I'm so old I remember... (cell phones, elementary, military, kids)

[brokencrayola]

Yep I wore nylons with garter straps. When pantyhose was invented it was a really big deal for women. I don't want to get too personal here, but the garter strap thing also remind me of the old time sanitary pads and the belt you had to wear to keep them on, ugh.

[njmike]

Originally Posted by brokencrayola

Yep I wore nylons with garter straps. When pantyhose was invented it was a really big deal for women. I don't want to get too personal here, but the garter strap thing also remind me of the old time sanitary pads and the belt you had to wear to keep them on, ugh.

I can remember my mother, aunts and grandmother with their corsets/girdles.

[mkfarnam]

Now men use grater belts and girdles for back supports.

[njmike]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

Now men use grater belts and girdles for back supports.

I knew they would come in handy for something.

[mkfarnam]

What were those things called that women wore at waist level under a dress. They tightened and tied it in front like you do shoes?

[njmike]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

What were those things called that women wore at waist level under a dress. They tightened and tied it in front like you do shoes?

Corsets?

[dramamama6685]

Originally Posted by njmike

Corsets?

That would be my guess as well.

[Jude1948]

Originally Posted by njmike

I can remember my mother, aunts and grandmother with their corsets/girdles.

It was a must to wear a girdle. Then panty girdles came into fashion. We were not allowed to jiggle one bit. The bras were pointy things, and those that had them were right out there.

[returningtonepa???]

READING this thread makes me feel old--i OWNED a studebaker,remember the horse drawn vegetable guy--had milk delivered in glass bottles from the farm up the road,bought penny candy,used an outhouse as the only bathroom,bathed in a large metal tub with water heated on the kitchen coal stove,picked grapes from the backyard and helped make the wine by jumping into a concrete tub,using our feet to press the grapes,carrying the wine to a cellar that had large wooden barrels(and stunk),having a party line(eavesdropping was an art form),berry picking behind my house,drinking from a mt spring(be4 it became contaminated)----------sigh-----i could go on--great times then(even poor as churchmice)

[njmike]

Originally Posted by returningtonepa???

READING this thread makes me feel old--i OWNED a studebaker,remember the horse drawn vegetable guy--had milk delivered in glass bottles from the farm up the road,bought penny candy,used an outhouse as the only bathroom,bathed in a large metal tub with water heated on the kitchen coal stove,picked grapes from the backyard and helped make the wine by jumping into a concrete tub,using our feet to press the grapes,carrying the wine to a cellar that had large wooden barrels(and stunk),having a party line(eavesdropping was an art form),berry picking behind my house,drinking from a mt spring(be4 it became contaminated)----------sigh-----i could go on--great times then(even poor as churchmice)

I know we were not financially well off (just made ends meet) put we never thought we were poor. We always had a good, fun life.