Baby Boomers

Vanessa Rose

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258. Long distance calls

Reply to ButSeeYa (Original post)

Sat Mar 11, 2017, 11:38 PM

Mar 2017

I remember only making long distance calls if there was an emergency, otherwise we wrote letters.

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Without revealing your age.... [View all] ButSeeYa Mar 2017 OP

Getting off the couch to choose between three television networks. RandySF Mar 2017 #1

You were lucky SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #266

Driving around looking for a safeinOhio Mar 2017 #2

Free roam childhood. Lunabell Mar 2017 #3

I miss the fireflies. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #11

come to my house! ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #164

Cool. Thanks. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #174

I remember them as a child visiting my grandma in Chicago in the summer kimbutgar May 2018 #405

We called them Lightening Bugs.. whathehell Oct 2018 #412

We used to catch them in jars and put them by the bed at night. littlemissmartypants Oct 2018 #413

I remember them being put in jars.. whathehell Oct 2018 #414

Also "trick or treating" for hours on foot, many blocks from home with siblings... brush Mar 2017 #124

Trick or treating for a week. Butterflylady Sep 2017 #359

no parents, no fear on Halloween night. 634-5789 Jul 2020 #424

Yes, this. Six, seven years old I'd walk two blocks through suburbia to a pond, watch minnows femmedem Mar 2017 #208

Didnt have fireflies where I lived but I spent many hours roaming the neighborhood and the Amaryllis Mar 2017 #212

THAT is a big one... pangaia Sep 2017 #362

Female - not being allowed to wear pants in (public) school! Freddie Mar 2017 #4

In my high school (Australia), the girls HAD to do home ec SwissTony Mar 2017 #12

At my school, boys took shop PJMcK Mar 2017 #73

For the time my high school was enlighten sarge43 Mar 2017 #77

We had the same deal randr Mar 2017 #139

Oh, no! pnwmom Sep 2017 #346

We were wary of one of the shop teachers tonekat May 2018 #392

I wasn't allowed to wear pants to school all thru high school MadCrow Sep 2017 #279

I remember the Principal telling a second grader she couldn't wear pants at demigoddess May 2020 #417

Without revealing your age.... LenaBaby61 Mar 2017 #5

I had a 4 track player in my '61 Ford Starliner HAB911 Mar 2017 #45

Sleeping in hair rollers. spooky3 Mar 2017 #6

Could not sleep on those plastic ones! mgardener Mar 2017 #19

Dippity Do lillypaddle Mar 2017 #38

2 colors mgardener Mar 2017 #43

Are you talking hair rollers or the first color TV? LakeArenal Mar 2017 #146

Dippity Do lillypaddle Mar 2017 #249

Teal too N/T tonekat May 2018 #393

Too funny.... MLAA Sep 2017 #300

OMG! llmart Sep 2017 #382

My sister rolled her hair on orange juice cans! MLAA Sep 2017 #386

I rolled my hair on grape-juice cans..using liberal globs of Dippity Do solara Oct 2022 #438

Dippity do! It was so goopy and green! MLAA Oct 2022 #439

I think Dippity Do also came in pink.. but I never used that one solara Oct 2022 #440

What about the wire rollers with brushes inside, fixed in place by pink plastic pins. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #68

My mom used those to make her chin-length hair go under at the ends marzipanni Mar 2017 #204

Those things were torture devices! ShazzieB Oct 2020 #429

Me too! tblue37 Oct 2020 #430

Yep, used those too also used 'spoolies' solara Oct 2022 #441

Sleeping in orange juice cans!! Sparkly Jul 2023 #444

Without revealing your age.... LenaBaby61 Mar 2017 #7

Remember that every table has an ashtray and free matches? randr Mar 2017 #142

This could be a long list TexasProgresive Mar 2017 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Kittycow Mar 2017 #37

