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snagglepuss

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73. My Aunt lived in a ranch style bungelow and there was a little nook in the
Thu May 3, 2012, 07:59 PM
May 2012

hallway leading to the bedrooms expressly designed to accommodate a little telephone table and chair. i thought it was the high of sophistication.

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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