I remember being The Remote! :ohdear: :1rotfl:

I have heard stories, from my grandma, but no experience, of most of the posts, except B&W tv, and gas under fifty cents.

And sometimes the antenna. Rabbit ears.

Grandma's '49 Chevy ordered with the only options a heater and cigarette lighter.

3 party phone lines.

Telephone booths.


Not sure what Superman is using these days.
Port-a-potty's??

I C 1 4 sale............Slide Projectors.


Get the family together, get out the screen, dim the lights and watch the family vacation.




Wait for it........wait, wait. There we go, a slide gets jammed.


Turn on the lights.

How about My Dear Mom Cleaning the house on Saturday and taking a break sitting at the Kitchen Island Puffing on Kent Ciggies and warning me not to smoke. All the while an 8-Track of The Best Of Aretha Franklin playing on a loop for 10 Hours. That's something that triggers memories for me. Musica!

I really like this thread. Good Job Op.

What about when you could buy a Single Wide Manufactured Home in Orange Blossom Gardens for next to NOTHING and get picked up at the airport in a LIMO!

Returning pop bottles to a grocery store to collect the deposit. Even walking the roads finding empties to make a little money as a kid.

That's still a thing in several states. I walk a couple bags over to the supermarket every 3 weeks for around $2 in deposit money. Pays for that week's half gallon of milk.

My grandmother told us about a few things, so I remember the stories directly from her:

1. Back before the Depression, the ice man came with horse and wagon to fill ice boxes, since refrigerators cost more than cars back then and most people didn't have them. She and her friends used to hop on the back of the wagon and steal ice chips for treats when the driver rolled past their street.

2. When my grandfather opened his dental office, telephones were still primarily owned by businesses and professional individuals; not all families had a phone and would use one at the corner market or a wealthy neighbor's house if one was needed. My grandfather was listed in his town's very first telephone directory.

:$: Coming on the Preview Plan and getting part of your money back in Village Dollars. Could use for golf, movies, bowling, restaurants like "Cafe Ole" "Augustine's" "Katie Belle's". Think we spent most of ours at Glenview C.C. because we stayed in the Carriage Houses at Sunbury. :mmmm::wine:

:ohdear: The Great Depression ended in the late 30's. I was born in the late 40's and I remember the iceman..... also the coal man. We even had a bread man with a horse drawn wagon. :icon_wink:

How about the nice guy Selling Bleach on his Donkey Drawn Cart Screaming Bleach in Italian as he came down the street.

Who could forget the barf Diaper Service? There must be some big money in that BEEP! :1rotfl:

The knife sharpening man pushing his cart down the street, and the housewives bringing their items to him.

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Oh, the astronaut glasses! Was that Esso?