Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
multiplication on a sliderule HereSince1628 May 2012 #1
Turn on a TV Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2012 #2
Turn on a TV Duer 157099 May 2012 #8
A knob? A KNOB? Look who's all high and mighty! NoPasaran May 2012 #163
That should have been a DUzy. pacalo May 2012 #189
You were lucky!! FiveGoodMen May 2012 #341
We use to dream of having teeth. Throckmorton May 2012 #352
I was thinking about that the other day ashling May 2012 #196
And don't forget the antenna rotor control HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 #404
Ah, yes, the sign-off. When we stayed at Grandma's Bertha Venation May 2012 #10
That was America the Beautiful arranged by Carmen Dragon Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #80
Heck, getting up to change the channel or turn it on and off ... zbdent May 2012 #56
turning the color dial so people were somewhere between pink and green skinned. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #174
The brightness control never worked. We turned it all the way up, tclambert May 2012 #231
...that Conelrad was a helluva detective!! lastlib May 2012 #122
Getting up at 5:30 on Saturdays ashling May 2012 #201
We must have grown up together. Scuba May 2012 #311
We had someone a bit prettier... mwooldri May 2012 #357
You had TV?!! unc70 May 2012 #225
Put a playing card on the fender of your bike geardaddy May 2012 #3
Dial a telephone, literally. hifiguy May 2012 #4
Yup, been there, done that. n/t RebelOne May 2012 #27
I remember those things sakabatou May 2012 #76
hated dialing - I would lose track trying to dial quickly into a radio station nadine_mn May 2012 #118
Work on a telephone "cord board" IDemo May 2012 #183
We lived in the country and had a 'party line.' CrispyQ May 2012 #188
we did too, when I was 20 Voice for Peace May 2012 #214
Gas wars--where the prices kept going DOWN!!! Maeve May 2012 #194
Gas prices of 17.9 to 19.9¢ unc70 May 2012 #228
Cigarettes were 50 cents at the Clarke Station. randome May 2012 #237
A lot less than that, but I was in NC unc70 May 2012 #241
I can handle no air conditioning fine now. randome May 2012 #244
You must not live in the South. unc70 May 2012 #250
You're right. I'm sure it's worse in other places. randome May 2012 #252
And many places worse than NC unc70 May 2012 #272
the gas wars were not necessarily good things suninvited May 2012 #335
Dial a phone - yes and it was originally a "Party Line" in our house. Marie Marie May 2012 #336
We had a party line too. The interesting thing is that, Old Troop Jun 2012 #409
In the laudry room of my house is a working, original equipment, dial telephone from 1962. FiveGoodMen May 2012 #342
I gotta admit back then the phone number was a hoot. mwooldri May 2012 #354
I remember going to the record store... RevStPatrick May 2012 #5
putting the spindle adapter on the turntable zbdent May 2012 #16
Changing the needle. rug May 2012 #39
78's sarge43 May 2012 #44
My folks bought a good stereo and NEVER used it. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #143
At Robbie's Records they had booths with turn tables ashling May 2012 #211
I can still do that. Neoma May 2012 #270
I'm a 20something and I still do that ButterflyBlood May 2012 #360
recording songs off the radio Viva_La_Revolution May 2012 #6
putting my hand on the back of the radio SCantiGOP May 2012 #64
Work zzaapp May 2012 #7
Aw, that's rather unkind, zzaapp, and unfair. Bertha Venation May 2012 #9
+1 geardaddy May 2012 #12
Bertha, you don't know my kids. LOLOL zzaapp May 2012 #13
Bertha, it's probably none of my business...but zzaapp May 2012 #29
A lot of people have questioned me on this. Bertha Venation May 2012 #55
oooops, now I get it. Thanks. zzaapp May 2012 #57
Pssst...I knew that, actually! dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #171
Listened to radio dramas. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #11
