I just want to lighten the mood a bit. I've been getting depressed writing this blog. I saw something like this on Nether Region of Earth ll
I've been keeping a list of my own for some time now. If you're my age...60 going on 16 you may find some humor in this list. I hope so. Have fun
I Remember:
1. "Only The Shadow Knows"
2. 15 Cent McDonald Hamburgers
3. 25 Cent A Gallon Gasoline
4. 45 Rpm Records
5. 5 Cent Packs Of Baseball Cards - With A Pink Slab Of Bubble Gum
6. 78 Rpm Records!
7. A Seam In Women’s Hose
8. Alaska And Hawaii Becoming States
9. American Bandstand
10. Armstrong Stepping Onto The Moon
11. Baseball Cards In The Spokes Of A Bicycle
12. Blackjack, Clove, Tutti-Frutti And Teaberry Chewing Gum
13. Pop Bottle Openers
14. Burning Our Trash In The Back Yard
15. Candy Cigarettes
16. Charles Atlas Course,
17. Cigar Bands For Rings
18. Clotheslines
19. Coffee Shops With Tableside Jukeboxes
20. Cooties
21. Cork Pop Guns
22. Duck-Tail Hair
23. Erector Sets
24. Flat Tops,
25. Fly Paper,
26. Going Steady
27. Green Stamps
28. Having A Weapon In School Meant Being Caught With A Slingshot
29. Hi-Fi's
30. Hula Hoops first came out
31. Home Milk Delivery In Glass Bottles With Cardboard Stoppers
32. Home-Made Ice Cream
33. Howdy Doody,
34. Hula Hoops
35. Indian Burn
36. James Dean
37. Lincoln Logs
38. Lost In Space
39. Loud Mufflers
40. Metal Ice Cube Trays With Levers
41. Moon Hubcaps
42. My Three Sons
43. Newsreels Before The Movie
44. Oly-Oly-Axen-Free Free Free
45. One Bathroom Homes
46. Our First TV Set
47. P F Fliers
48. Party Lines
49. Pedal Pushers
50. Penny Candy
51. Penny Loafers
52. Window Air Conditioners
53. Petticoats
54. Rin Tin Tin
55. Roller-Skate Keys
56. Rotary Dial Telephones
57. Roy Rogers
58. Sadie Hawkin’s Dance
59. Sock Hops,
60. Soda Pop Machines That Dispensed Glass Bottles
61. Stick Shifts
62. Studebakers
63. Swamp Coolers
64. 'Swats' In School
65. Steel Taps On Your Shoes
66. Telephone Numbers With A Word Prefix...(Raymond 4-6011).
67. The Hit Parade
68. The Kennedy Assassination
69. The Nelsons
70. The Outhouse At Grandma’s
71. The Worst Embarrassment Was Being Picked Last For A Team
72. Walking To School In The Rain
73. Washtub Wringers
74. Wax Coke-Shaped Bottles With Colored Sugar Water Inside
Does it show my age if I say I can remember most of these? :)
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh at #48 & #66 ... I loved the rings of my grandmothers party line (hers was two short and one long) ... and I can still remember the phone number of my childhood (with a word prefix).
Nice memories!
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I am not that old but do remember the window air conditioners and the milk bottles with cardboard stoppers!
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Man I really feel old!! I remember most of these. I am not even going to list them there are so many.
ReplyDeleteThis was fun to read and reminisce over. Thanks!
Remember folks.....I remember ALL of them...and more. When I stared dating Sherry 40 years ago her phone number was PA-62621
ReplyDeleteDid any of you have a little trap door in the kitchen wall where the milkman could leave the milk from the outside and the housewife (wife & mother who did not have an outside job)could reach it thru a trap door in the kitchen?
Cool post Darrel, it's nice to look back at life.
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Just passing through and wanted to say hello...Creative post...I remember candy cigarettes.
ReplyDeleteTo get the picture BEHIND the words in your header
ReplyDeleteYou can go to the blogger layout, and edit your header, it allows you to upload picture, and then write text which can be overlayed on it.
I am sure other image editors, or even powerpoint allows you to do this
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That is a great list! Things seemed a hell of lot simpler and pure in those times!
ReplyDeleteI think I will sit down in a dark room and fix myself a hot toddy and remember a few more!
Think about how nice it was to be able to get on a 5 cent bus in San Francisco and go downtown to Market ST which is now filled with derelicts and bums, an visit (for me) radio stores. I'm sure it was the same in other large cities....
How times change.
Thanks for sharing this. I remember all of them. I think I'm a bit older than you. Nice to be reminded of these things.
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ReplyDeleteNOBODY is oder than me. But the trip down memory lane was kind of fun wasn't it. Thanks for stopping by
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