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

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  1. Dave.0

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    I remember when I used to have and carry cash.
     
  2. Crashton

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    If you remember when you had cash....
     
  3. Jason Montague

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    Dimes, Quarters(2 Bits), Half Dollars(4 Bits), and Dollars(8 Bits) were real Silver
     
  4. CHKMINI

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    When cashiers could make change without the register telling them how much!
     
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    Cash and carry, was the best deal in town:Thumbsup:
     
  6. Jason Montague

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    When a 'Green Back' was a Silver Certificate.
     
  7. DneprDave

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    When there was no dirt, just sand rocks and water!
     
  8. Jason Montague

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    Were a 'Dining Room Orderly' at the Last Supper
     
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    Cash and carry still the best deal in town.
     
  10. Crashton

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    If you remember the big bag....

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  11. Jason Montague

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    When a soldier's basic load was 2 BFR's(big frigging rocks)
     
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  13. CHKMINI

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    Brylcream...a little dab will do ya'
     
  14. Crashton

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    Burma-shave signs along the roadside
     
  15. 1momini

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    Carrying your shot gun on the bus so you could go straight to the woods after school.
     
  16. Mudnut

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    Pulling the vacuum tubes out of the TV, and taking the tubes down to the grocery store where there was a tester. Once the faulty tube was isolated, a replacement would be in the cabinet below.

    Cheers,

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  17. CHKMINI

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    A drill had a cord attached to it.
     
  18. Dave.0

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    When tap water was ok to drink and you could not buy bottled water everywhere.
     
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    I still drink tap water, love my well water.
     
  20. DneprDave

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    Yeh, bottled water is just well water, only more expensive.

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