Things baby boomers remember

winter4me · Apr 17, 2020 at 11:36 AM

Having to pick up the telephone to find out who was calling.
(and, party lines)
Party lights "red and blue and green/and everybody in the crowd was there/but they won't let me make the scene...." is that it? 'I see the lights/I see the party lights...'
Cuban heels. (add taps)

Travelinglady · Apr 17, 2020 at 06:17 PM

telephone booths, less self-service and more being waited on in stores, huge brick-like cell phones, Soul Train show, teachers who paddled students who misbehaved and had no teacher assistants, blackboards and chalk, no stores like Wal-Mart

Nammu · Apr 17, 2020 at 08:18 PM

5 and dime stores. Cloth diapers. No air conditioning. Leaving Windows and doors open for ventilation. Plastic panties that went over the diapers. No car seats for infants.

wing · Apr 18, 2020 at 08:35 AM

Shag carpeting, avocado appliances, foiled wallpaper

Tamster · Apr 18, 2020 at 10:00 AM

the hard sugar fancy easter eggs with hard sugar bunnies and trees inside. I don't know any other way to describe them. They were fragile and you didn't eat them. They were pretty and a keep sake till the sugar broken down and they broke but I would hang onto them forever, they were that special to me.
and yes I remember putting cards on your bike spokes and it made a kinda motor sound and you would fly down the road bothering every adult around without knowing it. why don't kids do that anymore I will have to show my grandkids the trick.

winter4me · Apr 18, 2020 at 02:18 PM

the sound of nails on a blackboard

So many old women smelled of Lavender and/or roses & talcum powder
Moth balls, the scent of opening the winter coat bag.
A line dress & all the rest
Mod Squad
Metal beach pails and shovels, no Velcro
The first blood pressure cuffs I used had no Velcro
Clothes lines all down the block drying clothing...airing clean laundry...
Smog. (made for some awesome sunsets)

Travelinglady · Apr 18, 2020 at 07:08 PM

Getting the job of beating chalk erasers against a tree to clean them

wing · Apr 18, 2020 at 09:30 PM

Those metal chalk holders teachers had
Brand new whole pieces of white chalk.
Kids who ate the white paste

Apr 18, 2020 at 09:47 PM

Elmer’s glue, science experiments, pogo sticks and skip its.

Travelinglady · Apr 18, 2020 at 11:59 PM

Bazooka guns, playing cowboys and Indians, "Lost in Space," wearing masks for Halloween, the introduction of "Tang," the popularity of "Kool-Aid," nurses wearing nurse;s uniforms with nurses' hats, The Barbie Game and "Twister" game, hula-hoops (I never could get the hang of them)

wing · Apr 19, 2020 at 07:00 AM

I can’t do hula hoops either!

Mr potato head with a real potato

Travelinglady · Apr 23, 2020 at 01:56 AM

toy stoves and ironing boards and irons and dolls that wet themselves (Betsy Wetsy), Chatty Cathy Doll, Duncan yo-yos, playing jacks and marbles (I was pretty good at marbles and had a nice collection)

wing · Apr 23, 2020 at 09:36 AM

Speaking of marbles...especially those big shooters. My aunt has a marble collection in one of those glass lamps. That’s a lot of marbles!

Jawbreakers.

Nammu · Apr 23, 2020 at 09:45 AM

Polyester pantsuits
Key jars
Peace signs

wing · Apr 23, 2020 at 10:10 AM

Idea from another thread...pen pals!

Travelinglady · Apr 23, 2020 at 03:28 PM

My mother had a lamp with lots of marbles in it, too. Must have been the style at the time!

1950's and 1960's cars . I remember seeing a 1964 Mustang when they first came out.

wing · Apr 23, 2020 at 09:31 PM

Have you ever seen a Corvair or Kharnin Ghia?

Travelinglady · Apr 24, 2020 at 12:38 AM

I've seen both! I think I even rode in a Corvair.

Anyone remember Thunderbirds? And how the gal had "fun, fun, fun until daddy took the T-bird away"?

wing · Apr 24, 2020 at 08:21 AM

I sure do! The Beach Boys started the California fantasy for me, living in the snowy north grinding away at school. When they resurrected the T-bird they should’ve left the wings on.