Sounds just like my childhood! PJMcK Mar 2017 #78

Same to you PJ. Is that Patrick Joseph? TexasProgresive Mar 2017 #120

Nah, that's not me PJMcK Mar 2017 #152

The saints seem to always deny being one. TexasProgresive Mar 2017 #192

poodle skirts and my record player leftofcool Mar 2017 #9

I hesitate to presuppose what might not be understood, but... littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #10

sugar cubes (polio vaccine) gfwzig Mar 2017 #13

I had forgotten the sugar cubes SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #267

I'm old enough to remember the max vaccinations immediately after PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #348

Watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan JetFuel Mar 2017 #14

My mother was actually just the opposite Rhiannon12866 Mar 2017 #32

My mom, too! She bought me the Veejay album "Introducing the Beatles." Still Blue in PDX Apr 2017 #260

Many of our parents were very young by today's standards. hedda_foil Apr 2018 #390

I watched Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan show! whathehell Mar 2017 #52

Yep, I was so excited about their first performance on Ed Sullivan and we all watched it. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2017 #59

welcome to DU gopiscrap Mar 2017 #166

Not being able mgardener Mar 2017 #15

Life without any electronic devices sarge43 Mar 2017 #16

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Yes. rzemanfl Mar 2017 #47

Thanks! dhol82 Mar 2017 #61

Bwaaa! The whole theme song just came back to me! Squinch Mar 2017 #231

This is from Wikipedia- rzemanfl Mar 2017 #234

I must have caught it the second time around. Don't remember anything but the song. Squinch Mar 2017 #237

Does "Plunk your magic twanger froggy" mean anything to you? n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #238

No, but I saw the reference down thread. Squinch Mar 2017 #239

Buster Brown shoes sponsored that show. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #241

Oh! But their commercials must have been all over for me to remember every word of the song. Squinch Mar 2017 #242

Andy's Gang - Andy Devine rickford66 Sep 2017 #282

This was entertaining during Irma. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2017 #371

Bob would say "So you take the pie..." EarnestPutz Sep 2017 #318

"MOTHER, PLEASE... I'D RATHER DO IT MYSELF!!!" ailsagirl Apr 2017 #261

DRAMA! tonekat May 2018 #394

"Sure, you're tense, irritable... but don't take it out on her!" ailsagirl May 2018 #411

DON'T TAKE THE CAR YOU'LL KILL YOURSELF!!" solara Oct 2022 #437

I remember vacuum tubes and whathehell Mar 2017 #48

A pack of vac tubes in house sarge43 Mar 2017 #50

Wow - interactive television! Beartracks Mar 2017 #130

Carbon paper. n/t sarge43 Mar 2017 #60

I just bought some and was shocked by how expensive it was dhol82 Mar 2017 #63

I'm surprised it's still available. sarge43 Mar 2017 #69

I remember retyping term papers at school because I made a mistake in the last RKP5637 Mar 2017 #75

Oh, that was the worst... Freedomofspeech Sep 2017 #277

Ay caramba! PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #327

I remember the joy when I discovered tonekat May 2018 #396

probably on your nose also. LOL pangaia Sep 2017 #364

I was finally able to track it down at Staples dhol82 Mar 2017 #76

I was 5 when we got our first TV set, and few people we knew had one yet. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #72

Relatives and neighbors showed up just to check it out. n/t sarge43 Mar 2017 #109

Oh, yes. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #147

Watching "Peter Pan" PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #328

I actually did my taxes w/o any devices this year CountAllVotes Mar 2017 #154

Trying to talk to... WiffenPoof Mar 2017 #17

Having some young kid in 1987 tell us PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #329

Wacky Packages! Chasstev365 Mar 2017 #18

Let's see rpannier Mar 2017 #20

Telephone party lines. nt GP6971 Mar 2017 #97

and only needing to dial 4 digits... 2naSalit Mar 2017 #141

frontier 1956 rpannier Mar 2017 #200

We didn't have those 2naSalit Mar 2017 #223

Ditto plus happy feet Mar 2017 #21

Rotary telephone GeoWilliam750 Mar 2017 #22

Short, striped polyester dresses with fishnets and go-go boots, white of course! babylonsister Mar 2017 #23

