Things from your childhood that would baffle young people of today

fuzzybuddy said:
At 8:30, you all pile into a car. And drive to this one huge TV screen and watch only one channel for 2-3 hours. Instead of raiding the kitchen, you have to stand in line while a huge clock ticked of 15 minutes.View attachment 75985
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Mom and dad and us two girls would go to the drive-in movie, kids in the back of the station wagon with pillows and blankets and after the cartoon we would lay down go to sleep and they would watch the adult main feature, wow that brings back memories
 

applecruncher said:
I remember mom popping a big brown paper grocery bag of popcorn and taking it to the drive-in. Koolaid (sp) in a jug and paper cups to wash it down.
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When I was in my 20s I somehow got hooked on Kool-Aid. While we were still dating my now-husband gave this to me. It's had a place of honor in every one of my kitchens ever since, even though I long ago stopped drinking Kool-Aid.

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My grandma always wore "rose sachet" liberally. She kept all sorts of stuff stuffed in her bra. Hankies, Kleenex, money (well, y'know, your purse might get snatched and you'd need money for the cab ride home).

I'd be sitting in church and start sniffling. Out would come a rose-scented tissue just in time. Here would come the offering plate; out would come a rose-scented dollar bill for me to put in. My hair would start falling over my eyes; out would come a rose-scented bobby pin. Heaven knows what all she kept in the "vault", but she was always Johnny-on-the-spot with whatever you needed. And it was always rose-scented.

To this day, when I smell rose-scented anything, I'm back sitting beside my grandma in church. It's one of the most comforting smells I know.

I wonder if kids today will remember their grandmas by their scents?
 
Ken N Tx said:
Most had only straps in the back, clamps held the front on.
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And skating on lumpy cracked sidewalks
 
norman said:
Mum took a lot of pictures and the rolls of film were mailed with the cash enclosed to Chicago for developing. The rolls of film were picked up by our postman. They were mailed back to us which took about 3 weeks. This I find it difficult to believe, but it was about 75 years ago. lol
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Yes; The One-Hour Photos and overnight developing were such an improvement.
 
I remember as a child going to visit relatives in Mississippi and in Tennessee. MS relatives had out houses. TN relatives also had out houses but only had a well outside for water..cold water. One of my aunt's owned a home built by the Wrigley family in TN. I remember the Wrigley gum symbol on the front walk. They had a pump inside at the sink for pumping in the water. I must add that I was VERY young at the time!
 
The washtub and the washboard. Milk delivery in the milkbox on the front porch that held four quarts of milk. The milk came in glass bottles with foil tops. You'd wash out the bottles and put them back in the milkbox for next delivery day. Waiting in line to carry water from the pump on the street corner where you had to wait in line.
 
JUDY CAT'S
THE washtub and the washboard-remember? Oh yea.

LBJ is an idol in the hill country of Tx. (he also lived in that region)...He sponsored several bills to build dams where the ladies would not have to go to the river and carry water for laundry, cooking..
.'Gentleman, we must do something about the humpbacked women in my district.'
' (humpbacked from carrying buckets of water)

LBJ and LbJ alone was responsible for several dams being built in the area which made electricity possible, hydrants, then (one in front yard, later, maybe when it could be afforded faucets in the house) a washing machine-agitator/wringer type parked in front yard next to hydrant.

A washing machine?
Had to, the old woman was breaking my bones.
Oh...yea know about that
 
'Etch and Sketch
wearing white gloves and dresses at dancing school classes
shopping for Christmas presents 2 -3 weeks before the holiday
 

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