I'm so old I remember... (driver, best, buying, commercial)

[JustPassinThru]

Originally Posted by motormaker

And the Avon lady + the Kirby vacuum guy.

Ha! I interviewed to sell Electrolux vacuums (didn't like their sales pitch to prospective customers) and Kirby (you needed 5 white shirts and a briefcase, which I didn't have.) Ended up at Croll Collier Encyclopedias, but working days and nights was a drag.

[Nomadicus]

I remember dirt streets in residential areas.

[TN Tin Man]

I'm so old I remember.... The old boat motor... wrapping the starter cord around the fly wheel and yanking.. as it sputtered -- chugged-- sputtered and the cloud of exhaust oil laid on the surface of the water..

[picklejuice]

A face devoid of wrinkles

Not that I have many, but then, I had none.

Now? Just a few..

I look darn good for age and high stress job-- if I do say so myself.

[Nomadicus]

I remember when a penny bought multiple fish hooks.

[AksarbeN]

Originally Posted by picklejuice

A face devoid of wrinkles

Not that I have many, but then, I had none.

Now? Just a few..

I look darn good for age and high stress job-- if I do say so myself.

I'm so old my wrinkles have {{{wrinkles}}}.....................

[Steve Bagu]

When in business was contacted by a Govt contracted firm working on parts for the first Moon shot.

I saw some of the custom parts ( probably ended on the Moon).

Also their sterile room ( viewed thru glass window ) with a man wearing a space suit on his knees vacuuming the floor. I

[LarsMac]

I was in Huntsville to watch one of the very first test firings of the Rocket Engine that was to be used in the Saturn V Booster for the Apollo missions. Dad worked for one of the contractors and got family pass for the event.

[TN Tin Man]

I'm so old I remember... Acoustic Coupler for the phone for receiving and transmitting data... and those Sea Foam Green phones.. with the chin rest.. every office had them along with the IBM Typewriter with the ball.. along with the teletype machine for making hexadecimal paper punch programs for the machine shop.

[Nomadicus]

I remember when a small town could have one cop and he worked 40 hours a week.