded me that the song "Jenny" (867-5309) area51 Feb 2024 #311

Where the saying 'drop a dime on him' came from Old Crank Feb 2024 #342

Kids don't know how to place a call with a rotary dial ... aggiesal Feb 2024 #86

In older movies, you'll occasionally hear someone say "Go ahead, it's your nickel"... malthaussen Feb 2024 #234

Drs. making house calls. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #5

Oh that's a good one! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #12

I am 75 years old and I NEVER had doctors making house calls. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #124

I lived in Alexandria, VA, and in 1960 Mr.Bill Feb 2024 #141

We still had Dr who made house calls into early 1960's outside Rochester NY wishstar Feb 2024 #144

That must have been the standard of house call treatments! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #243

We lived in the Van Nuys suburb of Los Angeles PlanetBev Feb 2024 #146

1958 I had a Dr. come to my house in the middle of night GoodRaisin Feb 2024 #149

Columbus, OH Alliepoo Feb 2024 #168

I remember our doctor making house calls back in the doc03 Feb 2024 #184

1971 Albuquerque, NM mymomwasright Feb 2024 #197

My father was a pediatrician until the late 70's getagrip_already Feb 2024 #215

Seattle CMYK Feb 2024 #295

I'm 70, and I remember when we were kids our Dr would make a very occasional house call if we were sick (NYC) electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #310

I am 76. Our doctor made house calls in the 1950s. raging moderate Feb 2024 #351

Everything old is new again. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2024 #133

I heard an ad for that NJCher Feb 2024 #139

1966 - Dr. came to our house @ 8pm beveeheart Feb 2024 #173

Drs in the Netherlands still make house calls Laurelin Feb 2024 #188

My folks' geriatrician! Lefta Dissenter Feb 2024 #212

Pay phones. Pinback Feb 2024 #6

Those are all great examples of things young people today just can't be wrap their minds around! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #14

I remember when UHF started Freddie Feb 2024 #19

Yes, and we had to get up and go to the TV and change the channel - no remotes at first. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #22

No, SCantiGOP Feb 2024 #225

I was one of the designated "channel changers" in my house. Lol Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #244

Carbon paper for typing multiple copies MichMan Feb 2024 #220

Yes and what a pain. If you made a mistake typing you couldn't fix it Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #245

A couple from a gen Xer JT45242 Feb 2024 #7

We didn't need no stinkin seat belts! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #16

seat belts... haha lapfog_1 Feb 2024 #37

I'm glad you never fell out, lapfrog_1! That's crazy! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #46

Everyone on farms did that or worse unc70 Feb 2024 #99

Riding on the drawbar of an M or Super M HubertHeaver Feb 2024 #132

We had a C. It was the same unc70 Feb 2024 #185

I'm glad you explained what those those letters mean, unc70! I did not know. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #246

OTA TV never went away Shermann Feb 2024 #289

ICE and MILK delivered to your door BOSSHOG Feb 2024 #20

We had milk delivered every day Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #23

And the milk came in glass bottles. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #97

My sons got to experience home milk delivery in 1990. Delmette2.0 Feb 2024 #174

Back then (when I was 6-9) we lived up north on the side of a mountain which looked straight down Lake George (NY) Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #178

You had "farm to table" before it was a "thing"! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #271

We got milk in a bottle that had the cream on the top. We got our bread and doc03 Feb 2024 #187

So did we! I remember that there was cream at the top, too - you had to shake it, IIRC. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #189

Those maple cream sticks were to die for! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #247

"They came to visit, not to stay. Return your bottles everyday." OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #201

I had milk delivered to my door every morning........ lastlib Feb 2024 #115

JL Hudson store in Detroit would deliver packages to your house. Srkdqltr Feb 2024 #21

Probably big city stores did that, eh? Pretty nice service! And I'll bet it was free! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #24

I worked there when they had that service but i dont remember if there was a charge. Srkdqltr Feb 2024 #33

Nah! Nobody here is OLD! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #47

Don't forget the JL Hudson's parade. William769 Feb 2024 #119

X-ray machine to look at your feet - in shoe stores. (nt) Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #26

Like that was safe, eh? Mr. Diamond remembers those. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #50

