06-28-2002, 04:13 PM
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Do you remeber having to use coal to heat with or cook with??? Pumping water from a well by hand or god forbid the Outhouse?
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06-28-2002, 06:59 PM
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Originally posted by David
- Horse drawn carriage that brought you blocks of ice.
- Ice box was your refrigerator.
- Horse drawn carriage that brought you your milk.
- Horse drawn carriage that brought you your bread.
OK, that is enough! Now I am not old - only 58, however can remember a lot of "fun" things from the late 40's and earlier 50's.
Thanks for the memories!!
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I don't but my husband does...but he lived in a more rural area than I. And he's only 2 yrs older than I..he's 55. |
06-28-2002, 07:01 PM
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Originally posted by Irish
most men don't seem to give a shit! Irish
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about anything...not just age.... 
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06-28-2002, 07:02 PM
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2. Drug stores that didn’t sell car part but had soda fountains.
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No, they didn't sell car parts, but they did have a machine where you could test your radio tubes and buy new ones from the bin in the bottom.
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06-28-2002, 07:04 PM
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Originally posted by Scarecrow
Do you remeber having to use coal to heat with or cook with??? Pumping water from a well by hand or god forbid the Outhouse?
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Yes...we had to heat with coal and coke.....had to buy a mix. Coal was harder to start but lasted longer and Coke started faster but burned down quickly.
Remember using the ashes on your icy sidewalks? Or having to sift out the "clinkers"?...
Neighbor had a water pump...I remember playing with it when I was 2 or 3...
Also remember the TV/radio tube testing machine...
Wish I could find one today..I have a 1938 Philco floor shortwave radio...it still turns on...but needs new tubes... |
06-28-2002, 07:34 PM
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Scotz: What a wonderfull Idea!
Got all the ones you listed, and here's afew more:
Burmashave road signs.
Mail Pouch tobacco signs on Barns
Reeds roll candy
Heathkit build it yourself B&W TV (my first tv)
The Horse-Drawn Veggie cart.
WIRE recorders ca WWII.
Fizzies Tablets
Speedy Alkaseltzer
"Call for Phillip Morris"
RKO Double Feature Matinees
The Perils of Pauline
and for those of you who are interested, I now OWN one of those tube testers that used to be in all the drug stores....and one final oldie but goodie:
Anyone remember when Radio Shack was truly an electronic parts store and not an electronic toy store?
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06-29-2002, 08:33 AM
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Murphy---I grew up in New England!When;Iwas a child;almost
every weekend;my folks;and I;would pack a lunch;and take"day
trips."We always packed a lunch;and ate at roadside rest areas;
because we had no money to eat out.In those days;you couldn't
go anywhere;without seeing those"Burmashave" advertisement;
signs.I appreciate now;that altho;my folks;had no money;we still
did things as a family ;all of the time. Irish
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06-29-2002, 09:29 AM
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Anyone remember when Radio Shack was truly an electronic parts store and not an electronic toy store?
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When resistors were the size of your little finger at best and they had all the “fire bottles” before that funny thing with the “3” wires. OLSEN was the biggest competition to them.
Nop! Don't remember that either. 
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06-29-2002, 11:09 PM
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The Alamorosa Truck Stop, between Tularosa and Alamogordo, New Mexico is a
4. Coffee shop with tableside juke boxes.
And they still work! Lotta old classic C&W.
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07-01-2002, 06:14 PM
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07-01-2002, 08:25 PM
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How about Jack Benny & Rochester
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