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Title: A little trip down memory lane
Post by cash5542 on Mar 24^th, 2009 at 8:01pm

I thought this was a cute memorabilia quiz. I guess I shouldn't be telling my age.

Charlotte

Older Than Dirt Quiz : Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about. Ratings at the bottom.
1. Blackjack chewing gum
2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines on the telephone
8. Newsreels before the movie
9.. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were only 3 channels [if you were fortunate])
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records
15. S& H greenstamps
16. Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19.. Blue flashbulb
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Redd on Mar 24^th, 2009 at 8:11pm

Ok I remember 19 of them.

If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!

Ok...someone book my room at the nursing home. ;D

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by PollyPocket on Mar 24^th, 2009 at 8:58pm

teehee..............I live where all that still exists :)

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Blue_eyes on Mar 24^th, 2009 at 9:07pm

I have seen 22-25 in museums. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.
::)

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by bothofus on Mar 24^th, 2009 at 9:20pm

Well I came in at 18. not too bad.

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Opus on Mar 24^th, 2009 at 9:27pm

17 :( but one was:

Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water

Which you can still get.

Paul

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Melissa on Mar 24^th, 2009 at 9:54pm

11 here. :-X

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Kirk on Mar 24^th, 2009 at 10:16pm

Too easy. Ddo you remember when Hobie only made Surfboards. Or Morey and Pope for that matter? Now those are trivia questions for old guys.
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Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Brew on Mar 24^th, 2009 at 10:51pm

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by FramCire on Mar 24^th, 2009 at 11:06pm

My kids have a cork popgun.

They are wicked old!

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Artonio on Mar 24^th, 2009 at 11:44pm

Although I've seen them, Studebakers and Packards were just a titch before my time. I guess I'm older than dirt with a 23.

Oh! I love Black Jack gum!

with warm regards,
Tony

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Batch on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 12:17am

I blew through 25 without a blink...

For bonus points...
26. Prince Albert in a Can
27. Babbo... The Foaming Clenser
28. White Margarine in a plastic bag with a drop of orange food coloring you had to squeeze to mix to make it look yellow like butter
29. Bluing for laundering the sheets
30. Boraxo (still around) and 20 Mule Team Borax
31. Lava Hand Soap (also still around)
32. Carter's Little Liver Pills
33. Neatsfoot oil... for your saddle, boots, and other tack
34. Gentian Violet... Used to treat rock cuts to the frog on a horse hooves

Shifting to Saturday Matinee Movies and B&W TV
35. Lash LaRue
36. Hoot Gibson
37. Bob Steel
38. Tim McCoy and Iron Eyes Cody
39. Johnny Mac Brown
40. The Loan Arranger & Tonto, Horses names: Silver and Scout
O. Henry's Robin Hood of the Old West... The Cisco Kid and Pancho Actors: Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carillo, Best line: "Hey Cisco... Lets Went", Horses names: Diablo and Loco
41. Red Ryder
42. The Range Rider
43. Beany & Cecil
44. Snookie Lanson.. (Hit Parade)
45. Aurthur Godfree and Julius La Rosa... before Godfree fired him

Shifting the Way-Back Machine to radio...
Sargent Preston of the Yukon
46. The Shadow (Brought to you by Signal Gasoline)
47. The Green Hornet
48. Fibber McGee & Molly
49. Amos & Andy
50. The Bickersons

Come on Charlie... I know I'm not the only one around that's taken to geezing...

Take care,

V/R, Batch

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by ClusterChuck on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 3:38am

I guess I ain't so old ...

I only remember 44 of them ...

GEEZE, you ARE old, Pete! Tell us, did Noah listen to your advice while he had his lil boat building experience?

Younger than Pete, Chuck

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by BarbaraD on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 4:26am

Then I got older and there was Mickey Mouse Club and Ameican Bandstand....

Oh and Lash Larue's horse was Midnight... Gee does that mean I'm as old as you.... :)

Hugs BD

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Guiseppi on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 4:58am

Okay combining my original score, with Batch's, and Barb's...I should be in a nursing home gumming oatmeal cookies!!! ;D Great post!

