Name Something....

[MoochNNoodles]

Dial tvs, rotary phones (my kids will probably never know the pain of catching your finger in one of those...), typewriters

I almost forgot- treadle-powered sewing machines

My mother has one; for decoration. It originally belonged to my Great Aunt so it's special to us.

The stove at our first place was harvest gold. DH and I bought appliance spray paint and painted it white.

 

[Maria Bayote]

Turntables and Long Playing vinyl Albums.

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

You can still get those. Those were the best. We had those when I was a kid. Look at the price tag though.

www.amazon.com/RSVP-International-ICE-18-Endurance-Cube/dp/B00QQVZX5Y/ref=sr_1_8?crid=9JOFM8HJ1M7C&keywords=aluminum+ice+cube+trays+with+levers&qid=1565351723&s=gateway&sprefix=alumium+ic%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-8

yes, and it's the price that stops me from buying some aluminum ice cube trays.

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

You mean the ones with the lever that you pulled up on to free the cubes?

yes, those kind! the ice cubes came out so much easier than the plastic cube trays these days.

 

[posiepurrs]

Dial wall phones, telephone tables, avocado or turquoise appliances, ice cube trays, fuel oil tanks in the basement, wringer washers.

Our house is almost 30 years old and we have an oil tank in the basement. Something from my childhood I don't see now is ashtrays in the homes. Hardly anyone smokes anymore (THANK HEAVENS!!)

 

[darkmavis]

VCR
Wooden console tv with a dial
Rotary phone (none of my friends knew how to use it, apparently my house was the only one that didn't upgrade in the late 80s-90s to button (but still plug-in) phones.)
Wallpaper in every room. I really dont see wallpaper much these days.

 

[MonaLyssa33]

Landlines, dial-up Internet, tube TVs.

 

[Mother Dragon]

Ice picks, church keys (bottle openers), glass milk bottles with cardboard stoppers, 78 rpm records, the little discs that went into the center of a 45 rpm record, party line telephones, bean bag chairs (although I saw one at Costco the other day for $680!), aspic salads, molded Jell-O salads with fruit or other things in them, homemade kites, Buster Brown shoes, penny loafers, saddle oxfords, skywriter airplanes, flour and water paste, salt volcano school projects, baby scales, and colored chicks at Easter.

 

[NY cat man]

Ice picks, church keys (bottle openers), glass milk bottles with cardboard stoppers, 78 rpm records, the little discs that went into the center of a 45 rpm record, party line telephones, bean bag chairs (although I saw one at Costco the other day for $680!), aspic salads, molded Jell-O salads with fruit or other things in them, homemade kites, Buster Brown shoes, penny loafers, saddle oxfords, skywriter airplanes, flour and water paste, salt volcano school projects, baby scales, and colored chicks at Easter.

My mother used to make a circular mold using lime jello with cottage cheese mixed in.

 

[engine4154]

I still have a rotary phone here. I got it from a model when I was doing retro themed photography. Of course it's not hooked up but it looks cool anyway.

 

[NY cat man]

My first memory of our telephone was that there were no area codes or 7 digit numbers. There were 2 letters and then 4 numbers that you used. Also, there were real, live operators.

 

[maggie101]

I so miss the slide and diving board in my parents old home

 

[dustydiamond1]

Answering machines, big console TVs, VHS players and cassette players. We still use the players.

 

[Kat0121]

yes, those kind! the ice cubes came out so much easier than the plastic cube trays these days.

Those were great. I look for them in thrift stores hoping to luck out one day.

 

[DreamerRose]

Slide projectors and 8 mm cameras and movie projectors. Portable 45 rpm record players. Brownie Kodaks. Roller skates with keys. Portable salon-type hair dryers. Fountain pens.

My grandmother had an icebox. The iceman delivered a block of ice two or three times a week.

 

[rgwanner]

Manual typewriters. My father was a minister and on Saturday nights he would be typing his sermon.

Also, tin bathtubs that you filled with hot water from the stove. (That is going back but I have been a senior for a while now) We had one until I was maybe 5 or so. We kept it and in the summer we would fill it with water in the morning. Then by afternoon the water would be just right to splash in. That was our backyard swimming pool.

 

[NY cat man]

Manual typewriters. My father was a minister and on Saturday nights he would be typing his sermon.

Also, tin bathtubs that you filled with hot water from the stove. (That is going back but I have been a senior for a while now) We had one until I was maybe 5 or so. We kept it and in the summer we would fill it with water in the morning. Then by afternoon the water would be just right to splash in. That was our backyard swimming pool.

That's how we took our baths- in a corner of the kitchen, using a galvanized wash tub, and with 2 chairs with a blanket draped over them for some privacy.

 

[Tik cat's mum]

Black and white TV'S, My auntie watched snooker

 

[VinceL]

Reading the posts on this thread is like taking a trip down memory lane.

 

[Neko-chan's mama]

Really little, rotary phones. Preteen, the old5.5 inch floppy disks.