DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
Pitcher head pump
ReplyDeleteMr. Ed
ReplyDeleteA television surrounded by a wooden cabinet that was about 4 feet long for only have a 22 inch screen.
ReplyDeleteRotary phones and bunny ears for the tv
ReplyDeletethe tv had to warm up.
ReplyDeleteI went to a one room school. There I went from the 3rd through 5th grades. It had a black board acroos the front of the room. A pot belly stove in the back. A foyer with a rope hanging from the ceiling that when pulled rang the bell. The best school I ever went to.
ReplyDeletePlaying outside all day long on weekends and in summer.
ReplyDeleteNo Electronics of any kind except a turn table hifi
ReplyDeleteHard work
ReplyDeleteChuck norris!
ReplyDeleteClint Eastwood..
When tar came up on the beach, lifeguards would give you a rag soaked with kerosene to wipe it off of you.
ReplyDeleterotary phones. 4 channels on TV
ReplyDeleteHaving to make sure you have a dime to use the toilet . . . or crawling under the door!
ReplyDeletePanther piss.
ReplyDeletework ethics
ReplyDeleteA church key.
ReplyDeleteChick-Nick-Pic-Nic
ReplyDeleteSnap Jack shoes
ReplyDeleteA crystal set.
ReplyDeleteThe metal adapter to stack 45’s on a record player
ReplyDelete8 track tapes
ReplyDeletePlaying outside
ReplyDeleteDirigibles routinely flying over.Now you barely ever see one.
ReplyDeleteCreepy Crawler Thing-maker Machine
ReplyDeleteRotary dial phone in the kitchen, with a chord just long enough to reach around the corner
ReplyDeletePolio.
ReplyDeleteCollect calls
ReplyDeleteSlide rule
ReplyDeleteparty line
ReplyDeleteA partyline
ReplyDeleteThe Answer Is ...NO
ReplyDeletePoliteness.
ReplyDeleteLearning to swim by the Red Cross at the City Park in front of the bandstand and swimming in Johnson's Lake and Schumaker Pond.
ReplyDeleteLearning to swim by the Red Cross at the City Park in front of the bandstand and swimming in Johnson's Lake and Schumaker Pond.
ReplyDeleteCourtesy.
ReplyDeleteHigh beam switch on the floor
ReplyDeleteThree on a tree
ReplyDeleteA life
ReplyDeleteMy dad being able to support his wife and 3 children well on a meat cutters pay at the A&P store. He worked there 43 years. We wanted for nothing.
ReplyDeleteTransistor radio
ReplyDeleteRotary dial telephone and party lines
ReplyDeleteWork boats in the Annapolis harbor
ReplyDeleteOutdoor toilet, wearing out the knees of my pants shooting marbles.
ReplyDeletejack purcells
ReplyDeleteThe Ed SULLIVAN SHOW
ReplyDeleteLassie
ReplyDeleteCisco kid and Pancho
ReplyDeleteMilk in glass jugs
ReplyDeleteThe Mousecouteers
ReplyDeleteLong distance calling "Nightly rates"
ReplyDeleteThe needle is skipping
ReplyDeleteTubes in the TV and taking them to a store with a place to plug them in to test them. If they were no good you could buy a replacement and get the TV working again. Wouldn't want to miss " You bet your life" with Groucho.
ReplyDeleteA washboard and big metal tub to wash clothes with fels naptha soap. Or homemade lye soap.
ReplyDeletea telephone booth, money to make the phone call, rotory dialing. Frying chicken on Saturday night to take to Ocean City for a beach picnic.
ReplyDeleteEating fried potatoes and fried bologna for supper(dinner)
ReplyDeletePay phones in public places. Cost a dime to use.
ReplyDeleteToni home perms.
ReplyDelete541, we occasional eat that now, our kids love it! However it must be Boars Head!
ReplyDeleteMy father operated a Linotype.
ReplyDeleteThe tube tester at the drug store.
ReplyDeletesaddle shoes
ReplyDeletea principal in elementary school who wasn't afraid to use a paddle
Always carrying a dime in my pocket to make a call at pay phone if I needed to.
ReplyDeletebe home before street lights come on
ReplyDeleteHR Puff and stuff and witchypoo
ReplyDelete1.integrity 2. truth 3 patriotism
ReplyDeleteRESPECT for authority.
ReplyDeleteSealtest milk and Bond bread delivered to your house.
ReplyDeleteKeeping my opinions to myself and SAVING.
ReplyDeleteAfternoon addition newspapers.
ReplyDeleteSBJ
Cursive writing
ReplyDeleteLandline rotary dial phones and the courtesy and sharing needed for party lines. Live helpful directory assistance operators.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in elementary school, the kids that lived in the house behind ours (our house was across the schoolyard from the school in town), walked two blocks and got on a bus and rode to a school 5 miles outside of town.
