THE OLD DAYS
Do You Remember?
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Manual window crank - when you actually rolled the windows down, the smaller crank opened the window vent.
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Clotheslines & pins
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Vent windows in cars - why did 'they' get rid of these?
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35mm slides - are yours still sitting in a box in a closet? They were until my daughter-in-law put them all on a DVD.
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Carousel slide projector
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Creamsicles! Loved creamsicles! Good too!
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Fudgscicles!
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1960's child car seat - they may not have been the safest, but it's what was available at the time... at least we put our precious cargo in something!
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Popeye cartoons
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The soda fountain - best egg creams, root beer floats and black & whites - I miss 'em.
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Switchboard operators - before automation, there was a real voice at the other end if you needed assistance.
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Child's metal sand bucket and shovel - before the influx of plastic
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Plain ol' red fire hydrant. . .you hardly ever see a red fire hydrant anymore - now they're yellow, or construction orange, or blue, or two-tone... but not just plain old red.
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Trusty ol' aluminum stove top coffee percolator. It's a NO, NO now too much aluminum!
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Flintstones chewables
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"I Remember Mama" TV series - wow, a real oldie from the 50s.
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Plugged mine in every morning(!!) and curled my hair before work... good grief, the things we did!
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Nancy and Sluggo comics
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Dick Tracy (and his two-way wrist radio) comics...
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Did you used to do this? - we'd put metal taps on our shoes so we'd sound 'cool' as we click-clacked along. it was especially cool in the school halls!
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In October 1957 the Soviet Union wins the Space Race and launches Sputnik 1, the first man made, earth-orbiting satellite.
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Remember the trademark orange roofs, inexpensive meals, endless pots of coffee and 28 flavors of ice cream at Howard Johnson's? They used to be everywhere.
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I'd go shopping with my mother on Saturdays and what a treat to stop and have a grilled cheese sandwich and soda for lunch at the 5&10.
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25 cents a gallon for gasoline - you could cruise around a lot on a couple of dollars... now you almost need to take out a second mortgage for a trip to the store!! ...... I remember when I could buy a gallon of gas and a 3 cent Kline candy bar for a quarter, ....and do a round trip from Transfer to Lake Erie and back for POCKET CHANGE from 3 or 4 people, ...(140) miles ?
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At school we bought savings stamps for 10 cents. they went in a little booklet and when it was filled, you could take it to the bank for a U. S. Savings Bond - a war bond.
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Oh my, how could I forget Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob!
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Parcheesi - played it all the time back in the day, haven't played it in years - do they still make it??
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Classic white bucks...
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Little Lulu and Tubby comics
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"you'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent"
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4 cent postage.
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I remember 3 and 4 cent postage, and 1 and 2 cent postcards..
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Ipana tootpaste and Bucky Beaver.
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48 star U.S. flag
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Vicks VapoRub - comforting go-to for congestion and colds
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Mercurochrome and merthiolate - our go-to antiseptics for minor cuts and scrapes... boy, did that merthiolate burn - you had to blow on it til it dried
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Dancing cigarette pack ads
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Oversize sunglasses ala Jackie
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Leisure suits and disco shirts...
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Remember these from high school days - I still have mine.