Cheerleading without terrifying gymnastics.

divine1966 · Apr 25, 2020 at 12:08 PM

Mascara in a little tin that you had to spit in and use a little bristle brush. It clumped like crazy

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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 47,993 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Apr 17, 2020 at 06:17 PM #462 telephone booths, less self-service and more being waited on in stores, huge brick-like cell phones, Soul Train show, teachers who paddled students who misbehaved and had no teacher assistants, blackboards and chalk, no stores like Wal-Mart
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wing metamorphosist Member Since Oct 2010 Location: Southern US Posts: 18,546 (SuperPoster!) 13 1,560 hugs given	Apr 18, 2020 at 08:35 AM #464 Shag carpeting, avocado appliances, foiled wallpaper
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 47,993 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Apr 18, 2020 at 07:08 PM #467 Getting the job of beating chalk erasers against a tree to clean them
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wing metamorphosist Member Since Oct 2010 Location: Southern US Posts: 18,546 (SuperPoster!) 13 1,560 hugs given	Apr 18, 2020 at 09:30 PM #468 Those metal chalk holders teachers had Brand new whole pieces of white chalk. Kids who ate the white paste
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 47,993 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Apr 18, 2020 at 11:59 PM #470 Bazooka guns, playing cowboys and Indians, "Lost in Space," wearing masks for Halloween, the introduction of "Tang," the popularity of "Kool-Aid," nurses wearing nurse;s uniforms with nurses' hats, The Barbie Game and "Twister" game, hula-hoops (I never could get the hang of them)
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wing metamorphosist Member Since Oct 2010 Location: Southern US Posts: 18,546 (SuperPoster!) 13 1,560 hugs given	Apr 19, 2020 at 07:00 AM #471 I can’t do hula hoops either! Mr potato head with a real potato
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 47,993 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Apr 23, 2020 at 01:56 AM #472 toy stoves and ironing boards and irons and dolls that wet themselves (Betsy Wetsy), Chatty Cathy Doll, Duncan yo-yos, playing jacks and marbles (I was pretty good at marbles and had a nice collection)
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wing metamorphosist Member Since Oct 2010 Location: Southern US Posts: 18,546 (SuperPoster!) 13 1,560 hugs given	Apr 23, 2020 at 09:36 AM #473 Speaking of marbles...especially those big shooters. My aunt has a marble collection in one of those glass lamps. That’s a lot of marbles! Jawbreakers.
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 71,285 (SuperPoster!) 13 53.6k hugs given	Apr 23, 2020 at 09:45 AM #474 Polyester pantsuits Key jars Peace signs __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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wing metamorphosist Member Since Oct 2010 Location: Southern US Posts: 18,546 (SuperPoster!) 13 1,560 hugs given	Apr 23, 2020 at 10:10 AM #475 Idea from another thread...pen pals!
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 47,993 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Apr 23, 2020 at 03:28 PM #476 My mother had a lamp with lots of marbles in it, too. Must have been the style at the time! 1950's and 1960's cars . I remember seeing a 1964 Mustang when they first came out.
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wing metamorphosist Member Since Oct 2010 Location: Southern US Posts: 18,546 (SuperPoster!) 13 1,560 hugs given	Apr 23, 2020 at 09:31 PM #477 Have you ever seen a Corvair or Kharnin Ghia?
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 47,993 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Apr 24, 2020 at 12:38 AM #478 I've seen both! I think I even rode in a Corvair. Anyone remember Thunderbirds? And how the gal had "fun, fun, fun until daddy took the T-bird away"?
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wing metamorphosist Member Since Oct 2010 Location: Southern US Posts: 18,546 (SuperPoster!) 13 1,560 hugs given	Apr 24, 2020 at 08:21 AM #479 I sure do! The Beach Boys started the California fantasy for me, living in the snowy north grinding away at school. When they resurrected the T-bird they should’ve left the wings on. Cheerleading without terrifying gymnastics.
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divine1966 Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Dec 2014 Location: US Posts: 22,367 (SuperPoster!) 9 1,277 hugs given	Apr 25, 2020 at 12:08 PM #480 Mascara in a little tin that you had to spit in and use a little bristle brush. It clumped like crazy
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