Things From The "Good Old Days'?

Question

do you find yourself explaining about things we don't have anymore to your children? Like....

TV antenaes
The TV going off at midnight
Phone booths
Record Players
Encyclopedias
Typewriters

etc.etc.etc.

Answer 1

Yes! I wish I'd kept my typewriter, the kids would think it was so pathetic.

What about.... shampoo bottles and toothpaste tubes that had twist off removeable lids (none of these fancy flip tops), or hair dryers that mums used use with the big shower cap things on their head and they'd swell up and have to sit in the same place for an hour, or cash registers that had no scanners in the supermarkets and everything had an actual price tag that had to be punched in (and the cash register didn't tell you how much change to give the customer!), or library card drawer files with little reference numbers so you could find the book you needed, or cars without central locking or CD players, kitchens without dishwashers, watches without batteries, purses without credit cards, homework without computers, people without mobile phones - eeek, how did we ever survive?

Answer 2

Oh, yes! But I still have vinyl records and a record player. What about 8 tracks and black and white TVs? LOL!!!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Covered wagons. Gunfights at high noon.

Answer 5

That's so funny! I remember a year or so ago, my daughter heard the word "pay phone" and asked me what it meant...I aged 10 years right then!!(LOL)

Answer 6

When you talk about 45s now days, kids think you're talking about guns. (Of course I'm talking about records!)

Answer 7

8 track players
reel to reel for home use.

Answer 8

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cheap gas and cigarettes
cassette players
friendly people
good caring neighbors