Once common Item or Activity, Now Unusual, A-Z

Kaila, it's a good thing you copied the word "Yo-Yos" in. For a moment, until I looked up, I thought you were talking about girdles! šŸ˜
 
Remember Mood Rings?
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Remember the days when you went to an afternoon matinee and you got the news reel ,a couple of cartoons and TWO movies ...now you get one movie and more adds than whatā€™s on TV
 
Lipstick testers in drugstores. Now there is just a name and number on the bottom of each stick and if you're lucky a color swatch to guide you, but no more testers in drugstores for lipsticks and the cover is factory sealed so you can't open it and take a peek. :confused:
 
I agree, Sunny, good riddance to those, but it was an interesting post to spark memories ,
and
I recall just having small sheets of the red dots, on the sidewalk, and hitting each one with a rock.
Focused totally on getting the spot, and hearing the noise that resulted.
It seemed like great fun and a luxury toy, at the time.

Oh gosh, Chic, I remember those! Isn't it amazing, shocking, and horrid, to think of doing that! :oops::rolleyes::sick:
 
Waffle irons for when mom made homemade batter for homemade waffles? Before the grocery stores decided to freeze em and sell em in boxes. I used to like homemade waffles.
 
Kaila, I also remember hitting those sheets of caps, or whatever they were called, to produce a bang. (I wonder how many kids were injured by them!)

Chic, homemade waffles are good, as long as someone else has to clean up the mess. Frozen is a lot easier. šŸ˜

Mercuricome (no longer sold here, it contains mercury) and iodine. Don't miss those.
 
I agree Sunny ^.

Wooden frame tennis racquets. I LOVE tennis. One of the first things I spent my allowance on as a kid was a wooden frame racquet. If there are any left, they're probably in the Smithsonian. :ROFLMAO:
 
Single issue fashion magazines. You can't buy a single copy of Vogue anymore. Glamour and Lucky and Self went under years ago. If you find a single issue fashion magazine, it's about $10.00 per issue where I live which is probably why stores don't carry them anymore. I used to enjoy the occasional issue of Vogue, but don't want an entire year's subscription messing up my environment.
 
Feather dusters... made with feathers....

String mops...made with strings or rope....

Gosh, even brooms made of wooden handles and straw...
or brooms of any kind, have become rare.

We want motors with electric cords, or cordless, or remotes, on everything we use! :sneaky:
 
I still prefer my mop and wringer bucket and yes I use an old fashioned broom and dustpan and brush
I could never understand why brooms had long handles and dustpans had short handles so my dustpans have long handles
I vacuum the carpet throughout the house with a corded vacuum cleaner
 
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