And as a male of the time, I definitely appreciated them! malthaussen Mar 2017 #81

Fighting off grizzly bears at school with my musket... Cooley Hurd Mar 2017 #24

Fake news.... pangaia Sep 2017 #365

Party line telephone dhol82 Mar 2017 #25

Pulling your car into a gas station.... tobefree Mar 2017 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #98

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My Dad knew the guys that ran Johnny's Esso well SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #268

My Dad, on the other hand, was not a car guy Rhiannon12866 Jul 2017 #274

My dad always got 2 bucks worth of gas. On Sunday he would buy 2 bucks worth of gas and drive doc03 Sep 2017 #288

I remember getting a ride to school with my cousin Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #292

Us guys would each chip in our change and maybe come up with doc03 Sep 2017 #294

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"Ding Ding" N/T tonekat May 2018 #404

Interesting post, thanks. democrank Mar 2017 #27

We had a milkman and a "bread man" Freddie Mar 2017 #94

Milk wagon, bread truck, ice wagon, rag man, coal truck, and vegetable wagon randr Mar 2017 #143

And a seltzer man that brought chocolate and coke syrup. bullimiami Mar 2017 #183

We used to get a case of soda and seltzer delivered every other week. dhol82 Mar 2017 #194

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Don't forget Topo Gigio... dchill Mar 2017 #107

Senor Wences lived to be 103. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #264

Senor Wences lived to be 103. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #330

ok..this is fun... Sancho Mar 2017 #30

AAA still does TripTiks--but now we download them Maeve Mar 2017 #140

I forgot creepy crawlers!! Sancho Mar 2017 #161

Doing "paste-up" for the school newspaper and Silver Gaia Mar 2017 #31

Oh the smell of rubber cement zeusdogmom Mar 2017 #65

Yup! Rubber cement! Silver Gaia Mar 2017 #71

We had mint flavored glue in art class randr Mar 2017 #153

Panty hose was an important aspect of mini skirts. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #331

When communiques to overseas were done by telex. DinahMoeHum Mar 2017 #33

Yep...make a mistake GP6971 Mar 2017 #122

Worked at a fish farm and we had a Telex. bullimiami Mar 2017 #184

Oh! Oh! PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #332

My dad's office had a Teletype Room tonekat May 2018 #395

Place a long distance call by telling the operator the number to bill bucolic_frolic Mar 2017 #34

You mentioned "catalog" and my mind immediately went to the Sears catalog. The back of it. Squinch Mar 2017 #35

I hope someone (Smithsonian?) has all the catalogs sarge43 Mar 2017 #42

The Main Street of my small town in Southwest PA.... Freedomofspeech Mar 2017 #36

Yep, just thinking back, Vietnam was really the turning point. Seems we've been fighting an uphill RKP5637 Mar 2017 #70

No kidding. Freedomofspeech Mar 2017 #92

Paper drives lillypaddle Mar 2017 #39

I remember the Don't be a Litterbug! campaign in the early '60's marzipanni Mar 2017 #246

They should bring this campaign back TuxedoKat May 2017 #263

Fall Out shelters padfun Mar 2017 #40

Newspaper classified ads for jobs divided into "Male" and "Female" whathehell Mar 2017 #41

Along with those ads for a "Girl Friday"! k8conant Sep 2017 #320

Oh yeah? whathehell Sep 2017 #370

Oh yes.. whathehell Oct 2020 #432

I grew up down south... ShazzieB Oct 2020 #428

Wow. whathehell Oct 2020 #431

All of the above and Shanti Mama Mar 2017 #44

Always being the only one of your type in every school and job IronLionZion Mar 2017 #46

I remember when a pay phone was still only 10 cents. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #306

