ChiroDoc
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Chuckle... I was wondering about that, thinking it must have been one helluva picture...
Who remembers these things back in the day ?...come and add your own memories..
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jujube
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Oh, indeed I do! We had three bedrooms in a converted attic with inadequate insulation. It was bad enough when the wind wasn't blowing, but when it was, we might as well have been sleeping on the porch.
And those windows were always frosted over inside. We'd have to scrape some off to see outside.
I remember how the Monopoly Game temporarily became a local rage. The whole family, became involved. We kids sometimes played hooky from school just to play it.
And constantly fiddling around with that two long-eared v-shaped antenna to improve reception. And having to get up to change channels.
PeppermintPatty
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Lots of memories of roller skates
McBride
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The Treadle Sewing Machine circa 1880s. My mother inherited one of these machines from a relative. The cabinet was wood and the machine made from cast iron. She sewed just about everything on it.
Yep! Never took any bus. Had to trek it.I remember. no buses. too close for buses but too far in the snow
Also, snow was a big party for us. Playing King of the Hill on piled up snow, and having snowball fights. Today kids barely even notice it.
vintageMo
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It was a beautiful machine!
hollydolly
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I learned to sew in school on a very similar Singer treadle machine. This was the late 60's and electric machines were very popular but my school didn't have them except for the use of the teacher.. and I could never co-ordinate using the treadle while concentrating on feeding the cloth through the needle...
Don't ask me why, but I still remember the name of the milkman in my neighborhood - Johnny, who drove for Twin Pines Dairy. All the houses in our neighborhood had "milk chutes". Photo is of the house I grew up in, but much updated. The milk chute was on the right hand side of the house -- well, until my Dad bricked it up sometime in the Sixties.
It was just a picture of an old fashioned icebox. We kids all loved to grab a piece of ice on the days the iceman came.Chuckle... I was wondering about that, thinking it must have been one helluva picture...
papa tiger
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I remember how cold it was in January and February. A glass of water would freeze overnight
in my upstairs bedroom. The Parents gave me an electric heater because it was so cold.
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Then there were the nights in July when I would go out my bedroom window onto the porch
roof with my sleeping bag because of the heat in my room. "your going to roll off there and
break something!" thas what they said. ... ...
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I have a Floor AM radio in my mancave but I never use it. Decoration now. Parents listened to
the Noon Time Hog and Cattle markets. Afternoon delivery to Oscar Mayer, Chicago Yards.
in my upstairs bedroom. The Parents gave me an electric heater because it was so cold.
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Then there were the nights in July when I would go out my bedroom window onto the porch
roof with my sleeping bag because of the heat in my room. "your going to roll off there and
break something!" thas what they said. ...
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I have a Floor AM radio in my mancave but I never use it. Decoration now. Parents listened to
the Noon Time Hog and Cattle markets. Afternoon delivery to Oscar Mayer, Chicago Yards.
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horseless carriage
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Your wireless (radio) back in the day, would have given
a good reception, even though it was valve driven.
This one that my maternal grandmother gave me,
which she and grandfather had most of their lives,
has wonderful clarity. As good as it was when new.
Lawrence00
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I learned to use an ice pick at a very young age. I wouldn't trust children with that thing.
jujube
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I had my great-grandmother's Singer treadle machine that she bought in 1903. It looked very similar to the one in the picture. And it still worked well.
When I was downsizing, nobody in the family wanted it, so I sold it to a lady and her very elderly mother. When the mother moved here from Central America, she had to leave her treadle machine behind and she was beyond joy at getting another one. She had no interest in sewing on a modern machine.
I remember those huge blocks of ice being lugged and being delivered. Funny how the refrigerator icebox is so casually taken for granted. these days.
fatboy
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I don't use mine any more but I have one
fatboy
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scissor mower
papa tiger
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The Neighbor Broke his lower leg, after the cast, then the knee rest roller thingy, he gets himself one of those reel mowers
and pushed it all summer 2023. He now has a new lawn mower.
hollydolly
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I would presume you meant the lawnmower, not the escalator....
fatboy
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yesI would presume you meant the lawnmower, not the escalator....
fatboy
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I'm lazy now .I have a self propelled electric
horseless carriage
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Back in the day it seemed like everyone smoked, even on hospital wards.
The worse offenders by far were the power stations:
The worse offenders by far were the power stations:
The iceman would come into the house and put that big block of ice in the box , then it would last a couple, possibly 3 days . The little chips around the ice truck were free for us kids to snag. My grandma was very careful and none of us ever got sick with food poisoning.
hollydolly
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I have't seen one of these types of machines in many years
remeber cigarette coupons ?.. you saved them up and then could redeem thousands of them for a kettle or something simialr..
My parents would save and save and send my to the Catalogue shop to get a new iron..
katlupe
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