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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 12:39 PM
Response to Reply #59
63. Yep, NOT self service.
When I was old enough (6? 7?), granny would give me the list and I'd take it down to Vincent's, the corner grocery. Wait at the front counter while a clerk walked up and down the shelves filling the order.
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  -Another "Do you remember?" thread: trof  Jan-18-05 11:16 AM   #0 
  - Nope.  smbolisnch   Jan-18-05 11:17 AM   #1 
  - I remember most of those. 'Curb feelers' :-)  Richardo   Jan-18-05 11:19 AM   #2 
  - dude... were we each other in former lives?  Bertha Venation   Jan-18-05 11:33 AM   #9 
  - Saw a big geezermobile Town Car with a set  trof   Jan-18-05 11:51 AM   #22 
  - I remember cars with 8 track players in them  GreenPartyVoter   Jan-18-05 11:21 AM   #3 
  - My uncle had a car with a record player in it!  bif   Jan-18-05 11:22 AM   #4 
     - nu-UH!  GreenPartyVoter   Jan-18-05 11:25 AM   #5 
     - When I was a child...  NeoTraitors   Jan-18-05 11:30 AM   #6 
     - I've seen those!  no name no slogan   Jan-18-05 03:33 PM   #93 
  - I remember when most cars had clutches, and some had chokes.  BurtWorm   Jan-18-05 11:31 AM   #7 
  - 4 people smoking in a car in winter.  trof   Jan-18-05 11:53 AM   #23 
  - me too  Freebird12004   Jan-18-05 12:25 PM   #53 
  - curb feelers!  Bertha Venation   Jan-18-05 11:32 AM   #8 
  - Yes! the high beam switch on the floorboard  Richardo   Jan-18-05 11:36 AM   #10 
  - heh... never felt more geezette than yesterday, when I learned that  Bertha Venation   Jan-18-05 11:36 AM   #11 
     - geez Bertha!  auntAgonist   Jan-18-05 11:44 AM   #14 
     - Still Complaining About Trifocals?  Sporadicus   Jan-18-05 12:11 PM   #40 
        - AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!  Bertha Venation   Jan-18-05 12:14 PM   #45 
  - I still  tsakshaug   Jan-18-05 11:45 AM   #15 
     - So do I. Have these been out of use that long?  WritersBlock   Jan-18-05 03:19 PM   #88 
  - Push button transmission!  auntAgonist   Jan-18-05 11:39 AM   #12 
  - I remember seeing one of those!  Red State Rebel   Jan-18-05 12:21 PM   #49 
     - Plymouth Valiant  auntAgonist   Jan-20-05 02:20 AM   #98 
  - I had a 1954 Morris Minor (UK)  qwertyMike   Jan-18-05 11:39 AM   #13 
  - Whoa! That was my first car!  trof   Jan-18-05 11:49 AM   #19 
     - Yes the hand crank!  qwertyMike   Jan-18-05 12:06 PM   #37 
  - steering knobs  tsakshaug   Jan-18-05 11:46 AM   #16 
  - We used a different "n" word.  trof   Jan-18-05 11:54 AM   #25 
  - I remember steering wheel knobs.  lpbk2713   Jan-18-05 11:59 AM   #30 
     - 'At's the one.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:04 PM   #34 
  - I didn't know about a lot of those things.  GOPBasher   Jan-18-05 11:47 AM   #17 
  - Probably.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:28 PM   #56 
  - Who had a water-cooled window a/c unit in the family car?  Richardo   Jan-18-05 11:48 AM   #18 
  - Oh lord, I remember those too now.  trof   Jan-18-05 11:50 AM   #21 
     - No.  Richardo   Jan-18-05 11:53 AM   #24 
        - No, but they could be fun...  Hand   Jan-18-05 02:47 PM   #81 
           - I forgot about the 'misting' cord -- HAHAHAHA!  Richardo   Jan-18-05 02:48 PM   #82 
  - Remember when the car registration was strapped to the steering column?  Richardo   Jan-18-05 11:50 AM   #20 
  - Now I do.  trof   Jan-18-05 11:55 AM   #26 
  - You got it  Richardo   Jan-18-05 11:58 AM   #29 
  - Yeah...  Hand   Jan-18-05 03:07 PM   #86 
  - One more: Who had to have a canvas water bag to keep the radiator cool?  Richardo   Jan-18-05 11:56 AM   #27 
  - I think you're in my head.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:01 PM   #31 
     - They worked about as well as the window a/c, if I recall correctly.  Richardo   Jan-18-05 12:02 PM   #32 
  - Middle aged geezer, I remember MANUAL TYPEWRITERS!  jdonaldball   Jan-18-05 11:57 AM   #28 
  - Smith Corona. And with no letters on the keys.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:03 PM   #33 
  - WOW! I learned how to touch type, but not on blanks!  jdonaldball   Jan-18-05 12:08 PM   #39 
