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

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  1. Jason Montague

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    :cornut: Buying a 'flat fix kit' at the local service(remember service?)station for 25cts:Thumbsup:

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  2. CHKMINI

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    What was the gold metalflake one called. (I have CRS! )
     
  3. Mr. Jim

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    #763 Mr. Jim, Feb 16, 2012
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    I think that was the banana crate, then there was the apple crate also.

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    Check that, Banana Bomber

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  4. Friskie

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    I gar-un-teee that every baseball card I used would be worth $10,000.00+ today. I have no idea which ones fell to deliver the sound of a Cosworth crossing the finish line but there had to have been a Honus Wagner in the bunch.
     
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    Kay-tel records (or even records for that matter)
     
  6. Rixter

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    Here's a sub category for this thread; a few things our kids will be clueless about:
    • Rotary dial phones
    • Records
    • Pong
    • Modems
    • Monochrome CRT monitors
    • Film cameras
     
  7. BRG_Paul

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    [*] Milk delivered to your front door...in a glass bottle with a paper cap.

    [*] Ice delivered to your door.
     
  8. Jason Montague

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    :cornut: Party line telephones and ringing the Operator(Aunt Nell) because the phone had no dial rotary or other wise:Thumbsup:

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    Having to go to the operator's (Fran's) house to make a long distance call. She had a dial in her switchboard!

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    Our wild-land fire stations and lookouts used to have crank telephones which were hard wired between each location. Each spring someone had to walk the lines to be sure they were still in good working order, fixing what was broken along the way.
     
  11. Jason Montague

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    :cornut: Wondering how Aunt Nell was able to answer the switch board and use the powder room(bath, toilet,brush teeth, etc) all at the same time and especially as she was on duty 24/7/365? Uncle Gerald (her Son and the town Grocer and Barbe Que'r) even brought her meals. I asked Mom and she said be quiet and that a lady's toilet was no one's business and to never ask that question again of anyone under threat of a 'Hiding'(Scottish term for spanking)! :Thumbsup:

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    You can still buy them ... They are shipped in pieces from England. Sheesh there's a whole commentary on why we can no longer get them here in the states. I believe in Darwin.
     
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  15. Justa Jim

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    Thinking back on it, I can't believe how powerful those and Cherry Bombs were and our parents let us have them. No helmets, fire proof coats, steel toed shoes or anything. :lol:

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    This may have only local....Our Miss Francis and Ding Dong School!

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAJKHsoks94&feature=fvst]1953 Ding Dong School - YouTube[/ame]
     
  17. Jason Montague

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    Pluto Platters, before they called 'em Frisbees.

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  19. Justa Jim

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    OMG, I had completely forgotten watching that one. Good call. :Thumbsup:

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  20. Jason Montague

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    Sweater Girl Calenders

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