HA! I remember penny post cards. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #334

WHAT?? PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #333

It's 50 cents now IronLionZion Sep 2017 #367

Pay Phones tonekat May 2018 #398

Printed Encyclopedias (NT) NeoGreen Mar 2017 #49

Just think if we'd had the internet to research school projects. Hoyt Mar 2017 #126

TV Tube testers at the Grocery Store JDC Mar 2017 #51

X-ray machines in the shoe stores. sarge43 Mar 2017 #58

Unscrewing the cap and removing the transmitter on the phone... terip64 Mar 2017 #53

The Air Raid Sirens going off every Saturday at noon in our town for testing. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2017 #54

Air Raid Siren jarhead69 Sep 2017 #275

A younger person wouldn't understand El Viejo Mar 2017 #55

Memorizing telephone numbers. wcast Mar 2017 #56

Pay phones mikeargo Mar 2017 #57

Nuclear Drills at elementary school iamateacher Mar 2017 #62

First time I was sent home for "bad" behavior randr Mar 2017 #149

Yeah that was a good plan. bullimiami Mar 2017 #185

Party line telephone service tech3149 Mar 2017 #64

S&H green stamos. Gas station attendants filling your car up and washing your windshield. tblue37 Mar 2017 #66

Licking those stamps for your mother (in our case Blue Chip) and putting in the books mchill Mar 2017 #180

Republican Senator Howard Baker wanting to get to the truth in the Watergate hearings Louis1895 Mar 2017 #67

Tangee lipstick zeusdogmom Mar 2017 #74

Tangee is still available from Vermont Country Store. sarge43 Mar 2017 #79

Being a paperboy Alpeduez21 Mar 2017 #80

Five and dime stores pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #82

Savings account passbooks GP6971 Mar 2017 #119

Feeding my program into the computer.....on punch cards AJT Mar 2017 #83

Dropping the tray of punch cards you were carrying sarge43 Mar 2017 #113

I remember still having a deck to IPL the mainframe as AJT Mar 2017 #123

Took a code writing class in the late 70's randr Mar 2017 #155

And waiting 24 hours (turnaround time) to find out you had one comma that made program not work mchill Mar 2017 #181

Writing a program in physics class and typing it into a teletype machine. dhol82 Mar 2017 #195

Ordering items via the Sears catalog. sinkingfeeling Mar 2017 #84

And "Monkey Ward". nt GP6971 Mar 2017 #117

In the spirit of the OP... malthaussen Mar 2017 #85

And the sad reality of smoking is that everyone knew it was dangerous. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #336

Huge back seat in car - could stand up northoftheborder Mar 2017 #86

Eating pancakes at Sambo's completely oblivious to the racist stereotype. Mrs. Overall Mar 2017 #87

The waiters at Morrisons Cafeteria. Speaking of racist stereotyping. bullimiami Mar 2017 #186

school handouts smelling of alcohol..... aka-chmeee Mar 2017 #88

Mimeograph fluid. MMMMM. bullimiami Mar 2017 #187

I loved that smell dhol82 Mar 2017 #196

And they were often kind of damp Dream Girl Mar 2017 #217

I remember many things Polly Hennessey Mar 2017 #89

Skates that had to be tightened with a key . . . PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #337

Many of my classmates were the children of small business owners Freddie Mar 2017 #90

Bigger is better killed our downtowns... Freedomofspeech Mar 2017 #95

Calling the Long Distance Operator to put through a call on Christmas CanonRay Mar 2017 #91

The Jewel man mercuryblues Mar 2017 #93

I lived in the country & we had a party line. CrispyQ Mar 2017 #96

I lived in Philadelphia and had a party line. dhol82 Mar 2017 #197

Hip hugger, bell bottoms with platform sandals. eom littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #99

