I was already feeling old. Now I just want to step outside and kill myself, figuratively, of course.
But seriously, I remember the single-serving cereal box, the dinette set (ours was black and white, but otherwise identical to the green one), the TV trays (my parents still have them), the waffle-butt-inducing lawn chair, the chalk-board line maker, and the smoke stand, which we thought about burying with my Papa because he was never far from it.
Seeing carpet around it makes it look like the high beam switch. I never really got that close a look at it, but I hated when they switched it to the turn signal lever. Much better foot operated.
Must have been a woosy girl Didn't like iodine either! When a topical is applied and your Mama is blowing on it you know, she knows, it stings like the devil!
LOL, remembering how my youngest sibling, brother, would pull the channel selector offso he could watch what he wanted! His three sisters learned a pair of pliers was a workable solution.
Buzz, it stung like crazy. Found the following so I don't feel like such a wimp There was no water-based antiseptic in our home...LOL
If you remember mercurochrome as a stinging antiseptic, you will be interested to know that the alcohol and acetone tinctures of mercurochrome sting wounds whereas the water-based mercurochrome solution does not.
I don't think one can buy anything for 1 cent in this day and age.
Actually, there is something Nona. For one penny, a little kid can ride the mechanical horse (Sandy) in front of every Meijer's store (Meijer's is the Michigan competition for WalMart). Sandy has been there for over thirty years and the price has always been the same. I'd say that the look on a child's face when he/she gets to ride him is pretty worthwhile.
Not only have I seen all of the things in the pictures, I still have (and use) some of them, particularly the lawn recliner. I still have one of the TV trays down in the basement along with a couple of the kitchen chairs. We stopped using the chairs because the legs don't hold up. The cereal boxes are still used for kid's breakfasts in some restaurants (and the inner lining is still milk proof). The Cod Liver Oil I don't even like to think about. My mother was a firm believer in kids getting a spoonful a day to help digestion. My digestion was just fine, I certainly didn't need that evil tasting stuff.
Thanks! Thanks for reminding me the 60 years old is only 14 months away! Schhheeesssh!
My grandfather had one of those stand up ashtrays next to his TV watching chair (which everyone was forbidden to sit on except him) in his living room. This was back when just about everyone smoked and had an ashtray of some type, usually fancy, on their coffee tables for the use of themselves or their guests. The cylinder that raised the ashtray up to it's proper level on my grandpa's stand up ashtray was a fancy shaped brown glass tube with a light bulb in it, so you could plug it in and turn it on and it would glow. Every evening grandpa had it on as he smoked.
I loved it! Almost makes me wish I still smoked when I see a similar one at a flea market or garage sale.
Sure I've used one. The problem is that they would get all corroded when your shoes had snow on them. Then, just when you needed it, the damn lights wouldn't dim. I've used a similar button on an older model (Model G) John Deere tractor to start it, when you could get it to start (my great uncle wasn't big on maintenance). My grandpa, on the other hand, had a 1928 Farmall that used a crank for starting. It started on the first turn every time, even in the middle of the winter. He took better care of that tractor than he did of the horses it replaced.
That's an indicator (usually found on Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs) to show whether the headlights were working. There should have been one on each fender. When the headlight went out, so would the little light.
Sure I've used one. The problem is that they would get all corroded when your shoes had snow on them. Then, just when you needed it, the damn lights wouldn't dim.
I remember them well and living in Michigan we salted our roads in the winter and the high/low beam floor switch was one of the first things to go. My step-mother drove for her first ten years not knowing what the button was for and she could never figure out why so many people flashed their lights at he because both of the cars she had then were on high beam. When she married my dad he informed her of what it was and how to use it. She was very embarrassed and my dad teased her about it if she said anything bad about his driving. After all he was a long haul truck driver for a living and you can never tell them about driving.
Lynne, that stuff was MUCH less painful than Iodine. Besides, if your mom used it on a little cut, you could usually get her to put a lot more on and a bigger bandage. Then it would look like you were bleeding to death right through the bandage. It impressed the heck out of your buddies who thought that you were totally tough for not screaming when your arm was cut halfway off.
I remember most of them, except the wheel was before my time. I always was happy when my mother would take us shopping at Woolworths, because we knew we we're going eat there and they had the best grilled cheese sandwichs ever!
