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The Good Old Times
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These days, we burn citronella oil in them to try to keep mosquitoes away.Who remembers these?
These torches were used to mark road hazards when I was a kid. Haven't seen one of these 60+ years
That was to put rotating colors on a silver aluminum christmas tree, making the whole tree change colors, because you're not supposed to put string lights on an aluminum tree due to electrical or fire hazard, something like that. One of my aunts had the aluminum tree and color wheel setup.Does anyone remember this item and what it was for?
This vid shows how it works:
It's a bit over the top, "ugly christmas".
Omygosh. That page, OldTimeCandy.com... I could spend a fortune there, and the prices are GOOD. It reminded me how gummy candies kind of exploded in the 90's. Some of those influenced vape flavors, like peach rings. I have never seen the edible paper and strawberry gel pen. I want some cookie dough bites. I want some of those clove hard candy sticks. I want some double hot chocolate peeps. I want I want I want.If you've got a nostalgic sweet-tooth:
Walk the Candy Aisle | OldTimeCandy.com
Walk the aisles of the Old Time Candy Company and you will see over 300 different kinds of Candy you ate as a kid®. When you add up all of the flavors and sizes we have over 700 from which to choose.www.oldtimecandy.com
They have the balsa wood airplanes like Jimi showed. They have bazooka bubblegum. Gaaah!
How many remember the old cast iron spider pots, or what they were for?
They still make a new version of them, but not to the same quality as the vintage ones. Just a couple years back, I got one at a yard sale, and (after cleaning and seasoning it) I sold it to an antique shop for a fair chunk of change.
They still make a new version of them, but not to the same quality as the vintage ones. Just a couple years back, I got one at a yard sale, and (after cleaning and seasoning it) I sold it to an antique shop for a fair chunk of change.
As I thought I recalled, these are used over coals of open fires. They phased out, being replaced by flat bottom skillets in the 1900s as cooking stoves gained popularity.
Recall having to be a remote up until the 1980s. Got a huge black and white cathode ray tubed television when I was four. Think I was maybe six before we finally got a color television, still tubed.
Band-Aids in tins, yep.
I could swear they tasted different when they switched from foil to plastic.Does anyone, probably everyone, remember these
I musta ate at least a million of theseI always had them in my work lunches
I agree, I liked the foil pack better.
I was remembering the "generic" food aisles in grocery stores, 1980's.
We all have our tastes, but I never cared that much for Ding Dongs. Like the Little Debbies cakes and Swiss rolls, the ding dongs seemed kind of greasy and filled with air. I preferred the cupcakes with the white squiggle on top. Was so disappointed when Hostess went out of business. I think it was bankrupcty actually, but then there were investors who liked the cupcakes as much as I did, who brought Hostess back.
I think you can still get Ding Dongs at some stores.
I agree the swiss rolls and squiggiely on top cupcakes were far better but my sweet tooth useta want them all
Does anyone remember the old wringer clothes washers?
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The commercials back then were made to be more entertaining, rather than the irritating ones these days.
Oscar Mayer did some good ones. I can still remember the jingles like "Oscar Mayer has a way with B O L O G N A" ... and "I wish I was an Oscar Mayer wiener... that's what I really want to beeeeeeee.... cause if I was an Oscar Mayer weiner, everyone would be in love with me".
I bet some of you sang those in your heads.
Oscar Mayer did some good ones. I can still remember the jingles like "Oscar Mayer has a way with B O L O G N A" ... and "I wish I was an Oscar Mayer wiener... that's what I really want to beeeeeeee.... cause if I was an Oscar Mayer weiner, everyone would be in love with me".
I bet some of you sang those in your heads.
well said, i agree totally
Sure did
I will never forget this one. As I saw it roll out the first time, I could not believe the lyrics. It was taken off the air pretty soon afterward.
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Remember back when SC Johnson was called Johnson Wax? My adoptive father used to be an accountant there until it became no longer acceptable to have martinis with colleagues during lunch breaks, and got canned back in the late 1970s.
I can remember when there weren't trashy houses where they leave the christmas lights up all year.
I like that one
Maybe I should move that pic to the humour thread. Yep.I like that one
Umm...I still have a fully operational wringer washer. Last used to wash shop rags the wife didn't want to wash in the house.Does anyone remember the old wringer clothes washers?
I bet all our wonderful ladies here are glad to see this one change
When I was a kid we useta run things through the wringer, they had some real power and would crush the heck outta what ever they got a hold of. If something got sucked in that you didn't want to go through it you had to quickly shut it off and split the rollers (it opened up for emergencies.
Who remembers the old instamatic cameras?
Cool I wish I still had one they run forever
i took a naughty pic of my g/f with one lolWho remembers the old instamatic cameras?
Cool I wish I still had one they run forever
Do you remember these Tupperware DIY popsicles?
I still use some like these, fill them with strawberries that have been run through the blender.
That sounds delicious, refreshing, pure, no fillers, no sugar.
They've had Jonny on the reruns channel for the last few years. I never watch. It seemed to me like watching old talk shows would be boring, but a friend mentioned some interesting early interviews with people who went on to become legends.
