Archive through March 26, 2002
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Archive through March 26, 2002
Myjohnhenry | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 07:08 pm     1. Candy cigarettes 2. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside. 3. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles. 4. Coffee shops with table side juke boxes 5. Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles, with cardboard stoppers. (and in the winter the milk froze, popped the cap, and made a "tower.") 7. Party lines. 8. Newsreels before the movie. 9. Saturday Matinees at the Neighborhood theater 10. Butch wax 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Drexel-5505) 12 Pea shooters. 13. Howdy Doody 14. 45 RPM Records 15. S&H Green Stamps 16. Hi-fi's 17. Metal ice cube trays-with levers 18. Mimeograph paper 19. Blue Flash Bulbs 20. Beanie and Cecil 21. Roller skate keys 22. Cork pop-guns 23. Drive-In Theaters and Drive-In Restaurants 24. Studebaker 25. Wash tub wringers 26. The Fuller Brush man 27. Reel-to-reel tape recorders 28. Tinker toys 29. The Erector Set 30. The Fort Apache Play set 31. Helms Bakery home delivery 32. 15 cent McDonald hamburgers 33. 5 cent packs of baseball cards...with that awful pink slab of bubble gum 34. Penny candy 35. 19 cent-a-gallon gasoline 36. Red Ryder BB Guns 37. 50/50 Popsicles >How about a TIME WHEN... Decisions were made with "eeny-meeny-miney-mo." * Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!" * "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. * Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening. * It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. * The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties." * Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot. * A foot of snow was a dream come true. * Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures. * "Olly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense. * Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles. * The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. * War was a card game. * Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. * Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. * Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin or a dose of Castor oil. * If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!! |
Jenhavins | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 07:50 pm     When I was little, I used to paste my grandma's S&H Green Stamps that she got from Piggly Wiggly (grocery store in the south for those who don't know). She would then take me down to the S&H Green Stamp Store and let me redeem them for whatever I had enough books for. Good memory for me!!! |
Car54 | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 07:53 pm     Oh, Jen, that was a big thing for us too! I forgot S&H. Gosh how exciting to get to finally redeem them. Thanks for reminding me! |
Wargod | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 08:04 pm     Hey, I still have my roller skate key! That was a Saturday morning ritual for us. Breakfast, cartoons, skating rink. Every Saturday for at least 6 years. 20 years ago, my town was a tad bit small and there wasn't much for us kids to do. The skating rink was a nice and safe place to hang out. When I got older, the skating rink was the place in town for the teenagers to hang out on Friday and Saturday nights. I spent more time there than i did at school, hehe. And we have a 50's diner in town now with the table side jukeboxes. My kids absolutely love going there for breakfast. |
Ketchuplover | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 08:26 pm     Do the juke boxes come with headphones? |
Firebird05 | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 08:44 pm     I remember 24 0f the 37 and all of TIME WHEN. I have not thought about S&H greenstamps in years! Great Post Myjohnhenry! |
Babyruth | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 08:48 pm     Very fun post!! Alas, I remember too many of these things and feel very old, but it was very fun to read. p.s. I LIVED for Beany and Cecil... |
Whoami | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 08:56 pm     I remembered 21 of the 37. And 9 of the "Time When's." Who were Beany and Cecil? |
Babyruth | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 08:58 pm     here you go! Beany and Cecil--click here |
Tksoard | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 09:04 pm     Wasn't he Cecil the Sea Sick Sea Serpent?  |
Wargod | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 09:13 pm     The Juke boxes just have these tiny speakers. You can barely hear the music, but the kids think its fun to watch as you pick music. Sometimes they are so easily amused, lol. |
Teatime | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 09:18 pm     I didn't know Beany and Cecil either, thanks for the link Babyruth! The only other one up there I have a question on is #10 - Butch wax. Anyone? |
Babyruth | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 09:25 pm     I have some of that, too! It's a collectible now (the old original container). It's hair gel gunk to slick your hair back (for guys) |
Teatime | Monday, March 25, 2002 - 10:00 pm     Ohh...! Thanks again, BR  |
Weinermr | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 01:13 am     OMG BR, I love Beany and Cecil, but I worship Daws Butler! Here is a wonderful website devoted to Daws Butler ---- Daws Butler Site Nya Ah Ah !!!!!!! |
Tess | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 01:54 am     I remember all of those except the butch wax. I've never heard of that one. There was Brylcream and Dippity Do at my house. <ugggggggh> Oh this takes me back. Thanks for the nostalgia trip, Mjh. |
Fruitbat | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 06:29 am     I remember all except #30. boy thing. I will add: Midnight the Cat, Froggy the Gremlin and Squeeky. Loved the Andy Divine show. |
Twiggyish | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 06:37 am     We used to save stamps, too. I can remember getting clocks and all sorts of things with those stamps. My grandparents had a party line. I can remember picking up the phone and hearing people talk. My husband has a huge stack of 45 records. We no longer have a record player, but we hold on to those records..LOL |
Babyruth | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 06:42 am     WOW!! Thanks for the great Daws Butler site, Weinermr!! So many of my fave cartoons are there. Sure does bring back some memories and smiles... Nya ah ah!! HAHAHA you crack me up.... *ahhh, the smell of fresh mimeograph ink!* maybe I sniffed a few too many pages....wheeee |
Julieboo | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 06:54 am     I've heard of many of them, but only actually remember first hand, 9 of them. (But several are still around today-like Tinkertoys and Beeman's gum). Mimeograph reminds of that one scene in FAST TIMES when all the students smelled their tests. |
Kearie | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 06:55 am     What great memories. I have a question... Remember killing a week-end digging in the yard to try to make it to China? (Or is that something only my brother and I did?) |
Webkitty | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 06:55 am     Groan!! I remember alot of these things! The roller skate key gave me a brain freeze flashback!! (only we always skated outside, never at a rink) How 'bout: Dippity Doo, Hoola Hoops, the Good Humor truck and riding bikes on a summer day. I can also remember a time when it was safe for kids to roam far and wide on Halloween. I can also remember a time when most cars didn't have AC, a dreaded thought now!  |
Webkitty | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 06:59 am     Oh Twigs, my grandparents had a part line too!! I forgot about that. Geesh, I don't know if this thread makes me feel all warm and fuzzy or depressed. |
Webkitty | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 07:05 am     Kearie, Yep, we did that! My brother REALLY thought he could dig a hole to China! But I loved my little brother so I didn't burst his bubble. |
Aussiedeb | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 07:12 am     Scary...lol I remember 22 off the first list and 12 off the second...arhhhh I am getting old lol |
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