I never used them. We didn't have any sidewalks anywhere near where I lived and I never went to a skating rink to skate so...... I know you remember this though it is not as old....
WOW! Kids can ride "Sandy" for 1 penny! That's awesome!! I'm amazed that you still, have some of that stuff. Your kids can see what you grew up with, and the cereal boxes STILL hold the milk!! I never would have thought that they would!!
Does anyone remember any of these? I remember some of them........sigh.
Share some things from the past that you remember!!
The plastic bag that kills thousands each year has yet to be banned. Go figure!! Iremember the TV trays......
If anyone wants to post a picture of some item that they remember, feel free to do so!
WOW!!! Check out those prices!!!
Nona
What a magnificent collection of memories from my childhood
Thanks so much for sharing them!
LOL badfish....You ARE a Potato head!!!
You're welcome. My brother sent me about 15 pictures of these "oldies" !!
$0.01 actually buying something worthwhile... I don't think one can buy anything for 1 cent in this day and age.
JW....Oh yes.....the wonderful cassettes!!
bf...I threw all of mine away.....
I was already feeling old. Now I just want to step outside and kill myself, figuratively, of course.
But seriously, I remember the single-serving cereal box, the dinette set (ours was black and white, but otherwise identical to the green one), the TV trays (my parents still have them), the waffle-butt-inducing lawn chair, the chalk-board line maker, and the smoke stand, which we thought about burying with my Papa because he was never far from it.
Other stuff:
SMAAB! I remember ALL of these!.....sigh....
I could hurl just by looking at it.
VERY! I had a real problem when I had to go to the bathroom, the stupid key got rusty and didn't always work.....sigh....
JW I'm soo glad it hasn't come to that point!!
My father would have to chase me down the street to give me Cod Liver Oil.....YUCK!! And it smelled awful!!
They certainly came in handy when one wanted to watch TV at meal time!
I can remember when gas went up to $!.00 and thought that outrageous!!
I remember when video game graphics were good. PONG Never saw one...
J W hmmm I have no idea what that is!
I was thinking a button to controla convertible top makeit go up and down.....
lol Not I!!
Am I dated? I remember ALL of them!
I still have the yard darts!
My first introduction to child abuse....
My first introduction to child abuse.... YUP!!!
Hah. After I lost my mittens once my parents used these on me.
My dad had a 1960 model car with one of these:
1950's black and white TV
Whoever wore those silly ass pants, had better have done this.
Curahee
No kidding, after one scrapped knee a kid became mighty careful!
Mercurochrome didn't hurt when applied - did you prefer iodine?
Must have been a woosy girl
Didn't like iodine either! When a topical is applied and your Mama is blowing on it you know, she knows, it stings like the devil!
I had them too!!
And NO remote, you had to actually get up and change the channel! Imagine that!!
I learned not to come into the house and not tell anyone that I had fallen!!!
I don't think she blew on it to make it feel better. I think it was to dry it so it would not get rubbed off.
LOL, remembering how my youngest sibling, brother, would pull the channel selector offso he could watch what he wanted! His three sisters learned a pair of pliers was a workable solution.
So even ingenuity can be overcome by common sense.
Buzz, it stung like crazy. Found the following so I don't feel like such a wimp
There was no water-based antiseptic in our home...LOL
If you remember mercurochrome as a stinging antiseptic, you will be interested to know that the alcohol and acetone tinctures of mercurochrome sting wounds whereas the water-based mercurochrome solution does not.
Actually, there is something Nona. For one penny, a little kid can ride the mechanical horse (Sandy) in front of every Meijer's store (Meijer's is the Michigan competition for WalMart). Sandy has been there for over thirty years and the price has always been the same. I'd say that the look on a child's face when he/she gets to ride him is pretty worthwhile.
Not only have I seen all of the things in the pictures, I still have (and use) some of them, particularly the lawn recliner. I still have one of the TV trays down in the basement along with a couple of the kitchen chairs. We stopped using the chairs because the legs don't hold up. The cereal boxes are still used for kid's breakfasts in some restaurants (and the inner lining is still milk proof). The Cod Liver Oil I don't even like to think about. My mother was a firm believer in kids getting a spoonful a day to help digestion. My digestion was just fine, I certainly didn't need that evil tasting stuff.
Thanks! Thanks for reminding me the 60 years old is only 14 months away! Schhheeesssh!