I still have a skate key HeiressofBickworth May 2012 #115
I have a friend who's ashling May 2012 #215
And a skateboard was a board with a pair of roller skates you nailed onto it pinboy3niner May 2012 #147
In our early 50's Hudson NEOhiodemocrat May 2012 #364
Make a scooter or skateboard from a 2x4 and old clamp-on skates. bluesbassman May 2012 #14
With bottlecaps. rug May 2012 #40
Roller skate with clamp-on skates. GoCubsGo May 2012 #91
closing the door of a phone booth ... zbdent May 2012 #15
They have phone booths at O'Hare airport. Neoma May 2012 #273
Do you remember the really nice wood paneled Old Troop Jun 2012 #410
almost before my time, but ... setting a turntable to 78 rpm so that I could zbdent May 2012 #17
Or to listen to 33s or 45s to make 'em sound like The Chipmunks. geardaddy May 2012 #22
That's what I was going to say Ron Obvious May 2012 #116
Spinning the turntable BACKWARD in order to hear "turn me on dead man". n/t cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #383
Man, I hope I never get old... ellisonz May 2012 #18
You'd BETTER hide, e....z! elleng May 2012 #65
*Oww...* ellisonz May 2012 #68
Well, consider the alternative... crunch60 May 2012 #279
Either way, old or young... ellisonz May 2012 #377
Well, there's only the one alternative... FiveGoodMen May 2012 #345
You woudn't like the alternative! nt zanana1 Jun 2012 #414
Used to go up to Rexall Drugs and use one of these..... kayakjohnny May 2012 #19
Those were so cool! hifiguy May 2012 #21
Ha! I always thought I'd get zapped by electricity or that my tube would blow up when testing. kayakjohnny May 2012 #24
I remember those. geardaddy May 2012 #23
My dad had one of those LaurenG May 2012 #50
Still have my RCA receiving tube manual unc70 May 2012 #230
? onpatrol98 May 2012 #314
A test machine for JoeyT May 2012 #329
Giving a friend a "buck" on my bike. LNM May 2012 #20
Yes. We'd give seat bucks or geardaddy May 2012 #98
Yep, a handlebar buck LNM May 2012 #151
We called those "pumps" nt WolverineDG May 2012 #379
Deliver newspapers before and after school. ohiosmith May 2012 #25
I delivered the evening Star geardaddy May 2012 #28
Walk 10 miles to school,uphill both ways,in 3 feet of snow. Swede May 2012 #26
And you didn't complain! Arugula Latte May 2012 #34
I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, zbdent May 2012 #59
Thank you! potone May 2012 #182
Luxury!!!! Tripper11 May 2012 #108
Except for the 10 miles part, I actually did that jmowreader May 2012 #297
Since you mention it, 4_TN_TITANS May 2012 #30
I'm 36, but I'm willing to bet some people just a little younger me.... sadbear May 2012 #31
how about the 8 inch disks? zbdent May 2012 #58
That's before my time sadbear May 2012 #67
I still have the Radio Shack "flyer"/catalogue where, for a mere $8000, zbdent May 2012 #69
Or, punch cards? GoCubsGo May 2012 #92
I made one of those in the 5th grade! n/t Gore1FL May 2012 #255
Me, too. GoCubsGo May 2012 #257
We had the tape with holes punched. Frustratedlady May 2012 #192
I'm 36 too, and yep, seen the 8 inch diskette Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #219
I am 32 and remember those tabbycat31 May 2012 #102
26 and I used some a2liberal May 2012 #152
Awesome! JustAnotherGen May 2012 #204
I'm 26 and I remember those. Odin2005 May 2012 #289
sadbear Diclotican May 2012 #333
Computers bongbong May 2012 #348
Run out to the huckster's truck to get fresh fruit and vegetables livetohike May 2012 #32
Receive tests and homework on purple-inked "ditto" paper. Arugula Latte May 2012 #33
And sniff them. rug May 2012 #42
Oh yeah. They were most pungent when they were fresh off the machine and still drying. Arugula Latte May 2012 #46
Now, THAT's what I call HIGH Technology!!! lastlib May 2012 #125
Mmm hmmm... Arugula Latte May 2012 #154
The mimeograph was a favorite of mine Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #220
Yep. I loved those things. geardaddy May 2012 #99
