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No more fun service gas stations with pump attendants, but Publix baggers always offer to carry out my bags out to my car. My kids had bank saving books. Electric skillet frying pans are still around too.
Band-aid boxes that were made of metal and had a top with a hinge to open it. We "recycled" these boxes to hold many things after the band-aids were used up.
I remember Nestle - it was around until not too long ago.
I don't remember Duck and Cover. My husband does and he grew up in Miami. We were in the Chicago area at the time.
I don't remember floor ashtrays or whatever they were but my parents did not smoke. My dad smoked as a very young man and gave it up. You know what they say about reformed smokers!! (He was always cool about it though).
We never had a party line or an actual wall phone. I was able to buy my own line when I was 16 because I got a lot of calls and didn't want my sibs to be picking up the phone and saying "She's talking to a BOY" -
We got the newest phones when they came out. My sisters both had Princess phones in their room. I just had a regular phone which was fine.
I don't remember all the Jell-O recipes. We just ate Jell-O plain - maybe with whipped cream if we got lucky. If my mom cooked, it was a meal with salad, appetizer and then main meal. My dad wanted that. By the time it came to dessert, we were full. (Or, we were dying to go out and continue playing outside - I mean, we lived in Florida!)
I remember the name Dr. Scholl's but my mom never wore those. She had varicose veins so she always wore a regular shoe.
The first time I ever experienced fast food (Burger King) was my junior year of high school. I had never been to a fast food place and I remember I had a milkshake which was delicious. Well, told my parents and they were so mad. Went on and on about all the crap that goes into that kind of food, etc. So, didn't do much fast food after that and still do not today. (My mom used to make most from scratch - she was an amazing cook - not pizza or meat loaf though!!)
My brother had the banana seat bike - all the boys did - not so much for girls. Very late 60's - early 70's I think. We all had bikes.
I wish the TV would go off like it used to. It would give us all a break.
My parents would watch Ed Sullivan and I remember all of us only wanted to watch what musical group came on. They were pretty strict with TV.
Late 1970's came along and my parents became infatuated with watching Dallas. My Dad loved JR.
When my brother would have a football game, they manned the Coke booth. They were always in a hurry to leave to get home and watch Dallas. (We all gave them a hard time in return but then got hooked on Dallas as well!!!)
Kind of nice back then when people pretty much watched similiar things.
Teenage newspaper carrier stopping by every Saturday to "collect". Using Silver Salutes and M80s fireworks until they were banned, circa mid-'60s. Buying ten different items of candy at the dandy price of a penny each. Solo trick-or-treat outings with no thought of safety being something of concern. Racing out the door to score the latest copy of boss radio rock-and-roll Top 30.
Band-aid boxes that were made of metal and had a top with a hinge to open it.
We "recycled" these boxes to hold many things after the band-aids were used up.
Aha... didn't think about that until it was brought up, but they're no longer around?
This is a fun list, with pictures. I remember every one of them
I did not grow up in the US, so only 3 of the items on the list were present in my childhood: the Beatles, standing ashtrays, and phone booths with seats.
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