I'm so old I Remember when:

[fuzzi]

Ahhh teenage heartthrobs! Mine was David Cassidy. Dreamy!

Michael Ontkean! (The Rookies)

 

[Nomadicus]

For us it was a willow switch. Not me of course, but my siblings.

Peach tree switches for my neighbor's kids my age. Boys and girls alike.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Collect calls: person you were calling paid the long distance charges
Person-to-person: if they weren't available you didn't have to pay for the call
Dialing "0" for an operator
Dialing a number to hear the time
Paying less for long distance calls after 8pm, a lot less after 11pm

Time and temperature. I called that number so many times when I was a kid I still have it memorized.

 

[-Chanticleer-]

Collect calls: person you were calling paid the long distance charges
Person-to-person: if they weren't available you didn't have to pay for the call
Dialing "0" for an operator
Dialing a number to hear the time
Paying less for long distance calls after 8pm, a lot less after 11pm

1800-C-A-L-L-ATT it’s free for you and cheap for them.

 

[fuzzi]

I remember watching Under Dog....

I had the UnderDog board game...

 

[fuzzi]

This thread is full of old people that go to bed at 8:00 isn't it?

It's past your bedtime, whippersnapper!!!

 

[chrissynemetz]

I remember when every little boy from first grade forward had a pocket knife they carried everywhere. Including school.

 

[fuzzi]

And quick draw McGraw!

And Snagglepuss..."Exit, stage right!"

 

[fuzzi]

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I worked at a PhotoMat!

 

[fuzzi]

• Phone booths - and calls were a dime.
• Photo mat booths - and it took weeks to get your photos back.
• Black and white TV with 8 channels and rabbit ear antennas.
• Movie theaters that always played double-features.
• Winter boots that were "slickers" - you put your foot in, shoes and all. Mom slipped an old bread bag over your shoe so you could get your foot in.
• The Pledge of Allegence, every morning, in school
• Manual typewriters, taking note hand, being graded on cursive penmanship

Who knows what this is?
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There were no blow dryers then, so we made our own by removing the bonnet.