Everything in bold I either wasn’t around for, too young to remember, or simply don’t know what it is.
The least amount of TV stations I remember is 7.
How about “Party Lines”? Do you remember those? It was a system where multiple families could share one phone line. You had to pick up your phone and see if someone else was already using the line before you could dial out.
I had one of those in 2004-2005.
Yup, I remember party lines. My family had a party line when we lived in the Bronx.
My great aunt (Grandmother’s sister) had one up until the late 60’s early 70’s. She lived right next door to to my grandmother in Detroit, so I saw her a lot.
No, sorry, I’ve heard of them but never been in a household on one.
Have had many times with a single family line had to pick up to see if someone else in the family was on it, though.
“Passbook” savings accounts’ where you had an actual booklet that the teller would put inthe printer and it would print a line showing your transaction.
Free maps at gass stations.
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They used wash your windows and check the oil too.
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Saturday matnees at the movie theaters
Double features
Flip down the rear license plate to fill the gass.
9 volt battery transistor radios with “single ear” ear phones.
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metal strap on roller skates.
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Crap. All of them except the glass milk bottles and delivery. I barely remember one doctor house call.
Ding! The dude coming out and filling your car with gas, washing the window, checking the oil and tire pressure.
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How 'bout “Million Dollar Movie” on channel 9.
Remember the theme music?
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Remember the show but not the music.
I still have one of those. I use it when I’m working in the garage.
And S&H Greenstamps!
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It was the theme from “Gone with the Wind” -
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The earplugs were a necessity for Playoff/World Series games on a school day (remember Day Games?).
curb feelers
scavenger pipes
gas wars
shoe skates
orange crate scooter
telephone booth
tube testers in the hardware store
slide rule
sock hops
toy boat that was propelled with alka seltzer
Spin and Marty
Show of Shows
full service gas stations
J.C. Higgens .22
rubber band gun
play cowboys and indians
drag the main
locomotion
dollar a carload at the drive in movies
Wolfman Jack
Drive-in meals brought to your car on a tray that hooked onto your window
do the jerk
tiddlywinks
poodle skirts
mercurochrome
Carters Little Liver Pills
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