[Qcwa] A little Christmas cheer

[Tom Repstad]

Some other old memories:

Tokens for the NYC subway that were only a dime.
Cigarett Machines, and the cigaretts were only $0.25/pack
Dr.'s in cigrette commercials saying smoking was good for you
The "Firebirds" (marionettes type cartoon)
The Alka-Seltzer kid (what was his name?)
Taking apart my sisters roller-skates and making scooter with an old piece
of wood, and an orange crate.
(I got in trouble for that one)
Those plastic screens that went over a black and white TV to make it look
like it was in color.
Barber shops with "Girlie" magazines (also Garages with "Girlie" calendars)
Getting a haircut instead of being "Styled"
Dad buying Schlitz beer
The first TTL chips (I was born before the transistor was invented, but mom
never got me any to play with in my crib).


--Tom
K1VG


>
Y> Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.
Y> Ignition switches on the dashboard.
Y> Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
Y> Real ice boxes.
Y> Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
N> Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
Y> Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
>
> Older Than Dirt Quiz:
>
> Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about!
> Ratings at the bottom.
>
Y> 1. Blackjack chewing gum
Y> 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
Y> 3. Candy cigarettes
Y> 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottles
Y> 5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
Y> 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
Y> 7. Party lines
(Actually it was my in-laws party line, they still had it about 15 to 20
years ago, I grew up in NYC and they upgraded early on)
Y> 8. Newsreels before the movie (Yup remember the cartoons too...)
Y> 9. P.F. Flyers (and Ked's)
Y> 10. Butch wax
Y> 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Olive-6933)
Y> 12. Peashooters
Y> 13. Howdy Doody (It may have been in reruns... not sure)
Y> 14. 45 RPM records
Y> 15. S&H Green Stamps (Also A&P had stamps)
Y> 16. Hi-fi's (And the ability to stack records on the "drop-down" spindle)
Y> 17. Metal ice trays with lever
Y> 18. Mimeograph paper
Y> 19. Blue flashbulb
N> 20. Packard's
Y> 21. Roller skate keys
Y> 22. Cork popguns
Y> 23. Drive-ins
Y> 24. Studebakers
N> 25. Wash tub wringers (Seen them, but our apartment house had the
new-fangled washers in the common laundry facility)
>
> If you remembered 0- 5 = You're still young
> If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
> If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
> If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!
>
I think I must have one foot in the grave, and I'm only fifty, either that
or I have a great memory ;o)