OT: Are you older than dirt?

[Topsail]

16/20 and I m only in my 60 s…

 

[Forego]

19 of the 20. I don't remember Black Jack chewing gum, but do remember another oldie, Teaberry chewing gum.

I hadn’t thought about Black Jack chewing gum for years until just the other day when I was watching a Mercedes commercial where the models were blowing chewing gum bubbles in their cars. One of the bubbles appeared to made with Black Jack chewing gum. Black Jack was made by Clark’s, as was Teaberry. Teaberry was one of my favorites too.

 

[Forego]

I had perfect score until I got to the ranking section and couldn’t remember my age.

 

[Majic Hands]

I don’t remember reels before movies.

All I really remember about the theater is my dad telling me about running the projector and changing the bulbs.

I think I remember the gum. I remember the gum brands that have been mentioned by fellow BY’ers

Guess I’m older than Dirt!

 

[oldhusky]

17/20, but I live in The Villages, Florida, where Older than Dirt is just the norm!

 

[Topsail]

Also like many of you I remember getting milk at school in little glass bottles for 2 cents… how the heck did they ever do that

 

[Veteran]

The only ones I don't remember are #10 & #15. Ouch!

 

[huskeynut]

17/20, but I live in The Villages, Florida, where Older than Dirt is just the norm!

I live in Solivita, Poinciana, FL. we are all at that age.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I had to count again. I got 5, so almost in the "getting there" category, but at least I know what several of the others are. I think a true whipper snapper would get zero and have no clue what any of these things are.

 

[HuskyNan]

I had to count again. I got 5, so almost in the "getting there" category, but at least I know what several of the others are. I think a true whipper snapper would get zero and have no clue what any of these things are.

There are still juke boxes at the table in restaurants. I saw one a few years ago in a diner in the San Francisco area.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

Rock'em Sock'em Robots? Gumby and Pokey toys? Lincoln Logs. BTW...I'm officially...dust. lol

 

[nwhoopfan]

There are still juke boxes at the table in restaurants. I saw one a few years ago in a diner in the San Francisco area.

There's a place a couple hours east of Seattle I like to eat that has them (I think; I haven't been there in a while). It's also a diner. I would guess you'd only find these in places that are purposely trying to capture a 50s or 60s era aesthetic.

Have you seen clips of kids trying to use a rotary phone? Or trying to figure out what a floppy disk is? It's pretty hilarious. Tech changes fast, some of the younger generation not only can't use the older stuff, they can't even figure out what it is or what it was used for.

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[HuskyNan]

There's a place a couple hours east of Seattle I like to eat that has them (I think; I haven't been there in a while). It's also a diner. I would guess you'd only find these in places that are purposely trying to capture a 50s or 60s era aesthetic.

Have you seen clips of kids trying to use a rotary phone? Or trying to figure out what a floppy disk is? It's pretty hilarious. Tech changes fast, some of the younger generation not only can't use the older stuff, they can't even figure out what it is or what it was used for.

 

[EasyEd]

I didn't know butch wax... Was that for those pompador hair styles or was that what the surfers used to put on their boards? I wasn't into either.

 

[Zinethar]

I taught a Health course my first year teaching and the text book was published in 1952. In that book it said that you should endeavor to take a bath once a week and wash your hair once a month! Even in 1968 those kids thought that was gross! I do remember that I put Butch Wax in my hair to keep the DA looking sharp .

 

[maxw]

How many of you remember Caldor in Willimantic? For this international grad student who didn't have a car the first 2 years at UConn, going there was a treat.

Still remember driving to Lechmere in NH in a car full of friends to buy electronics to avoid paying sales tax

I'm talking late 80s.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

I recall all except PF Flyers.
Was that a brand of bicycle? It seemed like all the bicycles of my youth were Schwinns.

 

[Dogdude]

16. Here's my life now:

 

[Dogstar]

I recall all except PF Flyers.
Was that a brand of bicycle? It seemed like all the bicycles of my youth were Schwinns.

They were sneakers

 

[HuskyNan]

They were sneakers

But the girls wore Keds.

 

[Bigboote]

There are three that I don't remember. (BlackJack chewing gum, as others have mentioned, blue flash bulbs, and Butch Wax). I never saw Howdy Doody, nor used a roller-skate key, although I knew what both were at the time. The former through older siblings, the latter through Melanie. My sisters were aghast, so explained the key to me.

 

[Dogstar]

17 out of 20
1. My gum of choice was Beechnut and Bazooka Joe
9 & 15. All I knew abt the phone is my grandmother, mom and older sister were always on them (she had a princess phone) and they had long curly cords.

 

[Bigboote]

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Size wise, that is to a PC what ENIAC was to a VAX (RIP Gordon Bell). (Take that whippersnappers!)

 

[Dogstar]

But the girls wore Keds.

Ur right, PF flyers automatically made you run faster and jump higher, or so I thought.