Do You Remember?

[nurktwin 2,143]

How many do you remember?

Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.

Ignition switches on the dashboard.

Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.

Real ice boxes.

Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.

Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.

Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.

Older Than Dirt Quiz :

Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about.

Ratings at the bottom.

1.. Blackjack chewing gum

2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water

3. Candy cigarettes

4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles

5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes

6 . Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers

7. Party lines on the telephone

8 Newsreels before the movie

9. P.F. Flyers

10. Butch wax

11.. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were only 3 channels [if you were fortunate])

12. Peashooters

13. Howdy Doody

14. 45 RPM records

15. S& H greenstamps

16. Hi-fi's

17. Metal ice trays with lever

18. Mimeograph paper

19. Blue flashbulb

20. Packards

21. Roller skate keys

22. Cork popguns

23. Drive-ins

24. Studebakers

25. Wash tub wringers

If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young

If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older

If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,

If you remembered 16-25 = You' re older than dirt!

I might be older than dirt but those memories are some of the best parts of my life.

[Patty Petty 9]

Now I feel old, thanks Nurk, lol. I remembered 11, so I'm not going to tell my age, ;-)

[nurktwin 2,143]

don't feel bad, i remembered all 25!!!!!!!!

[Sugar 0]

Wow, lots of good memories there! Yes, I am older than dirt!

[Amber 70]

Just having had another birthday last month...I really needed this, lol! i remembered 17 so I am older than dirt too. Of course, I already knew that. Looking at the list, those things do seem a really long time ago, don't they? You forget how much time has passed by.

[somewheredowntheroad 20]

I am officially older than dirt - 23. I loved the smell of the mimeograph paper.

[weird monkey 0]

I remembered 19, but I don't think I am that old, it's just where I grew up.

I had to look up PF Flyers - but I remember Keds, and apparently they were around way before PFs. And yeah, I loved the smell of mimeograph fluid too. I thought the machines were fascinating.

[Refugee 7]

I remembered 18, lol.

[WildflowerNJ 136]

I remembered 20...lol, I am as old as I am and that's okay. Thanks for this, Nurk

[nurktwin 2,143]

i remember the Henry J automobile too, uncle had one.

[KansasPettyFan 1]

Fun to read, Nurk. I remember a few. You would like Reminisce magazine.

[Amber 70]

Yes, I used to love smelling the mimeographed copies after the teacher handed them out. The ditto fluid had a great smell and probably killed some brain cells I need now....

[AngelDream 16]

i knew i was older than dirt, i remembered 24, lol. mom and i used to wear PF flyers, she bought them at JC Penny's.

[DCAHNM 0]

I remember 6. I know about the dimmer switch being on the floorboard because my folks let me drive a '78 Cadillac Seville when I was a teenager.

[kira 0]

17 here. When I first started teaching school, we still used those memograph machines. You had to type on paper with a purple film. If you made a mistake, pull the paper out, scrape the film with a razor, paint the area with new purple goo (similar to white out), line the typewriter back up, and go again. I typed real slow so I wouldn't make mistakes. Then you rip off the film page, put the reversed side on this rolling drum and roll each sheet individually. I guess Xrox machines were too expensive for schools to buy. It was a real pain in the arse. Teachers loved the smell too.