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In the discussion thread: 5 things you had as a kid, but your kids did not have [View all]

Thu May 3, 2012, 06:01 PM

guitar man (15,996 posts)

65. But the coolest thing by far....

Was the outdoor telephone bells. Dad was a union freight driver, over the road trucker. When they called him out for a run the phone absolutely had to be answered or they would call the next driver on the seniority roster.

So the phone company installed a box on the outside of the house with a couple of frying pan sized bells so if we were all outside doing farm work or whatever we could hear the phone. If it was dads call time and it rang, it was an all out scramble, drop everything and run like hell to get the phone

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147 replies	Author	Time	Post
5 things you had as a kid, but your kids did not have [View all]	SoCalDem	May 2012	OP
1. The milkman	trof	May 2012	#1
ArmorAll'd rear bench seats	NightWatcher	May 2012	#2
hahahah	pipi_k	May 2012	#7
Did the "way back" seat face backwards?	Archae	May 2012	#67
It did!!!	pipi_k	May 2012	#94
Almost certainly a Ford Country Squire.	hifiguy	May 2012	#112
You're probably	pipi_k	May 2012	#128
You know about the freeper and the Country Squire, right?	jmowreader	May 2012	#147
We never had a station wagon but I remember sleeping on the ledge between	A Simple Game	May 2012	#64
I was just thinking about how we did that too. Pjs and a pillow on the ledge between the back	SammyWinstonJack	May 2012	#129
childhood	BillStein	May 2012	#3
.	GeorgeGist	May 2012	#4
yikes	SoCalDem	May 2012	#9
OK...	pipi_k	May 2012	#5
Banana bike seats (with the accompanying tall handle bars), rotary dial phones,	riderinthestorm	May 2012	#6
1. Married Parents	YankeyMCC	May 2012	#8
I remember	guitar man	May 2012	#10
We still have a rotary dial phone	cyberswede	May 2012	#41
Wow	guitar man	May 2012	#47
Awesome!	cyberswede	May 2012	#60
But the coolest thing by far....	guitar man	May 2012	#65
My Aunt lived in a ranch style bungelow and there was a little nook in the	snagglepuss	May 2012	#73
The standard ring tone on an IPhone	pink-o	May 2012	#139
Same here; it's a powder blue Princess Phone.	Sequoia	May 2012	#140
Mine have pogo sticks.	HopeHoops	May 2012	#11
Ford Falcon with milk crates for back seats...	JCMach1	May 2012	#12
First car I bought was a 66 Ford Falcon	SCantiGOP	May 2012	#53
I drove to Woodstock with my friends in a Ford Falcon wagon	kwassa	May 2012	#74
It sounds like you were really there.	truedelphi	May 2012	#123
1. Mumps, 2. Measles. (I don't have kids, but thought I'd chime in on this.)	raccoon	May 2012	#13
The "children's table" at dinners with family and friends	LibDemAlways	May 2012	#14
Yeah no tv remotes. Of course there were just a handful of channels so no need to	snagglepuss	May 2012	#75
Having to repeatedly turn the tv dial manually caused it to fail quickly so that	LibDemAlways	May 2012	#77
That is a riot. I had no idea anyone else had to situate the dial between two numbers.	snagglepuss	May 2012	#81
It had to have been a common problem. Those were also the days when	LibDemAlways	May 2012	#86
My Dad's first career was as a TV repairman.	Archae	May 2012	#106
Reminded me of another thing	treestar	May 2012	#121
Interestingly, I was a child of the 80s and lived in SE Asia	RFKHumphreyObama	May 2012	#133
And if sleepless at night - nothing to do but read a book!	treestar	May 2012	#136
1. Curb feelers on cars	geardaddy	May 2012	#15
Bub's Daddy!	cyberswede	May 2012	#36
I hated Green Apple.	geardaddy	May 2012	#38
When I was a kid, hockey players didn't wear helmets.	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#49
I played in the mid-70s	geardaddy	May 2012	#50
Most of the pros were wearing them by the 1970s, too.	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#56
I remember goalies without masks.	geardaddy	May 2012	#59
Gump Worsley	hifiguy	May 2012	#114
Bingo!	geardaddy	May 2012	#115
And as a kid, I don't remember baseball players all	truedelphi	May 2012	#124
Coffee percolators	geardaddy	May 2012	#52
At my grandmother's house	laundry_queen	May 2012	#79
And the Canadian hockey players had no teeth	siligut	May 2012	#66
Yep!	geardaddy	May 2012	#92
Yeah my kids say I sound old	benld74	May 2012	#16
We had UHF channels (14-82) also. PBS and a couple of independent stations.	madinmaryland	May 2012	#24
...	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#17
Don't know if anyone	pipi_k	May 2012	#18
That sounds cool. I don't remember those -- I was a 70s kid.	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#19
Wow! That's a blast from the past. Another...	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#57
oh that brings back memories!!!!	nadine_mn	May 2012	#108
I had one of those but it looked a little more like this:	Gidney N Cloyd	May 2012	#39
I had one that looked like this:	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#58
Pretty damn boss as well!	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#103
Hey, it was free.	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#107
One Was Shaped Like A Rocket	grilled onions	May 2012	#61