I still occasionally embarrass myself ... hay rick May 2012 #114
Aw, that's okay, Gramps. Arugula Latte May 2012 #155
i miss those Blue_Tires May 2012 #268
What's ditto paper? Odin2005 May 2012 #291
From retroland.com: Arugula Latte May 2012 #310
Mimeograph and ditto/fluid duplicator were different technologies unc70 May 2012 #378
All I ever remember seeing in grade school hifiguy May 2012 #323
Semi-private phone lines FSogol May 2012 #35
Even worse was the "Party Line". Up to 5 families on the same line. yellowcanine May 2012 #89
Five families? We had ten on ours. Silver Swan May 2012 #145
Enema parties on acid graywarrior May 2012 #36
No shit? rug May 2012 #43
I shit you not graywarrior May 2012 #47
what a shitty party that had to be. LaurenG May 2012 #52
One bathroom, too graywarrior May 2012 #53
you really had to have some close friends for that kind of party ... zbdent May 2012 #61
We were all seriously crazy graywarrior May 2012 #72
did you bring a roll of toilet paper to a crap game?? Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #81
Aggies knew how to use toilet paper? El Supremo May 2012 #120
Don't know. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #133
Driving a manual transmission car with the shift lever on the steering column Kaleva May 2012 #97
Three on the tree? geardaddy May 2012 #100
My first car had one of those. GoneOffShore May 2012 #130
So did mine - 1965 Ford Club Wagon van. hifiguy May 2012 #325
1975 Ford F-100 bongbong May 2012 #349
How about driving a car with push-button automatic transmission? GoCubsGo May 2012 #160
Loved push button. unc70 May 2012 #238
Yes.. absyntheminded May 2012 #283
Whoa! Rainngirl May 2012 #359
I had one of those - a '63 Mercury Comet. Also had a '64 Dodge Dart with Old Troop Jun 2012 #411
Drink Root beer kool-aid by the gallon! RedCloud May 2012 #37
Make your own root beer with the Hires root beer kit geardaddy May 2012 #103
xray machines book lady May 2012 #38
They had those things in the company store! yortsed snacilbuper May 2012 #109
Type reports with 5 carbon copies marlakay May 2012 #41
yeah lillypaddle May 2012 #79
Snopake correction fluid. hay rick May 2012 #113
Liquid Paper, invented by Michael Nesmith's mother. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #131
Hit bottle caps with a wooden stick. RedCloud May 2012 #45
Write a Program on Key Punch Cards Yavin4 May 2012 #48
use an adding machine lillypaddle May 2012 #78
DO NOT fold, spindle or mutilate!! lastlib May 2012 #129
Close cover before striking. Bette Noir May 2012 #275
When I see your username I think of Bertha Venation May 2012 #373
I punched cards in my first year of college. calikid May 2012 #157
Knowing Fortran, or Assembly language. Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #222
I Took A Pascal Class from Asian Prof with a thick accent Yavin4 May 2012 #227
My Pascal/Fortran education came from a British instructor Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #267
Crochet LaurenG May 2012 #49
Re Using the phone book Yavin4 May 2012 #51
you want a laugh, look at the reel-to-reel drives on the computers on the Death Star zbdent May 2012 #62
Lots of people still crochet. GoCubsGo May 2012 #93
I have no idea what the young people do as far as needlework. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #106
They do all of it. knitter4democracy May 2012 #176
I can't crochet (thought I can knit and want to learn) tabbycat31 May 2012 #104
Hey, I do all of those still. knitter4democracy May 2012 #175
Cut out 45s from cereal boxes and play them on a turntable. Arugula Latte May 2012 #54
I loved those things. Bertha Venation May 2012 #71
Sure! Arugula Latte May 2012 #73
I had that one. Hissyspit May 2012 #369
Totally! geardaddy May 2012 #101
They had those in MAD Magazine too!! Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #107
Excellent resource: Hissyspit May 2012 #370
All of the above Worried senior May 2012 #60
