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In reply to the discussion: Remember when you got a free 'church key' with every 6 pack? [View all]moonscape
(4,664 posts)30. I collected match covers, well, at first it was the
whole thing. Then, my parents were alarmed when I reached a couple trashcans full (from all over, European travels, US, etc) and talked me in to removing the matches from them as a fire hazzard.
There were some I wouldn't remove, like the ones that went an extra mile by having wide matches with advertising on each match. Those were super cool!
I think it was 10 years ago or so that I finally, in a declutter whirlwind, decided their time had come and tossed them. But not before looking at each one and reliving the memories, such that I could
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As a 12yo, played Crazy Ball at the County Fair. I won 15 cartons of cigarettes.
Midnight Writer
Aug 2020
#2
Visiting a Travel Agent who types something on a computer machine to plan your trip.
Marcuse
Aug 2020
#5
Party lines unless your family could splurge on a private line. You pick up the phone
mobeau69
Aug 2020
#7
And everyone in the house had to be sooo quiet during a long distance call so you could
tblue37
Aug 2020
#10
You got your milk delivered and had a galvanized, supposedly insulated milkbox sitting on your front
mobeau69
Aug 2020
#12
Yep. We use to call Grandma and Grandpa and let it ring twice to signal we were home from their
mobeau69
Aug 2020
#16
I liked the little rectangular boxes that held small wooden matches.
No Vested Interest
Aug 2020
#31