Things from your childhood that would baffle younger people of today (55, allowance)

[ShannonReece]

Saw this on another forum , like what would baffle younger people of today about your childhood

I will start

Having to go to blockbusters if you wanted to watch a movie.

[Rachel976]

Having to warm up the TV.

[augiedogie]

Rotary dial telephone.
Standard transmission.

[raggedjim]

Working in tobacco and pitching hay for spending money.
Getting paddled in grade school (I was a lil stinker...)

No allowances back in my day...

[Over the hill gang]

A church key to open a can
Old school cameras with film and flash cubes
Record adapters for 45's
Vinyl records
Maps we got at service stations
S&H green stamps and Gold stamps
Black and white TV's
Pet rock
Dial-up internet
We actually played outside, no cell phone, no video games, mainly just our imagination
transistor radio

[turkeydance]

if you mean things or activities:

1. rifle club meeting after school.
2. rifle in unlocked (standard transmission) car all day.
3. target practice behind gym.

[matisse12]

Retirement forum has become a very active non-stop haven and asylum for threads on nostalgia! LOL

And also a non-stop haven and asylum for threads on dying and death. fun!

P.S. vinyl records have been having and are having a big resurgence in the world of music

[Chaofan]

Skate keys.


Saddle shoes or white buck shoes with anklet socks. Probably any shoes with anklet socks.


Ugly eyeglasses frames.


Big, heavy bicycles with fat fenders.


Fastening playing cards to bicycle wheel spokes with clothespins to make noise.


Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy.

[Over the hill gang]

Originally Posted by matisse12

Retirement forum has become a very active non-stop haven and asylum for threads on nostalgia! LOL

And also a non-stop haven and asylum for threads on dying and death. fun!

P.S. vinyl records have been having and are having a big resurgence in the world of music

I actually enjoy the nostalgia, brings back a lot of memories. I'm not fond of the latter topic.

[JBtwinz]

Originally Posted by Over the hill gang

I actually enjoy the nostalgia, brings back a lot of memories. I'm not fond of the latter topic.

Me to......must be the mood I have been in lately!

At soon to be 59 working with so many new apprentices between 18-25 we are forever comparing my good old days to theirs.............they still don't get the story of my parents getting my baby shoes bronzed