When babysitting and a kid pooped his diapers, had to wash it out in the toilet while flushing, crunch60 May 2012 #285
Star Wars ... zbdent May 2012 #63
Jean Shepherd! elleng May 2012 #66
Adjust the manual choke on the car Brother Buzz May 2012 #70
Adjust the idle screw on the carburetor Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #83
Or change the points & condenser.... lastlib May 2012 #126
You knew how long it took the tires to warm up and loose the little flat spot. oneshooter May 2012 #138
Or sitting in the car till the end of a song. bikebloke May 2012 #74
I sit in the car waiting for the end of NPR programs. GoneOffShore May 2012 #132
'Driveway songs' they call them in England. randome May 2012 #256
When I was 18 (in '68) I used to hop the freight trains between Salem, Oregon and Seattle panader0 May 2012 #75
I used to "neck." lillypaddle May 2012 #77
No, belts to hold pads were horrible. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #159
Ah yes but did you use the thin tissue paper wrapper of a Tampax Sedona May 2012 #190
No, sorry. Missed that fad. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #232
You are one sick puppy! lillypaddle May 2012 #290
Tampons too treestar May 2012 #298
Necking for hours, by the lake at the boat harbor, full moon, listening to Johnny crunch60 May 2012 #287
yeah sure lillypaddle May 2012 #288
Cross my heart and hope to die! No "S-I" until I left my home, the RCC, and the country. crunch60 May 2012 #304
Type a research paper for college. sinkingfeeling May 2012 #82
Using one of these? baldguy May 2012 #112
I typed my senior thesis.... lastlib May 2012 #127
I typed too fast for a manual. Besides it hurts. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #142
I was at a yard sale today and a 10-yr-old girl there did not not what a typewriter was - there Nay May 2012 #245
Using a slide rule to calculate lens curves quaker bill Jun 2012 #395
Where do you plug in the flatscreen? krispos42 Jun 2012 #413
Take the car to the garage to get snow tires installed. yellowcanine May 2012 #84
Change the points and plugs... Magoo48 Jun 2012 #396
I had a red IBM Standard and typed other peoples' papers as well, for money. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #85
I charged $2 / page to type in college. $4 if I corrected the grammar. Scuba May 2012 #312
Paste S&H Green Stamps into a book. yellowcanine May 2012 #86
I knew someone would remember S&H Greenstamps! HooptieWagon May 2012 #254
Super 8 home movies Ptah May 2012 #87
My childhood was preserved in 16mm COLOR home movies!! Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #105
Drove a stick shift. WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #88
You'd be surprised at how many of us still drive stick shift. GoCubsGo May 2012 #94
i do that now... Blue_Tires May 2012 #269
Pay for porn taterguy May 2012 #90
Go in search of a phone booth XemaSab May 2012 #95
A coke run perhaps? LOL! Politicalboi May 2012 #213
Catching lizards. That was playing. Bette Noir May 2012 #276
My youngest step-son didn't know what a phonograph was. Kaleva May 2012 #96
This message was self-deleted by its author guyton May 2012 #224
3 TV stations underpants May 2012 #110
When we were stationed in the Azores in the 1960s NoPasaran May 2012 #165
"Warming up" the tee vee! Sedona May 2012 #193
hopscotch. jacks. and tnvoter May 2012 #111
Using the card catalog at the library nadine_mn May 2012 #117
Do they not stamp due dates anymore?? a2liberal May 2012 #153
They give you a receipt tabbycat31 May 2012 #156
Well, that's just silly a2liberal May 2012 #170
librarians were getting carpal tunnel from the stamps cally May 2012 #358
Selecting from only four TV stations. El Supremo May 2012 #119
Four? You should be so lucky! mwooldri May 2012 #351
Rewind the videotape before taking it back to the corner Videorama NightWatcher May 2012 #121
