Yes, I had those too. And to make it easier to get the boots on, my mom put bread bags over our shoes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kathy WI
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Yes, I had those too. And to make it easier to get the boots on, my mom put bread bags over our shoes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kathy WI
I remember the colored toilet paper, too. And the cassette Walkman.
For Christmas my senior year in high school, in 1986, I got a 12" black and white TV to take with me to college. It was $70 at Kmart. I was just thrilled to have my own tv, and I remember doing homework to LA Law and Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show.
Can you imagine the reaction of a kid now to a black and white TV?!
The coloured toilet paper I don't remember, but that's because my mom was sooo thrifty and frugal. :) It was basic in our house. Everything was basic.
Anyhow, I'm going to have to put my thinking-cap on tonight over this one, but as for now I can't think of anymore. (That's because you guys stole all of mine)! http://th38.photobucket.com/albums/e...igglesmile.gif
Tradd. I can't imagine the stir an old black and white television would create with today's younger generation. Would be hilarious to set up an experiment just for laughs!
Some random thoughts - I am so old --- my first thought was "I am so old I am complaining about my aches and pains", but then I read the thread and see it was going a whole different direction!!
- In Oregon they experimented with milk in quart bags you set in a pitcher and snipped off a corner.
- Where I was standing in elementary school when Mr. Rogers announced President Kennedy was shot.
- I remember when my cousin Barry told me at lunch Walt Disney died - I didn't believe him - that was like saying Santa had died!
- Paper/wax drinking straws and cardboard tops on our milkshakes with a pull tab that you stuck your straw in.
- That we never locked our doors during the day - until a murder happened on our street and all innocence was lost.
- Only having to dial 4 numbers in town, having to go through an operator to call long distance, renting phones from Ma Bell.
- Reading the magazines "Look & Life", only getting two TV stations - and we had to get up to change the channel.
- Keeping ashtrays at our desks, parts counter, etc. for our customers who smoked.
- Car lots with strands of bulbs to light their lots at night.
- Going to the barber & getting a crew cut and him using "butch wax" in front to make my hair stand straight up!
- TV commerical - Dove dishing washing liquid that thinks it is a hand lotion - turns into Dove and flys upstairs!
- The small town I grew up in decorated city streets wires with real fir bows and christmas lights.
- Grocery stores that actually boxed your groceries and tied a string around the flaps to hold them up - and took them to your car.
Alaska had NO Tv in the 50s. I remember the first station and the wonder of it all. Old movies were a staple.
Hotdogs in cans with the bbq sauce in a little package in the center.
I still have a 1930s rotary phone in the bedroom. It works great.
I brought a black and white TV to college, and it had a VIDEO GAME on it! It was just a ping pong game and moved ever so slow. Maybe why I never got into video games even thought the graphics got way better than an ascii display. :)
I remember milking our entire herd of dairy cows by hand twice a day.
This thread has been cute to read bringing back a lot of memories. In 1954, we had one of those wooden box phones and you had to wind the little handle on the side 2-3 times to get an operator who would connect you with another party. They now sell these phones as decorative items; should have bought them all when they went out of use and made a million :-)
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Originally Posted by benhyr