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As a kid driving around small towns in Germany with my Dad looking at WWII rubble and bombed out buildings that still existed in the mid-1950's.

 

Rubber band powered balsa wood model airplanes.

 

I have one sitting on top of my gun safe. Found it in an old hardware store and bought it for my Grandson.

 

You know your old when you remember what the coolest thing was before sliced bread. :lol:

 

According to some he is still alive & working at Tim Horton's in somewhere USA. :donut1:

 

LOL. If you were born before Elvis.:wink:

 

Saw both the Original Jaws ( '75 ) and Star Wars ( '77 ) in the Theater.

 

I remember when he was a man. What the heck happened? :confused5:

 

...if you remember the two triangles on old radios indicating CONELRAD frequencies of 640 and 1240 on the radio dial.
And you're perty derned old if you can find your smallpox vaccine scar.

 

Wait a minute... I know I came into this thread for something, but what was it?

 

Spittoons in my grandfathers office lobby

 

When you could smoke anywhere. (Mall's, Airplane's, food stores, restaurants )

 

If you sent away a dime to buy a Jack Armstrong ring.

 

When you had to remember your friends phone number to call them.

 

I still use Unix and 1:44 MB floppy disc's! I dropped a disc in the airport and a young kid picked it up and asked "hey mister what's this for?" LOL I back up data on a MOD drive.

 

Our number was 2489W and the neighbor's was 2489J. Ours was a single ring and theirs was double. We'd ring central and tell the operator what number to connect.

 

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When people used telephone books not Siri or the Internet.

 

Going to the next door neighbors to watch Star Trek in color.