I'm so old I remember... (name, woman, how to, baby)

[gemkeeper]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

i remember when the local movie theater did not prohibit bringing in your own popcorn. we brought ours in a grease-spotted paper grocery sack.

We carried ours into the theatre in plastic bags. To this day I have no idea where my parents collected the plastic bags from - clear and quite stiff plastic.

I don't recall buying anything in plastic bags in the fifties and early sixties, but believe me, they wouldn't have spent "good cash money" on such a thing!!

[TKramar]

guess I'm not that old...but

President Ford.

[uggabugga]

i remember pet rocks and turd birds (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xw5B2WiAiQU/SUYomH15xdI/AAAAAAAAAaU/kBqoEI7O-7k/s320/Montana-turd-bird-CTS-ebook.jpg - broken link). never bought either one.

[Cunucu Beach]

I remember toilet paper that was two-layered. Haven't seen that for several years.

[qlty]

I remember when the Oyster Bay Line of the LIRR has coal burning steam engines in the late 40s early 50s,a big black cloud of smoke would cover the town of L Valley when the train stoped there.A year or two later deisel engines came but the unions made them keep the guy that shoveled coal on the new engines.He just sat there reading a book or doing nothing and got paid.That was called feather-bedding and the begining of a bad thing for the nation.

[Cunucu Beach]

Originally Posted by qlty

I remember when the Oyster Bay Line of the LIRR has coal burning steam engines in the late 40s early 50s,a big black cloud of smoke would cover the town of L Valley when the train stoped there.A year or two later deisel engines came but the unions made them keep the guy that shoveled coal on the new engines.He just sat there reading a book or doing nothing and got paid.That was called feather-bedding and the begining of a bad thing for the nation.

Reminds me of the elevator operators I used to see at LA County Hospital.....sitting there on a stool, reading a book and PUNCHING THE BUTTONS for those wanting to get to another floor.

[Cunucu Beach]

I remember when cars had little wing windows to manage air flow to the inside. This was before AC's became so common in cars.

[uggabugga]

i remember when people [kids especially] rode in the beds of pickup trucks.

[Cunucu Beach]

I remember Royal Crown Cola in big 12 oz. bottles. Haven't seen an RC in years now.

[mkfarnam]

I'm so old, I remember when women wore petticoats and garderbelts and
a woman exposing her bare leg back then, was considered a whoe.
NOTE: (miss-spelling was intentional)