Have you ever...

[Anita Cholaine]

Used a pay phone?

Used carbon paper?

Drank soda from a glass bottle?

We still use those here! I guess we're an old fashioned country

[joanofark]

Used carbon paper. yepp

Used a pay phone? yepp

Dialed a phone? yepp

Used a dial to change the TV channel? yes, accually.

Bought Cigarettes from a vending machine? no.. (dont smoke!!)

Played a pinball machine? Yepp!! tons...

Drank soda from a glass bottle? yep, YUMM!

and guess what.... i was only born in 1993

[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!

[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!

[Dorothy39]

Yes to all of these

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

Before Doplar Radar and computers~ meteorologists forecasted local weather on the Weather Segment of the News.

It was always a man, of course, and he used a Grease Pencil to show where a cold front , or, a warm front was located. He had to work fast, using his grease pencil for displaying areas of either sun or clouds, rain or snow.


The grease pencil always made a squeaky sound as he proceeded to explain the recent weather pattern .(dots for snow, slashes for rain, etc)

[Husky15]

Used carbon paper? Yes. It was kind of fun.

Used a pay phone? Yes.

Dialed a phone? Yep.

Used a dial to change the TV channel? Yes.

Bought Cigarettes from a vending machine? They have those now?

Played a pinball machine? You bet.

Drank soda from a glass bottle? Sure have.

[Suki Wingy]

Used carbon paper- Playing around in my grandma's basement

Used a pay phone?- yup

Dialed a phone?- OH- you mean one of those circle ones? I don't even nkow how you'd go about turning it.

Used a dial to change the TV channel?-Yes, we had an old dial TV for a while we bought at a garage sale

Bought Cigarettes from a vending machine?-NO

Played a pinball machine?- Yes, The Lost World in my grandparents basement, I have highscore!

Drank soda from a glass bottle?- Yes, the Coca Cola noveltie ones, and Jones and Izze sodas