Yes! MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #160

Physically dialing a telephone. fierywoman Feb 2024 #27

S&H Green Stamps & soda fountains/lunch counters in pharmacies Native Feb 2024 #29

What was even better Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #56

You can still buy a cone of Thrifty Ice cream at a Rite-Aid here DBoon Feb 2024 #58

But can you get an ammonia Coke? Native Feb 2024 #218

never heard of ammonia Coke DBoon Feb 2024 #321

A cure-all of Spirits of Ammonia added to Coke. Native Feb 2024 #322

I remember the Green Stamps. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #248

Roller skates with metal wheels that clamp onto your shoes. patphil Feb 2024 #30

Still have a skate key in the drawer. Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #40

You have a skate key? How cool!! Srkdqltr Feb 2024 #61

A lot of stuff in those drawers. Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #65

I still have scars on my knees. MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #161

My mother never allowed my sister and me to have roller skates, she thought they were too dangerous! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #249

Well, I got a brand new pair of Roller Skates... OldBaldy1701E Feb 2024 #164

"You got a brand new key." 3catwoman3 Feb 2024 #356

Nor should you! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 2024 #358

Sunday school shoes Brother Buzz Feb 2024 #53

Worse than that SCantiGOP Feb 2024 #226

Mom begrudging allowed me to use the leather shoes if I promised to polish them... Brother Buzz Feb 2024 #337

Home made skate boards made with scavenged roller skate wheels DBoon Feb 2024 #59

Taking rollerskates apart Richard D Feb 2024 #87

Neighborhood grocery stores wendyb-NC Feb 2024 #31

We had Rosie's corner store complete with MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #162

Thomas A. Arkel's General Mercantile was just across the road from doc03 Feb 2024 #194

Those little corner stores wendyb-NC Feb 2024 #200

I remember the smell of that store today he had wooden floors coated with doc03 Feb 2024 #213

Those Sinclair Gas pumps sound vaugely familiar! electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #312

my grandfather had one of those small town grocery stores (hardware in the back) yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #323

my grandfather had one of those small town grocery stores (hardware in the back) yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #324

Liquor (convenience) stores kinda fill in now Demovictory9 Feb 2024 #328

Rotary phones. Metal roller skates that clamped onto your shoes... brush Feb 2024 #34

And you had to rent your phone from the phone company TexasBushwhacker Feb 2024 #71

Thoughts... Ferrets are Cool Feb 2024 #36

Cigarette machined etc. Old Crank Feb 2024 #348

Those cigarette machines? Think. Again. Feb 2024 #38

Thirty cents in the gas station Brother Buzz Feb 2024 #51

When I was in the Navy Beausoleil Feb 2024 #77

I bought my cartons of cigs at the ship's store too. I recall paying about that. GoodRaisin Feb 2024 #150

$1.99 a carton on sale in commissary unweird Feb 2024 #156

The first carton I bought on a ship was $1.35. cloudbase Feb 2024 #170

Air Force 1962: 15 cents a pack. sarge43 Feb 2024 #278

You are too young for this thread. HubertHeaver Feb 2024 #135

Yeah, I missed Vietnam Era by 3 weeks Beausoleil Feb 2024 #207

Our Dad BigMin28 Feb 2024 #333

When NOTHING was open on Sunday Fichefinder Feb 2024 #39

That depended on where you lived. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #130

🤔 In NYC everything was open on Sunday. We also had cousins just across the river in Northern NJ The Shopping Malls.... electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #313

Bergen County, NJ still has "blue laws" prohibiting certain stores from opening on Sundays. subterranean Feb 2024 #330

Wow. I didn't know that! Ty. electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #336

Not only that... OldBaldy1701E Feb 2024 #359

Does anyone else remember ... Think. Again. Feb 2024 #41

Yes! Raven Feb 2024 #208

I missed your post. I mentioned it further down when I lived in Brooklyn. electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #315

Television test patterns Brother Buzz Feb 2024 #42

don't forget the station sign on or sign off lapfog_1 Feb 2024 #45

Along with "High Flight" crickets Feb 2024 #80

Nothing to watch after sign off..had to read a book..physical book! Demovictory9 Feb 2024 #327