Trucks delivering coal GP6971 Mar 2017 #100

Burning trash in Faux pas Mar 2017 #101

Writing computer programs on an IBM 026 card punch lapfog_1 Mar 2017 #102

I told my 11 year old GWC58 Mar 2017 #103

I remember changing points and plugs. dchill Mar 2017 #104

Drive ins CountAllVotes Mar 2017 #105

I LOVE drive-ins. Amazingly enough there are 3 within a 2 hour drive from us. WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #116

Cigarette vending machines Freddie Mar 2017 #106

Early morning delivery of milk in glass bottles. gademocrat7 Mar 2017 #108

First grade required that littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #110

Where did we get cigar boxes? I'm pretty sure I had one though no one smoked. n/t pnwmom Sep 2017 #343

Drug store gave them away. littlemissmartypants Sep 2017 #374

Aha! Thanks for clearing up the mystery! pnwmom Sep 2017 #375

Rotary dial phone. Historic NY Mar 2017 #111

And the phones were all attached to the wall by a wire that carried the signal. No wireless phones. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #310

I still have them... Historic NY Sep 2017 #369

Some young people may know one or two of these, IDK... WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #112

It was not only the TVs that needed to warm up. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #338

I hadn't thought of that but it makes sense... WePurrsevere Sep 2017 #356

The short answer is yes. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #358

Without revealing your age Lebam in LA Mar 2017 #114

Halloween Adults tonekat May 2018 #399

Turning on the car radio and waiting for the tubes to warm up. eom guillaumeb Mar 2017 #115

Calling time and temperature missingthebigdog Mar 2017 #118

You'd dial POPCORN for the time! CountAllVotes Mar 2017 #131

Hitchhiking. eom littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #121

Out Houses, party lines, test patterns, bomb drills, punch cards, george wallace (or maybe there is Hoyt Mar 2017 #125

Playing golf Lefthacker Mar 2017 #127

The sadness of math tests tempered by JenniferJuniper Mar 2017 #128

Telephone party lines Freethinker65 Mar 2017 #129

Smelling your test... liberalmuse Mar 2017 #132

That was mine too... JenniferJuniper Mar 2017 #144

Waiting by the phone for a call DesertRat Mar 2017 #133

These MFM008 Mar 2017 #134

The empty bottles you put in the milk box randr Mar 2017 #135

Great post! democrank Mar 2017 #136

Apparently, 13 yr olds think the idea of a pager dewsgirl Mar 2017 #137

Good Humor ice cream trucks. nt GP6971 Mar 2017 #138

Trading cards. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #145

Tires with tubes. nt GP6971 Mar 2017 #148

Following the DDT sprayer mist with our bicycles... LakeArenal Mar 2017 #150

Breaking therometers and playing with the mercury. sarge43 Mar 2017 #170

I was fascinated with breaking them and playing with mercury! Thanks I forgot about that toxic joy lunasun Mar 2017 #210

Not dangerous unless you breathe it in or swallow it SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #269

I only broke one... tonekat May 2018 #400

Along the hazard line, in school we'd make projects by moulding asbestos clay powder. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #229

Local drug stores GP6971 Mar 2017 #151

The local phamacy I use delivers for free CountAllVotes Mar 2017 #158

Styrofoam boater hats for candidates. LisaM Mar 2017 #156

Cobble stone streets randr Mar 2017 #157

Rolodexes and Rotary Phones C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #159

I worked in an office with a corded switchboard GregD Mar 2017 #191

I was a telephone operator when Lily Tomlin was doing her thing, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #350

No yard fences and everyone's dog ran loose and un-neutered! Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #160

watergate gopiscrap Mar 2017 #162

welcome to DU fun question gopiscrap Mar 2017 #163

long division--with no calculator! ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #165

diagramming sentences WhiteTara Mar 2017 #172

Yes! I am just young enough not to have learned to use a slide rule, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #339

