Do you remember the edible "Creepy Crawlers?"

Anyone remember pay toilets at department stores in the downtown shopping areas? One stall was usually free, but UGH.

Anyone remember restroom attendants that you tipped for your paper towel?

Remember ladies rooms with nice lounges, located before the actual restrooms, with comfy chairs to watch the daytime soaps?

Memories from long ago....
 

I remember spending Saturday afternoon's with my cousin at our great aunt's house. She'd let us pick out any dress of hers to wear, shoes and costume jewelry too. Our aunt would wash our hair and put it up in big rollers, then tie a scarf around our roller sets, while we paraded around her house looking just like her, *lol*. Our aunt would be out in the kitchen slaving over cookies for us and listening to her favorite big band music on an am-radio music show.

Glen Miller was her favorite big band.
Good times, for sure. :stillheart:

Do you remember when gas stations were called Service Stations?

Usually it was a man who ran out and asked you how much gas you wanted, checked the oil, washed the windshield, and then asked if you wanted your tires checked?

Gas was so cheap then I think my father always replied 'fill her up"

I wonder if there are any left in small towns somewhere??

Nowadays, I wonder how many people would get their container of pepper spray out of their purse or glove compartment?

I do! I even posted a few years ago that the economy was soooooo bad after grad school, that the only place I could find a job was working at a service station. :)

Did you ever own a car that didn't have an operational gas gauge??? *lol* I did. I remember having to calculate how many gallons of gas the tank would hold, then keep track of how many miles I could get from one gallon of gasoline. Then because I had this irrational fear of being stuck in gridlock traffic, with no gas station around for miles, that I'd always pull.into the service station, my favorite one ;), and say "fill her up!", knowing I had only used about one or two gallons of gasoline. *lol* :|

I have several pepper spray devices: a big one on my key chain, one for my purse, and one by my nightstand table. I've never kept them in a glove box. Close proximity works best for me.

There are a few in small towns in Oklahoma, the service stations are mainly what helps keep the small town afloat.

Does anyone remember when telephones had a rotary dial and you shared a line with 8 other houses?
When I was young that is the way it was. I, unfortunately, had two old women on my party line, they lived next door to each other. They spoke everyday for something like 5 hrs about nothing of any consequence. The line was always busy lol

Yes, I'm old enough to remember party lines and they were NO party:giggle:

Me too! :)

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The Bomber Gas Station is no longer in business, but when I first moved to the Portland area in the Mid-1980s, I often rode by on the bus, when my boys were just babies. When my son's were toddlers, I would stop there to let them marvel at the ww2 bomber, and buy them an ice cream cone.

Here's a link to the story about The Bomber:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2968

PS: the picture above is an actual vintage post card that is out of circulation. If you come across this post card, it's pretty much a miracle.

Sometimes, you couldn't get the parties to relinquish the line in case of an emergency (which was required by law). If they didn't give up the line, you couldn't even call the fire department unless you were able to get to a neighbor's house. Didn't happen very often, but you'd read about it in the paper every once in awhile.

It was a BIG deal!

There are two states where you cannot pump your own gas. Oregon and...damn my memory, NJ I think. Anyway, I stopped at a gas station in Oregon, pulled up to the pump, got my credit card in hand, turned to open the door and nearly had a heart attack. Standing at my door is a big, big man who says "Cash or credit?" I have no idea why he's asking this and say so. I get the explanation. I get the joy of getting my windshield cleaned since I'm too flipping short to reach the top of the Ford E450 or the middle.

Please don't tell me to get a squeegee with an extended handle. If you can't apply the pressure at the correct angle, it doesn't help.

I remember them at O'Hare Airport in the 60s. $.10 - my mom wasn't going to pay $.30 for all of us, so she just held the door ajar.

Thank you! I've only found them at truck stops. I'll be heading over to Cracker Barrel soon. Wonder if they'd sell me a case?

