Remember When.....
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Remember When.....
Well these are not actually from me but very interesting, hopefully you can add some things.
Television went off about 11:00 PM and came back on at 6 AM
Cartoons were only broadcast on Sat. morning!
Milk was 5 cents a Pint
Stores and businesses closed at 5 and were not open on Sundays
Your milk was delivered overnight, and put into a small box on your front step or porch.
They tested sirens for Civil Defense. Monthly, and had to leave you classrooms and kneel down in the hallways, with you coats over our heads.
Only three TV channels, all in black and white, and you had to get up from your chair to switch channels.
No VCRs.
8mm cine cameras.
The word 'Gay" had an entirely different meaning.
You could walk most inner city streets without getting mugged.
Pop was served in glass bottles and you had to have an opener to get the lid off...and you could actually return the bottles for $$$.
Pull tabs on cans.
Funeral homes doing ambulance service
Telephones were the main means of communication at work.
At one time the old Beetle WAS the New Beetle.
A real live person answered the phone when you called.
$.40 for a pack of smokes
About 1am the last program on T.V. was over, the station played the National Anthem and went off the air unitl about 5 or so.
Hopefully you older ones can add some things to bring back fond memories
Television went off about 11:00 PM and came back on at 6 AM
Cartoons were only broadcast on Sat. morning!
Milk was 5 cents a Pint
Stores and businesses closed at 5 and were not open on Sundays
Your milk was delivered overnight, and put into a small box on your front step or porch.
They tested sirens for Civil Defense. Monthly, and had to leave you classrooms and kneel down in the hallways, with you coats over our heads.
Only three TV channels, all in black and white, and you had to get up from your chair to switch channels.
No VCRs.
8mm cine cameras.
The word 'Gay" had an entirely different meaning.
You could walk most inner city streets without getting mugged.
Pop was served in glass bottles and you had to have an opener to get the lid off...and you could actually return the bottles for $$$.
Pull tabs on cans.
Funeral homes doing ambulance service
Telephones were the main means of communication at work.
At one time the old Beetle WAS the New Beetle.
A real live person answered the phone when you called.
$.40 for a pack of smokes
About 1am the last program on T.V. was over, the station played the National Anthem and went off the air unitl about 5 or so.
Hopefully you older ones can add some things to bring back fond memories
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From: South...
putting baseball cards in the spokes of my bike...
Seahunt
Voyage to the bottom of the sea
going to the dealer with mom and dad when they traded our 64 Falcon 2-dr hardtop for the new 66 Pontiac Tempest - WHAT A MISTAKE that was!!! and standing by helplessly (I was 5) while our Pekinese took a dump on the shiny showroom floor
I guess he didn't like the trade either
"super-*****" - those hard rubber ***** that bouced REALLY high!
Bazooka bubble-gum that cost 1 cent per piece
those colorful glass "clackers" that would shatter if you "clacked" them too hard!
3 cent postage to send a letter
gas wars and 19.9 cents per gallon!!!
Ah....the good ole days!
Seahunt
Voyage to the bottom of the sea
going to the dealer with mom and dad when they traded our 64 Falcon 2-dr hardtop for the new 66 Pontiac Tempest - WHAT A MISTAKE that was!!! and standing by helplessly (I was 5) while our Pekinese took a dump on the shiny showroom floor
I guess he didn't like the trade either
"super-*****" - those hard rubber ***** that bouced REALLY high!
Bazooka bubble-gum that cost 1 cent per piece
those colorful glass "clackers" that would shatter if you "clacked" them too hard!
3 cent postage to send a letter
gas wars and 19.9 cents per gallon!!!
Ah....the good ole days!
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From: Tampa Bay, FL USA
"Mechanical " dial tone. And calling anyone in town by dialing the last 4 digits.
Party lines. Our family was on a 6-party line until 1975!
The local car dealer with gas pumps out front. And a kid that came out and pumped the gas for you!
The 4th, UHF TV station. But you had to have that round antenna, the reception was always terrible, and only that weird family at the end of the block (you know, with the Studebaker and the mom that never wore any makeup) ever watched "educational television" anyway.
Carbon paper and mimeographs.
"Civil Defense" shelters with those yellow-and-black signs.
Always going to the bank to make a deposit.
I'll think of more.........
Party lines. Our family was on a 6-party line until 1975!
The local car dealer with gas pumps out front. And a kid that came out and pumped the gas for you!
The 4th, UHF TV station. But you had to have that round antenna, the reception was always terrible, and only that weird family at the end of the block (you know, with the Studebaker and the mom that never wore any makeup) ever watched "educational television" anyway.
Carbon paper and mimeographs.
"Civil Defense" shelters with those yellow-and-black signs.
Always going to the bank to make a deposit.
I'll think of more.........
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From: KCMO
The ice cream man had an old truck with running boards and wood spoke wheels. The windows in back were double-hung sash windows, and the refrigerant was block ice. Us kids who didn't have any money for ice cream would beg for a chunk of ice, and the driver, who looked like Clarabell, would chip us off a piece with his ice pick.
Speaking of Clarabell, we had one of the first TVs on the block, and would race home from school (yeah, we walked - never heard of a school bus) and sit on the floor and watch the test pattern until Buffalo Bob, Princess Summerfall Winterspring and Howdy came on. There were a couple more characters, but I can't remember them right now.
We rolled up our pantsleg on the right side, 'cause none of our bikes had chain guards (or fenders). Only one guy on the plock had a power mower, and it was more cantankerous than he was. All the kids would hang out and watch him cut the grass with his marvelous new invention.
