'Remember when' or 'these kids today' nostalgia thread for old fogies like me

[N F C]

Oh no, you'd be arrested for unfair child labor or have to pay him minimum wage.

And you'd have the flip side, with some car owners not wanting a child to come close to their car, let alone touching the windows.

 

[adrikeen]

I'm surprised Mace didn't jump in on this one....NJ is the only place I know that still pumps your gas for you....true that's it though - no fluid or tire checks - no windshield cleaner. I agree with Potato Chip...I was always entertained as a kid by the guy washing the windshield! However, if someone came up to my car now....they'd probably startle me and get hit with the windshield squeegee.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Remember when things were made of metal or wood and not plastic? Like thermoses or lunch boxes.

 

[pertnear09]

I'm surprised Mace didn't jump in on this one....NJ is the only place I know that still pumps your gas for you....true that's it though - no fluid or tire checks - no windshield cleaner. I agree with Potato Chip...I was always entertained as a kid by the guy washing the windshield! However, if someone came up to my car now....they'd probably startle me and get hit with the windshield squeegee.

I may have been one of those guys washing your windshield.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Remember when things were made of metal or wood and not plastic? Like thermoses or lunch boxes.

Just look at how many things we buy that comes in plastic now days.
Remember when things were contained in containers that weren't plastic.
Drinks were in tin cans or glass. Coffee was in tin cans. Lots of stuff were in cardboard with tin ends. Some things were in paper. Either paper bags or wrapped in paper.
Gas cans were metal. Oil was in the cardboard with tin ends and you had to stick the spout in them. Toothpaste was in those foil tubes.
Plastic has changed almost everthing manufactured. Either the product itself, how it is stored or shipped or the machinery used to make it.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Even paper receipts have some sort of finish on them that gets absorbed into your skin! I try not to touch them.

 

[User395221]

Remember when things were made of metal or wood and not plastic? Like thermoses or lunch boxes.

My lunch box was plastic, I think. Thermoses had those glass liners and you had to be careful not to drop them. Some things are better now, you can't break your all-metal thermos.

 

[adrikeen]

Ugh...I broke so many of those glass liners....I think my mother was ecstatic when they came out with the plastic ones.

 

[FlyWheel]

Ohh, How could I forget about the windshield wash? Also many gas stations had service bays where you could get your car tuned and or fixed as well.

 

[FlyWheel]

I had a metal lunch box with a thermos in it. Stanley's made all metal thermoses for decades.

I really miss the oil cans that you used the spout with, it made pouring the oil into the engine without spilling any so much easier!