Guest guest Posted June 1, 2002 Report Share Posted June 1, 2002 Yo Janet, > Does this bring back any memories??? > > My Dad was cleaning out my grandmother's house and he brought me an > old Royal Crown Cola bottle. > In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew > immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. > She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. > I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to > " sprinkle " clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. We got steam irons here in Turkey but still my maid uses such a device. > Man, I am old. Naa .. just not a kid. > ********************************************************** > > How Many Do You Remember?? > > Head lights dimmer switches on the floor. Yep .. > Ignition switches on the dashboard. My 1985 Mercedes 200 has one there now. > Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall. Yep .. > Real ice boxes [Ask your Mom about that]. I have two in storage in Tennessee .. both are Oak with brass fittings. > Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. Used to roll'em up .. still got'em chewed up now and then. > Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner. Farmers still use them in Kentucky .. you can't get an electric cord long enough to reach to some of the fields and barns .. ;-p > Using hand signals for cars without turn signals. I still do it sometimes .. especially in summer .. reckon I always will. > ******************************************* > > Count all the ones that you remember-not the ones you were told about! > > Ratings at the bottom. > > 1. Blackjack chewing gum Yep .. > 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water They were called Nick'a'Lips .. I think 5 to a case for a nickel. > 3. Candy cigarettes Yep .. and they used names like Lucky Strike, Camel and Pall Mall .. and the ends of them were painted red. > 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottle Still got'em in some places. > 5. Coffee shops with table side jukeboxes Got one in Guthrie and one in Elkton .. Kentucky. And punch boards too. > 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers Still got home delivery in Kentucky but now they have tin foil lids and you CAN get glass bottles. Almost all the milk in Turkey comes in glass except for the long-life sterile stuff. > 7. Party lines I'm pretty sure we still got some'a them in the hills of Kentucky. > 8. Newsreels before the movie Yep .. RKO is was .. ;-p > 9. P. F. Flyers Missed that one ??? > 10. Butch wax Yep .. when I had hair we used it. > 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Olive 5- 6933) Yep .. > 12. Peashooters Still a hot item in some places. > 13. Howdy Doody And Clarabell and Buffalo Bob. > 14. 45 RPM records Still got some .. can't force myself to ditch'em. > 15. S & H Green Stamps I think they are still alive and well. > 16. Hi-fi's Yep .. > 17. Metal ice trays with lever Still use'em .. Dollar Store sells'em back home. Pull up handles too. > 18. Mimeograph paper You mean .. they don't use it no more? Blue stuff and Alcohol odor. > 19. Blue flashbulb Yep .. > 20. Packard's They were ugly for sure. > 21. Roller skate keys Still got'em don't they? How you screw'em on your shoes now? > 22. Cork popguns Yep .. > 23. Drive-ins Still got a few in the South. > 24. Studebakers Had a Commander and a Hawk .. both hot little cars they were. > 25. Wash tub wringers Folks still got'em back home .. lots of garages use'em to clean rags. > If you remembered: > > 0- 05 = You're still young > 6-10 = You are getting older > 11-15 = Don't tell your age, > 16-25 = You're older than dirt! Y'all keep smiling, Butch (Older'n dirt) http://www.AV-AT.com > ¸..·´¨¨)) -:¦:- > ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) > ((¸¸.·´ ...´ -:¦:- Janet -:¦:- > -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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