Saturday morning cartoons gopiscrap Mar 2017 #167

Not being able to buy alcohol til 2pm on a Sunday gopiscrap Mar 2017 #168

We used to have blue laws in Philly dhol82 Mar 2017 #198

Blue laws. We couldn't buy any kind of alcohol on Sunday, or anything else for that matter. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #312

Christmas programs on TV ONLY once a year gopiscrap Mar 2017 #169

liberal republicans unblock Mar 2017 #171

Hey, I grew up in SC SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #270

Glass oral thermometers with mercury. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #173

If you missed a TV show, you were just SOL until summer reruns, if they showed it then. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #175

The standard season was 36, maybe 39 weeks. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #340

Reading through this thread littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #176

Having a 20 foot phone cord Sedona Mar 2017 #177

shorthand & typing class in school Motley13 Mar 2017 #178

I took typing my Senior Year SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #271

Phone numbers that started with words like "Olympic" (for "OL" 65) mchill Mar 2017 #179

NAtional 1 6386. Call me. bullimiami Mar 2017 #188

Yep Olympic 8-1654 :) mchill Mar 2017 #190

Logan ####, don't remember the numbers Motley13 Mar 2017 #199

Blackstone 3478 radical noodle Mar 2017 #213

EMpire 4-2177 pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #257

ADams 1059 FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #313

LOgan 2-1926 k8conant Sep 2017 #323

GLadstone 5-6365. My phone number from age 5 to 12. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #240

Me too: SunSet 20281 sagesnow Sep 2017 #291

Cleaning chalkboard erasers on the big vacuum in the janitors' closet at school. A reward WheelWalker Mar 2017 #182

Glass clacker balls (also called knockers) on a long string. Mrs. Overall Mar 2017 #189

punch cards and diskettes GregD Mar 2017 #193

When I started with computers we pluged wires into a board to program them. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #319

Typing term papers on a typewriter and not being able to edit! Wondering how much white out i could Amaryllis Mar 2017 #201

Oh! Oh! I used to type papers for other students PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #344

Whenever I'm watching the news I recognize Lint Head Mar 2017 #202

Family owned mom and pop convenience stores... wcmagumba Mar 2017 #203

When I was very poor, I'd turn in a silver dollar to a locally owned PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #345

Going to the library GentryDixon Mar 2017 #205

Space Food Sticks oldtime dfl_er Mar 2017 #206

And Tang lapucelle Mar 2017 #232

Found some at Costco a few weeks ago. Ron Obvious Mar 2017 #256

The phrase "Oh, Rochester!?" Va Lefty Mar 2017 #207

Yes boss? lunasun Mar 2017 #215

That's awesome! Thanks for the info Va Lefty Mar 2017 #219

"Your money or your life .... sarge43 Mar 2017 #236

Cultural References are now more difficult. Basic LA Mar 2017 #209

moving the ears on the TV antenna Fresh_Start Mar 2017 #211

"Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!" longship Mar 2017 #214

Officer Joe Bolton and Captain Jack McCarthy hosting cartoons lapucelle Mar 2017 #233

Without revealing your age... radical noodle Mar 2017 #216

Rotary dial phones. Doreen Mar 2017 #218

Rotary phones why 212, 213 & 312 are NY, LA, Chicago area codes MrPurple Mar 2017 #247

I'm a former long distance operator. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #355

We had a candy store and trick store in our hood. One just sold candy . The other gags and tricks lunasun Mar 2017 #220

Going to a movie at any time, not when it started DeeDeeNY Mar 2017 #221

Yes. On Saturdays we'd be dropped off at the local theater PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #347

American Bandstand. Howdy Doody. Lassie. When Star Trek first aired. Purple ditto sheets. Amaryllis Mar 2017 #222

A three scoop ice cream cone for 15 cents. Chilly Billey Cardill and doc03 Mar 2017 #224

My parents got dressed up to go shopping all the men wore a tie and hat nt doc03 Mar 2017 #225

Dressing up for church Freddie Mar 2017 #245

Suits were mandatory for church SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #272

