What is something you remember

[Pappy]

that a youngster would have no idea what it is?

How about a flour sifter, or a ration stamp.


Lets hear your thoughts.

 

[NancyNGA]

I hated these things. Never could use one.

 

[DaveA]

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

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

A wooden darning sock egg. My Mom used one all the time to close up the holes in socks. I used one also, when we first got married. I gave it up years ago. Socks are so cheaply made today,I guess they are called throw away socks now. Just like everything else they make today. Call me crazy but I kind of enjoyed darning socks.

 

[Gemma]

A mangle iron

My mother made me iron everything on this machine. Sheets, pillowcases, T-shirts, Dad's boxer short, etc.

 

[SeaBreeze]

Fountain pen.

 

[Pappy]

Mixing yellow dye into the white margarine.

Melting blocks of bluing in hot water to add to wash load.

I did both of these for my grandmother.

 

[Pappy]

Fountain pen.

I use to love writing with a fountain pen, until they leaked ink all over the place.

 

[Falcon]

If you can't find your darning egg, you can use a light bulb.

 

[NancyNGA]

If you can't find your darning egg, you can use a light bulb.

Yeah! That's what my mother used. I forgot about that.

 

[NancyNGA]

Paper road maps (Used to be free at filling stations!)

 

[Carla]

Clothes pins, washline and poles. Had my granddaughter puzzled by these things! I suspect also, many have not seen ironing boards or irons!

 

[Pappy]

Paper road maps (Used to be free at filling stations!)

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And Nancy, they would highlight the route to take on a long trip. I still have the four or five maps that Texaco highlighted for me when we came home from California. 1958.

 

[jujube]

Rabbit ears on the TV.
Savings stamps.
Mimeograph machines.
Many dangerous (but wonderfully fun) pieces of playground equipment.

 

[Timetrvlr]

Engine-driven wringer washers. My mother used one on the farm because we didn't have electricity yet.

 

[Pappy]

Ice cream makers you cranked by hand.

Those wire rug beaters that you would beat the heck out of a rug hanging over a clothes line.

 

[Butterfly]

A mangle iron

My mother made me iron everything on this machine. Sheets, pillowcases, T-shirts, Dad's boxer short, etc.

My mother had one of those when I was very small. Mostly what I remember about it is being told repeatedly to stay away from it.

 

[SeaBreeze]

A 45 rpm record spindle insert.

 

[MarkinPhx]

Being in grade school and savoring the wonderful smell of a test that was just printed out on a mimeograph machine.

 

[Pappy]

We use to put coal ashes on our slippery driveway in the winter. It was a steep drive.

 

[Aunt Bea]

They didn't usually crack but you had to find them before the cat did!

 

[Butterfly]

Being in grade school and savoring the wonderful smell of a test that was just printed out on a mimeograph machine.

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I remember getting ink slung all over me by a faulty mimeo machine. Yuck! And it didn't come out, either.

 

[Anita]

Ipana toothpaste.

 

[Anita]

Learning to sew on my mother's foot pedal Singer sewing machine.

 

[Pappy]

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