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badhair77

(4,191 posts)
152. chemistry sets - wow
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 08:12 PM
Nov 2012

I desperately wanted one but my parents gave my brother one instead. He was a male, after all, although he was not allowed to use it unless they supervised. Meanwhile there were more dangerous chemicals under the sink.

I wasn't even allowed to have an Easy Bake Oven. Geesh.

Out all day in the summer get the red out Nov 2012 #1
Man that is a good one... titaniumsalute Nov 2012 #3
Yep we had to be within distance of my dad's piercing whistle. JimDandy Nov 2012 #39
It was my girlfriend's mother's piercing whistle that we listened for 3 blocks away. beveeheart Nov 2012 #74
it was my mom's boat whistle - loud! n/t KT2000 Nov 2012 #181
I raised both of my sons as free-range kids. FSogol Nov 2012 #8
Too funny. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #126
We HAD to walk, in my day! With crossing guards, of course! WinkyDink Nov 2012 #324
Amen. We rode our bikes *everywhere*, then threw them down in the front yard overnight... Romulox Nov 2012 #138
I couldn't be separated from my bike in the summer. susanna Nov 2012 #191
We used to go on "bike hikes" in the summer. ashling Nov 2012 #262
You must be just a little older than me. dchill Nov 2012 #307
No, I'm only 60 ashling Nov 2012 #345
I'm surprised you remember before zip codes. SheilaT Nov 2012 #414
We were in postal zone 55 ashling Nov 2012 #422
Interesting. Only some larger cities, if I recall correctly, SheilaT Nov 2012 #433
I think you are probably right about the zones ashling Nov 2012 #440
Ahhh the Gas Wars! PoliticalBiker Nov 2012 #409
Must have been a looser dress code where you were ashling Nov 2012 #423
Ahh, I've never ever owned a car with a gas tank that SheilaT Nov 2012 #447
Well, come on over to my neighborhood. glowing Nov 2012 #241
Sounds really nice! I enjoyed reading your post. nt Romulox Nov 2012 #347
YES....and we had to come in at night when the street light came on Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #185
LOL, we could play in the backyard until 10 if it was summer. gkhouston Nov 2012 #300
Me too! Ligyron Nov 2012 #340
Metal ice cube trays! Yes! gkhouston Nov 2012 #380
A separate handle, or integrated with the tray? RC Nov 2012 #393
integrated with the tray... Rider3 Nov 2012 #426
I liked the separate handle better also. RC Nov 2012 #442
Yep. That was our rule, too. nt Romulox Nov 2012 #348
At ten years old I was an amateur astronomer... ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #367
+1 10-mile bike rides, on our own, to a local lake. day-long wanderings through the local woods. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #192
thanks ! Had forgotten about the homemade skate boards ! And so true about walking everywhere Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #311
at 16 we were at the local bowling alley musette_sf Nov 2012 #390
"the mass culture experience, where everyone gets the same news, watches the same tv shows, " dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #354
So funny..."some kind of ceramic figure" with a doily. haha. It also reminded me that everyone Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #475
"a crocheted toilet paper cover in the bath." dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #483
OMG here's a pic of TV with ceramics on it Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #490
hahaha Crocheted Toilet Paper cover pic ! Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #491
OMG...I DO rememeber those! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #495
Take away the crank phone at summer camp... ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #371
I read an article once about roaming kids spinbaby Nov 2012 #315
When I was a kid in the late '60s and into the '70s my range ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #372
I used to ride my Buzz bike to neighboring towns Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #450
We had our adventures, didn't we? And if a kid did that today, not only ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #466
so different. i think the historical perspective is important to have, to keep people HiPointDem Nov 2012 #406
Collecting soda bottles to sell for 2 cents each The Blue Flower Nov 2012 #334
Yes. After breakfast Mom would throw us out the door and lock it. sarge43 Nov 2012 #353
Home for lunch!! Yes get the red out Nov 2012 #356
I've made it to seventy and sixty years ago I pulled off some hair raising stunts n/t sarge43 Nov 2012 #359
This is truly tragic... ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #365
"I only hope that there are kids in some small town ..." dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #499
A month with below average temperatures. nt Speck Tater Nov 2012 #2
Sorry, But No ProfessorGAC Nov 2012 #314
Clarification: GLOBALLY, not locally. Speck Tater Nov 2012 #383
Yep. I used to go ice skating in my youth (NJ) and one hasn't been able to skate on a lake .... MichaelSoE Nov 2012 #328
Ice fishing on Thanksgiving Viking12 Nov 2012 #496
