The older than dirt thread.

[Bugman]

I remember all of these things.


1. Blackjack chewing gum.

2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water.

3. Candy cigarettes and cigars.

4. Soda machines with glass bottles.

5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside jukeboxes.

6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers.

7. Party lines.

8. Newsreels before the feature film.

9. P.F. Flyers.

10. Butch wax.

11. Phone # with a word prefix. (Olive-6933)

12. Peashooters.

13. Howdy Doody.

14. 45 RPM records.

15. S&H Green Stamps.

16 .Hi-Fi's.

17 . Metal ice trays with a lever, to crack the ice.

18 .Mimeograph paper.

19. Blue flashbulb on cameras. Blinding, they were.

20. Packards.

21. Roller skate keys.

22. Cork popguns.

23. Drive-ins.

24. Studebakers and Desotos.

25. Wash tub wringers.

Score yourself:

If you remember 0-5 = still young.
6- -10= You're getting older.
11-15= Dont tell your age.
16 -25=You're older then dirt.

Bonus Questions.

Pant leg clips for riding a bicycle without a chainguard.

Real ice boxes.

 

[C.A.B.]

You know you're old when you sleep in a fossil bed.

 

[Bothersome]

Are you a time traveler?

😉

 

[paracarl44]

I guess that I am "Older Than Dirt'.

Here is a few more:

1, Kaiser automobiles.

2. Wind up Victrolas.

3.Scrub boards.

4. Lone Ranger on the radio.

5. 78 rpm records.

6. Calling a telephone operator to place your call.

 

[C.A.B.]

Here is a few more:

2. Wind up Victrolas.

OH, COME ON, MAN!... sheesh... walker-race you to the shuffleboard court!

 

[Mitchell]

What about.. 8 track tapes? I remember that my parents had an 8 track tape player when I was little.. some.. 40 years ago.

Does this make me.. older than dirt, lol?

 

[kis123]

But wait......there's more!!

Washing machines with the wringer on top!

The clothes dryer was outdoors with clothespins and clothesline

Sony Betamax

When microwaves cost $1500

When a VCR cost about $1200

When the star spangled banner played just before the television went off air

When Walt Disney actually made cool movies

2 dollar bills

$500, $1000, $10,000 dollar bills

And my personal favorite.........Charles Chips and Daily's juice deliveries....to your front door!!

In answer to the OP:

I stopped counting around fourteen.........UGH!!

For lack of a "grandma" emoticon......

 

[Jagermeistered]

You are older then dirt when we have to bury you in dirt... 😛

 

[Gothika]

I remember Candy cigarettes and party lines i had two dollar bills

 

[milagros317]

I remember 16 of them, which makes me older than dirt.

 

[paracarl44]

But wait......there's more!!

Washing machines with the wringer on top!

The clothes dryer was outdoors with clothespins and clothesline

Sony Betamax

When microwaves cost $1500

When a VCR cost about $1200

When the star spangled banner played just before the television went off air

When Walt Disney actually made cool movies

2 dollar bills

$500, $1000, $10,000 dollar bills

And my personal favorite.........Charles Chips and Daily's juice deliveries....to your front door!!

In answer to the OP:

I stopped counting around fourteen.........UGH!!

For lack of a "grandma" emoticon......

^This is what happens when you turn 50.🙄^

Two dollars bills are still in circulation.

 

[kis123]

^This is what happens when you turn 50.🙄^

After reviewing the above commentary, I find the below emoticons appropriate:



Any more snarky comments buddy??

Two dollars bills are still in circulation.

And so am I.......a little snow on the rooftop but a whole lotta' fire left in this furnace baby!!

You just don't see the $2 bill as much as you did back in the day.

 

[Wildtime]

This thread is so awesome, I'm gonna save a copy on a floppy disc. It'll also act as a conversation starter when I'm in line at the video store.

 

[General Zod]

This thread is so awesome, I'm gonna save a copy on a floppy disc. It'll also act as a conversation starter when I'm in line at the video store.

 

[Bugman]

But wait......there's more!!

Washing machines with the wringer on top!

The clothes dryer was outdoors with clothespins and clothesline

Sony Betamax

When microwaves cost $1500

When a VCR cost about $1200

When the star spangled banner played just before the television went off air

When Walt Disney actually made cool movies

2 dollar bills

$500, $1000, $10,000 dollar bills

And my personal favorite.........Charles Chips and Daily's juice deliveries....to your front door!!

In answer to the OP:

I stopped counting around fourteen.........UGH!!

For lack of a "grandma" emoticon......

I remember all those except the last. Cllotheslines....there's nothing like the smell of fresh laundry dried on a clothesline...

I once had a close and most unpleasent meeting with a clothesline pole, but that's a story for another time.

 

[kopfhorer]

I'm amazed no one's mentioned dialup modems (US Robotics externals were the creme de la creme). Or America Online. Or Compu$erve.

 

[kis123]

I'm amazed no one's mentioned dialup modems (US Robotics externals were the creme de la creme). Or America Online. Or Compu$erve.

Because to some, the 80s & 90s aren't old, just nostalgic!

 

[paracarl44]

After reviewing the above commentary, I find the below emoticons appropriate:



Any more snarky comments buddy??

^For the record, I wish that I was 50 again.^



And so am I.......a little snow on the rooftop but a whole lotta' fire left in this furnace baby!!

You just don't see the $2 bill as much as you did back in the day.

^Just go to the bank and ask for them.^

 

[tklbd]

..."Helm's" Bakery Trucks...they just parked in the neighborhood...and you walked to them.

..."Actual" Ice Cream Trucks...several small compartments around the box...not converted vans or "roach coaches" (AND NO CANDY!!!)

...Had $10.00...Dodger Stadium...Left Field Pavilion seat...2 Dodger Dogs...a Coke...and a bag of peanuts!!!...AND CHANGE LEFT!!!
...^ (I think Mils can relate to this) ^

...Bike races around the neighborhood...had a Schwinn String Ray...of course!! LOL

...We could walk anywhere!!!...without danger!!!...plus not coming in until the street lights came on!!!

I know the last two aren't "nostalgic items"...but nice to remember the old neighborhood!!!

 

[tyf69]

Cool thread

 

[paracarl44]

A couple more.......................

1. Bread truck deliveries to the home.

2. 78 rpm records.

3. Hula hoops.

4. Girls in school had to wear dresses below the knee and close to the ankle.

5. Guys wore white socks.

 

[trainman3004]

This may not be for the faint of heart but I remember a time before cell phones!!!

 

[kopfhorer]

I remember seeing Led Zeppelin's very first album in a store, shortly after it first came out.

 

[paracarl44]

The Lettermen, Kingston Trio, and The Righteous Brothers.

 

[paracarl44]

On this date in history.....................................

the hula-hoop is patented.

Go to:www.history.com/this-day-in-history today for the full story.