Cake mixes where almost all weighed in at 18.25 oz. The new (3 or 4 years ago) chincy size is 15.25 oz. Funny though, they haven't pared down the number of servings.
I remember the times when in all public showers (schools, swimming pools, gyms, etc.) all men: young boys, teenagers, adults, olds) were naked together and no one was hurt, scandalized, no one accused of harassment.
Door to door salesmen--Raleigh, Mcness, Watkins--had a regular route, visited about once a month, always had small "gifts" for the housewives (perfume samples, face cream samples, plastic rain bonnets, etc., gum/candy for the kids). You could order anything from OTC type medications, horse liniment, bag balm, spices, pudding mix, household cleaning supplies, soft drink concentrates, etc.. Popular in rural areas for convenience, everyone had their favorite brand, salesman also could carry good gossip through a farm neighborhood faster than anyone!
It was okay to go to people's houses on Halloween and expect the ton of stuff now these days you got to worry about razor blades and hypodermic needles you know if you go to people's houses are you a pedophile you could also be out late at night go to your friend's house without asking your mom and dad if you could you can ride your bicycle anywhere
Square Eckrich Honey loaf--now it's round--doesn't fit the bread right--corners of the sandwich are just bread, no meat--just ruins the ambience of your Honey loaf sandwich!! Dammit, if I'm going to consume turkey and pork infused with a veritable laundry list of chemicals, most of which start with the word sodium, I want it square!!
Making mayonnaise in one of these from The Wesson Oil Company put out in the 1930s, I was raised on the stuff. It was an arm killer, took 2 people to operate and came with the recipe imprinted on the glass jar. Today you can still make the same mayo recipe using a food processor and a double batch at that, The pour of oil is still hair fine and time consuming and the end product is still superior in taste to even Best Foods/Hellman's or even Kewpie Japanese mayo.
we use to have an A&W hamburger stand in Panama city,Fl. Dad would take us there about once a month,if we were lucky. I would get a foot long chili dog , fries and a milk shake! cant remember what it cost but it was so good .
i remember waking every morning to deliver the morning paper, delivering 50 papers a day and making like $10 a week and thinking i was rich. after school Jr High we would be picked up by a friends brother , so we could go and build pallets of sod for delivery the next day, for a whopping $ 1.20 an hour. those were the days
Suicide knobs on car steering wheels. They looked like a doorknob that you could hold onto and steer using just one hand. Too many deaths from being impaled on them in a wreck. They didn't last long.
i remember that test pattern, i think it was an indian or something like that. the star spangled banner was played then a count down from 10 to zero then the test pattern, i think. we had 3 stations in panama city in the 60's on a black and white TV
wow ,thanks for all the great post's and i really mean that. i had a flat top hair cut like sgt Carter when i was 8 or 9 and there was Butch wax that you put on the front and combed it straight up.i so wish i could sport a flat top today.no hair up there now but plenty out my ears,lol.
hitch hiking and all the good things that went with it
When Hostess used to put out the pack of chocolate cupcakes with the third one as a freebie. They did that with Twinkies too.
Cake mixes where almost all weighed in at 18.25 oz. The new (3 or 4 years ago) chincy size is 15.25 oz. Funny though, they haven't pared down the number of servings.
On that note Steve, 16 ounce "pounds" of bacon/cold cuts/etc--not the 12 (or less) ouncers today??
Indelible pencils?
Walk in movie theatres used to sell hotdogs.
I remember the times when in all public showers (schools, swimming pools, gyms, etc.) all men: young boys, teenagers, adults, olds) were naked together and no one was hurt, scandalized, no one accused of harassment.
Ash trays and cigarette lighters in cars.
Typewriters and typewriter ribbon. I don't think you can get ribbon anywhere these days. Oh well I hate writing letters anyhow.
Door to door salesmen--Raleigh, Mcness, Watkins--had a regular route, visited about once a month, always had small "gifts" for the housewives (perfume samples, face cream samples, plastic rain bonnets, etc., gum/candy for the kids). You could order anything from OTC type medications, horse liniment, bag balm, spices, pudding mix, household cleaning supplies, soft drink concentrates, etc.. Popular in rural areas for convenience, everyone had their favorite brand, salesman also could carry good gossip through a farm neighborhood faster than anyone!
It was okay to go to people's houses on Halloween and expect the ton of stuff now these days you got to worry about razor blades and hypodermic needles you know if you go to people's houses are you a pedophile you could also be out late at night go to your friend's house without asking your mom and dad if you could you can ride your bicycle anywhere
no speed limits or showing proof of state ID
Square Eckrich Honey loaf--now it's round--doesn't fit the bread right--corners of the sandwich are just bread, no meat--just ruins the ambience of your Honey loaf sandwich!! Dammit, if I'm going to consume turkey and pork infused with a veritable laundry list of chemicals, most of which start with the word sodium, I want it square!!
Saturday matinee for a quarter. < Nothing but Kids. Going into a restaurant and ordering a root beer float. All gone!
Making mayonnaise in one of these from The Wesson Oil Company put out in the 1930s, I was raised on the stuff. It was an arm killer, took 2 people to operate and came with the recipe imprinted on the glass jar. Today you can still make the same mayo recipe using a food processor and a double batch at that, The pour of oil is still hair fine and time consuming and the end product is still superior in taste to even Best Foods/Hellman's or even Kewpie Japanese mayo.
we use to have an A&W hamburger stand in Panama city,Fl. Dad would take us there about once a month,if we were lucky. I would get a foot long chili dog , fries and a milk shake! cant remember what it cost but it was so good .
i remember waking every morning to deliver the morning paper, delivering 50 papers a day and making like $10 a week and thinking i was rich. after school Jr High we would be picked up by a friends brother , so we could go and build pallets of sod for delivery the next day, for a whopping $ 1.20 an hour. those were the days
Suicide knobs on car steering wheels. They looked like a doorknob that you could hold onto and steer using just one hand. Too many deaths from being impaled on them in a wreck. They didn't last long.
"Suicide doors" on cars?
i remember that test pattern, i think it was an indian or something like that. the star spangled banner was played then a count down from 10 to zero then the test pattern, i think. we had 3 stations in panama city in the 60's on a black and white TV
wow ,thanks for all the great post's and i really mean that. i had a flat top hair cut like sgt Carter when i was 8 or 9 and there was Butch wax that you put on the front and combed it straight up.i so wish i could sport a flat top today.no hair up there now but plenty out my ears,lol.
lol .
Falling asleep in front of the television set and waking up to a test pattern on the screen.