He had a "cigar" tree in his front yard. Real big leaves, and long green seed pod things. We'd pick them off and throw them out in the yard and let them dry in the sun for a few days until they were brown and hard, then cut off the ends and smoke 'em. Most all of the grownups smoked, so us kids were always trying to find new things to smoke, so we could be like the adults.
Speaking of Clarabell, we had one of the first TVs on the block, and would race home from school (yeah, we walked - never heard of a school bus) and sit on the floor and watch the test pattern until Buffalo Bob, Princess Summerfall Winterspring and Howdy came on. There were a couple more characters, but I can't remember them right now.
We rolled up our pantsleg on the right side, 'cause none of our bikes had chain guards (or fenders). Only one guy on the plock had a power mower, and it was more cantankerous than he was. All the kids would hang out and watch him cut the grass with his marvelous new invention.
He had a "cigar" tree in his front yard. Real big leaves, and long green seed pod things. We'd pick them off and throw them out in the yard and let them dry in the sun for a few days until they were brown and hard, then cut off the ends and smoke 'em. Most all of the grownups smoked, so us kids were always trying to find new things to smoke, so we could be like the adults.
Last edited by pchristman; Jan 3, 2005 at 08:14 PM.
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T.V sets had rounded corners...
Leave It to Beaver was NOT in syndication...
"Pong" was the latest (and only) video game out...
LP's and .45's were the music downloads of the day...
Slinky's and hula hoops...
Leave It to Beaver was NOT in syndication...
"Pong" was the latest (and only) video game out...
LP's and .45's were the music downloads of the day...
Slinky's and hula hoops...
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Cargo Master
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From: Mandan, ND
.50 was good for a bottle of pop and a candy bar. (I guess that was when .50 was celebrated as such by kids and not a crapper, I mean rapper).
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From: Fairbanks, Alaska
Remember these T.V. Shows?
H.R Pun-n-Stuff
Gentle Ben
Flipper
Capt. Kangaroo
The Courtship of Eddy's Father
Family Affair
F Troop
The Smothers Brothers Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in
Pettycoat Junction
Boy this thread is sure bringing back memories...
H.R Pun-n-Stuff
Gentle Ben
Flipper
Capt. Kangaroo
The Courtship of Eddy's Father
Family Affair
F Troop
The Smothers Brothers Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in
Pettycoat Junction
Boy this thread is sure bringing back memories...
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Hows about:
Ethyl gas better known around here as No Nox
Points and condensor
Dual glass packs better known as cherry bombs
Raked front axles
Fender skirts
Dual mirrors
Dual antennas
Pennsylvania motor oil
White wall tires
Bias ply tires
Nylon cord tires- darn flat spots!
Window water coolers for the car
Windshield visors that were adjustable
Full size spare tire
Baby moon hubcaps
Scavenger pipes
Rolled and pleated interiors
Stereo was new
Hi Fi
33/ 45/ 78 records
reel to reel tape
8 track tapes
Quadraphonic
Hula hoop
Fanner 45 pistol
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Gene Autry
Rin Tin Tin
Lasse
Buster Brown
Howdy Doody and Uncle Roy
The Mickey Mouse Show- and every guy loved Annette
Dick Clark
All Day sucker
Jaw breakers
Motorized rides outside the stores
Do it yourself photo stalls
Drive inn movies- like somebody actually watched the movie
Drive ins- where all the "real" cars hung out and you drank soda
Fountain drinks
Vanilla phosphates
Jamms- as in beach wear
Hip huggers
Paisely shirts
Sandles
Butch wax
Okay, I'm sure I've primed some of the rest of you so lets see your list.
Ethyl gas better known around here as No Nox
Points and condensor
Dual glass packs better known as cherry bombs
Raked front axles
Fender skirts
Dual mirrors
Dual antennas
Pennsylvania motor oil
White wall tires
Bias ply tires
Nylon cord tires- darn flat spots!
Window water coolers for the car
Windshield visors that were adjustable
Full size spare tire
Baby moon hubcaps
Scavenger pipes
Rolled and pleated interiors
Stereo was new
Hi Fi
33/ 45/ 78 records
reel to reel tape
8 track tapes
Quadraphonic
Hula hoop
Fanner 45 pistol
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Gene Autry
Rin Tin Tin
Lasse
Buster Brown
Howdy Doody and Uncle Roy
The Mickey Mouse Show- and every guy loved Annette
Dick Clark
All Day sucker
Jaw breakers
Motorized rides outside the stores
Do it yourself photo stalls
Drive inn movies- like somebody actually watched the movie
Drive ins- where all the "real" cars hung out and you drank soda
Fountain drinks
Vanilla phosphates
Jamms- as in beach wear
Hip huggers
Paisely shirts
Sandles
Butch wax
Okay, I'm sure I've primed some of the rest of you so lets see your list.
Cargo Master
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From: Mandan, ND
Before my time, but saw a '57 or '58 Plymouth with 392 hemi AND a factory record player that folded out of the back seat. A different kind of disc player, huh?
I do remember the old comic books with such gimmicks as sending a few cents to some address and getting a whale in the mail. Fell for that when I was but knee high to a grasshopper.
I also remember driving to my high school (population 70, 9-12) with shotguns or .22s and seeing other vehicles with such hunting weaponry proudly displayed. Try that nowadays, wouldn't be too funny.
I do remember the old comic books with such gimmicks as sending a few cents to some address and getting a whale in the mail. Fell for that when I was but knee high to a grasshopper.
I also remember driving to my high school (population 70, 9-12) with shotguns or .22s and seeing other vehicles with such hunting weaponry proudly displayed. Try that nowadays, wouldn't be too funny.