Yeah - I remember that!

Ozarkryder · #1 (**permalink**) 01-30-2009, 11:30 PM

The object is to post something that was once common, but has gone out of favor, use, fashion, or whatever. When someone reads it the ideal reaction shoud be, "Yeah - I remember that! Haven"t even thought about it for years."
Don't make it obvious, like "Penny candy for a Penny". If you don't know what someone else posted, feel free to ask. I'm sure some of these things will be unknown to the younger folk. Things like:

Dimmer switch on the floor/firewall of a car.

WildBillH · #2 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 07:54 AM

Dip dots

saybel · #3 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 08:22 AM

milk cans (on the farm)

katfish16 · #4 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 09:07 AM

Car or truck 3 speed on the column shifter

Trikerjim · #5 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 10:06 AM

"See Rock City" on tops of barns and buildings. (In the South).

Patches · #6 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 10:34 AM

"Burma Shave"

Ozarkryder · #7 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by saybel

milk cans (on the farm)

Milk in bottles - on freezing mornings the milk left on the stoop would freeze and push the cardboard top off the bottle, leaving a frozen column of milk poking up from the bottle.

mikey · #8 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 02:28 PM

"Call for Phillip Morris"
"Buster Brown"

tis · #9 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 06:03 PM

Fender Skirts on cars, Poodle skirts on girls.

katfish16 · #10 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 06:34 PM

Drive in Movies

ThirdWheel · #11 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 06:50 PM

Fizzee's and flavor straws for milk

BlueTrinity · #12 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 07:02 PM

Hopalong Cassidy

newtriker · #13 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 07:28 PM

BOZO the clown

ThirdWheel · #14 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 07:29 PM

Paddlings by the teacher in school

ThirdWheel · #15 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 07:31 PM

serious butt whupping by dad because of above

ThirdWheel · #16 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 07:53 PM

"Greetings from your friends and neighbors you have been selected"

katfish16 · #17 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 08:23 PM

WAX LIPS

Juju · #18 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 09:14 PM

Candy cigarettes!

WildBillH · #19 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009, 10:59 PM

WRINGER WASH MACHINE

Nana · #20 (**permalink**) 02-01-2009, 05:39 AM

Skeleton keys
Movietone News
Saturday morning matinees
"The Shadow" on the radio (I'm not old enough, but Mike is

)

adventurer · #21 (**permalink**) 02-01-2009, 10:48 AM

10, 2 and 4

tmigala · #22 (**permalink**) 02-01-2009, 03:03 PM

refrigerator with the cooling coils on top.

Bazooka · #23 (**permalink**) 02-01-2009, 05:02 PM

"The Rifleman" TV Show.

Juju · #24 (**permalink**) 02-01-2009, 07:56 PM

While we're on the topic of TV shows, remember the four Cartwrights (Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe) riding into view at the beginning of "Bonanza"? When I was quite young and didn't know what "bonanza" meant, I couldn't understand why their last name was Cartwright and not Bonanza.

adventurer · #25 (**permalink**) 02-01-2009, 09:20 PM

TV Westerns
Gunsmoke
Have Gun Will Travel
Wagon Train

Bazooka · #26 (**permalink**) 02-01-2009, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juju

While we're on the topic of TV shows, remember the four Cartwrights (Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe) riding into view at the beginning of "Bonanza"? When I was quite young and didn't know what "bonanza" meant, I couldn't understand why their last name was Cartwright and not Bonanza.

Ah the days when we were innocent and naive....wasnt life simple then. I guess my favorite out of the bunch was Little Joe but Hoss was a good dude too and could pick up anyone and toss them around like a rag doll. I loved that show.

Great TV show:

The Wonderful World of Disney

.

lfd1 · #27 (**permalink**) 02-01-2009, 10:43 PM

Speaking of TV shows...Rat Patrol

And speaking of milk in glass bottles..Fighting over the cream on top

Bazooka · #28 (**permalink**) 02-01-2009, 10:55 PM

Man I forgot about Rat Patrol. That was one of my favorites. I was going to name just one or two shows but every time I typed one another one popped in my head. ( went back and edited because I realized it was supposed to be ONE thing..not ten...sorry) Yes, Rat Patrol was a good one.

I also remember the milk man leaving milk on our door step and what a treat it was when mom got a bottle of chocolate milk!

tis · #29 (**permalink**) 02-01-2009, 11:19 PM

Drinks in Wax bottles

tis · #30 (**permalink**) 02-01-2009, 11:22 PM

Question: Speaking of Bonanza, was the Chinaman cook called Hopsing?

tmigala · #31 (**permalink**) 02-02-2009, 09:16 AM

Yes I believe so

Mr.Wizard · #32 (**permalink**) 02-02-2009, 09:52 AM

Arguing with your friends about the Presidential election...

Who was going to win.... Kennedy or Goldwater

Starter button for your car on the floorboard and adjusting the spark on the steering wheel.

Nana · #33 (**permalink**) 02-02-2009, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by reksul

Arguing with your friends about the Presidential election...

Who was going to win.... Kennedy or Goldwater

Starter button for your car on the floorboard and adjusting the spark on the steering wheel.

Geez.... you are OLD!!!!! <LOL>

Mr.Wizard · #34 (**permalink**) 02-02-2009, 11:05 AM

Noah brought me over on the Arc and he got me used...

I'm not old.. I'm a '56'er.. the year that is.

My Dad had a 1931 A Model and let me drive it to school events.

tis · #35 (**permalink**) 02-03-2009, 10:19 PM

TV Show: Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Juju · #36 (**permalink**) 02-04-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by tis

TV Show: Man from U.N.C.L.E.

OOh, yeah, that was one of my faves--cool Napoleon Solo and the mysterious (and adorable!) Illya Kuryakin. Fortunately, I can--and do--still see David McCallum today, as Dr. Mallard, "Ducky," in NCIS.

Ozarkryder · #37 (**permalink**) 02-04-2009, 09:17 AM

TV that signed off about midnight with the National Anthem, or some other inspirational message. My favorite was the station that played Air Force fighter jets and B52's flying in the clouds with a voiceover of the poem "High Flight" being read.

Ozarkryder · #38 (**permalink**) 02-04-2009, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tis

TV Show: Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Oh, yeah! Verry Kewl program!

My favorite line is when Napoleon asked Illya "Are you free?" and the answer was "No man that has to work for a living is truly free, but I'm available."

lfd1 · #39 (**permalink**) 02-04-2009, 11:11 AM

I remember on our old black and white, if you used rabbit ears, you could pick up channel 79 on uhf that was "blue" movies out of toronto. It was so snowy and fuzzy you really couldnt see anything but we watched them anyway..lol

tis · #40 (**permalink**) 02-04-2009, 11:40 AM

Speaking of old T.V. sets: Who remembers that some of the first ones had magnifying glass mounted in front of the screen.

John Luciano · #41 (**permalink**) 02-04-2009, 12:34 PM

We had a Halo light around the screen (why I don't know ) it still looked like a 18" screen in a huge cabinet and we knew the TV repairman by first name. Tin foil helped reception and we had a rotor on the antenna

tis · #42 (**permalink**) 02-04-2009, 03:49 PM

John: You just mentioned another Oldy, T.V.'s in cabinets.

lfd1 · #43 (**permalink**) 02-04-2009, 04:06 PM

I can still picture my Uncle, aka our tv repairman, sitting in the corner with tubes spread out all over and his cool toolbox with the built in tester ! And my grandmother telling me when i was small (early 60's) that if I learned how to repair television sets, Id have a job for the rest of my life !