I'm Older Than Dirt, Are You?

Well, I remember headlight dimmer switches on the floor, in addition to 12 of the list below that.  I guess I'm not quite older than dirt, but climbing the hill in a hurry.
 
Whatever happened to good old PF Flyers?  Geez, I loved those sneakers!
 
 

I remember the old real ice boxes and the pant leg clips for bikes ( my grandfather use to use them).
 
Then I remember 7 from the list below.
 
I'm not that old but I am getting there slowly.

yup older than dirt.  I remember rotory phones, microwaves the size of 25" televisions, no remotes for anything, no color TV, punch cards to input data in computers, the first TI calculators, slide rules, the first dog in space,
 
My Friend Flicka, Lassie and the original Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday night,
 
Blue laws

Hows about pant stretches, those wire frames that were put into jeans and tightened, the jeans hung on the line and when they dried, they had the perfect crease front and back!
 
I remember the old wall phone--big thing-- that had two bells on the front (like alarm bells) and a piece that stuck out you talked into. Always reminded me of a face..  The receiver hung on a hook on one side and there was crank on the other.  You turned the crank and the operator came on and you gave the number you wanted--if you kne it--or the person you wanted to talk to and she would plug you into the right place.  We were on a private line and our number was 48.  My grandma and her sister who lived on farms next to each other were on the same party line and my Grandma's number was 26M and Aunt Nina's was 26J.  Aunt nina's daughter lived on down the road (on a party line also) and their number was 70M  Strange i remember these numbers after 50 years.
 
One good thing about those days--kids played outside and got lots of exercise, no computers, no Nintendo games, etc.  Air Conditioning was few and far between.  Those wre the good old days.
 
 

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the original Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday night

 
Yep, that was a family event every week!  How about the "movie of the week"?  And "afterschool specials" (way before Oprah and the like).
 
We weren't actually allowed to watch much TV, but those shows were acceptable.
 
Remember when the "Bugs Bunny" show was a cool Saturday morning cartoon?

We weren't actually allowed to watch much TV, but those shows were acceptable.

 
We weren't either and if you sat too close, you'd go blind [8|].  Sunday night after Disney or before was Lassie...my favorite show!!!  After school, when I was done with school work, of course, was Dark Shadows.  Now that was a cool show!!
 
Yikes!!!  I am older than dirt []

I got 13, but some days I feel older than dirt!
 
mrv- I remember Disney on Sunday nights!  My mother washed our hair on Sunday night (ewww- it only got washed once a week!) and used to comb it out during the show.  It was on after Lassie- my sister used to cry when they played Greensleves during Lassie's credits- we used to make fun of her!  Oh... the memories....!

I got a few more than that (23).  I also remember when Tupperware was the only leftover container available.  Prior to that you had wax paper or foil.
 
I remember service stations that filled your tank, checked your oil and cleaned the windshield.  I still find that every once in awhile, usually in some agriculture area trying to find a herding trial.  Cell phones and GPS only help so much.  These folks still drop everything to help and start calling around to the post office, library and police department to help you find an address to go with a person's name.

BTW the first car that was as much mine to drive as the family's second vehicle was  Rambler []

Somewhere buried in my closet is a sweatshirt with a canine skeleton on it - it says "In Dog Years I'm Dead" ...  I think I need to find that shirt. []

Joyce

Older  than dirt is me...23 out of 25.  I remember getting our first TV...black and white monster with a round screen.  But we loved the Mickey Mouse Club!

I'm getting older, and should probably not tell my age.
S&H Green Stamps!!!  We had a store right in town and I used to LOVE that place, saving stamps everyplace we could... 

Well, ok.....21.
 
Temple  835 ----Melrose 631  area codes?  What the heck were those?  MI was Mich when I was a kid.......and yeah, we got some cool stuff with S&H green stamps.....one of the other stores had a different kind of stamp too, and if I remember correctly Piggly Wiggly in Savannah STILL does green stamps, but they add up to things like free soda....
 
The Wonderful World of Disney.....parked on the livingroom floor with newspapers spread out under my popcorn...kettle popped (we weren't allowed to eat ANYPLACE but at the table)  and I ALWAYS stayed up to watch Bonanza.....I pitched a flipping fit if they tried to get me to go to bed without seeing the horses......Lassie, My Friend Flicka...oh those were the days!  Although I did always wonder how come Mary Tyler Moore and Dick VanDyke slept in twin beds since my parents shared a BIG one.....The Wide World of Sports?  the thrill of victory, the agoney of defeat.....how about jingles?  Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should...plop plop fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is.....