I'm so old I remember... (house, employee, street, kids)

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by TN Tin Man

I know you could pinch a tube on a split rim... did that times remounting tractor tires and refilling them with calcium chloride solution what a mess..

Yep.

[David A Stone]

Originally Posted by PAhippo

yup- I quit when they went to 50 cents. That was 1968 or so.


I remember those tire patching kits too.

And (probably been mentioned ) getting tubes to replace the burnt out ones in tvs and radios.
Electrical fuses-used to be scared of circuit breakers.

water pumps to get the well water from. Sometimes, needing to prime it before you'd get some.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WOqiTm2NGQ

We didn't have electricity and pumped our water by hand.
We thought our neighbor ( who had electricity) had it made because he had a pump jack.


Anybody remember them ?

[TN Tin Man]

I'm so old I remember... The old hand pumps out side the farm house kitchen.. had the little " knob" on top of the spout that held the kettle from sliding off as you pumped.. plus a secret hole just back from that knob.. I must have been 6 -7 yrs.when the old farmer showed me the " secret" place your hand over the spout.. don't let the water come out in a cranky voice.. and little stream of water shot straight up.. bewilder from my look.. take a drink he graveled ..

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by David A Stone

We didn't have electricity and pumped our water by hand.
We thought our neighbor ( who had electricity) had it made because he had a pump jack.


Anybody remember them ?

We had a shallow well with a draw bucket on a pulley until I was in junior high. After someone forgot to replace the lid on the well and a cat fell in it we installed a new well with an electric pump. However, we still had no hot water in the house other than a wash tub heated over a propane heater.

I have one of the old hand water pumps in my barn. I wish I still had the cast iron pulley that was over our shallow well. As I recall it was quite elaborate.

Yes, I remember hand pumps.

PS: Out here on the South Plains of Texas you would need a LONG rope to reach the water with a bucket. And if you did have an open well, any cat who fell in it would be better served by having a parachute rather than a life vest.

[Gerania]

Choward's Violet mints, though there's no mint in them. They're still being made. My son found and bought some for me recently. Blast from the past. I hadn't seen them in decades.

[70's Music Girl]

Taking sewing classes in High School.

Everyone use to sew back then, we use to make mid-drift tops, halter tops, maxi dresses. There weren't a lot of stores and the cool clothes for teenagers at the mall was minimal selection, so if you wanted cool & groovy fashions you made them

[John Buettner]

Well no indoor plumbing seems pretty old to me. Of course so does ice box.

[motormaker]

I need some breakfast.

[longneckone]

Going to the Jersey Shore from Phila area via the ferry.

[TN Tin Man]

I'm so old I remember... It's 2 in the morning and your putting tire chains on the car to get to work...