Joe

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Kirk on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 6:58am

I refuse to remember all of them. Although the Shadow and Amos and Andy were my favorites on the radio. The guy who made me laugh on TV was Ivar Hagland. Some of his stuff on B/W TV back in the 50s & 60s in the GPNW would still be funny today. You can still see his picture in places in Seattle with "Keep Clam" underneath them. The history behind those two words is what makes the joke. Ufda!
[smiley=smokin.gif]

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by QnHeartMM on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 9:28am

24 for me. My mom had a wringer washer AND this table thing that looked like an oversized sewing machine but it had rollers and you fed through pants, shirts and such and it pressed them!

(She was a stay at home mom that took in ironing to make ends meet).

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Charlie on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 11:52am

Zounds! I remember all of them.... :o

We had a 1951 and a 1953 Packard Clipper :o

How about the make your own cigarette machines from the 1960s?
"I Led Three Lives"
"Science Fiction Theater"
Missile gap
Hula Poppers
Conelrad
Reddy Red Stamp
Cartridge fountain pens
Popeye Cartoon Kits

I have to say that you kids named great stuff. More to come, I hope.

Mean Old Charlie

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Guiseppi on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 11:56am

Charlie wrote on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 11:52am:

OMG!!! Parochial School, 1966, going to the supply store to buy more ink cartridges...at a nickel a piece, for my "fountain pen." That no matter how often you practiced, still made the big smudges at the end of every word [smiley=furious.gif]!!!!!!!!!!

Joe

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by KingOfPain on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 2:33pm

Cereal box records.

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Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Guiseppi on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 2:40pm

My "free 45 rpm back of the box " record was the Jackson 5 singing one bad apple! WOW...back of the box records, another awesome memory!!!! ;D

Joe

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by minnie on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 8:46pm

Batch,charlie,Joe and kirk i like your list your lists because i don't know any of them the first list had me at older then dirt >:( I think i might be extra sensative because I turn 40this year. [smiley=bag.gif]

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by cash5542 on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 9:14pm

OK you're all missing the best part. The optimistic way to look at this is that you CAN and do remember these things.

Joe, I remember those little plastic ink cartridges too. There were easier options but I loved attempting to make them work. And I bet Michael Jackson looked like a boy on your 45!
I can't remember any of Pete's list, not even a vague recollection.

We were talking about food today too at work. Anyone remember Space food sticks??? Our young kinderhgarten teacher just stared at me like I was making it up when I described them. Boy were they gross!!!

Charlotte

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Brew on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 9:21pm

cash5542 wrote on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 9:14pm:

Anyone remember Space food sticks??? Our young kinderhgarten teacher just stared at me like I was making it up when I described them. Boy were they gross!!!

I liked the peanut butter ones when I was a kid. The chocolate ones weren't too bad either, but they were definitely 2nd choice.

How about the Carnation Breakfast Bar? A bar of sawdust coated with chocolate.

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by ClusterChuck on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 10:24pm

QnHeartMM wrote on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 9:28am:

this table thing that looked like an oversized sewing machine but it had rollers and you fed through pants, shirts and such and it pressed them!

I am pretty sure that was called a "mangle" ... My mother had one too, and I pressed MANY shirts, pants, napkins (remember when they were cloth?) pillow cases, and sheets (does ANYONE press sheets anymore?), and of course, all the girls hair ribbons had to be done too! ... Mom hardly EVER used it! It was us kids that were responsible for the ironing in the house!

Guiseppi wrote on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 11:56am:

going to the supply store to buy more ink cartridges...at a nickel a piece, for my "fountain pen."

When I was in the fourth grade, we had to use a pen, and the ink in the bottle on the desk. YUP! No ball point pens ... No fountain pens ... The only writing devices allowed were the pen and ink, or pencils for math (or "arithmetic" as we called it back then).

GEEZE, am I old!