Smoking cigarettes in the official high school student smoking lounge. aikoaiko May 2012 #123
I remember having professors in college smoke during the lectures nadine_mn May 2012 #158
I had a stereo with not only a turntable but also an 8 track!!!! davsand May 2012 #124
Sat in the back of the bus.. mwdem May 2012 #128
Wow. You have the winner here. El Supremo May 2012 #136
Didn't want to do that! mwdem May 2012 #137
Was in line at a burger stand ashling May 2012 #216
Really. That's It. byronius May 2012 #326
EPIC WIN!!! Odin2005 May 2012 #292
play "stretch 'em" by throwing knives at frogmarch May 2012 #134
We called it "mumbly peg" ashling May 2012 #217
I wish we had. I like that name for it frogmarch May 2012 #277
As I recall, the idea was to ashling May 2012 #301
Yep, same game. And yep, frogmarch May 2012 #305
Real nylons and garters. cliffordu May 2012 #135
The horrible straps LiberalEsto May 2012 #284
Opening a soda, or beer bottle using a "church key". oneshooter May 2012 #139
LOL! LeftofObama May 2012 #199
My uncle and aunt had pop-top curtains hanging in the doorway leading from the living room. cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #384
Going to the library to do research for school papers.. Brigid May 2012 #140
Play with my Whipper Snapper begin_within May 2012 #141
Don't do that. Arugula Latte May 2012 #166
Buy A Four Finger,10 Dollar, Lid... WillyT May 2012 #144
Us poor folk had to settle for a nickel bag... hay rick May 2012 #169
Good times, good times. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #172
Turning in soda bottles for spending money/Picking cotton/Using a party line phone... KBlagburn May 2012 #146
Walk around the neighborhood without a leash on my dog.. Youngat50 May 2012 #148
soda fountain counters in drug stores and woolworths IcyPeas May 2012 #149
tightening your roller skates with a key IcyPeas May 2012 #150
We had one of those old-fashioned drug stores until 1994. Odin2005 May 2012 #294
Still have one of those drugstores here unc70 May 2012 #309
Drive-in theatres.... NYC_SKP May 2012 #161
Rewind a cassette with a pen/pencil to save batteries on my walkman/boombox. dorkulon May 2012 #162
Seeing weekly serials at the movie theater Kingofalldems May 2012 #164
We went to serials on Saturday, double feature, .12 cents, box of good and plenty crunch60 May 2012 #303
"Play RECORDS." Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #167
on, what else, a record player . . . in a box! a portable 45 player. eom ellenfl May 2012 #264
Sneaking friends in to the drive-in theater Pool Hall Ace May 2012 #168
LOL. I remember doing that too. I doubt I would have remembered without your post RZM May 2012 #187
going to the drive-in in the family station wagon in our pjs. eom ellenfl May 2012 #271
my son tried this dmrtndl1 May 2012 #322
Not a good outcome! Pool Hall Ace May 2012 #324
I did that a few times. hifiguy May 2012 #327
Playing outside ALL day long, till dark. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #173
Flashlight tag! randome May 2012 #207
oh wow...I missed out on that. drats. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #242
Yeah! I regularly sound like an old fart when I tell ppl "kids don't do anything anymore except Nay May 2012 #246
When I was a kid, our screen was in the front door. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #266
Playing outside with the neighborhood kids lunatica May 2012 #177
Playing baseball in a friend's back yard, using various fruit trees as the bases. Bette Noir May 2012 #278
Used to sit and listen to my dad's shortwave radio. Bluzmann57 May 2012 #178
Saturdays in the summer Art_from_Ark May 2012 #179
Watching TV B.C. (Before cable) jaded_old_cynic May 2012 #180
Sleeping out in the backyard on summer nights ailsagirl May 2012 #181
1+ wake to the sounds of morning doves overhead. patrice May 2012 #185
Hope they weren't directly overhead! ailsagirl May 2012 #388
