I'm so old I've...

[Mrs-M]

Pony Mom. That's awful about the neglect of the living things in the pet department you speak of. Re: fabric/sewing departments/stores, I love rubber-necking/thumbing around in them. There are times when I'm so busy and have so much to do on town day, yet I'll say to the kids, "mommy has to stop in here for a minute". I need my notions fix...

The questionnaire is great, Serendipity! My score was 20! Lots of fun!!! Diaper Service, I think, would make for a wonderful addition to the already great list. We had one in the 80's.

Margerymermaid. I'm so old I remember vacuum salesman coming to the door. They'd dump a pile of dust and lint on the floor, along with a few shiny steel balls, then suck everything up. Imagine the concoction of nasties in that bag of dust/fluff? Everything, from everyone else's homes, all sucked-up, before he stopped by your house, then dumped on the sofa cushion or carpeted floor in your residence. Months worth of debris... Eew! No wonder mom would often put the run on them. LOL!

Leslieann. That does sound delicious!

Catherine. The Platters and Johnny Mathis, are still two of my old favourites.

Mighty Frugal. Not at all. Instead, I would say that you lived a rich, fun life, having little time to concern yourself over all the kerfuffle attached to daily living back then.

Razz. Same goes for you. Too busy with other things...

[Greg44]

...25 cent movies - or free on Saturday with two bread wrappers, during the intermission buying "Guess What" candy. I can't remember what the candy was other than it came in a box and had some sort of little prize like cracker jacks.

Our little town had a one screen threatre. I remember the men's restroom was small and dark and stunk - with only one toilet. On the other hand -the ladies had a BIG gathering area with a "round" couch and other seating, no wonder ladies go to the restroom in groups (not sure of the toilet count!)! Funny what you remember - I haven't thought about that for 40+ years.

[pony mom]

My mom just bought Black Jack gum in Shop-Rite the other day. The also had Clove and Beagen's (sp?). 2/$1.

The smell of dittos takes me back. Remember printing them out, turning that handle?

[Mrs-M]

Gregg44. I don't remember "guess what candy". Now Lucky Elephant Pink Popcorn and Cracker Jack, I do!

Pony mom. Gosh, Black Jack gum, sounds so familiar... I'm straining in an attempt to remember.

[pony mom]

Black Jack is licorice flavored. And it's Beaman's gum, not Beegan's. Oops.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Jack_(gum)

[sunnyjoe]

Serendipity I love the quiz. #19 is poignant for me because blue flashbulbs take me straight back to my grandma. She had the kind of camera you looked down into (a brownie?) and I can see the bulb and her sweet face above it so clearly in my memory.

[Juds]

If Cecil in Beanie and Cecil is a greenish dinosaur or sea monster, then I got all of them. My first car was a salmon-colored Studebaker and I sure do wish that I still had it, even if it was now a rusting hulk out back, behind the garage.

[Alan]

Cecil the seasick sea serpent was indeed greenish.

[Mrs-M]

Pony Mom. I had to actually pull-up an image of the gum to jog my memory. Can't say I ever tried it...

Sunnyjoe. The blue-flashbulbs take me back, too. Like how they turned opaque and smoke-filled after use.

Juds. I sort of do- sort of don't, remember Beanie and Cecil. In our house Saturday mornings meant, Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour, Fat Albert, Little Rascals.

Alan. The image definitely was the deciding figure as to me remembering the show.

[larknm]

I'm so old I remember transoms over office doors, the first air conditioner my parents had (I hated it then and have never voluntarily had one, though I've lived in various southwestern and southern states), many men smoking pipes, the knife sharpener pulling up once a week on the road near our house and waiting for people to see him there and come out with knives, a man bringing a block of ice every so often to put in our ice box (he carried it with tongs), bobby pins as the only way to curl hair, those round glasses with clear frames that turned yellow over time, when dogs could run free everywhere, all the things people didn't know then that many know now.