Have you ever...

[RedHedd]

Oh YEAH, I've been there, I've Done That

We're not OLD, we're useful for the first time


Have you ever used a match book?


Saved S&H Green Stamps?

Jumped Rope or played Marbles?

Or~~~ Shared a Party Line?



I have

All of the above AND all of the above dang I'm old!

[Dorothy39]

Yeah, 2 cents a bottle!!! Right?

Oh, those were the days my friend (We thought they'd never end )

[jenluckenbach]

YES!!!!!!!!

Count me as one of the oldies, too!

(I loved green stamps.)

[Karen]

Used carbon paper.

Yup - played with it when I was a kid, because grandma had it around.

Used a pay phone?

Yup, not too many years ago.

Dialed a phone?

Yeah, you mean with a rotary dial? Yup - my hometown was one of the last that I knew of to get "touch-tone" capability.

Used a dial to change the TV channel?

I wasn't allowed to or couldn't reach at home, but I did up at Aunt Bertha's house in New Hampshire - didn't get much reception on most channels, so we'd turn until we found something!

Bought Cigarettes from a vending machine?

Never, or any other way, either!

Played a pinball machine?

We had the old game that was no electricity required "pinball" - it's still somewhere in the family.

Drank soda from a glass bottle?

Ayup - still can, if you buy the fancy kinds!

[Dorothy39]

How about becoming scared STIFF after watching Boris K (God rest his Soul) as FRANKENSTEIN?

OR~~~ better yet~~~ those air raid drills in the 60's!!!

Talk about FIRE DRILLS

[RICHARD]

OR~~~ better yet~~~ those air raid drills in the 60's!!!

The last friday of the month at 10 a.m..

God help you if you forgot the day!

Super scary!


Phred.

Rode in a car with no seat belts built into it!



Jada,


Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of earth..

And touched the face of god.

Did they ever show that clip right before sign off?


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Buy a glass bottle from the vending machine!

Or dipped your hand into the "coca cola" tub for an ICE COLD BOTTLE??

[Pam]

Drove a "CORVAIR" ??

/s/ Wunna the OLD Pharts

Not just drove one but owned one. Wasn't too happy when Ralph Nader wrote *Unsafe at any Speed.*

[Dorothy39]

Richard, for your amusement, click onto this link.http://www.gatorpress.com/stories/page3.html

[Cinder & Smoke]

Corvair ...
Not just drove one but owned one.
Wasn't too happy when Ralph Nader wrote *Unsafe at Any Speed.*

My First Car!
A '65 ... I LOVED it - drove like a race car, good in the snow (till you packed too much snow
under the belly pan - an the lil wheels couldn't reach the ground! )

As for Ralph ... ... he sure killed the resale value on mine!

[Twisterdog]

Yes to all of these:

Used carbon paper .... in college, even

Used a pay phone? ... actually, I do this a few times a year.

Dialed a phone? ... my dad still has a dial phone in the basement. My son LOVES it.

Used a dial to change the TV channel? ... in high school. Guess my parents were behind the times!

Bought Cigarettes from a vending machine? ... in college, all the time.

Played a pinball machine? ... in high school.

Drank soda from a glass bottle? ... don't they still have them?

Have you ever used a match book? ... used to all the time, when I smoked

Saved S&H Green Stamps? ... My mom had a whole drawer full of them when I was a kid.

Jumped Rope or played Marbles ... still like to.

Drove a "CORVAIR"? ... my friend in high school had one.

television stations signing "off", with "The National Anthem?(that Test Pattern)That sound ... don't they still do that?

Rode in a car with no seat belts built into it! ... my VW Beetle!




No to all of these:

Shared a Party Line? ... My mom did, though.

Used a Party-Line Phone with a *CRANK* to alert the Operator?? ... My mom still has her parents old crank phone.

Pumped Gas with a HAND Pump Dispenser ?? I've never heard of this.

Wore an Aluminum Fire Helmet and wore a Rubber Fire Coat ... only when feeling a little kinky. (Kidding!!)

"Grease Markers" that the local weather man used ... what?

becoming scared STIFF after watching Boris K (God rest his Soul) as FRANKENSTEIN? ... nope.

those air raid drills in the 60's!!! ... nope, wasn't born yet. But my town had "mine sirens" that would go off is there was a problem, like, perish the thought a fire or a cave-in in one of the coal mines. I live about half a block from one of them now, although the mine it was for is closed now.


Here's one about phones ... did you ever have a name instead of numbers as your first three digits. Like "Metro 1234" instead of "567-1234" I remember as a kid our dial phone had a typed piece of cardboard in the center that said "Metro 5864" We had to actually dial the numbers then, but it wasn't too long before that when you didn't apparently. It just sounds so much more glamorous. LOL

[Dorothy39]

Okay, I so remember driving a VW Beetle, in 1969

[Twisterdog]

Okay, I so remember driving a VW Beetle, in 1969

Meet George and Ringo ... my beetles. Ringo is a 2001 New Beetle and George is a 1974 Super Beetle, restored.

[RICHARD]

Played with a wooden top.

Played a crank-it-up phongraph, Still have one in the garage.
79 PRM albums?

Four track stereos!

Eight track Stereos!



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LOL, I 'drove' my brothers beetle to the junk yard..actually steered it..while he towed me.


The car rattled and farted it's way down the street, until I realized it was in gear!

Also, I left my brothers keys in the ignition, so we had to drive back and he had to cimb on the stack of crushed cars to get them out....he was traumatized for having to go back....

[Jadapit]

I used to have so many eight tracks. I still have a lot of my record albums from high school. When I was in high school my parents owned one of those stereo systems that sit on the floor. A huge piece of furniture. It had the turntable, 8 track and radio. I loved that thing. I would turn it up as loud as it would go, I thought it sounded amazing. Lol.

[dukedogsmom]

My aunt in Tennessee still uses her retro golden yellow rotary phone.

She also has a complete set of those old Looney Toons glasses.

And she also has one of those retro golden yellow tables with metal trim. I want it so bad!