Rabbit ears wryter2000 Nov 2012 #4
Raising and lowering the cars antenna by hand! JimDandy Nov 2012 #40
Wind wings! n/t VOX Nov 2012 #111
I had a 96 Subaru Legacy... Agschmid Nov 2012 #157
OMG I hated those little bastards. You had to stand there and hold them just right. nolabear Nov 2012 #97
a broomstick that was a 'remote control' for the tv Whisp Nov 2012 #118
Yeah, kids nowadays could not live without remote controls. RebelOne Nov 2012 #470
I still wear a wind-up watch DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #123
Hire me! gateley Nov 2012 #151
You betcha, gately! DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #156
No hire me! Caretha Nov 2012 #336
i would if i could find one for a decent price. i'd use a wind-up alarm clock, too. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #199
enjoy! NMDemDist2 Nov 2012 #206
thanks! HiPointDem Nov 2012 #210
here's another ebayer to check out, i love his watches NMDemDist2 Nov 2012 #247
interesting. i wonder if he has a website, i'm not that keen on ebay. i see a watch HiPointDem Nov 2012 #259
Holy shit! I have that first one: friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #239
I think I had a Baby Ben alarm clock. Ilsa Nov 2012 #255
We still have rabbit ears. Shrike47 Nov 2012 #137
A student smoking section in the high school cafeteria. Nevernose Nov 2012 #147
+1. also, people smoking in the grocery store, at work, and in many public buildings. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #200
heh...one my older memories was my dad walking into a newberrys... tjwash Nov 2012 #219
it seems so odd in retrospect, even if you lived it. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #229
Yeah, and people used to smoke in hospitals...incredible, it seems now. nt raccoon Nov 2012 #373
Newberry's....wow, that's a blast from the past ! Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #313
Yep. tjwash Nov 2012 #403
Even small towns had locally owned departmment stores eridani Nov 2012 #437
Only the bigger corporate stores forbid smoking by checkers. At any small store the person running brewens Nov 2012 #308
For some reason, smoking in public had rules for a woman. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #358
There was a general consensus SheilaT Nov 2012 #415
I sort of "knew" that "rule" dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #419
It was a sufficiently embedded idea in our culture, SheilaT Nov 2012 #434
Smoking at the movies! In the hospital! In the doctor's office waiting room! nt MADem Nov 2012 #463
Little ashtrays in the arms of the chairs at beauty salons. A highlight I now brewens Nov 2012 #306
Along the same vein, listening to AM radio at night... LVdem Nov 2012 #159
AM radio at night peachcobbler Nov 2012 #165
Thought It Would Last Forever garagedoor Nov 2012 #220
We used to listen to CKLW in Cleveland. Doremus Nov 2012 #265
listening to lots of different kinds of things on radio, not just top 10 playlists. with HiPointDem Nov 2012 #201
OMG, yes, remember that too. WBZ Chicago - you could pick it up everywhere. Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #312
I had no idea others were doing this! And this was an ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #374
living in NYC musette_sf Nov 2012 #391
My favorite station was WWL, New Orleans Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #449
I assumed that everyone listened to Beaker Street! DawgHouse Nov 2012 #501
with supplemental tin foil Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #188
Rabbit Ear Antennae... JHB Nov 2012 #5
Adjusting your car's carburetor with a screw driver until the fuel mixture "sounds right." FSogol Nov 2012 #6
Cameras you had to look down into JHB Nov 2012 #19
And Polaroids bhikkhu Nov 2012 #235
And flashcubes Canuckistanian Nov 2012 #271
Weren't those flash cubes disposable??? You just jogged my memory! Wow! adigal Nov 2012 #92
I had a archeology course once and we were excavating a supposedly unmolested area of FSogol Nov 2012 #512
in my childhood i remember 10, then 12, then 15-cent funnybooks, & then i got HiPointDem Nov 2012 #212
omg.. the smell of a flashbulb! annabanana Nov 2012 #342
Cassettes Seeking Serenity Nov 2012 #7
Charles Chips is back! FSogol Nov 2012 #10
I want some....did you try and order?....they need some work on the Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #318
Yes, but it took 4 weeks to get, because they only make small batches FSogol Nov 2012 #319
Thanks for Posting Sherman A1 Nov 2012 #453
Milk delivery still exists here in Colorado. It's called Royal Crest Dairy Panasonic Nov 2012 #20
Grew up in Lakewood, when much of it was new, madamesilverspurs Nov 2012 #208
How dare you! Those are MY memories! Auntie Bush Nov 2012 #486
We had a milkman who delivered milk, eggs, cottage cheese, and bread! nt MADem Nov 2012 #331
We had a bakery that had home avebury Nov 2012 #363
Add to that milk delivery ICE delivery. broiles Nov 2012 #48
Car vent windows, tape recorders, correction fluid, carbon paper, fountain pens. rzemanfl Nov 2012 #9
I was thinking crank handles in a car and...oh my gosh...physically locking a car door. NT titaniumsalute Nov 2012 #13
