I'm so old I remember... (house, phones, check, story)

[rdlr]

And, I also remember jitterbugging on the Grady & Hurst Show, televised out of Wilmington, Delaware.
Gosh they were good times!

[Seagrape Grove]

Originally Posted by rdlr

In our high school, if the penney was up side down or facing left or right, it meant you were gay or lesbian.

I wore penny loafers but we didn't attach any particular meaning to penny placement.

Did it have a special meaning if the penny was showing tails instead of heads?

[TN Tin Man]

Originally Posted by Seagrape Grove

I wore penny loafers but we didn't attach any particular meaning to penny placement.

Did it have a special meaning if the penny was showing tails instead of heads?

In are school it did... mix match front back left right.. all had meaning.. been so many years ago I have forgotten... I had my Buster Browns that was it.. no fancy shoes.

[picklejuice]

Collect calls.

[Just Zola]

I'm old enough to remember when chocolate bars were much bigger and cheaper than they are now!

[the searchers]

Originally Posted by picklejuice

Collect calls.

Person to person calls where you only paid if you talked to the person you listed with the operator.

[picklejuice]

Originally Posted by the searchers

Person to person calls where you only paid if you talked to the person you listed with the operator.

Yep.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by AksarbeN

I’m so old I remember the rock band near my home. It was a rock band because that’s all they had for instruments {rocks}. lol

Groovy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBiVt1pKnAQ

[picklejuice]

Originally Posted by AksarbeN

I’m so old I remember the rock band near my home. It was a rock band because that’s all they had for instruments {rocks}. lol

Fred Flintstone was one of its members, right?!

[Nomadicus]

I remember music before there was "Rock".