I'm so old I Remember when:

[RoyalChick]

Legos that didn't come with a build manual.

I used Tinkertoys to make a playground for my parakeet.

The Legos also weren’t sold in kits.
I remember when windows first became available and I asked my parents if I could get more windows as I was building a Lego house (I already got roof tiles).
We went to a toy store and I believe I picked out individual pieces. Not 100% sure of my memory on that.

 

[RoyalChick]

Nope, but Mom tore apart an old mattress and we put the springs on the bottoms of our shoes.

That sounds fun.
I remember making ‘dolls’ using a bed spring for the body and ping-pong balls for their heads.

 

[jxp]

Most people here seem to plan ahead and ensure their dogs will be calm since it is a given that fireworks will go off. I don't think most of these people are trying to be jerks, I think they are trying to celebrate. Though I will say that anyone setting off fireworks past 12:15 AM should stop and head to bed (people here do it for hours afterwards.) Planning ahead will make it much easier to put up with. I ensure to have plans set out so I can get the rest I need and that my animals will be safe.

I'm not about to buy CBD for my fur babies. The city has opening night celebrations every year. If people don't want to be jerks, they can drive the 10 miles into downtown to the big celebration where there's everything from street vendors to magic shows to roller derby to boat rides on the river and a huge firework display with a live band at midnight. No need to break the law and upset every dog on the block.

 

[Canadian Wind]

That sounds fun.
I remember making ‘dolls’ using a bed spring for the body and ping-pong balls for their heads.

I remember when mattresses HAD springs, not all this overpriced foam stuff.

 

[Rick589]

I remember when a glass bottle of Orange Crush out of the vending machine was 10 cents and all the ladies wore hats and gloves downtown.

Speaking of which, you reminded me that when I was very young my grandmother would get all dressed up to go shopping downtown. (This was in York Pa.) I remember that at noon, I believe, the National anthem would be played over loud speakers any everyone would stop and place their hand over their heart until it was over.

 

[Rick589]

Is this one? My son the electrician brought it home about a year ago. He was politely showing interest when in a customers house who's showed him all sorts of neat old stuff he collected. The gentleman was impressed with both my son's kindness and manners as well as the job he'd done and gave the cannon to him as he was leaving. That sucker is heavy. View attachment 4019032View attachment 4019033View attachment 4019034

Yes. Can’t remember exactly what mine looked like after about 60 years but definitely similar. You’d but a bit of carbide and water in it, it would generate carbide gas, you ignite with a spark ( can’t remember exactly how mine worked) and it would produce a substantial bang.

 

[LaurenRitz]

Ours just used AA batteries. Ate through them quite a bit. It was a cheapy one on ToysRUs closing sale.

This one belonged to my Dad when he was a kid. When the little pins that held the track together inevitably got lost he would cut the heads off small nails to replace them.

 

[Sally PB]

the proper way to remove our gloves

And what is the proper way to remove gloves? I can guess it is NOT pull them off so that they're inside out.

 

[LaurenRitz]

And what is the proper way to remove gloves? I can guess it is NOT pull them off so that they're inside out.

One finger at a time. But a true lady would never remove her gloves in public.

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm so old I remember when we had a glove factory in the town where we were living at the time over a half century ago. My wife worked there for a little while until she went to work for a local greenhouse grower of all kinds of plants. We both learned a lot from that man.