I have a Jeep which has both. When I drive other people's kids around, they often do not FSogol Nov 2012 #23
I actually got trapped in my car once notadmblnd Nov 2012 #243
Ha--I still do both! Hand crank windows, two keys for the car; door/trunk and ignition! MADem Nov 2012 #506
God, carbon paper. I would never have been a writer in the age of carbon paper. nolabear Nov 2012 #99
I still use correction fluid a lot. I white out all the marybourg Nov 2012 #261
I was enslaved on my grandfolk's dairy farm iemitsu Nov 2012 #275
Bringing guns to school during bird and deer hunting season Kaleva Nov 2012 #11
My son is 26. He's used outhouses plenty cali Nov 2012 #12
Hi Cali titaniumsalute Nov 2012 #15
hey titaniumsalute cali Nov 2012 #31
Hi Cali....you didn't have electricity? wow. Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #190
It was cool. For light we had kerosene lanterns built into the walls cali Nov 2012 #316
the point, as i'm sure you know, is that your son's experience is no longer the HiPointDem Nov 2012 #203
Hmmm. Of course globally flush toilets are not 'the norm' so most kids today do Bluenorthwest Nov 2012 #357
not sure what your point is. the op is about what american kids today will not HiPointDem Nov 2012 #408
Huffing mimeograph vapors arcane1 Nov 2012 #14
LOL!! We love to tell our kids about that one LeftInTX Nov 2012 #55
The great smell of freshly mimeograqphed handouts in school. JimDandy Nov 2012 #58
Handed out while still warm and damp arcane1 Nov 2012 #59
My students thought that was the best thing about taking a test - the fumes from the paper. beveeheart Nov 2012 #78
I'd give my hat & front seat in hell just to smell those purple-printed sheets again! japple Nov 2012 #169
OMG, I loved that smell! gkhouston Nov 2012 #225
Yes! Mild minty fresh smell. JimDandy Nov 2012 #504
YES! So_Blue Nov 2012 #252
If you got an opportunity to operate the "Gestetner Stenciller" you could get a noseful MADem Nov 2012 #469
Computer command cards JHB Nov 2012 #16
That was the new "modern way" we registered for classes at Berkeley... villager Nov 2012 #21
Floppy disks that were actually floppy. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #56
Dot matrix printers that screeched as they printed. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #60
Manually typing in programs in BASIC out of a magazine, then saving them onto a cassette tape. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #62
Our family's first computer was a Commador 64 liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #288
Mine was an Atari 400. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #293
I worked at two of those magazines Silent3 Nov 2012 #361
Some of those games were awesome. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #376
Yes! We did that too! ReasonableToo Nov 2012 #378
Yep. It took fifteen minutes to load a program. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #379
Yes, I remember those 8" floppies. I thought I had died & gone to heaven japple Nov 2012 #172
you just reminded me of when we asked someone in another office to send us a copy of Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #187
I thought those were a miracle! And when they came out with the 3 and a half inchers, I MADem Nov 2012 #507
They're called Hollerith cards TrogL Nov 2012 #145
I can't believe those cards have a name other than punch cards. snagglepuss Nov 2012 #397
"Do not bend, fold, staple or mutilate." n/t madamesilverspurs Nov 2012 #213
Those instructions were widely ignored when they were "stuff in the back of the storage room" JHB Nov 2012 #238
Watching someone you dislike dropping a deck of cards. gkhouston Nov 2012 #227
My First Exposure To Computers. . . ProfessorGAC Nov 2012 #317
I don't know if "more advanced" is the right term... JHB Nov 2012 #351
Now every time people hear the word "chad", they think of Florida... backscatter712 Nov 2012 #377
We called those "IBM cards", because they were the only computer company. eppur_se_muova Nov 2012 #494
Freedom from government intrusion into their personal communications. woo me with science Nov 2012 #17
...and reasonably predictable weather villager Nov 2012 #24
Weather is more predictable than ever. gcomeau Nov 2012 #82
interesting point. I suppose I meant in a more "Farmer's Almanac" vein villager Nov 2012 #132
a slide rule.. oldhippydude Nov 2012 #18
Dad has one of those.. Panasonic Nov 2012 #25
easy.. i can still remember... oldhippydude Nov 2012 #224
I still have mine. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #49
I put together a nice collection of slide rules, when hand calculators first became available. meti57b Nov 2012 #87
LOL, I won a trophy in slide rule at a math competition. Total geekdom. n/t gkhouston Nov 2012 #230
I have one. Still know how to use it Ilsa Nov 2012 #257
I showed mine to my nephew once eridani Nov 2012 #439
Black and white photography nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #22
Did that in high school in '92 Panasonic Nov 2012 #27
Actually, it's still a hobby with a good following among younger people. Scootaloo Nov 2012 #45
Good old Panatonic-X ASA 64 defacto7 Nov 2012 #454