ReplyDeleteRotary Phone
ReplyDeleteTeachers old enough to be your grandparents (or great grandparents)
ReplyDeleteTwenty cent per gallon gas.
ReplyDeleteSears toughskins
ReplyDeleteStation Wagons
ReplyDeletethe bible
ReplyDeletemilk box, jarts, tube testers.
ReplyDeleteIron Lung
ReplyDeletePF Flyers
ReplyDeleteFlag etiquette.
ReplyDeleteHushpuppies. (No, not the food.)
ReplyDeleteRadio dramas and serials.
ReplyDeleteSeveral people mentioned testing radio tubes. The heart of the tube tester was a strain gauge which was invented by my father J. M. Stinchfield when he worked for RCA. RCA Allowed their engineers to put their patents in their name however RCA retained exclusive rights to the patent. I still have a copy of my father's patent.
ReplyDelete15 to 20% interest rates on your bank deposits in the 1980's.
ReplyDelete21% mortgage rates to buy house
Romper Stompers
ReplyDeleteHardrock, Coco, and Joe. Sorry that's three names, but they were one team!
ReplyDeleteGooood Mornin Party Line
ReplyDeleteJETSON. YOU'RE FIRED.
ReplyDeleteFender skirts, curb feelers
ReplyDeleteCall adults Mr. and Mrs...... or Miss
ReplyDeleteI remember Hopping Hoomdorms and nobody else does.I feel like I'm priviledged.
ReplyDeleteA darning egg.
ReplyDeleteAn old fashioned whipping with a leather strap for disobedience
ReplyDeleteBoys dressing and wearing their hair so you could tell they were boys and girls dressing and wearing their hair so you could tell they were girls. Strange concept, huh?
ReplyDelete8:54 you mean boys ain't girls, then how come they can play on girls sports teams?
ReplyDeleteSwimming in Leonard's Mill pond every summer.
ReplyDelete1.Film cameras, taking the film to the drugstore to be developed.
ReplyDeleteHave your pictures back in "about a week"
2.Mercurochrome-Red/orange splotches on skinned knees. Stung like hell.
3.Bicycle=Freedom...Be back home before the streetlights come on
Phone numbers listed alpha-numerically.
ReplyDeleteSPruce 5-XXXX
SP5-XXXX
775-XXXX
Full service gas stations..
ReplyDeleteUniformed attendants, a friendly greeting, oil checked, tire pressure checked, windshield cleaned, gas tank full, and on your way, with change from a 10 dollar bill.
TV shows advertised "in Color"
ReplyDeleteBlack and White TV (Color TV's were expensive)
Small Town business districts. (before Malls, and Big Box stores)
ReplyDeleteIn a 5 minute walk, the drugstore, the hardware store, the men's clothing store, the 5&10 cent store, the shoe store, the women's clothing store, the bank, the post office, the insurance agent, the supermarket, the service station, and a restaurant.
Rifles/shotguns in the rear window racks of pickup trucks parked at the school. The vice principal asking to see your new deer rifle.
ReplyDeleteRadio/TV Repair shops, small appliance repair shops, etc.
ReplyDeleteA focus on repairing what you had, not simply throw it away and but new.
Metal roller skates that attached to your shoes with a key
ReplyDeleteDoor to door sales/service.
ReplyDeletethe milkman, the bakery man, the Fuller Brush Guy, the Vacuum Cleaner salesman, the Avon lady, and the life insurance guy coming to the house to sell their wares.
Respecting my teachers and parents!
ReplyDeleteBeing Dad's first remote control.
ReplyDeleteTurn the TV up/down, change the channel, adjust the rabbit ears..
Cigarette ads on TV, Cigarette vending machines. TV and movies depicting smoking. ash trays located in cars, on planes, and in public buildings.
ReplyDeleteStanding for the Pledge of Allegiance in School every morning.
ReplyDeletewringer style washing machine, laundry tubs, and clotheslines.
ReplyDeleteRifles/shotguns on open display in Sears, JCPenney's, K-Mart, Western Auto, and the local hardware stores and sporting goods stores.
ReplyDeleteIf they didn't have what you were looking for, you could order it from a catalog.
Buying Beer legally at 18.
ReplyDeleteVietnam war footage and body counts on the nightly news.
ReplyDeleteFirst video game...PONG!
ReplyDeleteWatching the first moon landing Live on TV.
ReplyDeleteBelieving then that we would soon be able to travel between planets as we travel between cities today.
Realizing now that we probably witnessed the pinnacle of western civilization that July evening in 1969.
Frosty rootbeer
ReplyDeletegas rations. depending on your tag number is the day you went and got gas.
ReplyDeletegetting your fingers caught in a wringer washer and if you don't line it up right you will pop the buttons off.
ReplyDeleteSmallpox vaccination scars
ReplyDelete