I remember.....

[debzcf]

Cracker Jack - when I was about 5 years old, I got a little brass trumpet as the prize in the box. Shortly thereafter, it slipped out of my hands and flew into my mother's grand piano and disappeared. I always knew it was in there, but could never find it, which always nagged at me. 32 years later, I moved that old piano to my basement as she no longer had room for it. One night I was working on it, and my work light caught a little glimmer of something down in the sound board. There it was! I fished it out and it now has a place in my little box of treasures.

I love that. I bet your little box of treasures holds many special things!

 

[sashwa]

Old victrolas that you use to crank up instead of using electricity:

 

[FeistyAlice]

I remember a toaster from long ago. Must have only been 3-4. It had a set of coils in the middle and two sides that had black knobs. You pulled the sides down and the put the slice of bread in and closed it. You had to open it after a few minutes and turn the bread over and close it to toast the other side.

I found a pic!

We had one of those at the cabin. When a group was there we used broiler in gas oven for toast.

Feisty Alice

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[FeistyAlice]

Home black & white 8mm movies! Little hairy things all over the screen. I used to think threading the film thru the old Kodak home projector was so cool! Making animal shadows ( bunny) on the screen to annoy my parents while they were watching! I was such a devient!!!

And no sound. Then glorious color 8mm but no sound for years. And you had to wind the camera(s). Golly, it seems like only yesterday we had to wind our still cameras.

Feisty Alice



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[FeistyAlice]

S&H Green Stamps
Betty Crocker coupons on boxes of certain foods- free silverware
Free dishes at Grocery Stores

Tea towels (now everything is throw-away)

Yeah remember. My mother had all her beauty shop customers save the coupons for really nice Oneida flatware for our hopechests. We each got about 20 place settings and serving pieces. I'm still using very same although I've filled in pieces over the years. I've had to use slightly different patterns as original pattern discontinued but I've picked up a lot, most new unused, on eBay.

Feisty Alice



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[FeistyAlice]

I miss the free maps. I spent many hours pouring over those free maps.

I picked up a free Colorado map at big stand at hotel this weekend. Took a team effort, Julie and me, to fold it back up.

Feisty Alice

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[oldbroad]

OMW!! I remember those! But I was actually using it! Thought it was the cats meow compared to holding the bread over the wood stove...( the toaster...shoulda put it below Karen's pic)
with a fork

 

[harley05]

I remember a toaster from long ago. Must have only been 3-4. It had a set of coils in the middle and two sides that had black knobs. You pulled the sides down and the put the slice of bread in and closed it. You had to open it after a few minutes and turn the bread over and close it to toast the other side.

I found a pic!

Thats a radiator from a '31 DeSoto. Nice try though sweetie!

 

[harley05]

Cracker Jack - when I was about 5 years old, I got a little brass trumpet as the prize in the box. Shortly thereafter, it slipped out of my hands and flew into my mother's grand piano and disappeared. I always knew it was in there, but could never find it, which always nagged at me. 32 years later, I moved that old piano to my basement as she no longer had room for it. One night I was working on it, and my work light caught a little glimmer of something down in the sound board. There it was! I fished it out and it now has a place in my little box of treasures.

That's just perfect! Nearly caused a tear, damn you!

 

[ltrainer]

There one of those toasters at my aunts camp. My aunt, the one that took the goldfish for car rides, used it til the day she died. She also said that when you eat toast to put the butter side to the tongue cause thats were the tastebuds are. Upside down.

 

[debzcf]

There one of those toasters at my aunts camp. My aunt, the one that took the goldfish for car rides, used it til the day she died. She also said that when you eat toast to put the butter side to the tongue cause thats were the tastebuds are. Upside down.

Auntie was a cool lady -- take the goldfish for a car ride, and figure out to eat toast butter side down.

 

[malkuth]

My father had several coin operated laundry shops with similar soda machines only the small glass door exposed 8-10 rows of drinks of 1 bottle per row. All lying on their side. Often we find caps popped off where someone must of had a cup to catch half of it and then finish the rest via a straw. I had to load the machine so I had all I wanted.

No straw. Just broke the old bottle, and a new one would roll down to replace the broken one.

 

[ltrainer]

I remember my first job making 60 cents an hour. Golf course maintence work. It fell under agricultural labor laws. In the summer we worked 7 days a week. I was 15 then. We had to report to work at 6am m-friday and weekends we had to be there at 5am.

Edit: i sound like a grumpy old man. GET OFF MY LAWN!!

 

[Della Cirque]

I remember my first job making 60 cents an hour. Golf course maintence work. It fell under agricultural labor laws. In the summer we worked 7 days a week. I was 15 then. We had to report to work at 6am m-friday and weekends we had to be there at 5am.

Edit: i sound like a grumpy old man. GET OFF MY LAWN!!

My first real job was picking blueberries. Got paid by the pound, I can not remember the amount but it wasn't much. Rode my bicycle two miles to get there, at the very crack of dawn.

"real job" meaning it was my first introduction to FICA...had previously babysat, cleaned houses and hauled hay. Hauled hay for moon pies and peach Nehi's.

 

[Shelbeethehmmrgirl]

My first real job was picking blueberries. Got paid by the pound, I can not remember the amount but it wasn't much. Rode my bicycle two miles to get there, at the very crack of dawn.

"real job" meaning it was my first introduction to FICA...had previously babysat, cleaned houses and hauled hay. Hauled hay for moon pies and peach Nehi's.

You got something for hauling hay! All I got was water from the water hose if I was lucky it was cold lol

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[super_X_drifter]

I baled hay as a kid (put them in place on the trailer) just to get to ride on the trailer pulled by the tractor

 

[Shelbeethehmmrgirl]

I used to put it on the wagon then climb the elevator and stack it in the barn. It was upwards of 120 on top of that stack most days!

 

[clyde2801]

Going with my mom to certain grocery stores as a child and watching her get green stamps at the register.

Now, when I refer to a certain situations as "double green stamp" scenarios, people blankly stare at me.

Oh, and we can bring up TV shows? Land of the Lost!

 

[rudy4653]

My first real job was picking blueberries. Got paid by the pound, I can not remember the amount but it wasn't much. Rode my bicycle two miles to get there, at the very crack of dawn.

"real job" meaning it was my first introduction to FICA...had previously babysat, cleaned houses and hauled hay. Hauled hay for moon pies and peach Nehi's.

Same here - picked strawberries. We got 10 cents a quart. Lined up those quart baskets and picked all day for a whopping $5.00-$10.00 and red hands!
Then got my first real job at Friendly's as a dish washer. Great benefits as I got FREE chocolate Fribble and Cheeseburger each shift!

 

[sashwa]

I picked strawberries one summer also in CT. I hated it.

DANGER DANGER, Will Robinson!