Encyclopedias in book form (nt) jeff47 Nov 2012 #26
World Books! Panasonic Nov 2012 #28
Going on vacation on all two lane roads. longship Nov 2012 #29
Long Sunday drives and NO freeways. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #485
3 video games or pinball machines in the lobby of every 7-11 store. Systematic Chaos Nov 2012 #30
And floppy disks Seeking Serenity Nov 2012 #43
Ashtrays in the doctor's office Canuckistanian Nov 2012 #32
Yes. And if you were hospiltilized, you could smoke in your room in some sitiations. Kaleva Nov 2012 #35
In the bank and the grocery store! louis-t Nov 2012 #66
Smoking in movie theatres. Smoking everywhere! SMOKING, SMOKING, SMOKING. japple Nov 2012 #173
It did seem to be the national pastime back then Canuckistanian Nov 2012 #268
Farting around online has replaced it! MADem Nov 2012 #508
I never smoked buy my parents and relatives did. I remember the wide variety of ashtrays. snagglepuss Nov 2012 #399
Funny to see old clips of Senate hearings and they are all smoking Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #194
Over-head projectors. JoePhilly Nov 2012 #33
Art History classes garagedoor Nov 2012 #222
Having to have someone paged in a crowded store, airport, event center etc. yankeepants Nov 2012 #34
Oooh. Good one. Can't remember the last time I heard someone paged. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2012 #101
I was paged for a phone call once at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas TeamPooka Nov 2012 #119
halloween thanksgiving and christmas being separate holiday seasons. ;-) JustFiveMoreMinutes Nov 2012 #36
+1000. It used to be special to ride the bus downtown to see all the decorations. gkhouston Nov 2012 #302
setting the points on a distributor onethatcares Nov 2012 #37
VW Rabbit quit on us on a country road in Montana in about 1976. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #52
Your car doesn't burn through a set of distributor points every 20,000 miles anymore, either... Thegonagle Nov 2012 #98
Places that were all field Initech Nov 2012 #38
Getting slapped around by a teacher, then being sent to the principal to be beaten by him. Kaleva Nov 2012 #41
yep. Teachers could hit the kids. still can in same states. Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #61
Where did you grow up? AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #244
Upper Michigan. That's the way things were done back then. At least where I lived. Kaleva Nov 2012 #248
I can't help but be reminded of how many blacks were often treated under slavery. AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #250
Being able to be fairly certain you weren't on some security camera Blandocyte Nov 2012 #42
Cars with no seat belts. Escorted air travel for children. Ditto copying machines. ancianita Nov 2012 #44
my grandkids probably won't learn cursive writing in school backtoblue Nov 2012 #46
i bought a record player this summer.. it has a cassette deck, cd, and radio in it too. dionysus Nov 2012 #47
The typewriter, but it sure wasn't fun. LeftInTX Nov 2012 #50
I still have my Dad's old Smith Corona portable from about 1946. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #54
Typing your college papers Freddie Nov 2012 #64
If you made a mistake (which I did, often) The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #72
I was a pretty good typist (despite hating it) Freddie Nov 2012 #77
I actually had a whole course on correcting mistakes on the typewriter! Awknid Nov 2012 #100
You got to erase? I'm retroactively jealous! madamesilverspurs Nov 2012 #223
Eaton's "Corrasable bond" paper--a modern miracle! Beat the hell out of white out! nt MADem Nov 2012 #509
+1. white-out & erasable paper. when knowing how to type 30 wpm would get HiPointDem Nov 2012 #202
I took an IBM Standard with me to college forty years ago. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2012 #217
I enjoyed reading your post. Maw Kettle Nov 2012 #430
Gas station attendants who pumped your gas and washed your windshield tblue37 Nov 2012 #260
Lawn Darts... Volaris Nov 2012 #51
Rather young myself, so... Scootaloo Nov 2012 #53
Automobiles... Libertas1776 Nov 2012 #341
X-ray machines in shoe stores The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #57
pulling, with all your might, an 8 track out of a stereo. Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #63
Smoking weed that was so mild - you had to use your imagination to get stoned !! RagAss Nov 2012 #65
Maybe that's why I was never impressed with weed and Cleita Nov 2012 #80
Gas station attendants. JimDandy Nov 2012 #67
Still there in Oregon at least Scootaloo Nov 2012 #70
Yes, and the gas is cheaper in Oregon than it is in other states where Cleita Nov 2012 #83
And in NJ too. smokey nj Nov 2012 #322
Lucky duck! The gas fumes are the worst thing about filling up. JimDandy Nov 2012 #505
And free stuff when you bought gas. beveeheart Nov 2012 #88
S&H Green Stamps--and the things you could trade them for! nt tblue37 Nov 2012 #264
I saved S&H green stamps No Vested Interest Nov 2012 #305
And don't forget Blue chip stamps. Both my Grandmothers saved them for me and when I visited them kimbutgar Nov 2012 #405
