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

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  1. jtbrown

    jtbrown New Member

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    Not sure what the official name for it is, but how about the noisy little box with the dial on it for rotating your television aerial.
     
  2. CHKMINI

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    F Troop
    Hogans Heroes
    Soda Fountain at the Drug Store
    case of soda in a wooden carrying case
    Wringer Washer
    Clothes Line and Clothes Pins
     
  3. Lorenzo

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    The sound of a pressure cooker hissing steam.
    The swept wing Dodges.
    The adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on the radio.
     
  4. B.A.D.

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    It was called a rotary box. My mom used to make them.
     
  5. SNEEEZY - Erika

    SNEEEZY - Erika M/A Wrenchin' Babe!
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    Betcha can't guess which item listed above was the inspiration for my MINI's name...
     
  6. minimark

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    Soda fountain
     
  7. Friskie

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    I traded my very first used car in for my very second used car and IT had a 4 track player crammed into the console. I'm pretty sure that Antiques Roadshow would place a very high price on one of those puppies today but I'd still rather have that second used car.
     
  8. IMGRFX

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    Crashton bought Little Kings in Kentucky on the way to MOTD.

    Slide rule
    Treadle sewing machine
     
  9. ArmaDiddo

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    "It's About Time" on the TV

    Craig Power Play radio in your car

    Push Button phones without the * and # keys.

    Gun racks in all pick up trucks in Texas. otherwise you were a foriegner
     
  10. Rae

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    Rotary phones, for that matter, phones with 25 foot cords so you could go into the bathroom to have a "private" conversation.
    And mixed tapes

    And being under 40, I still have
    A pressure cooker that gets used regularly
    Use a clothes line and clothes pins
    Have a push reel mower
     
  11. minimark

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    When Cheech & Chong was the newest greatest thing....
     
  12. CHKMINI

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    Dave's not home!
     
  13. DneprDave

    DneprDave Well-Known Member
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    Yeah! I use my pressure cooker all the the time too!

    Dave
     
  14. CHKMINI

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    Sunoco Ultra 94 Octane at the pump
    Motor Oil in glass bottles
     
  15. minimark

    minimark Well-Known Member

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    Full service gas stations.... pump your gas, check your oil, water and air along with correcting them and wash your windshield to boot!

    My first job when I was 15.
     
  16. Justa Jim

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    Yep, I did that summers in high school and all through college. It was a PITA when you were working three cars at the same time and one was a fill up, but the other two wanted $5.00 and $2.00. You could also look really dumb when you couldn't find the hood release. :D

    Jim
     
  17. agranger

    agranger MINI of the Month June 2009
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    I still have 2 working rotary phones in the house (I like a real bell ringer, not a digital recording of a ringer). It is fun to point anyone under 16 to the phone and tell em to make a call! :)
     
  18. CHKMINI

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    yeh...but you always took a little extra time washing the drivers side windshield of the lady wearing the short skirt :wink: C'mon Jim, don't act like you didn't do it, BTDT :Thumbsup:
     
  19. minimark

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    Heck I absolutely polished the window in that circumstance.... :)
     
  20. CHKMINI

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    Raccoon Tails on your antennae
    car Club plate hanging from the rear bumper
    metal heal plates on your shoes
    Brylcream
    Pegged jeans
     

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