You are officially old if.....

What is it that we expect to actually find in a film canister? I use an old one for quarters for the hotel laundry machines, but not sure what that site expected was normally in them?
 

SeniorBen said:
Remember when we had to turn things instead of just pressing a button to make them work?
  • The rotary phone
  • Window cranks in the car
  • Channel selector on the TV
What else?
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We didn't have a rotary phone until much later. If I wanted to make a call, I would pick up the receiver and the operator would say "Number please?" Our number was three digits just like my friends. The operator wasn't supposed to listen in but would sometimes say something like " Mary isn't home. She just went to the store with Judy". The local pharmacy had the phone number "one".
 

All those pictures triggered many memories. My parents jumped aboard the wall panel craze and I remember them doing a project paneling all the walls in the living room and the dinning room. And my mom was a huge fan of Ethan Allen furniture so our living room looked very similar to the one in the picture.
 
hollydolly said:
no Wheel of fortune when we were kids, and when we eventually did it was with a British host...
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That wasn't Wheel of Fortune (which first aired in January 1975 - I know, because I was on its third show). That's the modern iteration of The Price is Right, with Bob Barker. Sad thing is, he didn't start hosting until 1972 (just looked it up). When my generation was home sick we watched a much less whiz-bang version of The Price is Right with host Bill Cullen. In glorious black and white, I might add.

I remember all of these things. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
 
JaniceM said:
I've never heard of banana.. only chocolate and strawberry.. it sounds good!!! :)
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yes it's very nice. I like Strawberry too.. but not keen on the Chocolate flavour

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StarSong said:
That wasn't Wheel of Fortune (which first aired in January 1975 - I know, because I was on its third show). That's the modern iteration of The Price is Right, with Bob Barker. Sad thing is, he didn't start hosting until 1972 (just looked it up). When my generation was home sick we watched a much less whiz-bang version of The Price is Right with host Bill Cullen. In glorious black and white, I might add.

I remember all of these things. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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oh we had the Price is right too... but obviously with a different presenter..
 
JaniceM said:
Yes, but only chocolate and strawberry.

Strawberry hasn't been available around here for a long time, and the chocolate is sold in plastic tubs instead of the metal canisters.
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yes all the flavours are sold here in Plastic tubs, have been for a long time. I only remember the Cans from when I was a child... all flavours are available here..Chocolate Strawberry, Banana... and Nesquik Hot Chocolate
 
CinnamonSugar said:
This reminds me of going into what was touted as a Vintage Clothing Store... Vintage to me is the 30's thru 50's... OH NO, now vintage is the sixties (ok, I kind of get that), 70's, 80's and 90's ! Yikes, that makes *me* vintage!!!
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that's nuts to think the 70's and 80's and..especially the 90's.. could possibly be vintage
 
hollydolly said:
that's nuts to think the 70's and 80's and..especially the 90's.. could possibly be vintage
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well I think the stores I've been in that go with that line of thought are geared to teens and 20-somethings. It *is* hilarious to see some of the styles again. What the heck were we thinking???
 

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