[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Spoiler

Who remembers when the first TV dinners came out. Aluminum foil bottom and top... Mmmm ... loved me some Salisbury steak, but don't forget to cut open a hole over the apple crisp looking goo

And don't forget to take it out of the box before putting it in the oven. ("It's easy," my mom told my dad as she walked out the door... "Just throw the thing in the oven!"

[eweissenbach]

I was born in '45. My dad bought a tavern in Omaha after the war and he bought an 8" screen Philco TV for the tavern and one for our home in '48. We were one of the first in Omaha to have a Tv in our home. Our whole family came over on Friday nights to watch the Friday night fights. When we moved to a farm in Mo. in '51 we were on a party line - two longs and a short!

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

I was born in '45. My dad bought a tavern in Omaha after the war and he bought an 8" screen Philco TV for the tavern and one for our home in '48. We were one of the first in Omaha to have a Tv in our home. Our whole family came over on Friday nights to watch the Friday night fights. When we moved to a farm in Mo. in '51 we were on a party line - two longs and a short!

I seem to remember the Friday night fights. Was it called "The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports". Have not thought of that in MANY years. I was just a little younger.

[CFrance]

I was born in '47 and remember a store that had sold televisions and had a black and white in the window that was always on. People would stand in front of the store window watching it. Nobody could find my brother one evening because he was down at the store window.

My friend had a parakeet whose cage sat on top of their black and white. This was the days before remote controls, and the parakeet learned to say, "Click, Click, Click, Click!"

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Spoiler

Who remembers when the first TV dinners came out. Aluminum foil bottom and top... Mmmm ... loved me some Salisbury steak, but don't forget to cut open a hole over the apple crisp looking goo

Wait a minute. I still eat those, but they come in plastic, and cook in the microwave.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Wait a minute. I still eat those, but they come in plastic, and cook in the microwave.

Same here!

[Spoiler]

How about receiving a handwritten letter in the mail... it’s been awhile since we got anything like that...

[simpilot]

Anyone remember calling home, person to person, to a fictitious person to let them know you arrived safely avoiding a long distance charge.

[dewilson58]

Hanging clothes on the line in the backyard.


Women always wearing dresses.


"Stockings" with the seam up the back.


Full Service gas stations.
(the man in the texaco star)


Fountain soda.


Hand powered coffee grinders.

[eremite06]

How 'bout your first bicycle. I had a 26" Shelby at the age of 7. It had a headlight, taillights with turn signals, a horn and a springer shock up front. It was too heavy for me to peddle up hill.

[villagetinker]

First car, '58 Ford Fairlane (police interceptor special), guess dad never looked under the hood. First new car '66 Mustang coupe, still have a '66 Mustang (not the same one).
Screw in fuses (a true fuse box), knob and tube wiring sometimes on the outside of the wall. American Flyer trains, Lincoln logs, metal erector sets (motorized if you were lucky), tinker toys, and Sputnik.
Just some fond memories................

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by simpilot

Anyone remember calling home, person to person, to a fictitious person to let them know you arrived safely avoiding a long distance charge.

Our code:

Person to Person: I'm just checking in, safe and sound, no need to call back or respond.

Person to Person COLLECT: I'm checking in, but want to actually talk to you. You can either accept the charges or call me back so you can pay the normal long distance fees, not the additional collect charges (which were insanely expensive).

This was at college, where most of us didn't have our own phones and used the dorm's pay phone at the end of the hall.

[CFrance]

Thank god my mother thought it was too expensive to call me at college. Free at last!

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Thank god my mother thought it was too expensive to call me at college. Free at last!

[Velvet]

Bomb shelter signs near subway stops.