I'm so old I Remember when:

[R2elk]

A a kid i shopped at the 5 and dime store.

Ours was Murphy's 5 & dime. I remember the dyed chicks and ducklings at Easter.

 

[sourland]

Ours was Murphy's 5 & dime. I remember the dyed chicks and ducklings at Easter.

The large 'container' of potato sticks - a small package of them for 5 cents - a treat every two weeks on pay day when we went to town.

 

[Nomadicus]

Our small town had a 5 and dime and actually sold nickel and dime items. Owners son was in my class.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

I remember Woolworth's! It was THE place the shop for kid toys.

Does anyone remember the rotary dial phones?

The public pay telephones with the rigid phone cords? Calls were 10 cents.

Yes, and the party lines. Woolworth's and WT Grant

 

[Nomadicus]

So this is what everyone is seeing. Low flying jets. I thought there was something odd about planes lately.

Doubt it as they don't hover and then go straight up and down vertically. These jets move along at a couple hundred mph.

 

[Nomadicus]

Remote control jets bring back a memory of a quote long ago when I was young. "The difference in Men and Boys is the Price of their Toys".

 

[5Australorpasaures]

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[Nomadicus]

Back to phones for a minute. I have a distant cousin that has this phone on her kitchen wall.

 

[Evadig]

Back to phones for a minute. I have a distant cousin that has this phone on her kitchen wall.
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Does it work?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I remember Woolworth's! It was THE place the shop for kid toys.

Does anyone remember the rotary dial phones?

The public pay telephones with the rigid phone cords? Calls were 10 cents.

Yup and yup. My #1DH called his mom from inside one of those pay booths on a snowy evening, to tell her we were engaged. It was cramped but warm with both of us in there. <giggle>