Without saying your age…..

[Ronni]

…………say something a young person wouldn't understand.

Be kind; rewind. (Blockbuster VHS tape)

Will you accept a collect call from “Momwearereadytobepickedup”

Using the floorboard button in your car to turn the brights on and off.

Arm out the car window to signal left or right turns.

 

[RadishRose]

"Don't touch that dial......"

 

[Aunt Marg]

Sitting under a dome with heated air encompassing your head.

You popped it in and out of 45's.

 

[Sunny]

Using the word "dial" for a phone. (What's a dial?)

 

[Aunt Marg]

They were triangle, made of glass, and could be opened and closed on a hot summer day.

 

[Aunt Marg]

It was a party on the line, what great conversations we had.

 

[Aunt Marg]

They came in sizes 8 and 4... needed washed, they needed sterilizing, they needed heated, a little water, a small pot, but be careful not to break them.

 

[Aunt Marg]

We used a pencil to rewind them when the tape escaped.

 

[Aunt Marg]

We paid in pennies and filled our tiny little brown paper bags with one of these, and one of those, and a few more of them, how sweet it was.

 

[Pinky]

Where's the key to my roller skates?

 

[Mike]

Did you buy a LP, EP, or a single?

Mike.

 

[Aunt Marg]

We pushed it in, waited for a few seconds, it popped out, we lit, and we did it while driving.

 

[Becky1951]

We hung the sears catalog in the outhouse.

 

[Murrmurr]

Circus clowns are actually funny and 100% kid-friendly.

 

[Aunt Marg]

We hung the sears catalog in the outhouse.

OMG, Becky, I totally forgot about that, but your post jogged my memory!

 

[Gary O']

Using the word "dial" for a phone. (What's a dial?)

Heh, several years ago we were watching an old movie with the kids, Double Indemnity

Fred MacMurray picked up the receiver, started dialing

Our grand asked, 'What's he doing?

 

[Oris Borloff]

Taking tubes to the drug store to use the tester.

 

[Oris Borloff]

Taking a few pennies to school to give to the Red Feather Campaign.

 

[squatting dog]

You popped it in and out of 45's.

 

[Aunt Marg]

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I recall not having one at my disposal a few times, and having to gingerly centre the single on the turntable in hopes of enjoying a proper play.

 

[hollydolly]

Pay the milkman on Friday when he calls....

 

[squatting dog]

Watching mom doing this chore.

 

[squatting dog]

I recall not having one at my disposal a few times, and having to gingerly centre the single on the turntable in hopes of enjoying a proper play.

I would imagine that this may have also been a common sight.

 

[Pappy]

Glass door interior knobs, light switches you turned to turn on and off lights. Hot water heaters in the kitchen.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I would imagine that this may have also been a common sight.


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OMG, yes, how I remember!

One thing I never did master was knowing when the stylus needed changing. In all the years I played music on my moms big old-fashioned wooden console, I don't recall the stylus being changed, yet all played/sounded great.

What great old memories these are!