Free dishes that came in laundry soap boxes dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #375
How about elevator operators? snagglepuss Nov 2012 #167
my sister's first job! KT2000 Nov 2012 #189
Playing High School football in this.... RagAss Nov 2012 #68
Collecting soda pop bottles for the 2 or 3 cent deposit Trailrider1951 Nov 2012 #69
now that's a business for people. TeamPooka Nov 2012 #120
for homeless people, and not much of one. stipping wires for copper, stealing bricks HiPointDem Nov 2012 #205
On a positive note: Pretty soon all kids under 8 won't have experienced a white President mucifer Nov 2012 #71
Cruising the main drag, "American Graffiti" style. apocalypsehow Nov 2012 #73
cruising the Sunset Strip in L.A. is illegal and they will cite you. TeamPooka Nov 2012 #116
that sucks! ejpoeta Nov 2012 #160
Roller skates with metal wheels that clamp on to your shoes. n/t Cleita Nov 2012 #75
And wearing the key on a string around your neck. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2012 #174
in this song... DBoon Nov 2012 #428
Considered suggestive back in the day. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2012 #471
I still have my pair. I used to go down hills in them and to this can't i did it. snagglepuss Nov 2012 #395
Segregated public schools jberryhill Nov 2012 #76
Carbon paper. I hated that stuff, especially when one part was more used catbyte Nov 2012 #79
You reminded me of the old fashioned typewriters with the strike keys. Cleita Nov 2012 #86
Yeah. I remember when the IBM Selectrics came out & you could actually change the font, lol catbyte Nov 2012 #96
I could change the cartridge ribbon in my electric typewriter. badhair77 Nov 2012 #149
I also remember when the first ones with a memory came out. You could save 5 whole letters catbyte Nov 2012 #179
The first IBM memory typewriter cost $5,500 in the early '70s. rzemanfl Nov 2012 #214
WOW catbyte Nov 2012 #215
I was making $7000 a yr as a teacher then. badhair77 Nov 2012 #228
Early handheld calculators cost $200--just very tblue37 Nov 2012 #267
In 1971 I paid $750 for a used mechancial printing calculator that would multiply and divide. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2012 #472
Just yesterday I found a carbon credit card receipt from 1993. So_Blue Nov 2012 #254
Adjusting the Horizontol on the tv to stop those lines. snagglepuss Nov 2012 #81
Bang on the side of it... jberryhill Nov 2012 #85
lol You must have had the same make. snagglepuss Nov 2012 #90
Now I can watch THIS in 1080i HD jberryhill Nov 2012 #144
Adjusting ANYTHING on any screen. DireStrike Nov 2012 #91
LOL, remembering overadjusting the vertical and getting a screen that rolled up gkhouston Nov 2012 #299
Relatively recent, but treestar Nov 2012 #84
Towels or glasses that came inside boxes of laundry detergent. snagglepuss Nov 2012 #89
Or given to customers at a gas station with a fill-up! VOX Nov 2012 #105
hmmmm Locrian Nov 2012 #93
As my daughter mercuryblues Nov 2012 #94
Pre-teens being allowed to walk alone to a neighborhood store to buy milk and bread slackmaster Nov 2012 #95
Or pre-teens being allowed to walk on their own to the store to buy cigarettes Kaleva Nov 2012 #104
When I was about 9 or so my mom would give me a quarter and send me to the bakery The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #107
Black & white TVs. hobbit709 Nov 2012 #102
Getting up the change the channel on it also (nm) Rambis Nov 2012 #108
I still have a little black and white TV. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #114
And TV stations that went off the air and you woke up with the buzzing Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #323
Cap guns. Brody knobs. Chemistry sets. Leaving doors unlocked overnight... VOX Nov 2012 #103
chemistry sets - wow badhair77 Nov 2012 #152
I just have to disagree with the well built American cars doc03 Nov 2012 #216
Yep. They don't make them like they used to, SheilaT Nov 2012 #416
I had one car that rusted thru in 18 months and I paid extra for rust-proofing doc03 Nov 2012 #420
And I'm willing to bet that your pick-up has a lot more SheilaT Nov 2012 #435
Brody knobs????? dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #384
Are you saying that cap guns have gone the way of the dodo? snagglepuss Nov 2012 #400
Never having a house key because we never locked our doors Kip Humphrey Nov 2012 #106
Fountain pens Kingofalldems Nov 2012 #109
We're in suburban Chicago- and our forest preserves have hole-in-the-ground 'outhouses'... BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #110
Actually Vinyl records are making a comeback.. SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #112
so do some hipsters DBoon Nov 2012 #429
I actually saw a bunch at "Fry's" SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #431
Fry's is awesome! DBoon Nov 2012 #436
Sex before AIDS came into play. and admiring someone without being hit with a sex harrasment charge graham4anything Nov 2012 #113
Blackboards and chalk elfin Nov 2012 #115
S&H greenstamps onethatcares Nov 2012 #117
We were talking about Green Stamps just last night DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #133
