Rodger Pettichord Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Hi all. At a certain stage of life, we all become shocked that things common to our youth are now considered antiques from another age. For example -- washboards, stoves with fireboxes, telephones with separate mouthpiece and earpiece, brace and bit drills, good manners. I recently shocked my 27-year-old grandson by talking about measles, mumps, and chicken pox being something everyone got in my childhood, plus the constant threat from small pox and polio. It was like I was describing life in ancient Greece. Hmmm. So, for old times' sake, I invite you to get out the memory file for this week's topic. THIS WEEK'S MEANINGLESS TOPIC: what things common to your youth are considered to be antiques now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 We went to phone booths to talk to others undisturbed by our parents. An 8 minute call was 10 Pfennig, about 6 cent today, and you had to have the required number of coins. 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Walking to school , my elementary school was fairly close ; but the junior high was over a mile away and I did that in rain , snow and wind on a daily basis . In today’s world probably not safe to do so anymore. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 My Parents. cheers Gumby 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 A black and white TV with only channels 2 through 13. For some reason, channel 1 did not exist, and there was never anything on channel 10 or 12 except colored bars. Landon 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, Sniper31 said: A black and white TV with only channels 2 through 13. For some reason, channel 1 did not exist, and there was never anything on channel 10 or 12 except colored bars. Landon 3 Channels for us, and no remote control. My grandma had the first colour TV, and we went there for certain shows. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 30 minutes ago, Sniper31 said: A black and white TV with only channels 2 through 13. For some reason, channel 1 did not exist, and there was never anything on channel 10 or 12 except colored bars. Landon And before TV, family gathering around the radio console to listen to the popular shows. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 In my youth we had a set of encyclopaedias which were very handy for school projects and homework etc. (Took up a lot of bookshelf space). My kids searched Googe. Cheers Graeme 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregmorin Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Hitchhiking was an accepted and much used method of teens to travel. Greg 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Rodger Pettichord said: And before TV, family gathering around the radio console to listen to the popular shows. And that was before my time Rodger I did have a record player and listened to a lot of movies on record as a kid though. Landon 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Me. We had a TV much like Landon's. Only three channels. But my dad had a remote. Which was me. Have a great weekend guys. k 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Everything I can think of. 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 16 hours ago, Stillwater said: We went to phone booths to talk to others undisturbed by our parents. An 8 minute call was 10 Pfennig, about 6 cent today, and you had to have the required number of coins. I remember using this in Berlin in the 80's, before mobiles, rang the girl I eventually married every Sunday morning... I remember when we got our first video recorder (VCR), it had a remote control the was attached to the unit via a cable, don't know anyone that uses videos now, it's all streaming... my dad was ahead of his time, when the TVs had remote controls and then went to 4 channels he said "we had remote control for years"......" just tell the kids to change channel!".... 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Transistor radios. You could walk around listening to your favorite radio station. And also boom boxes. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosqr Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 My nephews have not even seen one of this 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Party lines on the telephone. Radio shows, not just music. Stick shifts on almost every car. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 2 hours ago, carlosqr said: My nephews have not even seen one of this I remember my now wife used to send me these with 'mixes' on them when I was in the Army so that I could play them on my Walkman, remember them? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosqr Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, wain71 said: I remember my now wife used to send me these with 'mixes' on them when I was in the Army so that I could play them on my Walkman, remember them? That's a sweet memory Wayne! I do remember the walkman Many people here have army stories For me the word army means suffering. Is the first sensation that comes to me, second, are question marks, lots of wondering Cheers Carlos 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 2 hours ago, carlosqr said: I do remember the walkman … I still have my walkman… and I wonder if it still works…? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Stillwater said: … I still have my walkman… and I wonder if it still works…? Gerold, my Walkman still works but my ears no longer do. Go figure. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Stillwater said: … I still have my walkman… and I wonder if it still works…? Gerold, my Walkman still works but my ears no longer do. Go figure. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball cards. I had a stack of those once and have no idea what happened to them. But If I still had just a few of those now very rare cards I'd be flying my own King Air. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 10 hours ago, carlosqr said: My nephews have not even seen one of this I used to make a career out of making mixed tapes as a teen-ager. What do you want for Christmas son? Blank tapes...Maxel please, or TDK...lots of them 7 hours ago, carlosqr said: That's a sweet memory Wayne! I do remember the walkman Many people here have army stories For me the word army means suffering. Is the first sensation that comes to me, second, are question marks, lots of wondering Cheers Carlos Carlos, everyone's stories will be varied, but I surely would not have spent 28 years in the Army if I was suffering the majority of the time. Yes, you are exposed to lots of hard challenges and situations, but they just build character You learn all kinds of useful everyday skills that many folk nowadays have long forgotten. How to survive and thrive in extreme weather, eat whatever you can get a hold of and be thankful, eat and sleep in the pouring rain....I could go on and on. Bottom line now, I rarely complain about the little things in life, and I am rarely miserable now. Chances are, I've done something much harder in my past. Such was the life of a career Infantryman anyways. A good career with no regrets Now, do I have any of those old mix tapes lying around from some of my deployments..... Landon 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Doing a valve job on my 53 Chevy. Today people think valve is an internet thing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John York Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Anderson Air Raid Shelters! Sorry, but mine and my Sheila's young lives were dominated by the 2nd.World War. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 6 hours ago, Rob Abernathy said: Doing a valve job on my 53 Chevy. Today people think valve is an internet thing. And rings are what you see in a circus tent......... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John York Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 You've all just reminded me. Before the 2nd world war I had a mickey mouse cine projector made of CARDBOARD would you believe. It showed five minute pictures featuring Mickie Mouse, Minnie and Donald Duck. Didn't last long but was amusing at the time. Oh, and what about cigarette cards. If your parents were smokers, you could collect sets of them. Then there were marbles to collect. Lovely coloured glass balls you could play the game of marbles with. If you could flick your marble and hit your opponent one and win his marble. I even had a stamp collection in an album containing, would you believe, my most treasured stamp a 'Penny Black'. The war came and that was the end of all that. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosqr Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 18 hours ago, Sniper31 said: Carlos, everyone's stories will be varied, but I surely would not have spent 28 years in the Army if I was suffering the majority of the time. Yes, you are exposed to lots of hard challenges and situations, but they just build character You learn all kinds of useful everyday skills that many folk nowadays have long forgotten. How to survive and thrive in extreme weather, eat whatever you can get a hold of and be thankful, eat and sleep in the pouring rain....I could go on and on. Bottom line now, I rarely complain about the little things in life, and I am rarely miserable now. Chances are, I've done something much harder in my past. Such was the life of a career Infantryman anyways. A good career with no regrets Now, do I have any of those old mix tapes lying around from some of my deployments..... Landon Very interesting Landon I do believe character is what army builds most. I imagined each situation. Thank you so much for sharing your perspective and experiences, I understand a lot better I also liked a lot the TDK and Maxell there were some Chrome ones or so, right? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John York Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Sorry. Just remembered another game. 5 Stones. You needed to be quite hands dextrous to play that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Money back on pop bottles, a great supplement to pocket money 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Playing mumbly peg with knives. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryisenor Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 I remember most of this. I still have a stereo with a record player and an 8 track tape. Our car does have a stick shift and I remember when nearly everyone at school carried a pocket knife. We used them mostly to play mumbly peg. Larry 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfish55 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Playing marbles in the school playground and in the autumn collecting chestnuts for games of conkers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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