I'm so old I remember... (speech, commercial, Walmart, girls)

[Cunucu Beach]

I remember spectator pumps.

[the_windwalker]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

i remember plunging my grubby hand into brand-new boxes of cereal to dig out prizes that were actually worth the plunge.

I remember when CRACKER JACKS actually had a prize.

[the_windwalker]

Originally Posted by theatergypsy

Ed Sullivan - Toast of the Town

Jackie Gleason - Your Show of Shows

Buying loose cigarettes for my Dad the day before payday - two for a penny

The horseradish man - Ground a nickle's worth fresh in your cup.

Collecting scrap metal for the "war effort" in 1942.

"Lucky Strike green has gone to war" Back when the center circle on the Lucky Strike pack was green - changed to red and stayed there ever since. In WWII, all green dye went to make paint and olive drab cloth for the military.

Leg make-up in lieu of nylons during WWII. Some girls drew a "seam line" up the back of their legs.

Women wore hats and gloves. Always.

Lava soap. It was gray and had a texture like sandpaper.

Good times.

I've got a bar of LAVA SOAP in the bathroom right now.
What year is this?????

[sun queen]

When girls wore tights (thick stockings) to Sunday school and u could by them at the neighborhood store for a quarter or 50 cents.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by the_windwalker

I've got a bar of LAVA SOAP in the bathroom right now.
What year is this?????

Take a bite and see how fresh it tastes.

[Cunucu Beach]

I remember the TV soap opera, "Peyton Place". It was based on a book of the same name that was pretty scandalous, for its time, (Middle 1950's) This was also the TV show that gave Ryan O'Neill and Mia Farrow their start in show business.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by zonababe

No more Easy Bake Ovens, thanks to CFL light bulbs. The new bulbs don't get hot enough to bake a little cake. I remember they took forever to cook, and the batter smelled so sweet.

Another good reason to hoard incandescent light bulbs ...

[uggabugga]

i remember when you could buy little jewel boxes of mexican jumping beans at convenience stores.

[Cunucu Beach]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

i remember when you could buy little jewel boxes of mexican jumping beans at convenience stores.

I remember those, too!! They were fun.

I remember my kids having ant farms when they were little.

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by Cunucu Beach

I remember those, too!! They were fun.

yes, they were. i wonder why you never see them anymore
they were the source of one of those embarassing stories that parents love to tell about things their kids did when they were little.

i grew up in new mexico and had been eating piñon nuts practically since i had teeth, they were my favorite treat. well, our family went on a trip to san diego when i was about four and my dad bought me one of those little boxes of mexican jumping beans.
at some point he comes into the room after leaving me alone with them, and i tell him 'daddy, these piñons are fulla worms!'
i had cracked all of them open with my teeth, you see

I remember my kids having ant farms when they were little.

those were fun, too. mine never lasted long since i never had one with a queen.