he! he! . . . I was thinking yesterday about an edit to that post. You read my mind. patrice May 2012 #389
Sorry, Patrice ailsagirl Jun 2012 #393
Most places you could still do that TheCruces Jun 2012 #412
Ride saplings in the summer, especially along the banks of a creek. nt patrice May 2012 #184
I've heard of almost all things listed in this thread JonLP24 May 2012 #186
Take pictures on film with an instamatic using flash cubes! geckosfeet May 2012 #191
Turning the fucking channel with the needlenose. lonestarnot May 2012 #195
OMG. I had forgotten about that. We must have had the same TV. nt Still Blue in PDX Jun 2012 #407
Those knobs were great weren't they? Especially when the plastic finally wore out. lonestarnot Jun 2012 #416
When I was seven years old, my mom would give me some change and let me walk alone to the store slackmaster May 2012 #197
My mom sent me for smokes! Sedona May 2012 #206
CLACKERS! Sedona May 2012 #198
Trip acid and listen to King Crimson records... stlsaxman May 2012 #200
Oh yeah ! yesphan May 2012 #317
CREEPY CRAWLERS! Sedona May 2012 #202
Creepy Crawlers were AWESOME! randome May 2012 #212
Totally forgot about Creepy Crawlers!! blaze May 2012 #248
Glow-in-the-dark-goop. That did it for me. hunter May 2012 #385
I would obsessively tape-record my favorite monster movies. randome May 2012 #203
And the monsters were cheesy. Rozlee May 2012 #320
smoking on busses and planes chknltl May 2012 #205
The smoking sections in restaurants treestar May 2012 #299
Also cigarette lighters in cars. wickerwoman May 2012 #339
I used to go to bed with my transistor radio. Blue_In_AK May 2012 #208
I had a 4 inch cube Sony transistor radio. Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2012 #399
I listened to KOMA out of Oklahoma City. Blue_In_AK Jun 2012 #401
S&H Green Stamps, Plaid Stamps, the premiums that came in the boxes of 1monster May 2012 #209
Horrible Hamilton. Zeroids. Leif Ericsson starship models. randome May 2012 #210
Being able to go to a public college full time for $120.00 a semester. mysuzuki2 May 2012 #218
IRONING BOARD...Funny story....My daughter saw an ironing board in my mother-in-law's bedroom. PassingFair May 2012 #221
How cute. I remember when I cooked for my neighbors 3 little girls. She had to come back southernyankeebelle May 2012 #235
Tape recording songs off the radio Taverner May 2012 #223
Buying a gallon of root beer from A&W (before they sold it in grocery stores). ET Awful May 2012 #226
Here in Moorhead, MN we have one of the oldest DQs in the country. Odin2005 May 2012 #296
There's one of those in Richfield, too. hifiguy May 2012 #328
In the 50s there was a DQ at 48th and Nicolet in south Mpls near my house. mysuzuki2 May 2012 #375
Walking around town with my new "transistor Radio" up to my ear. 99th_Monkey May 2012 #229
I remember being 10 yrs old living in Germany on the military base with my family waiting southernyankeebelle May 2012 #233
I used to READ newspapers. tclambert May 2012 #234
you used to do..... Hula Popper May 2012 #236
Winky Dink unc70 May 2012 #239
At the risk of revealing my age... demilib May 2012 #240
Typewriters. Electric typewriters. randome May 2012 #243
You're just a youngster! classof56 May 2012 #265
That's called a candlestick phone. Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2012 #398
Thanks! classof56 Jun 2012 #417
chase after the truck that was spraying pesticide in the neighborhood to control mosquitoes dmrtndl1 May 2012 #247
It was like a call to a parade! randome May 2012 #253
fortunately, my mother would make us get inside when the mosquito sprayers went by. ellenfl May 2012 #274
OMG. My brother and I did this in Fla. I'm surprised I'm not dead yet. nt Nay May 2012 #282
The Top 40 grilled onions May 2012 #249
Burning leaves blaze May 2012 #251
But not until after we'd spent some time jumping in them! annabanana May 2012 #280
beer Locrian May 2012 #258
Use a footswitch to dim the car lights Coyote_Bandit May 2012 #259