I remember buying sheets for my college apartment with S&H green stamps Neurotica Nov 2012 #266
Green spaces. Lots and lots of green spaces. Ezlivin Nov 2012 #121
xacto knives and wax for pasting up type Whisp Nov 2012 #122
Yes! And cutting film. And making stats or veloxes. xfundy Nov 2012 #411
Letraset and when being a negative stripper Whisp Nov 2012 #418
Party lines billh58 Nov 2012 #124
life without Walmart Skittles Nov 2012 #125
stores being closed on sunday. or holidays. ejpoeta Nov 2012 #161
Life without any big box stores. snagglepuss Nov 2012 #164
I Remember Traveling garagedoor Nov 2012 #236
any of the 3 Kennedy sons being alive and in the world. The football NY Jets winning Super Bowl graham4anything Nov 2012 #127
Winter and snow. sagat Nov 2012 #128
TV stations going off the air at midnight. subterranean Nov 2012 #129
Radio stations that went off at night LeftInTX Nov 2012 #140
With Larry Lujack! eridani Nov 2012 #441
I remember him. WLS rock n roll gone and turned to talk :( LeftInTX Nov 2012 #448
Yes, indeed--and the round ones, as well.... MADem Nov 2012 #510
Glaciers. lob1 Nov 2012 #130
Hostess Twinkies. subterranean Nov 2012 #131
The first time we apent $20 at the grocery store. My mother cried all the way home. DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #134
The smell of freshly made ditto copies at school. MicaelS Nov 2012 #135
The State Recreation areas here in Michigan still feature hole-in-the-ground style Romulox Nov 2012 #136
A little older just us Nov 2012 #139
Toys in cereal boxes subterranean Nov 2012 #141
Gas stations that allow checks are going bye-bye LeftInTX Nov 2012 #142
Hardware stores LeftInTX Nov 2012 #143
Well, mine all know LaserDiscs, cassette tapes, vinyl records, and VCRs. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #146
My favorite: mrsadm Nov 2012 #148
Paper drivers licenses (no pictures), silver coins, Fizzies, car exhaust fumes jpak Nov 2012 #150
You live in a strange world muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #154
Unadulterated car exhaust fumes - before catalytic converters jpak Nov 2012 #158
You've never experienced real car exhaust fumes! bhikkhu Nov 2012 #242
I bicycle too and I can smell the occasional car go by Fumesucker Nov 2012 #457
LOL- Curfew sirens. Never heard of that one! LeftInTX Nov 2012 #170
9 PM - UUURRR uhh UUUURRR uhh UUUURRR uhh jpak Nov 2012 #171
The best game ever TransitJohn Nov 2012 #153
now that's good stuff fishwax Nov 2012 #253
Lol, I had the green one. nt greyl Nov 2012 #272
Social democrats in the Republican Party... leftlibdem420 Nov 2012 #155
filmstrips in class badhair77 Nov 2012 #162
Those Bell Telephone movies with the guy in the labcoat, so we'd know he was smart. gkhouston Nov 2012 #237
Yes, lab coats make people look smart. badhair77 Nov 2012 #246
"filmstrip" I haven't heard that term in ages, also forgot about those gendered snagglepuss Nov 2012 #396
Sending a telegram. snagglepuss Nov 2012 #163
Department stores that sold everything and had elevator operators. snagglepuss Nov 2012 #166
Buying gasoline for 20 cents a gallon. nt. OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #168
a strong belief that one's children would be better off than their parents zazen Nov 2012 #175
Just think...anyone under 4 years old will never see a Republican as president in America again graham4anything Nov 2012 #176
My mom once said that we wouldn't have a Republican President again for a whole generation slackmaster Nov 2012 #177
Jimmy Carter would have won reelection had the Dems come together in the general graham4anything Nov 2012 #182
No, he would not have won. If you think he would have, show the numbers JHB Nov 2012 #478
PA NJ Texas should have been for Carter, Florida too. graham4anything Nov 2012 #482
Everyone was saying that! LeftInTX Nov 2012 #204
Yes. The GOP leveraged the patriotic fervor of the nation's bicentennial, and sold its soul to... slackmaster Nov 2012 #364
Lucky for them. Cleita Nov 2012 #184
Hitchhiking. aikoaiko Nov 2012 #178
that's the first thing i thought of laruemtt Nov 2012 #273
I have a rotary dial phone as the main phone in my living room. MineralMan Nov 2012 #180
Very cool!!! mrsadm Nov 2012 #289
I have a rotary dial phone. Lasher Nov 2012 #310
I also have a rotary phone. tammywammy Nov 2012 #362
I always wanted a pay phone, complete with a booth. MineralMan Nov 2012 #370
Roller Skates you attached to your shoes with clamps & Skate Keys Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #183
I'm 26, and assuming I have a kid in 2015 or so... Odin2005 Nov 2012 #186
Being hit on the hand by a nun and having the phone ring and not knowing who it is Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #193
Riding on the speaker shelf in the family car n/t LadyHawkAZ Nov 2012 #195
White Go-Go Boots! KT2000 Nov 2012 #196
Clapping erasers on the brick wall of the school and all the chalk dust FSogol Nov 2012 #197
Canned television. Arctic Dave Nov 2012 #198
When I was a kid, we only got one TV station. Rhiannon12866 Nov 2012 #221
9 on 9 pick up Baseball games in the summer that last until the sun goes down. sarcasmo Nov 2012 #207
