I'm so old I Remember when:

[azurbanclucker]

Growing up is mandatory. Growing old is optional.

My inner child agrees with this. The decaying meat sack my inner child inhabits, would like a word, however.

 

[azurbanclucker]

I love my 45 record player. It would play the same 45 record over & over, or play a stack of them without touching it.
When my Hubby, at that time my boyfriend, had to go to Vietnam I played "Unchanged Melody" over and over and over. I drove my Dad crazy, he would yell "Give it a drink", in other words knock it off!

amusingly, one of the very first things I 3d printed was 45RPM spacers for my turntable.

 

[Bsmac]

My washer dryer was ordered through the Sears Catalog. They were on sale for Christmas. We bought them the day after Thanksgiving 1988 for less than $500 for the pair and they are still chugging away

Appliances were built better then with less bells and whistles to go wrong!

 

[MROO]

No worries, Elk. I believe you are human!

... or at least mostly!

 

[MROO]

My washer dryer was ordered through the Sears Catalog. They were on sale for Christmas. We bought them the day after Thanksgiving 1988 for less than $500 for the pair and they are still chugging away

My HOUSE was ordered through the Sears catalog. Well, the plans for my house came from there. My neighbor's house is a full-on Sears house with parts number still visible on attic beams and anything exposed when they make repairs. She wishes the original owners had shared the plans - now that would be interesting. Imagine making a mistake fitting Tab A into Slot B on THAT!

 

[R2elk]

... or at least mostly!

I do have extra parts and also missing some parts.

 

[LaurenRitz]

I do have extra parts and also missing some parts.

Aftermarket!

 

[Love Donkeys]

I love my 45 record player. It would play the same 45 record over & over, or play a stack of them without touching it.
When my Hubby, at that time my boyfriend, had to go to Vietnam I played "Unchanged Melody" over and over and over. I drove my Dad crazy, he would yell "Give it a drink", in other words knock it off!

It's strange replying to my own reply.

Every time I listen to Unchanged Melody I still cry!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

It's Unchained Melody

 

[Love Donkeys]

My HOUSE was ordered through the Sears catalog. Well, the plans for my house came from there. My neighbor's house is a full-on Sears house with parts number still visible on attic beams and anything exposed when they make repairs. She wishes the original owners had shared the plans - now that would be interesting. Imagine making a mistake fitting Tab A into Slot B on THAT!

I looked to find out if copies of Sears houses are available. Apparently original catalog images and floor plans might be online on different archives and historical sites. I found one site SearsHouses.com