Things baby boomers remember

May 04, 2018 at 07:08 PM

Remember the feeling of pulling a glass bottle of Coke out of a vending machine? The machine would have a bottle opener built in.

Travelinglady · May 04, 2018 at 08:42 PM

Yep, I remember that!

butterscotch444 · May 04, 2018 at 09:56 PM

Yes Key tones!! Loved that! We took the plastic tabs under the lids and played with them!

Nammu · 10:23 PM

For some reason bottle caps remind me of these dorky hats the adults wore up at the lake. They were of knitted squares sewed together with alternate color yarn.

Wait...upon further thinking of this I think the hats were made from beer cans and sewed together with yarn. Soda cans too. I have to go google this the memories are teasing me.

Yes, it was a thing! Crochet hats with the aluminum cans. I think it was a vacation thing tho.

Gus1234U · May 05, 2018 at 04:17 AM

one of my cousins had a 1965 mustang,, omg, it was the hottest thing we had ever seen~!

Nammu · May 05, 2018 at 09:00 AM

My sister had one of those in powered blue

May 05, 2018 at 02:00 PM

Do you remember the sound of driving over the black hose at gas stations?

A nice man would walk up to find out what you needed. Fillerup

check the oil (pull dip stick, wipe, insert, pull and look, put it back), and clean windows!!

We don’t have full service where I am

Nammu · May 05, 2018 at 02:15 PM

I do remember that it was discontinued soon after I got my license. I remember driving to the only remaining full service station cause I didn't want to smell like gasoline.

emgreen · May 06, 2018 at 10:13 AM

Did anyone else make juvenile prank phone calls?

To a tobacco shop: Do You have Prince Albert in a can? Well, you'd better let him out!!!

To a bowling alley: Do you have 10 pound balls? How in the heck do you walk!?

To a household: Is your refrigerator runing? Well, you'd better catch it!!!

To a gas station: Have you pumped ethyl lately?

& on & on they went...Pretty juvenile, but we had odd senses of humor.

Nammu · May 06, 2018 at 11:39 AM

We didn't do that but we did listen in on the party line. Remember calling for the time?

May 06, 2018 at 12:30 PM

Oh my gosh, yes!! We called the “time and temperature” line all the time in St. Louis!

I had a friend that used to like to make prank calls when we were little. She liked to call people with the last name Heinz and sing the Heinz ketchup song (Carly Simon song) Anticipation into the phone.

I wouldn’t do it...she thought I was a party pooper.

Travelinglady · May 06, 2018 at 12:49 PM

We don't have full gas station service where I am either.

I also remember party lines. I'm sure young people would find that hard to believe. Pick up the phone and someone else using it, so you'd have to wait?!

Gus1234U · May 06, 2018 at 11:34 PM

i remember getting only one radio station, and that one only at night, it must have been bouncing off the stratosphere, from Oklahoma City, the WolfMan~! omg, loved that station~

Things baby boomers remember

Gus1234U · May 06, 2018 at 11:39 PM

i remember when kids were all expected to work summers after 8th grade....
i was a waitress in a little cafe with a jukebox, that's how i learned my first rock n roll songs....

Nammu · May 07, 2018 at 08:48 AM

I remember when they revived old radio shows to recast. Mystery and thriller shows.

emgreen · May 07, 2018 at 03:41 PM

We were discussing phones...I hated the cords on the phones (we only had one phone). I'd be trying to talk to my girlfriend (making sweet talk) & my parents were in the next room! Embarrassing!

I remember getting a transistor radio for my 6th birthday. I'd listen to the Detroit Tiger baseball games after my bedtime with the radio under my pillow.

May 07, 2018 at 04:04 PM

I remember this looong phone cord that could reach through the kitchen and half-way through the living room! That thing was a pain to keep looped correctly because people would stretch it to the brink, and it would bounce back all whopper jawed.

Hairball · May 07, 2018 at 04:39 PM

have fond memories of going to see David Cassidy when I was 13, my teen heart throb, and cutie pie.

emgreen here is one that was popular in my house ______(Insert Last name) funeral parlor, u stab them, we slab them.

Nammu · May 07, 2018 at 04:40 PM

What I remember about phones is there was just the one, mostly in the kitchen or hall and it had a loud ring that could be heard outside but if ya didn't get to it in time ya had no idea who called! There were no answer machines, no caller IDs, no last number dialed. 'Twas a different way of life.

