Re: Older than dirt/off subject

From:Roger Moretz

Scary.  The only one that doesn't ring a bell is P. F.
Flyers (I know I have heard it, just don't know it),
so that gives me 24 out of 25.  So, if I'm older than
dirt, why ain't I retired?

Roger Moretz, Ph.D.
Dept of Toxicology
BI Pharmaceuticals

--- Susan Owens  wrote:
> I know this is not Histology related and some may
> have a few unkind words to
> say about this. But there are times when the stress
> level gets high that one
> just has to kick back and remember the slower and
> kinder days.  Enjoy.
> 
> 
> I counted 19, not good. We had one of those bottles
> on the ironing board
> too. AND I remember all but the soldering iron on
> the gas burner. Just not
> one of my better days.
> 
> Susan
> 
>
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> 
> A: Older Than Dirt Quiz
> 
> Count all the ones that you remember
> - not the ones you were told about!
> 
> Ratings at the bottom.
>   1. Blackjack chewing gum!
>   2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar
> water
>   3. Candy cigarettes
>   4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottle
>   5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
>   6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with
> cardboard stoppers
>   7. Party lines
>   8. Newsreels before the movie
>   9. P.F. Flyers
> 10. Butch wax
> 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Oliv! e -
> 6933)
> 12. Peashooters
> 13. Howdy Doody
> 14. 45 RPM records
> 15. S&H Green Stamps
> 16. Hi-fi's
> 17. Metal ice trays with lever
> 18. Mimeograph paper
> 19. Blue flashbulb
> 20. Packards
> 21. Roller skate keys
> 22. Cork popguns
> 23. Drive-ins
> 24. Studebakers
> 25. Wash tub wringer
> 
> If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
> If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
> If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
> If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!
> 
>
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> ----
> B: Older than dirt.......
> 
> My Dad was cleaning out my grandmother's house and
> he
> brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the
> bottle top
> was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew
> immediately
> what it was, but my daughter had no idea.
> 
> She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker
> or
> something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the
> end
> of the ironing board to sprinkle" clothes with
> because
> we didn't have steam irons.
> 
> Man, I am old.
>
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> C: How Many Do You Remember??
> 
> Head lights dimmer switches on the floor
> Ignition switches on the dashboard
> Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall
> Real ice boxes [Ask your Mom about that]
> Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
> Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
> Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
> 
>
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> 
> Don't forget to pass this along!!
> Especially to all your really "young" friends.
> 
> 


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