I'm so old I remember... (actor, school, family, open)

[TN Tin Man]

I'm so old I remember...
Rowlf the Dog and Jimmy Dean... One of Henson's first Muppet I believe


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-dHo7sIIb4

[Nomadicus]

I'm so old I remember... Mules grinding cane that was made into syrup at the city square.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by kevxu

I can remember when no one had a TV to watch.

You and my eldest brother. Maybe the second one, too. By the time I was I was born, there was a large wooden cabinet with a small screen in the corner of the living room.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Nomadicus

I remember learning to swim in a gator infested strip mine pit.

Nothing lived in PA strip mine pits. Nothing. The quarries were a different matter.

[Ttark]

I remember in the early 50s having to give the phone number to an operator after hearing "Number Please"

As recently as the early 90s there were still a few tiny independent phone companies in eastern Washingtax and Oreegone using some form of CAMA for coin phones, where the cord operator would come on and you'd give her your payphone number after you dialed then she'd put your call through. (This was different from manual telephone service which you're talking about, but related.) About the only reason I can think of for it existing that late is because it was needed in the past. Those all are now fully automatic using TSPS/TOPS/OSPS/whatever they're calling toll traffic service this year.

[PAhippo]

I remember when stains were something that couldn't be removed and cars were used rather than pre-owned.

[Nomadicus]

I remember going to school in a building that had no heat and we wore jackets on cold days.

[SullyinOhio]

I remember breaking open a couple of old thermometers, removing the mercury and bringing it to school for Show and Tell. (The teacher fully approved, as I passed the blob of mercury around the room). I think I was in third grade. So far, no ill effects.

[PAhippo]

Originally Posted by SullyinOhio

So far, no ill effects.

are you sure?

couldn't resist.


I remember playing with mercury too although not sure where it came from. No ill effects here either. (I'd say there was but it's way too late to sue the school. )

[kevxu]

Originally Posted by TN Tin Man

I'm so old I remember... Men tipping their hat to a passing lady... and for a young-in better hold a door open for a older person or get your back side smacked.. and all was say Please & Thank You... !!! Sir - Ma'ma

OMG, yes!