May 07, 2018 at 07:02 PM

Ha! Yes, so true. We used ringing signals as a clue to pick up the phone (ring once hang up, then call back).

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Anonymous45390 Guest Posts: n/a	May 04, 2018 at 07:08 PM #21 Remember the feeling of pulling a glass bottle of Coke out of a vending machine? The machine would have a bottle opener built in.
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 49,204 (SuperPoster!) 14 23.3k hugs given	May 04, 2018 at 08:42 PM #22 Yep, I remember that!
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Gus1234U Seeker Member Since Jun 2010 Location: Here Posts: 9,204 14	May 05, 2018 at 04:17 AM #25 one of my cousins had a 1965 mustang,, omg, it was the hottest thing we had ever seen~! __________________ AWAKEN~!
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 73,959 (SuperPoster!) 14 57.2k hugs given	May 05, 2018 at 09:00 AM #26 My sister had one of those in powered blue __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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Anonymous45390 Guest Posts: n/a	May 05, 2018 at 02:00 PM #27 Do you remember the sound of driving over the black hose at gas stations? A nice man would walk up to find out what you needed. Fillerup check the oil (pull dip stick, wipe, insert, pull and look, put it back), and clean windows!! We don’t have full service where I am
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 73,959 (SuperPoster!) 14 57.2k hugs given	May 06, 2018 at 11:39 AM #30 We didn't do that but we did listen in on the party line. Remember calling for the time? __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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Anonymous45390 Guest Posts: n/a	May 06, 2018 at 12:30 PM #31 Oh my gosh, yes!! We called the “time and temperature” line all the time in St. Louis! I had a friend that used to like to make prank calls when we were little. She liked to call people with the last name Heinz and sing the Heinz ketchup song (Carly Simon song) Anticipation into the phone. I wouldn’t do it...she thought I was a party pooper.
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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 49,204 (SuperPoster!) 14 23.3k hugs given	May 06, 2018 at 12:49 PM #32 We don't have full gas station service where I am either. I also remember party lines. I'm sure young people would find that hard to believe. Pick up the phone and someone else using it, so you'd have to wait?!
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Gus1234U Seeker Member Since Jun 2010 Location: Here Posts: 9,204 14	May 06, 2018 at 11:34 PM #33 i remember getting only one radio station, and that one only at night, it must have been bouncing off the stratosphere, from Oklahoma City, the WolfMan~! omg, loved that station~ __________________ AWAKEN~!
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Gus1234U Seeker Member Since Jun 2010 Location: Here Posts: 9,204 14	May 06, 2018 at 11:39 PM #34 i remember when kids were all expected to work summers after 8th grade.... i was a waitress in a little cafe with a jukebox, that's how i learned my first rock n roll songs.... __________________ AWAKEN~!
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 73,959 (SuperPoster!) 14 57.2k hugs given	May 07, 2018 at 08:48 AM #35 I remember when they revived old radio shows to recast. Mystery and thriller shows. __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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emgreen Wise Elder Member Since Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 9,645 (SuperPoster!) 12 937 hugs given	May 07, 2018 at 03:41 PM #36 We were discussing phones...I hated the cords on the phones (we only had one phone). I'd be trying to talk to my girlfriend (making sweet talk) & my parents were in the next room! Embarrassing! I remember getting a transistor radio for my 6th birthday. I'd listen to the Detroit Tiger baseball games after my bedtime with the radio under my pillow.
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Anonymous45390 Guest Posts: n/a	May 07, 2018 at 04:04 PM #37 I remember this looong phone cord that could reach through the kitchen and half-way through the living room! That thing was a pain to keep looped correctly because people would stretch it to the brink, and it would bounce back all whopper jawed.
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Hairball Member Member Since May 2015 Location: Packerland, USA Posts: 341 9 301 hugs given	May 07, 2018 at 04:39 PM #38 have fond memories of going to see David Cassidy when I was 13, my teen heart throb, and cutie pie. emgreen here is one that was popular in my house ______(Insert Last name) funeral parlor, u stab them, we slab them.
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Anonymous45390 Guest Posts: n/a	May 07, 2018 at 07:02 PM #40 Ha! Yes, so true. We used ringing signals as a clue to pick up the phone (ring once hang up, then call back).
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