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[LoveShoes]

I remember when the tv's had a knob that you had to turn and get up in order to change the channel. My mother always had us change the channel as soon as we were getting comfortable, one of us would get up to change the channel.

[jlkz]

@Vivian

Your post on typing reminded me of the summer school typing course I signed up for between 9 th and 10th grades.  It wasn't part of the academic program but it was a lifesaver when I got to college:  I typed all my own papers and Honors thesis ( the latter was in French...all 40 pages!

i remember you needed a lot of coins for the ladies room...the stalls and the vending machine.

Those weren't the days!!!

[Q4u]

When I was 16 I was given a "Swinger" Polaroid camara.  Came with a case and everything I needed.  You could take a picture, pull it out of the camara, smear some smelly stuff all over it and watch while the picture started to materialize~!

Oh typewriters~!  My Dad had a couple of portable 1950's typewriters and he typed extremely well all the time.  I was encouraged to type early, did so and have been grateful I learned ever since.  When I started college we went downtown to a smelly little office store and he picked out a 1927 Underwood Champion that I used all through school!  It was and STILL IS a great machine.  My oldest son (who loves everything old) now is the owner and user.....

When you think about the changes that have happened, it can be overwhelming for sure.....

[nana59]

My granddaugher is in the 7th grade.....always been a straight A student....this year she was complaining about having to take Keyboarding....that's what they call Typing class now.....she had a B....i told her how much i loved typing in school.....i told her i'd give her fifty bucks if she got an A......i now owe her fifty bucks!!  but she still uses her thumbs when typing on her electronic devices!!!  Yeah..i'm old.....but i can still type!!

[Imadickens]

Party lines! Yes! I also remember no stores had AC! When visiting my grandparents in Kentucky heat we'd always nap from 2-4! My grandma pulled the shades, folded back a crisp white sheet (ironed, of course) where we'd enjoy hearing stories about when she was a girl in 1904! She died in 1986 and used her ringer washing machine until that day!

remember flash cubes?

[MalteseMomma]

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@LoveShoes wrote:
I remember when the tv's had a knob that you had to turn and get up in order to change the channel. My mother always had us change the channel as soon as we were getting comfortable, one of us would get up to change the channel.

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Remember the first remote control tv box with the wire attached to the tv was  spread across the room to your chair......lol  Everyone would trip over it......lol

[Imadickens]

How about black and white TV sets ? I remember the first color tv and only a few shows broadcast in color! Anyone remember the Summer Playhouse? I think it ran while the other shows taped in the summer. It was before re-runs.

[Imadickens]

Any kids of the fifties? I remember when they changed the flag in my schoolroom to the fifty star from 48! Why no 49 star flag? Too close together?

we also got milk for snack. The milk guy brought the crate in the room. It has little glass bottles with pogs and paper doily on top!

my grandmother had daily dairy service! She left a note and in am the milk man left her order in an aluminum box on the porch!

[Leeny]

Oh I have some fond memories to share too. 

How about out door bathrooms? Seriously my great aunt and uncle on the farm didn't have indoor plumbing until the early 70's. They lived on a farm and also had the phone on the wall where you turned the crank and talked into a small mouth piece attached to the phone. Party line USA

No Air Conditioning except in the theaters. We owned one floor fan.

Penny Candy  5cents could get you a small bag full. 

Wind up alarm clocks.

Bus rides 10cents

Saddle shoes

crenolins (spelling)

cans of pop and beer where you needed a can opener

I am sure there are lots more, but that's all I can think of right now.

I was born in the early 50's. 

Those were the days.. some good and some not so good.

[Imadickens]

I had forgotten theaters were cooled! I remember days before canned soda, little bottles only! No 2ltr!