I'm so old I remember... (house, the best, kids, American)

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by nitram

I'm so old I remember...

Collecting corn cobs for the outhouses...

for and from?.

[gemkeeper]

Hate to say it, but I'm so old that I remember 4 party phone lines and we only had 4 digits in our phone number. If Mom or Dad had to make a long distance call, you pressed the receiver button on the phone cradle until an operator answered and asked if you needed help.

We had no TV - nobody I knew did until I was in the fifth grade. Grainy old black and white and it seemed to only show Dave Garroway!

Finally, Rin Tin Tin, Hop-along-Cassidy and Sky King made their way into our box.

Our favorite time was after dinner when the whole family sat in the living room listening to The Shadow and Amos and Andy on the radio. Eight o'clock - time for bed. Not much else going on and you might as well go to bed.

Awww, the good old days when I didn't have to have a nuclear storehouse of lithium batteries in the house for all of the gadgets! And, P&J wrapped in some wax paper and an apple to take to school for a great lunch along with the $.02 real glass bottle of warm milk the school supplied. Yuk, Dairy Lee - hated it!

[fallingwater]

I'm so old I remember when MTV played music.

[wit-nit]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

for and from?.

For the family, from the farm...

[mkfarnam]

I remember gettin' splinters from to out house and deciding which page of the Sears Robuck and Co, catalog to wipe with.

[Cunucu Beach]

I remember the outhouses, too. Used to spend summers on my aunt and uncle's farm in west TX and they had an outhouse. I also took baths in a washtub. I've even used a real outhouse recently. There is one on the 6th hole of a golf course near me.

[LABART]

Originally Posted by poconoproud

I remember going to the fair - in the back of my dad's orange pick up truck.

I remember when there was no such thing as internet. (Thank goodness for Al Gore!)

I remember watching The Muppet Show after Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.

and 8 tracks.

Best shows ever, as well as The Carol Burnette show and Bugs Bunny.

[LABART]

Originally Posted by AksarbeN

Returnable pop & milk glass bottles!

I loved collecting bottles. I would cash them in and stock up on candy and Sunkist. You could get a whole quarter for the liter bottles.

[rainroosty]

I remember.....
Going to the pizzeria and getting large slices of great Sicilian pizza for 15 cents each.

Earning $15 a day as a house painter.

Riding on the locomotive in England.

Black and white cartoons with just classical music for sound.

Shoveling coal to heat the house (Kent, England.)

[ElizaTeal]

I remember we had fewer choices for shampoo. Breck and Prell were the major brands. Later came Herbal Essence and Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific. We didn't have hair conditioner, it was called creme rinse. There was Hair So New and Dipity Do for setting and styling your hair.