Old Enough To Remember?

[Larry Fine]

We had cap guns that used the same cup caps.

 

[Fawlty]

Lionel ZW Transformer. I got it when I was 5yo, 1958.

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I had one of these transformers for my Triang train set. Around the same time.

 

[Oldbikefixr]

Conbo chair and step-stool, probably in the kitchen.
Shuey

We have a red one in the kitchen. Wife's just 5' tall.

 

[motornut]

That looks like fun

 

[ST1100Y]

I'm quite amused by the fact that the creator/s of this consider themself "old"...



We'd a blackboard and chalk, at home we'd tube radios and b/w TV furniture...

 

[diferg]

Went to high school with a slide rule!

 

[RaYzerman]

Went to high school with a slide rule!

I was never that proficient with it..... still have mine, but after all these years, have little clue how to use it.

 

[scootac]

Went to high school with a slide rule!

I had....maybe still have.....a circular slide rule.
Fit in a shirt pocket easily that way.

 

[Uncle Phil]

My old K&E and my log book on one of my shelves collecting dust ...

 

[Sunday Rider]

Who had one of these? We spent lots of hours with this, trying to figure out a way to dump a small payload on the dog when she was sleeping. Didn't work, dog was smarter than us.

 

[Skunkape]

Who had one of these? We spent lots of hours with this, trying to figure out a way to dump a small payload on the dog when she was sleeping. Didn't work, dog was smarter than us.

I don't remember those. However, it reminds me of all the department stores that had vacuums blowing a ball up in the air.

 

[Shuey]

Yep, true for my whole family . . .
Shuey

 

[jodog]

I don't remember those. However, it reminds me of all the department stores that had vacuums blowing a ball up in the air.

I had one of those.

 

[scootac]

Yep, true for my whole family . . .
Shuey

If I was sick enough to go to the Dr and need a prescription, I was allowed to pick out a new comic book at the drug store.
Simple times.

 

[bdalameda]

As a child I remember reading these in the waiting room of the doctors office:

 

[Uncle Phil]

Anybody remember the "Weekly Reader" papers?
Or "Advanced Math"?

 

[Shuey]

Anybody remember the "Weekly Reader" papers?
Or "Advanced Math"?

Yep, . . . and Boys Life.
Shuey

 

[Nashcat]

Anybody remember being a kid with a runny nose and your Grandpa pulling out a dirty handkerchief and making you blow your nose, right after all the other grandkids had used it?

 

[scootac]

Anybody remember being a kid with a runny nose and your Grandpa pulling out a dirty handkerchief and making you blow your nose, right after all the other grandkids had used it?

Built immunity!!!



It was that or your sleeve!

 

[jodog]

As a child I remember reading these in the waiting room of the doctors office:

Ok, my KIDS read those. Thanks for making me feel old today.