KS quilter

When I was very young our phone number was 79J...still remember that. I want to mention another thing that made me chuckle a bit. A town hear us has an event every year
called Old Iron Days. Naturally they have a lot of old farm
equipment, and a lot of old farm implements being used...handcrank icecream, churns making butter, apple press
making cider (for the kids it's juice) people making brooms
and a whole bunch of other stuff. In one demo space they had a gal using a tredle sewing machine and asked if I would
come and quilt. I did...using an 18" hoop. On Thursdays
they bring through grade school classes from many schools
in the area. It's a great learning experience for the kiddos. Okay, here we go...can you just imagine how many
children asked me what that was on my finger!...yup, never
heard of or seen a thimble before.
They also had an old sad iron and one of the teachers
said no need to tell them how they used that. Most do not
even know what an electric iron is. Betcha she's right.

purplefiend

I learned to drive in a 1969 Toyota Corona 4 on the floor, the speedometer cable had broken the week before; so I learned to shift to the sound of the engine.
Our party line number was Ludlow 576.
Anyone recall the yellow Helm's Bakery trucks? They were yellow Chevy Suburbans.

cr12cats

yeap i remember our party line loved to listen so my girl freind and i would make up stuff so she would get a ear full and hang up. when she hung up she always gasped first. i know it was mean but she shouldn't of been so nosy. we set anything up from drug deals to sex. we were to young to know much about either one so we only could speak about stuff we heard or seen on tv. i have to admit though it was kind of fun.

pscott392

Yep, remember that, too. My Mom had the wringer washer until the late 70s and used the bluing in the rinse.

booklady

We must be the same age!!! I had a stick shift. Even raced a couple guys in the parking lot! (I won!). Now my daughter drives a stick. Don't have to worry about her car being stolen when they see that third pedal! The memories . . . . .

QuiltingJaguar

oh boy do I remember squeezing the bag with the white mess inside and breaking the yellow button then we would have to work it, work it until the white was all yellow, put it in the ref and there it sat one big lump of oleo???

tntgranny

We were able to buy margarine in Illinois - but my great-uncle that lived in Wisconsin could not. It was against the law to sell a "non-dairy" spread - Wisconsin being the Dairy State. When we would visit we would go to a discount grocery store and buy a case of margarine and take it to him - they would use some and freeze the rest. Felt a little like bootleggers carry contraband over state lines.

redkimba

I remember my dad having a standard shift that was on the column. Most of the standard shifts that I've driven were on the floor.

I'm officially in my first automatic drive car in 25 years. ::now feels old::

Wonnie

Aren't we all just too lucky to remember and have been part of all these memories? As far as modern?....I'm glad for the rotary cutter and mat :-)...dislike the cell phone ( who wants to have everyone know your whereabouts 24/7 and there are times I just don't want to be contacted for idle chit-chat and feel guilty if I don't answer), do use the internet and would definitely miss this board and all the other educational things I learn from it), my Kindle was a gift and it has its uses but I still like the feel and smell of a book.

Connie in CO

I remember mine Genasee 3468.Well I'm 63