     - Sure didn't help to look at the keys.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:14 PM   #44 
     - We had blank keys in the advanced typing classes at my high school.  Left Is Write   Jan-18-05 12:31 PM   #58 
  - I learned how to type on a manual typewriter.  Left Is Write   Jan-18-05 12:30 PM   #57 
  - Ah, yes...  Hand   Jan-18-05 02:51 PM   #83 
  - I Remember Cars With Running Boards  CO Liberal   Jan-18-05 12:05 PM   #35 
  - Isettas. Always thought they were Italian made.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:12 PM   #42 
  - Hood ornaments.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:05 PM   #36 
  - way cool  Freebird12004   Jan-18-05 12:27 PM   #55 
  - I remember Black and White TV in our house until 1969  jdonaldball   Jan-18-05 12:07 PM   #38 
  - Remember getting our first TV.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:35 PM   #61 
  - We Got Our First Color TV in 1959  CO Liberal   Jan-19-05 07:07 PM   #97 
  - Here, good one: I saw some vets of the Spanish-American War!  jdonaldball   Jan-18-05 12:12 PM   #41 
  - Holy crap!  Hand   Jan-18-05 02:55 PM   #84 
  - A good friend was an English WW I vet.  trof   Jan-18-05 03:18 PM   #87 
  - Cars with cookbooks  tsakshaug   Jan-18-05 12:13 PM   #43 
  - I have a cookbook like that.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:23 PM   #50 
  - Double-Clutching  Sporadicus   Jan-18-05 12:16 PM   #46 
  - Yes, complete with a  DelawareValleyDem   Jan-18-05 01:07 PM   #72 
  - Popcorn that you had to make on your stovetop...  stlchic   Jan-18-05 12:18 PM   #47 
  - Movies  tsakshaug   Jan-18-05 12:20 PM   #48 
  - The little Willy-the-Penguin guy on the sign outside.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:26 PM   #54 
  - Jiffy-Pop.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:24 PM   #51 
  - I remember the mimeographs!  Left Is Write   Jan-18-05 12:45 PM   #65 
     - purple "ink" and skate keys  trof   Jan-18-05 02:22 PM   #80 
     - Skates! Yeah!  WritersBlock   Jan-18-05 03:27 PM   #90 
        - And the front of one skate would come loose?  trof   Jan-18-05 03:32 PM   #92 
           - You had the same pair I did, then?  WritersBlock   Jan-18-05 04:31 PM   #94 
  - it's official  Freebird12004   Jan-18-05 12:25 PM   #52 
  - Welcome to the club.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:36 PM   #62 
     - no walker yet ~ but  Freebird12004   Jan-18-05 01:24 PM   #74 
  - Grocery stores  tsakshaug   Jan-18-05 12:33 PM   #59 
  - Yep, NOT self service.  trof   Jan-18-05 12:39 PM   #63 
  - I knew someone who knew someone whose uncle fought Napoleon!  jdonaldball   Jan-18-05 12:33 PM   #60 
  - I remember when we ONLY flew the flag on SPECIAL occasions!  jdonaldball   Jan-18-05 12:45 PM   #64 
  - yep  tsakshaug   Jan-18-05 12:50 PM   #66 
     - Yeah, OUR FLAG is too important to wear out so casually!  jdonaldball   Jan-18-05 01:01 PM   #68 
  - This thread is so interesting to me, a young'un  barackmyworld   Jan-18-05 12:56 PM   #67 
  - Same when I was a kid, listening to the "grown ups".  trof   Jan-18-05 02:16 PM   #79 
  - Remember when the first two characters of a phone number were letters?  lpbk2713   Jan-18-05 01:02 PM   #69 
  - we were hillcrest  tsakshaug   Jan-18-05 01:05 PM   #71 
  - The phone number for the house I lived in from  mohinoaklawnillinois   Jan-18-05 01:42 PM   #76 
  - Just 5 numbers. 7-4014.  trof   Jan-18-05 02:11 PM   #77 
  - Yep...  Hand   Jan-18-05 02:59 PM   #85 
  - Yeah, I remember those  VancSouthpaw   Jan-18-05 01:03 PM   #70 
  - Vacuum operated winshield wipers  DelawareValleyDem   Jan-18-05 01:09 PM   #73 
  - Garter belts, girlfriends?  July   Jan-18-05 01:37 PM   #75 
  - Grandpa wore garters on his socks.  trof   Jan-18-05 02:14 PM   #78 
  - what do you mean "Garter Belts"  Freebird12004   Jan-18-05 03:31 PM   #91 
     - Yeah, they're still popular!  July   Jan-19-05 10:12 AM   #95 
        - and now they are fun  Freebird12004   Jan-19-05 10:58 AM   #96 
  - I had a 46 Chevy with that little round pedal to start the car.  B Calm   Jan-18-05 03:21 PM   #89 
  - Another car item: Wind wings -- point 'em inward for a cool breeze!  KrazyKat   Jan-20-05 04:15 AM   #99 
 

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