A teenage girls dad embarrassing you on a landline phone cprompt Nov 2012 #209
Drive-in movie theaters. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2012 #211
I know of at least 3 drive-ins within an hour's distance. Lars39 Nov 2012 #368
Mimeograph papers from the schoolteachers w/blue ink. I'd huff those papers... Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #218
Card catalogs in libraries. Louisiana1976 Nov 2012 #226
They don't have those anymore?? madinmaryland Nov 2012 #279
Our library does!!!! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #385
That win or lose, the integrity of our election system was taken for granted corkhead Nov 2012 #231
Kool-Aid after recess in elementary school. gkhouston Nov 2012 #232
The dimmer switch on the floor board Still Sensible Nov 2012 #233
Dipswitch actually. TheMadMonk Nov 2012 #290
Great info in this thread. snagglepuss Nov 2012 #398
OMG..had almost forgotten about them. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #386
Waiting a year for a favorite movie to come on tv. Once. bhikkhu Nov 2012 #234
when I was a kid liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #284
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol always scared the crap out of me. jpak Nov 2012 #329
party lines for the phone badhair77 Nov 2012 #240
Walking over a mile to school. Bare foot, in the winter, in the snow, up hill, both ways. notadmblnd Nov 2012 #245
hahahaha. . . kevinbgoode1 Nov 2012 #369
I think it's an old Bill Cosby line. But my mother used to tell us that notadmblnd Nov 2012 #424
My kid didn't know the song, "Ten tons of greasy, grimy gopher guts." gkhouston Nov 2012 #249
"Ten tons"? We had "Great big gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts. . . . tblue37 Nov 2012 #269
Rubber cement in school.... So_Blue Nov 2012 #251
Silence. pinto Nov 2012 #256
The anticipation... WinniSkipper Nov 2012 #258
Summers on my uncle's farm. Snarkoleptic Nov 2012 #263
Riding in the rear-facing seat of a wood-paneled station wagon with no seat belt Neurotica Nov 2012 #270
Riding in the space between the second and third seat in a station wagon. gkhouston Nov 2012 #276
We sat on the open tail gate with our legs dangling ! Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #327
25 cents a gallon gas. playing hopscotch on neighborhood streets. laruemtt Nov 2012 #274
now you can't even use sidewalk chalk justabob Nov 2012 #360
Saturday night at the movies on TV, BarbaRosa Nov 2012 #277
MTV Mac Adams Nov 2012 #278
Recording songs from the radion to cassette tape and no one freaks! SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #280
Get a clear station by putting tin foil on the ends of the rabbit ears SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #281
I use to do that all the time liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #286
Doing research papers with microfiche - what google? SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #282
Getting on a plane without being searched or body scanned DaniDubois Nov 2012 #283
A film breaking at the theater aletier_v Nov 2012 #285
Great thread! Wind Dancer Nov 2012 #287
I was very little last time all that stuff was popular... MrsBrady Nov 2012 #291
The popsicle man, and Brainstormy Nov 2012 #292
A pension jberryhill Nov 2012 #294
sad but true liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #295
My mother was a switchboard operator Cresent City Kid Nov 2012 #296
Backyard burning barrels Spirochete Nov 2012 #297
Oh yea ! That burning leaf smell. Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #330
No indoor bathroom. Lugnut Nov 2012 #298
I remember waking in the morning to frost and thin ice on the window. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #388
Most of our windows were frosted and icy during the winter. Lugnut Nov 2012 #445
Bookmobiles. These days, tough shit, take a bus or car to the nearest branch or do without. gkhouston Nov 2012 #301
I was at our local Bookmobile just last month....Books To The People.... Bluenorthwest Nov 2012 #366
Neat! n/t gkhouston Nov 2012 #381
Riding your bike to school with your mitt on your handlebars. n/t brewens Nov 2012 #303
Movies for 20 cents. No Vested Interest Nov 2012 #304
45 rpm 7" singles. dchill Nov 2012 #309
I'll add card catalogs. nt Bonobo Nov 2012 #320
THE Drive-in Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #321
absolutely loved the drive-ins newspeak Nov 2012 #389
Drive ins still exist--many still have the old speakers, but they don't repair them when they break. MADem Nov 2012 #462
Some of these answers refer to "grandkids." Heh. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #325
Clean abundant readily accessible WATER. Eyes of the World Nov 2012 #326
I haven't read every thread so this may be a dupe...pick up the phone reciever and have the operator MichaelSoE Nov 2012 #332
EM-1233 Actually I remember when it was just 1233. Auntie Bush Nov 2012 #487
Classrooms without computers in them NNN0LHI Nov 2012 #333
Birthday Party Spanking Machine Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #335
Paper Bag Bookcovers Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #337
