I'm so old I remember... (Mississippi, legal, pregnant, school)

[Montana Griz]

Originally Posted by nitram

I remember in elementary school we used inkwells set in a hole in the desk and the inkwell pens for doing our paperwork.

...........Oh!!......do I remember those Ink Wells .

In about 4th grade I had "Miss Prissy" who sat right in front of me...she knew everything...always was the first to raise her hand etc,etc......AND, she had "Pig Tails" that came down to her waist...

Well, one day I just couldn't stand it any more................so about one minute before we were excused for summer vacation.............I very gently "dipped" her right pig tail in the ink well (she was always "flipping them" behing her shoulders, so it was no problem getting hold of that one).

I went all through grade school and high school with this girl, and two years ago at our 60th High School Reunion, I apologized to her.............boy was she surprised ....................Yeah, (68) years had passed....and she still remembered

[hopedelivers]

I remember when the milkman, bread man, paper man, delivered to your door and the Insurance came to your house to collect.

I can remember when there was hardy any traffic.

I can remember when my mother sent to the store for a pack of cigarettes they cost .32 cents a pack.

I remember when you called your neighbors Mr. or Mrs.

I remember the thick ruler the principal had in his office.

I remember The Little Rascals, Dennis The Menace & Leave It to Beaver.

I remember catching fireflies in a jar, putting holes on the top and watching them light up.

I remember being only able to get gas depending on the last number of your license plate.

[Cunucu Beach]

An elderly neighbor I shop for had "writing tablet" on her shopping list for me recently. She wanted some suitable paper for writing notes and letters to people. I used to purchase these for myself; they were pads of writing paper
and the paper had a nice, onion textured finish. I looked all over for one of these writing pads and could not find one, not even in the office supply stores. I found boxed stationery at Hallmark--and pricey, it is, too--but not tablets of writing paper. I ended up getting a box of stationery for her at the thrift store.

[Cunucu Beach]

When a single roll of toilet paper was the size of today's "double" roll.

[exit82]

Originally Posted by Cunucu Beach

An elderly neighbor I shop for had "writing tablet" on her shopping list for me recently. She wanted some suitable paper for writing notes and letters to people. I used to purchase these for myself; they were pads of writing paper
and the paper had a nice, onion textured finish. I looked all over for one of these writing pads and could not find one, not even in the office supply stores. I found boxed stationery at Hallmark--and pricey, it is, too--but not tablets of writing paper. I ended up getting a box of stationery for her at the thrift store.

that was very nice of you to go to the trouble to do that for her- she's lucky to have you for a neighbor.

[kygman]

I got this in an email the other day and I think it fits in this thread. See how many of these you know without scrolling down to the answers. I knew all of them!

01.After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind?________________.
02.When the Beatles first came to the U.S. .In early 1964, we all watched them on The _______________ Show.
03'Get your kicks, __________________.'
04.'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________.'
05.'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________.'
06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we 'danced' under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the '_____________.' 07.Nestle's makes the very best . .. . . _________ ______.'
08..Satchmo was America 's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.
09.What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.
10. Red Skeleton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '________ ________.. '
11.Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________.
12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ____________ &_______________.
13.In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.' This was a tribute to ___________________.
14..We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the __ ______________.

ANSWERS :
01..The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
02.The Ed Sullivan Show
03..On Route 66
04..To protect the innocent.
05.The Lion Sleeps Tonight
06.The limbo
07.Chocolate
08..Louis Armstrong
09.The Timex watch
10..Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'
11.Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
12.Beetle or Bug
13.Buddy Holly
14.Sputnik
15.Hoola-hoop

[Cunucu Beach]

Just got home from an auction and one of the items was a large box of paper towels that had been purchased many years ago. I was almost shocked that the diameter of those rolls of towels was about 8 inches. I had forgotten that we used to be able to buy rolls of paper towels that were so thick.

Also in the auction was a box of recent vintage Revere Ware copper bottom pots. Those pots had maybe 2/3 the amount of metal per pot that my Revere Ware does. I got mine as a wedding present in 1958.

Two more illustrations of how manufacturers slowly, over time, reduce the amount of raw materials that go into a product.

[Soda120]

I'm so old I remember a machine called "mimeograph". It used blue ink. The ink smelled good. We made copies in college from this machine. I used to be a secretary at my college through their "work-study" program and had to use this machine to copy exams. The machine had a handle and I turned the thing round and round for fresh copies.
That's the best I can describe it. It was fun, really.

[graytabbie]

Originally Posted by Soda120

I'm so old I remember a machine called "mimeograph". It used blue ink. The ink smelled good. We made copies in college from this machine. I used to be a secretary at my college through their "work-study" program and had to use this machine to copy exams. The machine had a handle and I turned the thing round and round for fresh copies.
That's the best I can describe it. It was fun, really.

When we had a mimeographed test at school, the first thing we did when we got our copy was pick it up and smell it.

[Cunucu Beach]

I worked on the school newspaper and I remember the mimeograph machines and how good the ink smelled. I have always liked the smell of gasoline, too, but for whatever reason, it doesn't smell as good today as it did 65 years ago. Maybe today's additives??? Or else my sense of smell has changed.

I remember "Evening In Paris" perfume, too. Every now and then some of the old cobalt blue bottles show up at auctions. They are highly collectible and always bring a good price.