I had a wristwatch that glowed in the dark!!! lapfog_1 Feb 2024 #43

Add to that the little maze games that contained blobs of elemental mercury. LudwigPastorius Feb 2024 #92

YES! I had one of those too. lapfog_1 Feb 2024 #103

I was lucky I never ended up with one of those in my skull. LudwigPastorius Feb 2024 #110

Little blobs! Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #104

Timex wristwatches that you had to wind about every other day Mr.Bill Feb 2024 #143

I had a Mickey Mouse watch that I had to wind every day Rastapopoulos Feb 2024 #166

And speaking of watches... Rastapopoulos Feb 2024 #169

Lol. For sure! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #257

Mr. Diamond had one of those, too. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #272

Cameras that used film. Polaroids were way cool sci fi. Nephew cbabe Feb 2024 #44

Polaroid Sx-70s are highly sought after. progressoid Feb 2024 #64

I wonder if you can even buy the film cartridges and fixative. Like restoring classic cars. Finding parts is hard. cbabe Feb 2024 #239

You can, but it ain't cheap! progressoid Feb 2024 #309

and of course, the classic... Think. Again. Feb 2024 #48

Actually did walk to school. Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #52

In the snow! Staph Feb 2024 #55

Sometimes. Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #69

That's right! Think. Again. Feb 2024 #89

Yes, walked a couple miles to school and back because I preferred it over the bus MichMan Feb 2024 #231

Walked to school for 12 years AverageOldGuy Feb 2024 #118

In a blizzard, against the wind. HubertHeaver Feb 2024 #136

My granddad said he walked in the snow SCantiGOP Feb 2024 #227

Cigarette lighters and ashtrays in cars. Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #49

An ashtray for every passenger. They were part of the armrests. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #273

People took their shoes to a shoemaker Mr.Bill Feb 2024 #54

Um... I still do these things, depending on the shoes or the furniture. crickets Feb 2024 #88

Some people do, mostly older people who have been doing it a long time. Mr.Bill Feb 2024 #93

My granny had a party line. MLAA Feb 2024 #57

We had a party line. GoodRaisin Feb 2024 #151

Yep - the "car hop" brought your food out to the car on a tray that hooked onto your car window. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #254

Saving Bond Stamps (nt) Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #62

Those could make a comeback ... DJ Synikus Makisimus Feb 2024 #91

Wow, who knew someone would remember those. Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #114

Dial tones and busy signals madamesilverspurs Feb 2024 #63

Elevator operators. Sneederbunk Feb 2024 #66

My Mother was an elevator operator after her first job Delmette2.0 Feb 2024 #175

*69 AwakeAtLast Feb 2024 #67

Lived reallllly close to O'Hare Airport when it was first built. Planes came over the house so low things NoMoreRepugs Feb 2024 #70

My grandmother's house was near RR tracks Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #283

It also used to be true that if you just picked up the phone, you got an operator who made your call Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #72

Yup "number please" (nt) Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #78

Photography studios Demobrat Feb 2024 #73

Refrigerators with ice trays Beausoleil Feb 2024 #74

My brother and I would say "bye" to my mom after lunch and disappear into the neighborhood to play... LudwigPastorius Feb 2024 #75

And if you needed to find your kid SCantiGOP Feb 2024 #230

Cameras with flashbulbs northoftheborder Feb 2024 #79

Oh that is good! Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #83

Renting a projector and a couple movies on reels. nt BootinUp Feb 2024 #81

This message was self-deleted by its author farmbo Feb 2024 #82

What about those bulky bakelite phones Mr. Evil Feb 2024 #84

Like on Roseanne's old TV show. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #256

Yes. One of the great hazards of the day. Mr. Evil Feb 2024 #264

I still have nightmares about having to dial-- viva la Feb 2024 #90

Thank you for such a wonderful post! Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #94

Yes, I'm enjoying all the comments, too! TY Jamesm9164 Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #259

Manual typewriters, then electric, then self-correcting ones with little white slips you'd backspace over Liberty Belle Feb 2024 #95

White out, stencils, copier fluid. Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #108

My first computer dickthegrouch Feb 2024 #253

Grocery clerks rang up your groceries on a machine with a bunch of keys (100 plus)... Trueblue Texan Feb 2024 #98