Early McDonalds Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #338
I so remember this game being played at birthday parties. I completely forgot until I saw your kimbutgar Nov 2012 #407
Stretch Armstrong Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #339
Manual word processor... Historic NY Nov 2012 #343
$.95 Saturday matinees, no Internet, MTV actually played nothing but music videos justiceischeap Nov 2012 #344
I usd to tell my nieces and nephews that we had to walk uphill to school and uphill home from libinnyandia Nov 2012 #346
Holiday Cartoon Specials after dinner, back before 24 hour cartoons/vcrs/cable. nt Romulox Nov 2012 #349
No TV! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2012 #350
A few from my youth fredamae Nov 2012 #352
Cube rat stuff from a half century ago sarge43 Nov 2012 #355
we didn't have the plastic like we do today newspeak Nov 2012 #382
RUSH LIMBAUGH! aletier_v Nov 2012 #387
Rotary dial phones? RC Nov 2012 #392
Regularly hearing different types of music Z_I_Peevey Nov 2012 #394
Life before backpacks. Lugging textbooks home under one arm and carrying a lunch pail in the other. snagglepuss Nov 2012 #401
Drive in Theaters, reel to reel tape players, Super 8 Projectors that made the ticking sound kimbutgar Nov 2012 #402
Sour Bites, From Beechnut... Man I Loved Them Little Candies... WillyT Nov 2012 #404
Chemistry sets with real chemicals that you could use for experiments kimbutgar Nov 2012 #410
Me too for much of the above. I'll try not to duplicate: northoftheborder Nov 2012 #412
"zip lines with a container for your money" dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #421
The little dot when the tv goes off. xfundy Nov 2012 #413
That modem sound sakabatou Nov 2012 #417
Oh yes...... northoftheborder Nov 2012 #425
Hahahaha savebigbird Nov 2012 #461
Jarts Lemonwurst Nov 2012 #427
The unbridled joy, space, and freedom of the '60s and early 70's. Zorra Nov 2012 #432
Those were the days: lucca18 Nov 2012 #438
Ahhhh...lightning bugs. If you are looking to see those again....there's a beautiful B&B in VA Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #477
We are so lucky here to have fireflies. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #498
Computers the size of a living room, requiring a special operator LeftInTX Nov 2012 #443
An american made steel tonka truck Demonaut Nov 2012 #444
Most young people will not experience formal dress being the norm in their lives rather than the Midwestern Democrat Nov 2012 #446
Hell, I'm in my 20s and haven't experienced those things. Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #451
Polio, Child Labor, the Civil War. The Black Plague, the Spanish Inquisition, trepanning, rickets Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #452
The scandal surrounding the trial of Socrates... Democracyinkind Nov 2012 #458
Honda 305 scrambler Aanenin Nov 2012 #455
Three television stations...if you were lucky. No DVDs or videotapes or "On Demand" -- you had to MADem Nov 2012 #456
Where I'm from... savebigbird Nov 2012 #460
West Coast, right? dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #502
My family moved from Kansas to California in 1962. Our Philco TV got three stations in Kansas City. slackmaster Nov 2012 #465
I had this exact discussion with my daughter at Halloween when the Great Pumpkin was on. hughee99 Nov 2012 #468
so true ! I remember very well "suffering" through Lawrence Welk..haha Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #474
Fun thread! savebigbird Nov 2012 #459
pogo sticks GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #464
I can actually participate in this thread, God I feel old. white_wolf Nov 2012 #467
GREAT thread!!! FirstLight Nov 2012 #473
Did anyone else have local record shops? Ours even had a "sound booth"...we would Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #476
Riding in a car with no seat belt or any restraint. Riding with a parent who is drunk as a skunk. raccoon Nov 2012 #479
Yup...my dad still won't go fishing because he has bad memories of going to the CT shore with his Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #480
Part of the reason might have been less people, less cars, less traffic. Remember when raccoon Nov 2012 #488
true...and I guess depending on where you lived mattered a lot too. Like a lot of Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #489
I do not remember my Mom or her sisters ever driving a car! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #497
Actually.... lbrtbell Nov 2012 #481
I actually do think it was better to have the phone ring and not know who it is or to get Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #493
As a millenial i am GLAD i will never experience smoking on an airline. alp227 Nov 2012 #484
No worries, they reserved the back 5 rows of the plane for smokers Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #492
My teacher had to quit teaching school once she started "showing". DawgHouse Nov 2012 #500
The boys took SHOP CLASS, the GIRLS took HOME ECONOMICS.... MADem Nov 2012 #511
Well, at 77 (going on 78), so lets see: clydefrand Nov 2012 #503
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