Creeking ole Chuck

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Guiseppi on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 12:05am

I throw my hands up in defeat...without question Chuckles...you are the grand poo pah of old farts!!!! ;D ;D ;D

Joe

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
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Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by KingOfPain on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 9:33am

Play cassette tapes in your 8-track player.

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Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Charlie on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 11:36am

Quote:

You poor thing....whatsamatter widja? Once we bought our package of five cartridges, we got hold of an eyedropper and bottle of Parker's ink and refilled the things. Damn kids!

The other sneaky thing is that we used to reuse postage stamps all the time. All it takes is some Elmers Glue to "glue it down." Funny thing is that when you soak of the stamps, the cancellation goes down the drain with it. Since my friend and I sent so much mail as kids, we saved a lot. It should still work.

Charlie

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Guiseppi on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 1:19pm

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This one almost made me cry! I had a wheelo, I so remember trying to find the stupid 45 inserts so you could play them on the "big stereo", and the "vibrating football game!" We didn't have one but my rich buddy did and we spent all our weekends at his house playing with the expensive toys!!!!

Joe

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by midwestbeth on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 1:44pm

NOOOOO!!!! I'm too young to remember all that stuff!!

Beth.....who stopped counting and is feeling quite old now :(

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by BobG on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 2:10pm

I can remember everything on the lists and recognize all of the photos. I also remember my father smoked Camel cigarettes. They were sold in the drug store, of all places. They were 21 cents a pack. The packs had 4 pennies under the cellophane wrapper. The pennies were your change for a quarter. My older brother and I would fight about who got the pennies because a 7 Up (we were not allowed to have Coke) at the soda fountain cost 5 cents so we only had to spend one penny of our own.

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by ClusterChuck on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 4:24pm

OK, speaking of cigarettes, what were the letters on the bottom of a pack of Lucky Strikes?

What did they stand for?

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Artonio on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 4:30pm

Lucky
Strike
Means
Fine
Tobacco

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Paul98 on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 4:34pm

Who remembers 78 RPM reccords made out of bacalite. (sp?)
They shattered if you dropped them!

The fridge with the two ice cube tray holders that was the "freezer" part of the fridge.

-P.

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Opus on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 4:39pm

Paul98 wrote on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 4:34pm:

Who remembers 78 RPM reccords made out of bacalite. (sp?)
They shattered if you dropped them!

The fridge with the two ice cube tray holders that was the "freezer" part of the fridge.

-P.

Actually they were made of shellac. You can melt them down to make a shellac stain.

Paul

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Guiseppi on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 5:08pm

Opus wrote on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 4:39pm:

Paul98 wrote on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 4:34pm:

Who remembers 78 RPM reccords made out of bacalite. (sp?)
They shattered if you dropped them!

The fridge with the two ice cube tray holders that was the "freezer" part of the fridge.

-P.

Okay WHO SAYS there is no useful information on the general board!!!! ;D

Joe

Actually they were made of shellac. You can melt them down to make a shellac stain.

Paul

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by KingOfPain on Mar 26^th, 2009 at 5:27pm

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Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by minnie on Apr 1^st, 2009 at 1:58pm

i came across this e-mail that as sent to me a while ago.It made me think of this post (and that our Chuckie poo is old :P ya know i love ya ) minnie who's gonna [smiley=curtain.gif]

[bJust in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change
>things - ?
>?
>The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born after 1989. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
>?
>Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
>?
>The CD was introduced the year they were born.
>?
>They have always had an answering machine.
>?
>They have always had cable.
>?
>Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
>?
>Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
>?
>They never took a swim and thought about Jaws!
>?
>They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
>?
>They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or
>"de plane Boss, de plane".
>?
>McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
>?
>They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
>?
>Do you feel old yet? (Sorry) Pass this on to the other old fogies on your
>list. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have trouble
>reading.
][/b]

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Langa on Apr 1^st, 2009 at 5:38pm

6 for me...guess i'm getting older...