I ran Monroe-Sweda cash registers in Mr.Bill Feb 2024 #142

Standard (analog) clocks and watches. niyad Feb 2024 #101

Actually asked the RN during my last physical Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #111

last wed ag a gas station, i saw a man open the hood of his car AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #102

Wringer washers Keepthesoulalive Feb 2024 #105

When software was on cardboard Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #106

I stored my program on paper tape in 1970 dickthegrouch Feb 2024 #255

Recording music on your cassette deck from your favorite FM station DBoon Feb 2024 #107

Remember REAL DJs? bedazzled Feb 2024 #270

Scott Muni, Dan & Richard Neer, Meg Griffin, Tom Morrera, and... electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #316

Oh lovely to hear those names... bedazzled Feb 2024 #318

It was aggravating when the disk jockey talked over the music at the beginning Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #287

They won't talk-over on the FM stations DBoon Feb 2024 #288

Milk Man delivers greblach Feb 2024 #109

We still have a dairy delivery here. niyad Feb 2024 #134

I delivered fresh bread as my first paid job dickthegrouch Feb 2024 #250

Outhouse Beachnutt Feb 2024 #112

And TV didn't come on Sunday till noon SCantiGOP Feb 2024 #232

And girls had to wear dresses or skirts to school. No pants, even in winter when walking judesedit Feb 2024 #113

Oh, yeah! I hated that and it seemed so unfair Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #262

Exactly. I did that, too, sometimes. How uncomfortable was that? Looked awful. lol. And it definitely was not fair. judesedit Feb 2024 #267

We used to wear shorts under our dresses Demobrat Feb 2024 #277

Yep - we were just told "Boys will be boys" and to ignore it. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #302

Even in the 70's / 80's, my daughter wouldn't take the school bus cause boys kept touching her butt judesedit Feb 2024 #354

I complained to my mom about having to wear skirts, dresses to school in snowy weather... electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #304

How well I remember the winter winds blowing up... 3catwoman3 Feb 2024 #357

We had to get up to change the channel on the tv no remote control Tribetime Feb 2024 #120

TV with a knob that went from 2 to 13 and had a U and the remote control was Cheezoholic Feb 2024 #121

Here's a Big One. (A Sad One, Too) TrollBuster9090 Feb 2024 #123

Not such "good" old days for many women. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #274

Mouse Trap Shoes FB47243 Feb 2024 #126

The Helms Bakery truck, if you lived in Southern California. Dem2theMax Feb 2024 #127

Oh, those Helms glazed donuts PlanetBev Feb 2024 #147

Yes! Dem2theMax Feb 2024 #148

I also had a job frying donuts in the summer between high school and university dickthegrouch Feb 2024 #258

This is a great thread! FormerOstrich Feb 2024 #128

Wall-mounted hand cranked can openers in the kitchen. n/t dobleremolque Feb 2024 #129

FER CHRISSAKES! HAVEN'T YOU KIDS GOT ANYTHING TO DO OUTSIDE??? NBachers Feb 2024 #131

I remember my parents had a transistor radio that had a metal prop Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #275

Laundry pick up and delivery Yonnie3 Feb 2024 #140

Ironing most of our clothes since fabrics wrinkled so much wishstar Feb 2024 #145

Monday was laundry day, Tuesday was ironing day. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #303

Drive in theatres GoodRaisin Feb 2024 #152

Afternoon newspapers elleng Feb 2024 #153

TY elleng Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #285

NO ONE!!! elleng Feb 2024 #291

S&H Green Stamps and... AmBlue Feb 2024 #154

Memories Diamond dog. Duncanpup Feb 2024 #155

You got it, Duncanpup! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #263

Milk deliveries to your house in glass bottles. Some had a reservoir on top for the cream. no_hypocrisy Feb 2024 #157

The huckster. Came through the neighborhood with livetohike Feb 2024 #158

Newspaper delivery early in the morning Sanity Claws Feb 2024 #163

Mimeograph machines in school. cloudbase Feb 2024 #171

Who remembers Tupperware parties? Niagara Feb 2024 #172

Postcards - my son said Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #269

Lol! Yes, Diamond Dog's son, everyone could read the message Niagara Feb 2024 #299

