Old things youngins might like to know

[sarah1972]

Floppy Disk. And the punch tool to make them double sided...

[Julia1996]

My neighbor has told me about a lot of stuff from way back when she was little. It amuses her to watch my reactions to some of the stuff she tells me. Some of it's just so hard to believe. I know it's all true stuff, it's just so weird I have trouble imagining it. She told me about ice boxes. She said they did have refrigerators when she was a child but they were so expensive that most people couldn't afford them so they used big wooden cabinets that you put a ginormas ice cube in. She said the icecube had to be changed every day and they had men in trucks who delivered a new ice cube every day. She said if you lived out in the country like she had, you just lived without refrigeration. Awful!

She also told me about milkmen. They delivered milk and left it outside your door. That's weird.  People must have had their milk stolen a lot. And she said when you were sick the Dr came to your house and treated you. That's very bizarre to me. I wouldn't want my Dr coming to my house, that's would just be weird.

She has a very old metal toaster and I asked her why it had cloth on the cord. She said in the old days a lot of appliances had cloth cords. She said when small appliances first came out they didn't have plugs on the end of the cord they had a screw type end like the bottom of a lightbulb. She said when small appliances first came out the only electric in peoples houses was electric lights. So the appliances screwed into the light sockets. That's totally bizarre.  I really thought she was messing with me with that one but I googled it and sure enough it was a thing back then. Crazy.

[steph2.0]

Gumby and Pokey.

Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent and Beanie.

Huckleberry Hound.

Popeye and Olive Oyl.

Captain Kangaroo, Bunny Rabbit, and Mister Green Jeans.


- Stephanie

[Cassi]

Gumby and Pokey.

Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent and Beanie.

Huckleberry Hound.

Popeye and Olive Oyl.

Captain Kangaroo, Bunny Rabbit, and Mister Green Jeans.


- Stephanie

Magnilla Gorilla, Wally Gator, Snagglepuss, touche' turtle......

Hobo Kelly, Bozo, Chucko......

The Pancake Man - IHOP tv show

Sky King

Lassie

Rin Tin Tin

[tgirlamg]

Waiting for picture to be back at a !!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotomat

[Cassi]

Waiting for picture to be back at a !!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotomat

And as I recall they gave you a free roll of film.

[tgirlamg]

Magnilla Gorilla, Wally Gator, Snagglepuss, touche' turtle......

Hobo Kelly, Bozo, Chucko......

The Pancake Man - IHOP tv show

Sky King

Lassie

Rin Tin Tin

Good call on Pancake Man!!!! 😀 It was on after Romper Room!!'

How bout Johnny Quest?

[DawnOday]

Obviously, we all survived Lawn Darts. 

Reagan ruined that too.
Super Chicken, The King and Odie,  Diver Dan,  Bozo, Sheriff John, Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Green Jeans, Hobo Kelly, Chuckles the clown. Rocket J Squirrel and Bulwinkle Moose, Professor Peabody and Sherman, Yogi and Booboo. And lets not forget Mitch Mcconnell's debut as Tooter the Turtle on Mr. Wizzard. If anyone wants to have a theme song hum off. I'm your huckleberry hound. 

[Devlyn]

We won a case of orange Zarex on the Rex Trailer show.

[Cassi]

Good call on Pancake Man!!!! 😀 It was on after Romper Room!!'

How bout Johnny Quest?

Johnny Quest?  Are you pulling a Hadji and Bandit or Race Bannon on me?

[steph2.0]

Shrinky Dinks.

Easy Bake Ovens.

Creepy Crawlers.
These were the among the worst in terms of danger. You got little aluminum molds of bugs and other such things (and the "Girl's Set" had flowers) and squeeze bottles of "Plastigoop".  Fill the molds with the colors of your choice, or mix them if you're feeling daring, and put them in an open-top very hot oven thingy. Time it closely. Too short and they came out gooey. Too long and they'd burn. They put out a god-awful smell while cooking, and I can't imagine how many kids got 3rd degree burns. After they cooled you picked the things out of the mold and put the rubber cockroaches, etc. in your sibling's sandwich.


- Stephanie

[Cassi]

We won a case of orange Zarex on the Rex Trailer show.

Sounds like a chemical weapon.  What is it?

[Cassi]

Shrinky Dinks.

Easy Bake Ovens.

