Products of Yesterday Year...

[Rafter S]

You mentioned smoking everywhere. I can remember being sick and going to see the doctor, and he would be smoking in the examining room.

 

[TexasBred]

White only and black only restrooms and drinking fountains in the court house. Restaurants were white only.
"Dixie Cup" ice cream with the wooden spoon
Little locally owned motels-tourist court with neon sign flashing "refrigerated air".
Ethyl gasoline
Push button "turtle hull" openers that were never locked

 

[backhoeboogie]

I am 66 and I do not want to go back to those ''good old days'', you folks can have my share!

I don't want to listen to Howard Cosell again. Other than that, it was all pretty good. They mentioned soda bottles, when they went from 3 cents to a nickel, I thought I might get rich.

"He might go all the way !!!"

 

[highgrit]

I just thought of another good one. There use to be a phone booth at every gas station.

 

[M5farm]

I just thought of another good one. There use to be a phone booth at every gas station.

and a bell when you drove up and the attendant pumped your gas

 

[backhoeboogie]

A water fountain too. TB was talking about ethnic restrictions. Atleast they had them. Now you have to buy a bottle of water.

 

[dun]

Free air at the gas station

 

[TexasBred]

A water fountain too. TB was talking about ethnic restrictions. Atleast they had them. Now you have to buy a bottle of water.

You have to buy air too.

 

[backhoeboogie]

"There he come. Dribbling. Right down the middle of the court. Didn't have nothing on but his PF's. Made a hook shot and got out thru the concession stand".

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Brylcreem " a little dab will do you"

 

[dun]

Shaving brush and mug and the soap to go in them.

 

[dun]

Buster Brown shoes
Knapp shoes that they sold door to door

 

[TexasBred]

I remember the Watkins salesman. Mom always bought vanilla flavoring, pepper, linament and vitamins from him. Ever so often the Electrolux man would come buy and she would buy a package of bags from him. And of course the "Avon" lady.

 

[D2Cat]

Canvas water bags to hang on the bumper.

 

[Kingfisher]

A buddy of mine says he sold donuts door to door in Port Arthur as a kid.

 

[Jogeephus]

Lawn Darts.

 

[TexasBred]

A buddy of mine says he sold donuts door to door in Port Arthur as a kid.

Use to sell the "Grit" newspaper off my bike.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

Clackers, I remember my sister swung a set of em at me once. Wrapped around my head a knocked the sht out of me.right on the ball of my skull...

 

[ga.prime]

I remember clackers. That would sure enough hurt to get hit upside head with a set. I think the ones I had ended up wrapped around a light wire. Remember those parachute men you could get for 10 cents? You wrapped it up and threw in the air and it would parachute down? I wrapped a rock in mine so I could throw it higher and threw it up and the rock fell on the hood of my neighbor's car.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

I remember clackers. That would sure enough hurt to get hit upside head with a set. I think the ones I had ended up wrapped around a light wire. Remember those parachute men you could get for 10 cents? You wrapped it up and threw in the air and it would parachute down? I wrapped a rock in mine so I could throw it higher and threw it up and the rock fell on the hood of my neighbor's car.

yeah, I sure miss those old M80's and cherry bombs to...a box of those,and get those creative juices flowin' .. :cowboy: