I grew up in England, so some of the terms are unfamiliar to a non-American.
But I remember the rest, even the ones in part C, all but the ice box. We
went straight from houses being so cold all you needed was a meat-safe to
having central heating and proper fridges.

Lesley Weston.



on 05/03/2003 8:57 AM, Carrie Kyle-Byrne at ckbyrne@exelixis.com wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Susan Owens" 
> To: "Histonet" 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:30 AM
> Subject: Older than dirt/off subject
> 
> 
>> 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
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
>> ----
>> 
>> 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.
>> **********************************************************
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
> 
>