And when you watch them on Netflix you discover just exactly how many minutes are now devoted to commercials in a one hour show. The least they could do is cap it at 15, but I've seen 17.

They are so yummy.😊

Yes I remember this. It is true that you can't pump your own gas in Oregon and it definitely did take getting used to. It isn't the same as the full service from the past, but it is nice - except when you are in a hurry since you often have to wait.

The grocery store that I go to in the next town over does have kids take your shopping cart out and load your groceries in the car - which is also something that used to always be done when I was a kid.

Our town was so small that the A & P would send the boy over to our place with the groceries my parents had paid for and had other errands to do before heading home! That was back when we kept our doors unlocked of course.

our town was so small, and so far away, that we never locked out doors, much less hooked the screen door.

The family cars were left unlocked, too.

in fact, at times, mom and dad just left the keys to the cars on the floor boards of the big truck or family car.

BUT. ... the gate to the corral, and especially the field gates, were never left unlocked. Ever.... :giggle: ;) :balloon:

It's funny how now they don't want kids riding bikes without helmets, drinking out of garden hoses, riding in the back of a truck, etc, but we did all that as kids and my sister and I survived just fine!

When I was young you could do all of the above. Also, the neighbor would come in to shut your windows if it rained. Your dog made the rounds and most people had a treat for her and all knew her name. You signed for your neighbor's UPS package and sent the kids over with then when you noticed their car sitting in their driveway. It was safe for an 8 year old kid to take the bus downtown alone.

All this and more that I can't think of in the close suburbs of Indianapolis.

In some ways, I miss the "good old days."

Remember when no one had an answering machine for the landline telephone? If you weren't home to answer your phone, it would just ring and ring (the telephone).

Yup, and I remember the anticipation of who might be on the other end of that call, of course this was also WAY before caller I.D. ........

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I Love my landline ~ I never ask can u hear me now ~ my calls never get dropped ~ and when I'm not home I don't get bothered.

We have a landline as well and would NEVER consider giving it up!

I remember receiving an allowance on my dad's payday.

As I recall most paydays back in the day were on a Friday......:hangloose:

I remember when the father was the primary breadwinner in the family.

Remember when households had one automobile and the family 'shared' it?

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I remember when having self respect was admirable and not insulted.

Dad always had the most current model of Mercury. Kids tried to be the first to wash his car, that Saturday chore was numeuro uno. We would do extra duties in order to win that. Also, it was a special time to be asked to ride in that car.

That car was dingless, rubber smudgeless, and always perfect. The inside was clean, no mud, no toys or even bits of gum wrappers.

Now mom's station wagon is where the groceries were picked up, kids taken to school, trips to drop kids at skating. There were surface scuffs in and out. It was obviously the kidmobile, but each Saturday was cleaned in and out. Dog prints to wipe up, crayon marks to wipe off. The outside was worse with all the mud and twigs. Washing it was a much bigger deal.

Detailing was simply cleaning well :|. Both were waxed and shined.
then.......on to next chore (no skating until finished).

WOW impressive you had two cars! :hangloose:

I remember the long late summer evenings of watering the yard, by irrigation canals we had in our property, and sitting on the swing set we had in the yard, swishing my feet through the water and watching the sun go down and the quiet evenings, when all you could hear were the crickets' chirping late in the evening, after a really warm day.

I remember, even tho it may be hard for younger folks to believe, when the whole family shared 1 phone and 1 television set..........

I remember when playing outdoors as a kid you were left to roam and do as you pleased just as long as you were home by dark..........


Actually in our small town, the fire dept checked/blew their whistle every night at 9 and we'd best be home or close to it by then or we were in big trouble!

I remember nickle bags of potato chips and nickle candy bars!

I remember a HUGE box of popcorn at the Delft Theater in my hometown costing only a dime! For a nickle you'd get a good size bag of popcorn and for a quarter you'd get a container of buttered popcorn WITH REAL BUTTER!