I'm so old I've...

[Sad Eyed Lady]

Oh, those are modern! ha ha. Anyone remember Elephant pants? They came and went in about 7 months, I think in 1973. They had huge legs, the wider, the better.

I had COMPLETELY forgotten about elephant pants! Wow, what a memory Mrs-M. How about jumpsuits? Remember those, probably around the same time frame as the elephant pants?

[Mrs-M]

Originally posted by LionGail.
I also recall the days before plastic bags for everything

Oh, me too! As a kid I remember merchants and store owners wrapping everything in tissue paper, then boxed the items (or items) lovingly (and with such care) in a decorative box. It was special, and always made me feel special. And yes, no plastic bags that I remember when mom and dad went shopping (groceries). Either boxes or paper bags. I still remember the smell of those old large brown paper bags.

Originally posted by Goldensmom.
I must live in a time warp as our local grocer still has one checkout person and one packer.

Back in the day, up till (about) 20 years ago we had what was called Super Value. It was a large grocery/supermarket chain and service was where it was at. You never had to pack your groceries out to the car, ever. I loved shopping at Super Value!

Originally posted by Iris Lily.
Anyone remember Elephant pants? They came and went in about 7 months, I think in 1973. They had huge legs, the wider, the better.

Darn it all anyway, I don't remember them. Where in the world was I, that I don't remember them?

Originally posted by Shalom_Poet.
How about jumpsuits? Remember those, probably around the same time frame as the elephant pants?

I sure do! I had one, a white one, and a pair of pinky-purply bib-front pants (with suspenders). I'd wear either a short-sleeved or long-sleeved shirt under my bib pants, and, in keeping with everything suspenders, you were always pulling the straps (suspenders) up onto your shoulders continually, constantly, because they were always falling down off your shoulders and down your arms.

[Mrs-M]

I'm so old I remember when "pinking" was standard, and nearly every store sold "irregulars".

[Rogar]

I'm so old...I remember going into the five and dime on main street for a cherry coke and grilled cheese at the soda counter and then having my picture taken in one of those photo booths that looked like a phone booth. I think you got 5 little photos for quarter? And on a really good day taking a matchbox car, that really came in a box that looked like a matchbox, home to add to the collection.

[Mrs-M]

Yes, Rogar, I remember those silly, photo-booths! Disappearing behind the black curtain for a few minutes to do all sort of silly things! I remember baby brother had a Matchbox car collection. He used to keep them in a plastic bucket with a lid.

[kally]

I'm so old I remember going to Eddy's department store. When you bought something on credit, they made out your bill and sent it upstairs by pneumatic tube. I loved watching those tubes zip up there.

[Selah]

Kally, I remember those tubes too, at Kline's Department Store in Ann Arbor. Very fancy! I'm so old I remember my teachers "running off dittos" with purple ink for class worksheets, and when we ripped news copy from a telex machine!

[Gregg]

Made chains out of beer can pull tabs.

[Mrs-M]

Kally. The pneumatic tubes you speak of sounds space-age! Never seen such a thing in my day.

Selah. I sort of do/sort of don't, remember the purple ink dittos. It's been so long...

Gregg. LOL! My husband talks of an old friend of his who used to open beer bottles (caps) using his teeth! Egads!

[happystuff]

Made chains out of beer can pull tabs.

Made chains out of the oustide paper wrappers from the sticks of gum. :-)