Renting a rotary dial phone from the phone company Warpy Mar 2017 #226

I think it was when Carter was President MrPurple Mar 2017 #228

I remember when you wanted to change tv stations, you had to get up and do it MrPurple Mar 2017 #227

45 rpm singles. Some of them get vinyl, but 45s not so much. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #230

Winding a wristwatch... lapucelle Mar 2017 #235

I remember........... napi21 Mar 2017 #243

Sex Ed. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #244

Shoe salesman ex-raying my feet DeeDeeNY Mar 2017 #250

ENGLISH CLASS AND SPELLING heaven05 Mar 2017 #251

Poodle skirts mainstreetonce Mar 2017 #252

Sleeping OneBlueDotBama Mar 2017 #253

Buying cigarettes for my dad at 8 years old. Glamrock Mar 2017 #254

TV rabbit ears. And putting aluminum foil on same. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2017 #255

Long distance calls Vanessa Rose Mar 2017 #258

Calling collect. n/t pnwmom Sep 2017 #342

Yes! PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #357

Waiting for Sunday to call b/c the rates went down. Totally Tunsie Jul 2020 #420

Five cent cherry cokes at the Rexall drug store Mendocino Mar 2017 #259

Going down to the 7-11 duncang Apr 2017 #262

The first year "Peter Pan" was broadcast on TV with Mary Martin as Peter Pan, PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #265

30 cents SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #273

I bought Marlboros in 1967 for about $2.00 a carton in Michigan k8conant Sep 2017 #324

Filmstrips in junior high. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2017 #276

I was on the AV team in elementary school: k8conant Sep 2017 #325

lol, me too!! Not until junior high though... guess I was a "late bloomer." (haha) InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2017 #349

Waiting for the Sears Christmas catalog to come in the mail. AJT Sep 2017 #278

Playing in a Riverside Drive Park, New York, , circa 1950 secondwind Sep 2017 #280

The Alexander Botts series in the Saturday Evening Post (A Caterpillar Tractor from Peoria guy.) NBachers Sep 2017 #281

Having to adjust twin carburetors on a Austin Healey 3000. Enoki33 Sep 2017 #283

Watching Romper Room MFM008 Sep 2017 #284

Paper dolls BigMin28 Sep 2017 #285

car hops. donco Sep 2017 #286

Turning the car's brights off and on defacto7 Sep 2017 #287

The smell of ditto ink on tests in school nt doc03 Sep 2017 #289

Cap guns and candy cigarettes NotASurfer Sep 2017 #290

Going to a Saturday double feature buying popcorn and Good and Plentys doc03 Sep 2017 #293

A Republican president that wasn't batshit crazy nt doc03 Sep 2017 #295

Drive in theater. Jiffy pop popcorn and fizzies! MLAA Sep 2017 #297

1. Penmanship. They never heard of it SummerSnow Sep 2017 #298

Penny candy. onecaliberal Sep 2017 #299

Romper Room....and I see Suzy and Jimmy.... MLAA Sep 2017 #301

My mother would never allow me to watch that Warpy Sep 2017 #309

LOL! Unfortunately my mom had a little stronger stomach. 😀 MLAA Sep 2017 #311

The dirtiest line in television Funtatlaguy Sep 2017 #302

Alaska Pops! Heartstrings Sep 2017 #303

Seeing the Greatful Dead walll of sound tour. mjvpi Sep 2017 #304

Pay phones. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #305

Being fascinated with the drip pan under the ice box Warpy Sep 2017 #307

The excitement leading up to the Wonderful World of Disney every Sunday applegrove Sep 2017 #308

Party lines, doilies, transistor radios, and my fave, Go-Go Boots. nt procon Sep 2017 #314

I remember taking tubes out of the TV down to the grocery store Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #315

