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I remember when receiving change at the stores, I would get Indian head pennies at times and also the liberty dime. They replaced the liberty dime with the new Eisenhower.
I remember when cashiers actually counted the change back to you (and counted up from the sale amount). We still have some here who do that, and can do it without a computer screen, but most are lost if the computer goes down.
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Marianinark remembers a hair curling machine. I do also. My mother and her aunt in Iowa were both 'beauty operators' or beauticians as they were called then. This link provides a little fascinating history:
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Refrigerators with an ice cube tray holder in the middle at the top. It was about 12 x 8 inches and could hold 2-3 trays. And maybe a small frozen package of something! These trays had a handle that you would pull up off of the tray and it would loosen the ice cubes. The little chips were fun to eat. I craved them when I was expecting my first child Little handfuls of ice chips. Might have been the first snow cone!!!
I’m so old I remember when the school crossings had “safety patrol kids” that would stop the traffic & monitor the others kids as they crossed the street. We used them only at the grade school level.
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me too, me too!!!!
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I’m so old I remember when the school crossings had “safety patrol kids” that would stop the traffic & monitor the others kids as they crossed the street. We used them only at the grade school level.
Heck, I was one of them!!!! In St. Louis, there were about 10 of us and this was an experiment in the elementary schools. We were the first!!!!
I'm so old I remember when you could get detailed roadmaps (usually Rand McNally) for free at gas stations.
I remember Rand McNally road maps were designed for a onetime use only; after you found the information you needed you threw them away because they wouldn’t fold back up in the same way you got it.
I remember Rand McNally road maps were designed for a onetime use only; after you found the information you needed you threw them away because they wouldn’t fold back up in the same way you got it.
Especially when driving down the highway at 75 with all the windows open.
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Little handfuls of ice chips. Might have been the first snow cone!!!
me too, me too!!!!
I remember
I always have to do this for the better half. I still have many, many maps. Collection, I think.