Fun & Games You're Older Than Dirt If You Remember....

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  1. CHKMINI

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    push button shifters (Dodge Dart)
     
  2. goaljnky

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    five digit telephone numbers.
     
  3. DneprDave

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    Ha! I was the remote at our house, when I was a kid!:)

    Dave
     
  4. DneprDave

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    Corvairs!

    Dave
     
  5. docv

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    cars with carburetors

    phone #'s that started with letters, TA,BR and so on

    pea shooters

    apple beer
     
  6. jiminni

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    F Troop

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    Rear facing seats in the station wagon

    Everything closed on Sunday

    Sherbert at every restaurant

    To name a few :biggrin5:
     
  7. goaljnky

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    STD's that could be cured.
     
  8. SNEEEZY - Erika

    SNEEEZY - Erika M/A Wrenchin' Babe!
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    Dippity-do

    Pin curls

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  9. SNEEEZY - Erika

    SNEEEZY - Erika M/A Wrenchin' Babe!
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    Oscar Meyer whistles

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    Pull-tabs on pop & beer
     
  10. goaljnky

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    Cigarettes being recommended by doctors.
    Lobotomies.
    The cold war (the start, not the end).
    Apollo missions.
     
  11. Rixter

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    Rotary dial telephones, $70 calculators that did 4 functions and you had to plug them in, Polaroid instant pix
     
  12. Metalman

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    Roller skating car hops.

    Getting a Silver dollar with a fill up of hi test.

    Oil in a cardboard can.

    Driving over the black hose ( Ding - Ding) pulling into the gas station and getting the service station attendant to pump your gas and check your oil..... All free and with a smile.

    Milkman delivering milk to your front doorstep.

    Good government.

    The gas chamber and "Old Sparky".

    Mystery meat in the school cafeteria.

    Getting "wacked" by the teacher with a paddle with holes in the board (and enjoying it). Hahahaha...
     
  13. OldBlue

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    FM Converters

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    American Motors Corporation

    Taking typing in high school so you could be in a class full of girls!
     
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    Most TV shows were broadcast in B&W.
    A small computer took a very large room to contain it.
     
  15. Grgramps

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    The Air Raid Warden knocking on your door at night to tell you that light was showing from within your house. (1942)

    Radio shows such as The Lone Ranger, Jack Armstrong, The Shadow and more that I can't remember.

    People that like spoke without like putting like in every like sentence. They're had to find today! Sorry, I couldn't resist.
     
  16. N2MINI

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    Factory Reverb box in your car.
    Music on Am radio stations
    Options on cars were listed as single items not in groups...
    Real M80's ( firecrackers )
    Pong ( video game )
     
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    Patriotism was the norm and as children, we bowed our heads in prayer before school began....
     
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    Teletype printers
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    8 inch floppy drives - single and doubel density - singe and double sides
    "Ginormous" 7MB IBM 2311 disk drives
    how to copy files in CP/M
    the boot sequence for an IBM 370/145
     
  19. Mr. Jim

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    Big chrome bumpers on cars.
    Car jacks that used to fit into above bumpers to jack up car.
    Goodies hamburgers.
    Penny bubblegum that cost a penny.
    Tops that you spun with a string.
     
  20. CHKMINI

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    glass soda bottles
    push lawnmower (reel type)
    grass trimmers that weren't electric
    walking mailmen
    leaving your doors unlocked and not worying that you'll be robbed
     

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