I'm so old I've...

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Originally posted by SteveinMN.
I'm late to this thread, I know...

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None of us are ever late on this forum. So happy to have you join in! :)

ROTFLMAO, Re: the carbon-dating!!!

Street-washer trucks! Remember those! They drove through neighbourhoods every so often and flushed the streets down with water? Us kids would run outside and wade-out into the frothy, bubbly wave of water that washed down the way.

I'm so old I remember taking shorthand class in high school, and using shorthand at my first office job. Shorthand has been obsolete for years and years now, but I still think shorthand symbols in my head when someone is talking to me. LOL

I'm so old I remember Breck shampoo. It was the preferred shampoo of choice at my house - my Mother always washed mine and my baby sister's hair when we were little girls with Breck, then pin curled it.

I'm so old I remember making marshmallows with my Grandma. No buying marshmallows in a bag at the store back then, for us anyway. Anyone else make marshmallows? It was fun and easy, as I remember. :)

Wildflower. Love your warm and homey reflections!

No... I've never made marshmallows before. Didn't even know one could. Probably more delicious and better for you, too. Do you remember (sort of) how to make them? What went in them?

Well, I was only about 4 or 5 when we made marshmallows, so don't remember exactly what went into them - she put everything in and let me stir :) but I do remember lots of sugar, both regular and powdered. I also remember dumping them out of the large square pan after they cooled and cutting them into little squares. They did not look like the round ones that you buy in the stores, but they tasted oh so much better!!!

She enjoyed making these marshmallows and also popcorn balls often, and she would hand them out to the trick or treaters on Halloween. My Mother remembered how all the neighborhood kids loved to come to her house on Halloween because they thought my Grandma's treats were the best!

They do sound good, Wildflower! Popcorn balls, candy apples, cotton candy... I'm a sucker for all of it! :)

Those old 1960's/70's rubber flower non-slip safety shower/bathtub stickies! EVERYONE had them in their bathtubs!

I am so old, when I started working in healthcare, the "medical records" were kept on micro fiche and index cards. :)

LOL, MamaM! I remember both! Used to micro-fiche when ordering, back when I worked at a pharmacy after graduating (early 80's). Micro-fiche was high-tech back then! ROTFLMAO!

I HATED using that silly machine to find something...I never could get the hang of it. :)