I'm so old I Remember when:

[Hayden Goseek]

I remember when headlight dimmer switches were on the floorboard

I had a 1953 Willis jeep (military) with an after market key switch to allow it to run. The starter was on the floorboard like the dimmer swich.

 

[tranquiliti]

I’m a middle school reading teacher (who used to love these books) and I use these as examples of 2nd person point of view. Kids don’t appreciate them, of course.

I was musing recently about how I hated those books as a kid, because I always made the horrible choices leading to the gloomy outcome. Then I lived my life in the same fashion.

(Maybe some intuitive childhood psychologist has written a therapy program for kids: “How to apply lessons from ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ to the rest of your life.”)

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

You should sell them. There is still a market for them.

I didn’t think there was except for the ultra rare ones. Mine still have tags and many are limited edition but they aren’t the exclusive ones. But if you know someone who wants them, let me know!

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

I listed my entire stash on Craigslist about 10 years ago (yes, from ~1996-99) for …….. ….. not the thou$ands I envisioned as a youngster, but something ridiculous like 10 dollars total.

Sounds about right. I think I was 15 and planning to retire on the sale of my beanie baby collection

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

I was musing recently about how I hated those books as a kid, because I always made the horrible choices leading to the gloomy outcome. Then I lived my life in the same fashion.

(Maybe some intuitive childhood psychologist has written a therapy program for kids: “How to apply lessons from ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ to the rest of your life.”)

I think the books prepared us to choose our own adventures in life. Except when I read them and befell some horrible outcome, I would flip back to the last decision tree and try again.

It’s harder to do that in real life. Fiction is easier.

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

Yep gotta nice collection

Of Garbage Pail Kids? Or stale gum?

I don’t know what happened to mine. My mom was never a fan, so my guess is they “accidentally” got thrown away as soon as I lost interest.

 

[notabitail]

I listed my entire stash on Craigslist about 10 years ago (yes, from ~1996-99) for …….. ….. not the thou$ands I envisioned as a youngster, but something ridiculous like 10 dollars total.

My parents tried to sell a whole bunch of beanie babies on craigslist for $10. No one wanted them.

 

[Nomadicus]

Who remembers the kill switches on old lawn mowers that were just a strip of metal on the engine block that you used your finger to bend over to ground out the ignition system on the end of the spark plug?

 

[notabitail]

Who remembers the kill switches on old lawn mowers that were just a strip of metal on the engine block that you used your finger to bend over to ground out the ignition system on the end of the spark plug?

not me.

 

[sdm111]

Who remembers the kill switches on old lawn mowers that were just a strip of metal on the engine block that you used your finger to bend over to ground out the ignition system on the end of the spark plug?

I do, minibikes had them too.