What is something you remember

[Pepper]

The new Etch A. S. has a pen, not knobs @Murrmurr.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

Flit bug spray, It had a long metal tube with a plunger and a small can on the end.
Wooden bushel baskets. We collected apples, leaves and many other things in those baskets. when they got old my grandpa used them when he weeded.
Dr. Lyon's tooth powder. My dad swore by it. I tried it as a kid and almost choked to death on the stuff.
Licorice pipes. I always though they had a bitter taste.
Bonomo Turkish Taffy
White bread with stickers of tv cowboys on the end of the package.
Cartons of milk that came out of a vending machine. They didn't last long.
Ice milk which was probably ice cream companies first attempt at making a low fat healthier version of ice cream. It was terrible.

 

[Murrmurr]

The new Etch A. S. has a pen, not knobs @Murrmurr.

Really? That sucks. Part of the fun was figuring out how to coordinate the 2 knobs to, like, write in cursive and....oh, wait.

I guess I got lucky; the one I got Collin has the knobs.

 

[Pepper]

I've never seen a new one with knobs! Where did you get it? @Murrmurr

 

[Murrmurr]

I've never seen a new one with knobs! Where did you get it?

Target. It was about 2 years ago, tho.

 

[Murrmurr]

Target. It was about 2 years ago, tho.

But try online!

 

[Aunt Marg]

Etch-a-Scetch is still around. I bought one for Collin. He loved it.

None of my grandkids know what a transistor radio is...or was. They were more shocked when I told them transistors make the world go round these days.

I had no idea Etch-a-Sketches were still being manufactured. Wow!

 

[Murrmurr]

I had no idea Etch-a-Sketches were still being manufactured. Wow!

Yeah, but if it has a pen instead of the knobs you might as well get a chalkboard.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Yeah, but if it has a pen instead of the knobs you might as well get a chalkboard.

Exactly, and what young child wants a chalkboard today.

Do younger ones even know how to write anymore?

 

[hollydolly]

 

[Pappy]

Choke and throttle knobs on an old car.

 

[Murrmurr]

Choke and throttle knobs on an old car.

Popping the clutch when it stalls.

 

[Lewkat]

Roller skate keys.
Lydia Pinkham's Tonic.
Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Cod Liver Oil.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Had company visiting one day (mom and daughter) when my children were little and had rubber pants hanging up drying in the bathroom that morning.

Company's young daughter went in to use the bathroom and when she emerged she cried out in amazement over how many shower caps I had!

 

[Murrmurr]

Had company visiting one day (mom and daughter) when my children were little and had rubber pants hanging up drying in the bathroom that morning.

Company's young daughter went in to use the bathroom and when she emerged she cried out in amazement over how many shower caps I had!

awww. That's pretty cute.

 

[Aunt Marg]

awww. That's pretty cute.

It was cute, and once I informed the girl that they weren't shower caps, we had a good laugh.

 

[win231]

I'm with you there, Nancy. We HAD to use them during my engineering studies, but the first small computers came onto the scene shortly after and I never used a slide rule again. Still have it boxed with some of my college books and notes - - -somewhere in the cellar. LOL

Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits) said
Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for
But I know that one and one is two
And if this one could be with you
What a wonderful world this would be

 

[fmdog44]

I adored my mom's mom to put it mildly. One day when I was 7 I snooped around in a room upstairs and found a revolver that was incapable of shooting but I did not know that. I ran downstairs to my mom and said "Grandma is a killer!" Keep in mind she was the sweetest person I ever knew and that holds true today. So mom explained why the gun was there and all was back to normal.

 

[Pappy]

Winding up the old banjo style wall clock. Had to do this about every three days. I still have that clock, only it’s in pieces…darn.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I remember these garage bumps in the old 20s bungalow neighborhoods.

It was a thrifty Popular Mechanics style way of updating an old 20s or 30s garage to accommodate modern larger cars.

For some reason, I haven't noticed one in years.

 

[Mr. Ed]

https://doyouremember.com/93447/1960s-prices-compared-to-now

 

[Chris P Bacon]

Duz
Duz does everything, plus you get a free glass in every box.

And in Breeze detergent there were towels. The commercials for it featured Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner.

I also remember fun little toys in boxes of cereal and also in boxes of Cracker Jack. Once attorneys reminded us though that such things were a choking hazard, they were history.

 

[Chris P Bacon]

I just had lunch in a small place that had this inside. How appropriate that I find it today!

 

[RubyK]

My parents had a radio like this. 1940 Crosley Tube Radio.

 

[RubyK]

Bakery Truck