Things from your childhood that would baffle young people of today

[hollydolly]

I can think of many things that even my aged 40's daughter would be baffled/horrified or highly amused by ....that we all took for granted when I was younger

I'll start off with ........having to get up out of the chair to change tv channels.. and having only 3 channels to choose from

What's yours..?

 

[RadishRose]

Dialing a telephone (for young people)

 

[Aunt Bea]

The refrigerator with the tiny freezer compartment and the metal ice cube trays or maybe having a television made out of wood.

 

[applecruncher]

Washing machine with wringers

 

[Ken N Tx]

Opening a car/trunk door with a key.....

 

[hollydolly]

The word '' tranny'' meant Transistor radio...

 

[RadishRose]

a rotary egg beater

 

[hollydolly]

Fast food was considered an occasional treat...

 

[hollydolly]

Stores which closed for 3 days over the holidays and no-one starved to death!!

 

[applecruncher]

Buying things on "lay-a-way" and not taking them home until they were paid for in full

 

[JustBonee]

Being the cool kid, with one of these .. not an iPhone

 

[AprilSun]

Two party phone lines where you could listen to the other party's phone calls.

 

[norman]

We were country folks, if you were badly cut or injured you would die before you could get medical attention.

 

[Sassycakes]

My Sister my Cousin Jimmy and I had a lot of fun using one of these.

 

[Ken N Tx]

I'll start off with ........having to get up out of the chair to change tv channels.. and having only 3 channels to choose from

What's yours..?

Adjusting the "rabbit eared antenna" for reception..

 

[applecruncher]

Girls not allowed to wear slacks to school, had to wear dresses/skirts even in cold weather.

 

[hollydolly]

Having to send a piece of tissue like paper called an airmail letter which took anything up to 3 weeks to arrive to your auntie in the USA or Canada.. and waiting for 3 more weeks for the reply...

 

[hollydolly]

shiny razor sharp sandpaper masquerading as toilet roll

 

[applecruncher]

Dialing "0" for the operator to make a long distance phone call, then watching the clock very closely.

Calling "collect" to reverse charges - my poor mom got a lot of those calls.

 

[Lc jones]

Actually getting up to change the TV channel

 

[RadishRose]

Making prank calls.....

is your refrigerator running?

 

[hollydolly]

Reverse charge calls home from a public phone

 

[Llynn]

Not having TV
Network radio
half-court basketball for girls
automobile starter button on the floor
Duck and Cover drills
78 rpm records

 

[hollydolly]

Not having TV
Network radio
half-court basketball for girls
automobile starter button on the floor
Duck and Cover drills
78 rpm records

LOL..I'm 64 and even I haven't a clue what half of your list is....

 

[RadishRose]

Adding machines