Creepy Crawlers.
These were the among the worst in terms of danger. You got little aluminum molds of bugs and other such things (and the "Girl's Set" had flowers) and squeeze bottles of "Plastigoop".  Fill the molds with the colors of your choice, or mix them if you're feeling daring, and put them in an open-top very hot oven thingy. Time it closely. Too short and they came out gooey. Too long and they'd burn. They put out a god-awful smell while cooking, and I can't imagine how many kids got 3rd degree burns. After they cooled you picked the things out of the mold and put the rubber cockroaches, etc. in your sibling's sandwich.


- Stephanie

I remember them.  How about the stuff you could order out of comic books; sea monkeys, x-ray glasses, etc.

[Devlyn]

Nominated for Best Costumes and Special Effects: Lost In Space. 

[Julia1996]

Skate boards were just that. Old skates nailed to a 2X4
I used to deliver news papers. Do I have to explain what news papers are? To the Metropolitan State Mental Hospital which is where mentally disabled were taken care of before Reagan put them on the street talking to themselves.
Stereo was called a reverberator. Hell with 8 tracks. We had reel to reel. I owned one of the first color video cameras in 1980 I bought my first PC in 1987. I missed the draft by 6 numbers. Instead of video baseball we had something called Bop Baseball. Kids would play outside from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM under the street light. Favorite game was "Over the line" consisting of a batter a pitcher an infielder and an outfielder.  We didn't worry about getting shot, assaulted, kidnapped. We had very little adult supervision and because there were so many things to do we didn't get into much trouble. One of my high school teammates, John Urrea played for St Louis and then San Diego. Steve Garvey ended his career by accusing John of throwing at him when he was with the Dodgers and now they were teammates. Bands actually played live music. Vegas were not sin city they were the crappiest cars ever made. Say what you will about the Pinto and Corvair. I am still in contact with many of my kindergarten classmates from 60 years ago. About the Paddles. Mr. Bertelson had one too and he would come up behind you and say. "Grab your ankles"  Soda was 10 cents a bottle. i liked to get yoohoo's.Collecting bottles was how we got money for movies etc.  Oh the first interactive game we had was SIMON anyone else remember that?

We get a newspaper.  It's a total waste of paper and obsolete.  You can get up to the minute news from the internet. I've told my dad that but he says he doesn't want to get the news from the internet.  He likes a newspaper.  Not even 40 yet and already acting lime an old guy who's set in his ways. I do know what a Simon is. My dad had one when he was little. I've heard about the toys he had. He explained how the Simon worked. It sounds about as interesting as reading an instruction manual. One interesting thing he told me about his childhood was that his friends who had sisters would steal their Barbie dolls so they could play with them. By play with them they meant melt the faces off of them or tie  firecrackers to them and blow them apart. Boys are so mean and rotten.

[Devlyn]

We won a case of orange Zarex on the Rex Trailer show.

Sounds like a chemical weapon.  What is it?

A chemical weapon A drink concentrate.

[Cassi]

We get a newspaper.  It's a total waste of paper and obsolete.  You can get up to the minute news from the internet. I've told my dad that but he says he doesn't want to get the news from the internet.  He likes a newspaper.  Not even 40 yet and already acting lime an old guy who's set in his ways. I do know what a Simon is. My dad had one when he was little. I've heard about the toys he had. He explained how the Simon worked. It sounds about as interesting as reading an instruction manual. One interesting thing he told me about his childhood was that his friends who had sisters would steal their Barbie dolls so they could play with them. By play with them they meant melt the faces off of them or tie  firecrackers to them and blow them apart. Boys are so mean and rotten.

Us old folks like the feel of dead trees between our fingers as we read the newspaper, magazines or a good book.  If an EMP hits, that's what we'll all be doing

[Cassi]

Sounds like a chemical weapon.  What is it?


A chemical weapon A drink concentrate.

Oh, okay.  Was worried that you had been radicalized for a minute.  Must have been a regional thing.

[tgirlamg]

Cali!... Good call on Hobo Kelly too!!!...on KCOP!!!

Saw here in Hollywood at the Santa Claus Lane Parade down Hollywood Blvd!!!... My best friends were Art Linkletters grandsons and we got cooll seats to watch!!!

So Cal memories!!!

[Cassi]

Cali!... Good call on Hobo Kelly too!!!...on KCOP!!!

Saw here in Hollywood at the Santa Claus Lane Parade down Hollywood Blvd!!!... My best friends were Art Linkletters grandsons and we got cooll seats to watch!!!

So Cal memories!!!

Then there was Sheriff John, Engineer Bill who later hosted a Malt Shop themed show and where I saw Leslie Gore for the first time with  Sunshine, Lollipops etc.