Howdy Doody FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #316

Every time Kate Smith started singing "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" I knew that Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #321

black and white TV.... chillfactor Sep 2017 #317

Penny candy... k8conant Sep 2017 #322

Woah! best post so far. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #353

Let's Pretend---a Saturday morning radio show for young children Petrushka Sep 2017 #326

Ringer type washing machines? sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #335

Going door to door to sell Girl Scout Cookies. n/t pnwmom Sep 2017 #341

8 track tapes get the red out Sep 2017 #351

Encyclopedia Britannica chelsea0011 Sep 2017 #352

We had World Book Encyclopedia k8conant Sep 2017 #372

All the copies or are you missing any? We had one of them missing copies. chelsea0011 Sep 2017 #373

jeez, i have been doing estate sales for years. all the old shit i have seen. CRANK phone! pansypoo53219 Sep 2017 #354

A rotary phone. Butterflylady Sep 2017 #360

An actual ICE BOX. with ice in it... pangaia Sep 2017 #361

Defrosting a freezer... llmart Sep 2017 #383

Oh god, yes... pangaia Sep 2017 #385

WOLLENSACK reel to reel.. pangaia Sep 2017 #363

Saturday morning tv shows nocoincidences Sep 2017 #366

I remember all of what you all remember riverbendviewgal Sep 2017 #368

This message was self-deleted by its author Fresh_Start Sep 2017 #376

Let's see... Snackshack Sep 2017 #377

Horny toads yesphan Sep 2017 #378

How about 3 on the column? sdfernando Sep 2017 #379

Atari 2600 . stonecutter357 Sep 2017 #380

Explaining to my 14 yr old what a pager was and the codes we would use dewsgirl Sep 2017 #381

For the women in the group... llmart Sep 2017 #384

Howdy Doody and Mousketeers RandomAccess Dec 2017 #387

CARBON PAPER !!!!!! And Mimeograph machines RandomAccess Dec 2017 #388

Baseball Cards in bubble gum RandomAccess Dec 2017 #389

13 years old: SCantiGOP May 2018 #391

There was such a thing as a tv repairman who actually came to your house. Thomas Hurt May 2018 #401

Pushing the red dot on oleo margarine to spread the coloring through the package. wasupaloopa May 2018 #402

Telephone party lines wasupaloopa May 2018 #403

Getting a clock radio with green stamps redstateblues May 2018 #406

Juke boxes wryter2000 May 2018 #407

Gallon of gas 25 cents, when getting filled windows washed... pbmus May 2018 #408

Drive-in movie theatres. Nt lostnfound May 2018 #409

gas & markers used to smell good. CHRISTMAS TUNES WERE PLAYED ON CHRISMAST EVE & CHRISTMAS. pansypoo53219 May 2018 #410

Doctor making house call when my sister wnylib Nov 2019 #415

Horse-drawn junk carts in the alley. Talitha Dec 2019 #416

not being able to talk to my grandparents for years at a time Skittles May 2020 #418

I teach college students, so there are MANY things... Sparkly Jun 2020 #419

Wearing a sugar cube corsage for Sweet 16. Totally Tunsie Jul 2020 #421

Opening the vent window if you were lucky enough to sit in the front seat of the car phylny Jul 2020 #422

I remember... 634-5789 Jul 2020 #423

Broke a bone by dropping the yellow pages on my foot Mersky Jul 2020 #425

It was always a HUGE deal when the new Sears catalog arrived! TrumpVirus Sep 2020 #426

Free stuff from gas stations (other than Green Stamps) Auggie Oct 2020 #427

Pressing sheets on a clothes mangle wringer. Joinfortmill Jan 2022 #433

These phone plugs: El Supremo Feb 2022 #434

I don't remember those at all. ShazzieB Jul 2022 #436

Anxiously Waiting Bones1 Jun 2022 #435

As A Freshman RobinA Jun 2023 #442

3.2 Beer Voice79 Jun 2023 #443

There's got to be a party game in here somewhere... Sparkly Jul 2023 #445