Are you this old?

[Dftodd]

Many have already mentioned these to admit they're older than dirt.


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All but #16, and I'm only 46 years old. Milk was delivered when I was a kid, but it came in the cartons instead.

Great uncle had a Studebaker. And gramps still used his metal ice trays up until he passed away a few years ago.

The rest of the stuff listed was kicking around still when I was a kid.

 

[BravoXray]

I just picked up a penny in the grocery store parking lot last week, and a dime at the BK.
Dad still picked them up when he was 90. He fell down a couple of times, so I told him to stop doing it before he broke something.

 

[jyoutz]

Yep, that was a little before I had a driver's license.

I remember gas was 52 cents per gallon in the mid-1970s when I started driving.

 

[Bird]

I just picked up a penny in the grocery store parking lot last week, and a dime at the BK.
Dad still picked them up when he was 90. He fell down a couple of times, so I told him to stop doing it before he broke something.

The last one I picked up was just 2 days ago, but since I'm not 82 yet, I guess I can continue for a little longer.

 

[LD48750]

Some of us poor old farts remember when a penny was money.

 

[Bird]

Some of us poor old farts remember when a penny was money.

Yep, a penny used to get me some chewing gum from the vending machine in the train station in Ardmore, OK when I was a little tyke.

I remember penny post cards from the U.S. Post Office, but by the time I was working a window in the Dallas Post Office, and still had customers ask for a "penny postcard" I had to charge them 2 cents.

And I was doing that job when the price of a postage stamp went from 4 cents to 5 cents.

 

[CADplans]

Some of us poor old farts remember when a penny was money.

And, now, I no longer carry change, and no longer carry any money under a $20.
(The cash I carry is only for an emergency)
I give all $$ under a $20 to the grandchildren if they do a "chore",,
Their dad takes that $$ and puts it in the bank for them, as they do not use cash.
We are slowly cleaning out any cash setting around the house.

Over 2 years, now, not using money more than 3X a year,,

 

[2LaneCruzer]

And, now, I no longer carry change, and no longer carry any money under a $20.
(The cash I carry is only for an emergency)
I give all $$ under a $20 to the grandchildren if they do a "chore",,
Their dad takes that $$ and puts it in the bank for them, as they do not use cash.
We are slowly cleaning out any cash setting around the house.

Over 2 years, now, not using money more than 3X a year,,

Yeah, the plastic is convenient. I like filling up with gas and not having to go in to pay...but I also hate to use the card for small purchases, so I manage to spend a fair amount of cash along. Change goes into the change bucket, which serves as a reservoir for the car wash and a treasure trove if the kids are running short.

 

[GeneV]

Yup, same here, I'm cashless most of the time.

 

[GeneV]

I can remember when they still used Caucasians in their TV commercials!

Haha, oh no you d'int!

 

[Jstpssng]

I still carry $150 for emergencies, and at least $10 for small purchases. Gas and everything else for my truck goes on one card, other things go on another.

 

[two_bit_score]

As I recall, minimum wage at that time was 85 cents per hour; I paid 75 cents for a hair cut...that is when My Dad didn't cut my hair. I preferred my Dad's haircuts because he could cut my curly hair and it didn't look like it had been cut with Pinking shears.

You couldn’t get that in a Barber Shop even today. What hair I have left is curly and I’ve rarely had a “good” haircut.

 

[two_bit_score]

Always carry some cash. You never know what You might need it for.

 

[Dftodd]

You couldn’t get that in a Barber Shop even today. What hair I have left is curly and I’ve rarely had a “good” haircut.

I get a pretty good hair cut each time. Number 2 guard on top, 1 on the sides

3 and 2 in the winter.

Once my hair hits a certain length, in heat and humidity, it stands up like a put my finger in a light socket. Same in the winter with static electricity.

Can't get it to stay put for more then a few seconds.

Much easier to just have it chopped to a manageable length.

 

[bigtiller]

How many of you remember hearing a sonic boom?

They were outlawed in '73 so hearing them might not qualify you as being old but remembering them, or not, may qualify you.

 

[two_bit_score]

How many of you remember hearing a sonic boom?

They were outlawed in '73 so hearing them might not qualify you as being old but remembering them, or not, may qualify you.

Remember hearing them quite often.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

How many of you remember hearing a sonic boom?

They were outlawed in '73 so hearing them might not qualify you as being old but remembering them, or not, may qualify you.

I was working in a grocery store in OKC in the late 50's when they did the test runs here. Our store wasn't far from Tinker AFB, so we got lots of air traffic and lots of booms. One afternoon, I was standing in the check stand, and one came a bit too close; all of the plate glass in the front of the store came crashing in...quite a mess.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

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I remember 78 RPM records.
The last book with a record I bought was Always Coming Home by Ursula LeGuin, about 40 years ago. I still have it.
Wasn't Boone's Farm a kid drink? I was raised on Blitz,, and 25 cent draft after I turned 21, 10 cents during happy hour.
If you're really old, you remember the pickle barrel at the grocery store. Soda jerks at the drug store. Buying dynamite at the feed store.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Dad bought dynamite at the local hardware store to blast rock for his basement.

 

[k0ua]

How many of you remember hearing a sonic boom?

They were outlawed in '73 so hearing them might not qualify you as being old but remembering them, or not, may qualify you.

Every day when I was a child, and found a lot of "window chaff" for testing radar also on the ground. We lived about 200 miles south of Richards Gabaur airbase.