I had a foot switch too! randome May 2012 #261
MY first car, a 1976 Camaro, had a foot switch. CottonBear May 2012 #386
Set a tape recorder to 1&7/8, 3&3/4, or 7&1/2 ips. Splice a tape to edit it. eppur_se_muova May 2012 #260
Grass cutting jobs Harry Monroe May 2012 #262
what fun! Liz_Estrada May 2012 #263
Winding clocks... cyberswede May 2012 #281
Ordering toys from the milkman when I had finally cut out enough circles from the paper milk Nay May 2012 #286
Great OP! chervilant May 2012 #293
I used to wait for my fave son to tape it! bigwillq May 2012 #295
Leaving the house with no phone (nt) Shankapotomus May 2012 #300
I still do that. FiveGoodMen May 2012 #347
I hope to again someday (nt) Shankapotomus May 2012 #355
Early music piracy. svpadgham May 2012 #302
Buy a Hershey bar for a nickle. vanlassie May 2012 #306
Polaroid Cameras Oldtimeralso May 2012 #307
Chopping wood for a wood-fired stove. Liberty Belle May 2012 #308
In grammer school Highway61 May 2012 #313
Aww, that Bandstand antenna story is cute. WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2012 #400
I loved to climb trees. joanbarnes May 2012 #315
Having to buy porn from that nice lady at the Convenient store on the corner.... WCGreen May 2012 #316
Duck and cover drills yesphan May 2012 #319
Getting bread from the Helm's truck Rose Siding May 2012 #318
Helping my grandmother in Des Moines in the '50's Iwillnevergiveup May 2012 #321
count change back guardian May 2012 #330
There is way to much to list Marrah_G May 2012 #331
Have my transistor radio confiscated malthaussen May 2012 #332
gotcha beat ... padruig May 2012 #334
Sending a telegram, leaving the house and cars unlocked all the time, and Kip Humphrey May 2012 #337
Eat a Black Cow sucker GentryDixon May 2012 #338
Taking metal roller-skates apart . . . Richard D May 2012 #340
"Whippersnappers" is the precise term we use for members of our youth group KamaAina May 2012 #343
Dial a phone. KamaAina May 2012 #344
waiting outside for the milkman suninvited May 2012 #346
Jimmying vending machines bongbong May 2012 #350
Cars with vent windows Throckmorton May 2012 #353
REAL mums for corsages at football games. And catching horned toads. (now almost extinct) northoftheborder May 2012 #356
Relax 8 track mind May 2012 #367
I'm really glad to hear that; we used to have them here in central Texas too. northoftheborder May 2012 #374
Play marbles! yortsed snacilbuper May 2012 #361
aDMIRING MY PUBIC HAIR god damn capslock! FayeKane May 2012 #362
Vhs Dragonbreathp9d May 2012 #363
Marijuana at Concerts YOHABLO May 2012 #365
jump a Huffy Bicycle with a bannana seat and a sissybar 8 track mind May 2012 #366
In the summer, wait for the mosquito fogger to come along, Art_from_Ark May 2012 #368
Fizzies fifthoffive May 2012 #371
Tasted terrible? I loved the root beer ones! Nay May 2012 #382
Rotary telephone ElbarDee May 2012 #372
Being sent off to the movies with my younger siblings so my parents could fuck. mysuzuki2 May 2012 #376
Traveling from point A to point B and freaking out because Baitball Blogger May 2012 #380
Writing letters to friends in faraway places. SOteric May 2012 #381
Splice. Film or Recording Tape. With adhesive tape. CBGLuthier May 2012 #387
A walkman. A VCR. An adding machine. Taverner May 2012 #390
Ride the trolley from Burbank To downtown LA OxQQme Jun 2012 #391
Friendship bracelets. BlueIris Jun 2012 #392
The Burma Shave signs! ailsagirl Jun 2012 #394
My brain Turbineguy Jun 2012 #397
latex free ManyShadesOf Jun 2012 #402
Listening to the neighbors on the party line HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 #403
All night drive in movies. LiberalAndProud Jun 2012 #405
Unplugging the TV and plugging it back in again to "fix" it. Still Blue in PDX Jun 2012 #406
Calling the overseas operator to place a call to my Old Troop Jun 2012 #408
Shorthand felix_numinous Jun 2012 #415
Latest Discussions»The DU Lounge»Name something you used t...»Reply #193