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I remember and have used every one except for sandwiches in wax paper and A&W root beer stands. And I may have had sandwiches in wax paper but I just don't remember lol
ReplyDeleteStill have some of these items. I still wrap sandwiches in wax paper when sandwich bags are not available.
ReplyDeleteI loved looking through the Encyclopedia it is very neat sometimes to read and entry and then see what else has happened since then: Titanic, Space Travel etc. A classic snapshot at times are the end of year yearbooks I have a few that are a riot to look over.
ReplyDeletei'm almost 58. I remember all of these.
ReplyDeleteAsk anyone under about 35 what a church key is and they won't know. I explained what a church key was to a woman bartender one time and she asked me why they call it a church key. DUH.
ReplyDeleteYep. I remember them all. We still use the electric fry pan and there's an egg slicer in our kitchen drawer.
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ReplyDeleteThe term in the beverage-opening sense is apparently not an old one; Merriam-Webster finds written attestation only since the 1950s.[8] Several etymological themes exist. The main one is that the ends of some bottle openers resemble the heads of large keys such as have traditionally been used to lock and unlock church doors.[9] The other is that jocularity helped propel the popular spread of the name, with the joke being that opening a beer is an activity that usually has little to do with pious or ecclesiastical circumstances—historical connections between monasteries and brewing notwithstanding.
We still use 4 of those things in our house!
ReplyDeleteDid that boy ever land or is he still suspended in mid air?
ReplyDeleteI actually have all three kitchen items. Inherited them from my parent's kitchen, and remember all teh other things. If you grew up in the fifties, everything should look familiar to you.
ReplyDeleteMy parents bought the entire set of World Book Encyclopedia, one book at a time, sold to them by a door-to-door salesman (remember them?).
ReplyDeleteAmerica Bandstand !! Where do you think I learned my night moves !!! Music and Dance Like No Other !!!!!
ReplyDeleteUpside flips off the swings while standing instead of sitting. How the heck we didn't hurt ourselves.....
ReplyDeleteNow if a snowflake get's their feelings hurt, they are rewarded with ice cream and cake or a participation trophy!!!!
Electrolux Canister Vacuum Cleaner, the heaviest vacuum cleaner ever made it was built to last for years and years and ours did.
ReplyDeleteWow, I remember every single one of them. Damn, I'm getting old. Great memories though.
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