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31. I liked the little rectangular boxes that held small wooden matches.
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 09:22 PM
Aug 2020

Of course, there were the large boxes that held large-size wooden matches, used to light some stoves and ovens, and other things, (I guess- part of the mysterious adult world at that time.)

Enjoyed seeing the wooden matches burn.

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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