My grandfather had one of those stand up ashtrays next to his TV watching chair (which everyone was forbidden to sit on except him) in his living room. This was back when just about everyone smoked and had an ashtray of some type, usually fancy, on their coffee tables for the use of themselves or their guests. The cylinder that raised the ashtray up to it's proper level on my grandpa's stand up ashtray was a fancy shaped brown glass tube with a light bulb in it, so you could plug it in and turn it on and it would glow. Every evening grandpa had it on as he smoked.
I loved it! Almost makes me wish I still smoked when I see a similar one at a flea market or garage sale.
Sure I've used one. The problem is that they would get all corroded when your shoes had snow on them. Then, just when you needed it, the damn lights wouldn't dim. I've used a similar button on an older model (Model G) John Deere tractor to start it, when you could get it to start (my great uncle wasn't big on maintenance). My grandpa, on the other hand, had a 1928 Farmall that used a crank for starting. It started on the first turn every time, even in the middle of the winter. He took better care of that tractor than he did of the horses it replaced.
Or the string through the arms of your coat with the mittens attached. But Buzz, after you lost your mittens, did your mother hold back the pie?
That's an indicator (usually found on Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs) to show whether the headlights were working. There should have been one on each fender. When the headlight went out, so would the little light.
Jarts !
Sure I've used one. The problem is that they would get all corroded when your shoes had snow on them. Then, just when you needed it, the damn lights wouldn't dim.
I remember them well and living in Michigan we salted our roads in the winter and the high/low beam floor switch was one of the first things to go. My step-mother drove for her first ten years not knowing what the button was for and she could never figure out why so many people flashed their lights at he because both of the cars she had then were on high beam. When she married my dad he informed her of what it was and how to use it. She was very embarrassed and my dad teased her about it if she said anything bad about his driving. After all he was a long haul truck driver for a living and you can never tell them about driving.
Ok, who wore these?
NEVER!!
Lynne, that stuff was MUCH less painful than Iodine. Besides, if your mom used it on a little cut, you could usually get her to put a lot more on and a bigger bandage. Then it would look like you were bleeding to death right through the bandage. It impressed the heck out of your buddies who thought that you were totally tough for not screaming when your arm was cut halfway off.
I remember most of them, except the wheel was before my time. I always was happy when my mother would take us shopping at Woolworths, because we knew we we're going eat there and they had the best grilled cheese sandwichs ever!
I love it, the wheel. Randy..... that the hula hoop and I ain't death yet, I think.
What about these.......?
Those were murder to use on the sidewalk because you almost got tripped by every seam on it.
I never used them. We didn't have any sidewalks anywhere near where I lived and I never went to a skating rink to skate so...... I know you remember this though it is not as old....
Before, during and after, well not after yet, than goodness!
Perfect wine to share with a young lady while getting high!
In fact any Boones Farm flavor would work!
Still got a couple of those Six, hanging on a nail in my workshop...
Actually I never feel old. Experienced yes, old no.
WOW! Kids can ride "Sandy" for 1 penny! That's awesome!! I'm amazed that you still, have some of that stuff. Your kids can see what you grew up with, and the cereal boxes STILL hold the milk!! I never would have thought that they would!!
But Buzz, after you lost your mittens, did your mother hold back the pie? LOL
I remember some of them, but not all of them. some of these I haven't thought about in MANY years.
It started on the first turn every time, even in the middle of the winter. they just don't make things like they used to!
It impressed the heck out of your buddies who thought that you were totally tough for not screaming when your arm was cut halfway off.
I remember those,and the key that went with it to adjust the length of the skates.
The old bottle opener!!
flame....Nona hangs her head with embarrassment I never heard of him
Kav.....
best grilled cheese sandwichs ever
...and ice cream sodas!
And Black Cows!! (root beer and vanilla ice cream) YUMMY!!
Yep Jarts, four massive steel tipped darts and two plastic rings to aim at.
What ever goes up, must come down.
The problem is, WHERE?
WE had them till one of us put one thru the neighbors windshield, then we didn't have them anymore.
Whenever I hear about bad government regulations, I think about Jarts....
WE had them till one of us put one thru the neighbors windshield, then we didn't have them anymore OOPS!
They just don't make them like that anymore They don't make ANYTHING like they used to!!
Yeah, it was easy to go OOPS! with that game...
Thankfully none of us got killed.
Thankfully none of us got killed.
That's for sure!!!