19 Things Every Baby Boomer Will Recognize

Pookie said:
Ohhhhhhh my! Thank you soooooo much for the trip down Memory Lane, my friend! Hubby and I loved this!

It brought a pile of laughs and smiles....we needed this so much! We're still smiling about those things as I type!

Thank you!
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yay, glad to hear that Pookie..it's fun sharing memories :)

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Love my Silly Putty for the Sunday funnies, my clamp on roller skates and of course, my family transistor radio that my parents let me use a lot.
 
I've seen all these things but only had clamp on skates, transistor radio, and drank TAB starting whenever it came out.

TV dinners were too expensive.:rolleyes:

Oh I forgot about the ViewMaster. I've still got it.
 
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Omg that's so funny, Jujube...you had to use a real potato...I love it!

Seabreeze.. I had those skates too..wore my skate key around my neck on a shoestring..oh my :)
 
Nancy.. I remember my transistor radio..it was smaller than that..but I used to go to sleep with it on my pillow..I think I got an earplug eventually. remember dedications on the radio?
 
Karen99 said:
Nancy.. I remember my transistor radio..it was smaller than that..but I used to go to sleep with it on my pillow..I think I got an earplug eventually. remember dedications on the radio?
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Yes! And also when they used to give the name of the song and who was singing. Now you can like a song but never know it's name or who sang it for years.
 
Howdy Doody was a little before me, I remember hearing about him, not seeing the show though. The pet rock thing I thought was a newer thing as I'd never heard of that till recent years; I missed out :( :D
 
NancyNGA said:
I've seen all these things but only had clamp on skates, transistor radio, and drank TAB starting whenever it came out.

TV dinners were too expensive.:rolleyes:

Oh I forgot about the ViewMaster. I've still got it.
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ohh..I remember we begged my mom for a TV dinner when they first came out. Lol, can you imagine? It was so cool eating on a real TV tray....:woohoo::sunshine:
 
AprilT said:
Howdy Doody was a little before me, I remember hearing about him, not seeing the show though. The pet rock thing I thought was a newer thing as I'd never heard of that till recent years; I missed out :( :D
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April, I was actually scared of Howdy Doody, my brother had one. You can imagine later when Chuckie got popular..:eek:mg1::eek:mg1:
 
Karen99 said:
ohh..I remember we begged my mom for a TV dinner when they first came out. Lol, can you imagine? It was so cool eating on a real TV tray....:woohoo::sunshine:
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I begged my mom unmercifully for a TV dinner. It was terrible. How could anyone eat those things back then?

As an "early" baby boomer, some of those things were a little too late for my childhood (Chatty Cathy, banana seats, Pat Rock, Pong, and Easy Bake Oven) and the clamp-on skates were before my time, but the rest were spot on. Loved my Silly Putty and watching Howdy Doody.

Tang, now....Tang got me through college. When I was too broke to go down and buy a Coke from the machine, there was always a great big jar of Tang to mix with cold water from the drinking fountain. It went real well with the can of Spaghetti-O's that I cooked in the popcorn maker.
 
jujube said:
I begged my mom unmercifully for a TV dinner. It was terrible. How could anyone eat those things back then?


Tang, now....Tang got me through college. When I was too broke to go down and buy a Coke from the machine, there was always a great big jar of Tang to mix with cold water from the drinking fountain. It went real well with the can of Spaghetti-O's that I cooked in the popcorn maker.
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Wow..and you know the astronauts drank Tang! My mom wouldn't buy it but my aunt did..I felt so sophisticated drinking that..so "cutting edge". Plus you got Spaghetti-O's...now that rocks, Jujube :)
 
Karen99 said:
April, I was actually scared of Howdy Doody, my brother had one. You can imagine later when Chuckie got popular..:eek:mg1::eek:mg1:
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Good old Chuckie, I remember going to see that movie, I think I even went to see the second one. The movies we put ourselves through, but, for sure I wouldn't let a doll like that near me. Funny, when I was visiting my friend over the Christmas holidays, one of those Chuckie movies came on and she was all into watching it, I said not thanks, I think she ended up going into her bedroom and watched it. :rolleyes:

And yes, I see that Howdy Doody character and my first thought is always creepy. I've never been a fan of any of those kinds of dolls or puppeteers, marionettes, hand puppets and the like either, they all creep me out.
 
AprilT said:
And yes, I see that Howdy Doody character and my first thought is always creepy. I've never been a fan of any of those kinds of dolls or puppeteers, marionettes, hand puppets and the like either, they all creep me out.
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Right now, I have a ventriloquist dummy propped up on the bed in my guest room. It gives me the creeps every time I see it. Can't wait until I'm finished wading through memory lane and put it back in one of the packers.
 
jujube said:
Right now, I have a ventriloquist dummy propped up on the bed in my guest room. It gives me the creeps every time I see it. Can't wait until I'm finished wading through memory lane and put it back in one of the packers.
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Well ok then...I hope it doesn't get upset and drag itself back there after you put him away.
 
I detested dolls as a kid, as I was, and still am, a tom boy. My father bought me a train set when I was four, but I was only permitted to play with it when he was there. As he was so busy that was once in a blue moon!
 
Karen99 said:
Hi Greeneyes :). I didn't have that doll..but I got Tiny Tears...as I recall. no idea why my mom bought me dolls every year...lol
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Hi Karen, I wanted that baby pat a burp and a sewing machine and got both that year...the only Christmas I remember. Never had a tiny tears doll, but had Barbies. :D
 

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