Langa

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by KJ on Apr 1^st, 2009 at 6:08pm

Guiseppi wrote on Mar 25^th, 2009 at 2:40pm:

My "free 45 rpm back of the box " record was the Jackson 5 singing one bad apple!

I'm so old, I remember the Jacksons AND the Osmonds had a hit with that pathetic song. (and I MAY have owned them both) :-[ :)

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by PollyPocket on Apr 1^st, 2009 at 6:28pm

omg Charlotte! LOL I am freakin OLD. 18!

Ok, here's some for the girls:

Chrissy, Velvet and Cinnamon Dolls

(I still have my Velvet and all the clothes I made for her when I was 8. I had one of those table top cast iron child's sewing machines - a red one- that you had to hand crank!)

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by minnie on Apr 1^st, 2009 at 7:52pm

Okay ladies do you remember in the mid seventies a blond doll with a few colored (red,pink ect) records that you played in her back.she had a dress that was orange on the top and the skirt was purple ?my sister Cindy and i used to each have one we kept them quite a few years.
Minnie

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by cash5542 on Apr 1^st, 2009 at 9:39pm

By mid 70's I was filling out college applications so no doll memories then. The only dolls I can really remember were Little Kiddles and my skipper doll. I wasn't into Barbies, guess they were too perfect for me.

Charlotte

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by BarbaraD on Apr 2^nd, 2009 at 7:07am

Good grief you kids sound YOUNG!!! I had a PERMANENT doll - One you actually gave permanents to... curled her damn hair. But my favorite was Susan - she was bigger than me and didn't do anything. Had her till I was grown and married - then Mom got rid of her - broke my heart.

Had an Elvis 45 on Sun label (what would that be worth today?)
Sadle Oxfords for Parochial school (with those pretty white socks).
Stick horses made out of mops and brooms (not store bought) - Daddy's belt for reins. We had imaginations back in the OLD days -huh Chuck?

Ya'll have brought up stuff I haven't thought about in years - good memories.... makes me wish I was a kid again...

Hugs BD

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Cathi_Pierce on Apr 2^nd, 2009 at 8:47am

;)i HAD A cHATTY cATHY dOLL! :D

IMAGINE THAT!

And, how many of you loved to rollerskate, but had a hard time keeping track of your skate key? I did, till I made a lanyard for it and kept it round my neck!

Ok, I'm old........and chatty......

Cathi

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Bob P on Apr 2^nd, 2009 at 11:01am

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Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by cash5542 on Apr 2^nd, 2009 at 5:45pm

I had roller skates too with a key and we used to skate in my Grandmother's cellar all the time. I remember Chatti Cathy. That's my husband nickname for me now :-[ I also remember those oversized do nothing dolls, no permanent hair ones but my little sister had one that after twisting her arm, her hair grew. I think we had much better toys than the kids now. You rarely needed a battery to play with it, just your own imagination and energy.

Charlotte

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Charlie on Apr 3^rd, 2009 at 11:07am

Mini Brix (essentially rubber legos)

Gilbert Chemistry Sets that had really dangerous stuff

Cap guns with five loadable cartridges that held circular caps

And for Barb: Real home permanents like my mom and aunts used. Awful smelling stuff.

Charlie

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Jackie on Apr 3^rd, 2009 at 11:11am

Yep....I quality. Old fart here.... :)

Ahhhh...the good old days!

Title: Re: A little trip down memory lane
Post by Batch on Apr 3^rd, 2009 at 2:27pm

You're right Kirk,

For the folks that missed eating a basket of Fish-n-Chips at Ivar's next to the Ferry terminal while Ivar was still around... You missed Acres of Clams, fantastic seafood, and great chowder, all served with common sense and panache... Ivar's is still there... but it's just not the same without Ivar...
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If you missed Ivar, you also missed a great ride on the ferry boat Kalakala, a.k.a. "The Silver Slug" as it motored off to Bremerton when the Smith Tower was the tallest building on the Seattle skyline.
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V/R, Batch