I always wanted one of those!	geardaddy	May 2012	#22
It was pretty "boss" if I do say so myself!	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#26
OMG I had one of those!!!	Myrina	May 2012	#35
Had the same thing. Called a 'Toot a Loop'	Populist_Prole	May 2012	#88
Another thing we played with (didn't own, though) ...	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#104
I thought of another couple.	geardaddy	May 2012	#20
Isn't it amazing to think we only had 4 flash pics on there! And a roll of 24 pics was awesome.	MatthewStLouis	May 2012	#33
I loved those cameras.	geardaddy	May 2012	#40
and the Flip Flash!	cyberswede	May 2012	#42
Yes!	geardaddy	May 2012	#44
Yes!	pipi_k	May 2012	#97
"It's more than a camera, it's almost alive, only nineteen dollars and ninety-five"	Gidney N Cloyd	May 2012	#127
Open space.	Baitball Blogger	May 2012	#21
A healthy respect for machines with moving parts	gratuitous	May 2012	#23
1. A mother	Bruce Wayne	May 2012	#25
Lawn darts.	Archae	May 2012	#27
My brother had the "Thingmaker"	geardaddy	May 2012	#28
Okay	Broken_Hero	May 2012	#29
Atari, Big Wheel, Sit n Spin,Typewriter, and records. n/t	RiffRandell	May 2012	#30
I so badly wanted a Big Wheel and a Sit n Spin.	geardaddy	May 2012	#45
My son got a big wheel for Xmas one year.	RebelOne	May 2012	#55
There's a company that makes adult-version Green Machines	SoCalDem	May 2012	#62
Holy crikey.	geardaddy	May 2012	#90
a few links to try	SoCalDem	May 2012	#110
Thanks!	geardaddy	May 2012	#111
more stuff	JustABozoOnThisBus	May 2012	#31
I'd replace 4 with Saturday Morning cartoons; now they can be 24/7.	MatthewStLouis	May 2012	#32
Free time & the ability to go exploring alone or w/other kids ...	Myrina	May 2012	#34
Let's see if I can come up with 5 without hints from others	wysimdnwyg	May 2012	#37
Afternoon TV	WhoIsNumberNone	May 2012	#43
That's my childhood, baby!	geardaddy	May 2012	#51
1. Learning to drive on back roads and your neighbors smiled and waved	MerryBlooms	May 2012	#46
I learned to drive on I-35	SoCalDem	May 2012	#63
Beaut!	MerryBlooms	May 2012	#68
Wow.. these lists really take me back	solara	May 2012	#48
Quality food products that were locally made,	hifiguy	May 2012	#54
I'm too young to have watched Axel	geardaddy	May 2012	#95
I remember Clancy the Cop and Willie Ketchum like it was yesterday	hifiguy	May 2012	#98
Allan's He's a super nice guy and a complete liberal	geardaddy	May 2012	#100
ooh ooh, I remember Axel !	mysuzuki2	May 2012	#141
1960s, but I got a full dose of Axel.	hifiguy	May 2012	#142
In the front yard before the street lamp came on!	MerryBlooms	May 2012	#69
Black & White portable tv	Tabasco_Dave	May 2012	#70
A Chatty Cathy doll.	grntuscarora	May 2012	#71
Hmmmmm, let's see.........it wasn't all skittles and beer.......	Burma Jones	May 2012	#72
Cassette tapes	Taverner	May 2012	#76
ok..	one_voice	May 2012	#78
1. Stationery	laundry_queen	May 2012	#80
omg yarn bows! I haven't thought of those for years. I didn't know	snagglepuss	May 2012	#82
Yarn bows! LOL	cyberswede	May 2012	#96
dial up internet	fizzgig	May 2012	#83
1. Rabbit ears	madamesilverspurs	May 2012	#84
Not being able to go swimming in August because of polio.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2012	#85
Oh lord do I remember	pipi_k	May 2012	#99
let's see..	madmom	May 2012	#87
Time, Peace, Clean Air, Lack of Fear, A Future.	NYC_SKP	May 2012	#89
Lack of fear? Not entirely. Remember fear of nuclear war? nt	raccoon	May 2012	#102
I remember. One nun told us in second grade that none of us would live to see our	truedelphi	May 2012	#125
Not so much the clean air.......	hedgehog	May 2012	#119
When was that? When I was a kid we had:	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2012	#126
German Measles.	HopeHoops	May 2012	#91
They first came out with the vaccine when I was in the 3rd grade.	GoCubsGo	May 2012	#113
Friends And Family Members Stricken With Polio.	Paladin	May 2012	#93
Well maybe not polio, but I could see a lot of those infectious diseases	4th law of robotics	May 2012	#105
so true. that's why i find the anti-vac folk so insanely dangerous. nt	La Lioness Priyanka	May 2012	#109
Maybe they're just hopelessly nostalgic	4th law of robotics	May 2012	#117
I remember the Shriners hospitals caring for children with polio.	schmice	May 2012	#122
realistic looking toy guns	TrogL	May 2012	#101
I had a	TheCentepedeShoes	May 2012	#130
Sports games that lasted for hours	SwissTony	May 2012	#116
record player, 8-track tapes, transistor radios.	lastlib	May 2012	#118
Deliveries from milkman / milk box on front porch	treestar	May 2012	#120
I know where 5 drive-ins are here in TN.	Lars39	May 2012	#134
Are they still in business?	treestar	May 2012	#135
Yep. :-)	Lars39	May 2012	#137
Push button gear shift	TheCentepedeShoes	May 2012	#131
1. An antenna rotator for the tv	noamnety	May 2012	#132
Lots of free time.	yellerpup	May 2012	#138
1. Cap guns!	chrisa	May 2012	#143
Wow...	LASlibinSC	May 2012	#144
Record Stores	alphafemale	May 2012	#145
Phone #s with two letter prefixes. BEachwood 4,5,7,8,9 You can call me up and have a date	OffWithTheirHeads	May 2012	#146

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