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mobeau69

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12. You got your milk delivered and had a galvanized, supposedly insulated milkbox sitting on your front
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 07:38 PM
Aug 2020

Porch. There was a clip on the inside of the lid where you put a card with your order on it. The milk bottles were all glass and all half gallons. You sent an empty one on top so the milk man could see from the road that you had an order inside for him.

I remember the matches. Laelth Aug 2020 #1
As a 12yo, played Crazy Ball at the County Fair. I won 15 cartons of cigarettes. Midnight Writer Aug 2020 #2
Or walking over the tarmac to ascend the stairs to the plane angstlessk Aug 2020 #3
I still have an empty matchbook from a restaurant Jamastiene Aug 2020 #4
Visiting a Travel Agent who types something on a computer machine to plan your trip. Marcuse Aug 2020 #5
some of that goes back even further than i do. barbtries Aug 2020 #6
Party lines unless your family could splurge on a private line. You pick up the phone mobeau69 Aug 2020 #7
But you DID listen in. trof Aug 2020 #8
As a kid I pitied the folks on our party line Lord Ludd Aug 2020 #32
Had to dial 0 and talk to an operator to make a long distance call. You could mobeau69 Aug 2020 #9
And everyone in the house had to be sooo quiet during a long distance call so you could tblue37 Aug 2020 #10
LOL. Yep, and it was such a big deal. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #13
YUUUUGE! And you could game the system. trof Aug 2020 #22
And expensive. Remember waiting until 7:00 p.m. to get the reduced rates? nt tblue37 Aug 2020 #23
Oh yeah! Forgot about that. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #26
Cigarettes used to be sold in vending machines Ohiogal Aug 2020 #11
25 cents a pack. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #15
23 cents and 2 pennies in the bottom of the pack cellophane. trof Aug 2020 #24
You got your milk delivered and had a galvanized, supposedly insulated milkbox sitting on your front mobeau69 Aug 2020 #12
Remember the printed line on the glass bottles- OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2020 #19
Or call collect and ask for Mickey Mouse Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #14
Yep. We use to call Grandma and Grandpa and let it ring twice to signal we were home from their mobeau69 Aug 2020 #16
Yup!! Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #17
You're older than you think. bluedigger Aug 2020 #18
Cloth diapers that eventually made great rags to wash the car with. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #20
Oh HELL no. DISHCLOTHS! trof Aug 2020 #25
The matches lasted a very long time. Into the 80s at least PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #21
You knew all of your friend's phone numbers by heart. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #27
Your family doctor made house calls. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #28
I remember a free tie when you bought a suit packman Aug 2020 #29
I collected match covers, well, at first it was the moonscape Aug 2020 #30
I liked the little rectangular boxes that held small wooden matches. No Vested Interest Aug 2020 #31
Ohio Blue Tip! We called them kitchen matches. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #33
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