My sister sent me a postcard from Santa Fe NM when she went on vacation last Dec 👍 electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #317

I'm happy to hear that people still send postcards to loved ones! Niagara Feb 2024 #319

There was a Coke machine in the office of my elementary school. It took a nickle and a penny to dispense. Chainfire Feb 2024 #179

My dad would get me to get up and change the TV channel when the ball game came on. I was the remote. Maine-i-ac Feb 2024 #180

Regarding gas stations... Self-service is not allowed in some towns. I never get out of my car. Croney Feb 2024 #181

We would hitch a ride to town about 8 miles away to see a double feature doc03 Feb 2024 #190

Great thread! I remember burning our raked leaves Quakerfriend Feb 2024 #191

Yes, we raked and burned our leaves on the side of the road. SaveOurDemocracy Feb 2024 #222

Omg, baked potatoes- What a great idea!!! Quakerfriend Feb 2024 #229

We road bikes through the embers of the fires. See how close you could get. Srkdqltr Feb 2024 #261

Slide Projectors Bristlecone Feb 2024 #192

Diaper Service bottomofthehill Feb 2024 #193

Calling on the phone for the correct time nt doc03 Feb 2024 #196

Time & Temperature! Beartracks Feb 2024 #284

My boys really laughed at that one. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #286

Pay to go to the bathroom Sugarmaggie Feb 2024 #198

this is why I LOVE 50s b/w sitcoms. I thank doG everyday for the conveniences.. samnsara Feb 2024 #206

Fuller Brush Man Goonch Feb 2024 #210

Sonic booms Beausoleil Feb 2024 #211

Bomb shelters. Sneederbunk Feb 2024 #268

Nuclear war drills in school Jamesm9164 Feb 2024 #301

I always wondered about that. lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #335

As a teenager I played with engine powered model airplanes all the time. MichMan Feb 2024 #224

"My parents' weekends didn't revolve around my activities" Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #294

In college, it was common to bring a keg full of beer through the dorm lobby & into someone's room for a hall party MichMan Feb 2024 #228

Automobile windshield wipers coprolite Feb 2024 #233

Continuing the gas station differences... malthaussen Feb 2024 #235

Eventually you will be proven right! Beausoleil Feb 2024 #240

School Lunches, tasted pretty good gladium et scutum Feb 2024 #252

I still wish I could find pizza as good as the ones the Lunch Ladies made at my high school. And, there were some Lunch NBachers Feb 2024 #282

I wish I had that kind of school lunch, ours was awful. I went hungry rather than eat it many times Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #290

Not only was there smoking on planes... Gruenemann Feb 2024 #260

Smoking in stores was common hydrolastic Feb 2024 #296

Vinyl records and turntables are very popular now bedazzled Feb 2024 #265

Jarts! MontanaMama Feb 2024 #266

Holy crap those look dangerous! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #298

We're a tough lot up here in big sky country. MontanaMama Feb 2024 #308

Minor point... Grins Feb 2024 #276

I have always pumped my own gas.when I learned how to drive at 16 Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #292

Service stations also used to have free air and water. Warren_Pointe Feb 2024 #280

This absolutely drives me crazy! Dem2theMax Feb 2024 #297

Bought one also. Warren_Pointe Feb 2024 #320

Telegrams... Golden Raisin Feb 2024 #293

Never got a telegram nor did anyone in our family. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #300

We may be close in age. bottomofthehill Feb 2024 #307

A truck going around for sharpening knives, and scissors... electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #305

The smoking section at my high school... Texasgal Feb 2024 #325

I was accustomed to smoking everywhere, but went on work trip w smoking coworker Demovictory9 Feb 2024 #326

$.25/gallon gasoline in '68. marble falls Feb 2024 #329

Mechanical Bludogdem Feb 2024 #331

Yes, with a handle you pulled down to do the computing! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #332

Being asked to be seated in the smoking or non-smoking area sakabatou Feb 2024 #334

I can't imagine eating in a restaurant full of cigarette smoke today. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #343

Ushers at the movie theater Rastapopoulos Feb 2024 #345

Good one! Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #346