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

[Autumn72]

Waist coats

X

 

[Kaila]

Let's re-start this alphabetical game thread, with the letter A.


Answering the phone, when it rings, and with your voice saying a cheerful "Hello!"

instead of using an answering machine or a recording, or text message, etc.

B

 

[Sunny]

Butter churn

C

 

[JustBonee]

Cattle Rustling .... ?

D

 

[Pink Biz]

Debutantes

E

 

[Kaila]

Embroidery of flowers on plain white cloth.

F

 

[Sunny]

Fluttering fans (the kind ladies hold, not the kind you find at sports events)

G

 

[Pink Biz]

Girdles

H

 

[Sunny]

Hat doffing

I

 

[Kaila]

Inter-State road trip activity books,
for entertainment during the time spent in the car.....
with things like checklists of which License plates you saw, how many specific signs, etc.

J

 

[Sunny]

Jacks for kids to play with

K

 

[Farrah Nuff]

Kind words for others

L

 

[Kaila]

Lincoln Logs

(wooden slats with notches, for building your own tiny replicas of log cabins)

M

 

[Pink Biz]

Macrame

N

 

[Kaila]

Noodle threading, to make jewelry

O

 

[Kaila]

Origami

P

 

[Pink Biz]

Paper dolls

Q

 

[Kaila]

Quiz Games, at-home-versions

R

 

[Farrah Nuff]

Roller skating

S

 

[Pink Biz]

Shorthand

T

 

[Kaila]

Theater-going out, to see a movie,
on Friday or Saturday nights

U, or V, or W ? Your choice!

 

[Kaila]

U.S. Road maps, in stands at every gas station

V? W? Y? Z?

 

[Sunny]

Waistcoats, for men

X, Y, Z?

 

[Kaila]

Yard games, played by adults and children, of a street or neighborhood, on a front or back lawn....

Z? A?

 

[caroln]

Paper dolls

Q

I totally forgot about playing with paper dolls when I was little! I can remember how mad I got at myself when I accidentally cut off one of the tabs and had to scotch tape it back on!