Remember When

[SARGE..g-47]

When bottled "coke" went from $.05 to $.06 and the public was upset! When a couple of years latter they went from $.06 all the way up to a $.10, they were outraged and demanding an answer as to "why"?

When Saturday matinee's at the local movie theatre were $.14 admission.. a box of popcorn for $.10 an $.01 for a piece of balooka bubble gum. That shot a hole in your entire allowance of $.25 for the week but there was always next Saturday. ha.. ha...

Regards...

[gsmittle]

Man, you guys are reminding me of my own mortality!

how about:

...you could fix your car yourself?
...Formica was the latest thing in counter tops?
...Avacado and Harvest Gold were the "in" appliance colors?
...there was no World Wide Web?

g.

[cabinetman]

How 'bout -

Gas @ 17 cents a gallon and you still got the glassware.
Telephones were all black, cloth cords, and a little rotary dial.
Party lines.
An electric ironer called a "mangle".
Dashboards were real wood.
Wide whitewall tires.
"Madras" shirts.
Sock hops in school gymnasiums.
Continental kits.
Wood school desks with lift up tops for storage.
Juicers that were bowls with a cone in the center.
Babo the foaming cleanser.
Guard-all protective shield.
Tennis shoes were called sneakers.
Roller skates that clipped on to sneakers.
Jeans were called dungarees.
Cars had keys and a starter button.
The "What me worry guy" - Alfred E. Neuman
Buffalo Bob
Sky King
Hopalong Cassidy
Lone Ranger
Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Nelliebell
Clarabell the clown.
Soupy Sales

[gabedad]

Hard drives were over a dollar a megabyte.

you unlocked a car door with a key.

you found a phone booth to make a call away from your home.

ibm pc-Jr.

no cable television

real seltzer bottles

[rja]

The telephone was large black thing on a small desk. The handset was connected to the main body of the phone by a fabric covered cable. There was no dial on the front. When you picked up the handset you verbally gave an operator the number you wanted to be connected to. She connected you after a moment or two. Sometimes when you picked up the handset you could hear other people talking.

Gasoline was $.33 per gallon. You could get 3 gallons for $1.00, could get your oil checked, and your tire pressure checked all at the same stop by a gas station attendant, who then thanked you for the business.

[Richard in Smithville]

(Canadian Reply Coming)


Remember when "Tim Horton" was a hockey player and not a donut shop?
And you could go for blocks with out seeing a Tim Hortons?
And Roll Up The Rim wasn't a rite of spring?

[WayneJ]

First T.V. shows

Friday night fights
Wrestling
Milton Burle
Roller derby
Ed Sullivan
Test paterns
6pack of bud $1.10
loaf of bread 16 cents

[L. D. Jeffries]

When beer bottles didn't have screw tops; no opener?, no problem, catch the edge of the cap under the steel bumper of the car and give a quick yank!

[bigstick509]

Having lunch in front of the BW TV with Soupy Sales, thanks cabinetman for the blast from the past. And just think we did not have to pay for cable to watch the master of slapstick.

[JR]

I remember when a dime bag was full ounce.

I don't remember much from those days, but I do remember that!

JR

[bigstick509]

Very Funny

I remember when a dime bag was full ounce.

I don't remember much from those days, but I do remember that!

JR

[Ed62]

When a "woodie" actually was a new vehicle. Or when the milkman delivered milk bottles that you shook to mix the cream and the skim milk?

Ed

[cabinetman]

Ok, ok,ok-

Delivered milk in the wide mouth bottles with the paper cap.
Real ice boxes.
Aluminum ice trays that had a release lever.
"Have Gun Will Travel"
"The Rifleman"
Lucy & Desi
Topper
"Rat Patrol"
"The Mouseketeers"
"Howdy Doody"
"See The USA In Your Chevrolet"
Running Boards
Sunoco 260

[Richard in Smithville]

How about when we didn't know we had an environment?

[cabinetman]

Some more favorites -

Timex - "Takes A Licking and Keeps On Ticking"
The RCA dog
"What's My Line"
Ben Casey
Marcus Welby
Highway Patrol
Dragnet
Mr. Ed
Leave It To Beaver
Gunsmoke
Lassie
Rin Tin Tin
Outer Limits
The Twilight Zone