I'm so old that....

[Mike Dickinson]

Yeah I remember all those thing. In fact our landline is an old dial rotary and the stove is avocado green. Both still working fine.
Mike Dickinson

[JFlightRisk]

The motorhomes that came with a built-in blender on the countertop.

Bias ply tires that got flat spots when they sat. Thumped down the road for 5 miles 'till they got round again.

[RVhiker]

Originally Posted by Tunce the traveler

I remember turning your “ high beams” on by pressing the button on the floor with your left foot.

Yes! And who remembers starting a car by pressing your right foot down on the starter button on the floorboard?

[hoppers4]

Delivering newspapers on my bicycle and getting a look-see at the first color television I'd ever seen. Wow, just wow!

[Midnightmoon]

Originally Posted by Mike Dickinson

Yeah I remember all those thing. In fact our landline is an old dial rotary and the stove is avocado green. Both still working fine.
Mike Dickinson

I did a minor bathroom remodel on one of our houses a couple of years ago. It has the "Harvest Gold" tub, sink, and toilet. I actually chose to leave those in place. Apparently the "Retro '70's" look is popular again. The prices for those original fixtures on the secondary market is really high. That house also has a matching gold stove and dishwasher in the kitchen. Unfortunately, the refrigerator was replaced long ago. From what I understand, it was also part of the set.

[us71na]

Originally Posted by Bill Johnson

Back then they pumped it for you

They not only pumped the gas, they washed your windshield, checked your oil and washer fluid then gave you the special drinking glass they were giving away. Those were the only glasses my wife and I had when we were first married.

[Murff]

I'm so old, I remember going to a picnic with my dad and going home with my mother.

Murff

[JimD]

I'm so old my memory is failing. Wait, what were we talking about?

[Route 66 Traveler]

Originally Posted by us71na

They not only pumped the gas, they washed your windshield, checked your oil and washer fluid then gave you the special drinking glass they were giving away. Those were the only glasses my wife and I had when we were first married.

That was me, my first real job after my paper route. Made a dollar an hour, then the minimum wage went up 10 cents to $1.10. Wow, could fill up my 56 Dodge for 5 hours work!

[JFlightRisk]

Originally Posted by RVhiker

Yes! And who remembers starting a car by pressing your right foot down on the starter button on the floorboard?

I sure do. Had that on my '46 Chevy P/U.

How about a choke knob on the dash. Or the art of boosting a 6 volt car with a 12 volt battery? That was a two person dance.

[Murff]

Dang!

You guys are REALLY old!

Murff

[JFlightRisk]

Originally Posted by Murff

Dang!

You guys are REALLY old!

Murff

YOU guys??? Oh Murff......

[OnTheGo]

My "To Do" list exceeds my life's expectancy.

[TWP723]

I'm so old, I remember when a hashtag was called a pound sign. And we played tic-tac-toe on it.

[hoppers4]

Originally Posted by JFlightRisk

I sure do. Had that on my '46 Chevy P/U.

You lucky guy you! You had a brand new truck. Mine was a 37 Chevy coupe. Gotta love that three on the floor with a 2 1/2 foot shift rod. And the unsychronized transmission with that "for real" gear whine was something else. Got pretty good at double shifting and could usually hit the next gear with no grind. Was too young to have a license, but so what. The country roads were a quarter mile from house.

[FPM III]

How about when campgrounds had no hookups and bathroom facilities consisted of just outhouses without showers and running water. Potable water was only available at water spigots placed at the street or “water stations” that were placed at very limited locations throughout the campground.

[travelingjw]

Gas was 25 cents a gallon and 15 cents on sale. Watched the first TV program that had an African American on. Saw the Oscar Myer Weiner Mobile in our grocery store parking lot. Rubbers was the names for rain boots. Seeing the first passenger jet ever to fly into SF International airport.

[deepsea5]

One of the houses we owned had no electricity or running water. The outhouse was a special treat when it was -20 degrees Fahrenheit outside.
It did have a hand crank phone. I think that area was the last in the US to use hand crank phones.
In later years that house became our hunting/skiing/snowmobiling camp. Wish I'd bought it from my parents. That area is becoming pretty built up (proximity to Sunday River and Mt Abram ski areas, in Maine).

One of my father's favorite sayings: "Hindsight is always 20/20".

[deepsea5]

Originally Posted by NVGun40

I'm so old, I remember being sent to the store with a note from my mom to buy her a pack of cigarettes.

I remember if I got in trouble at school I would get paddled and it didn't matter what the issue was, the teacher was right and I was wrong.

I'm so old, I was taught to say Yes Sir, No Sir, etc. when stopped by a police officer and regardless of why, I didn't argue my guilt or innocence on the side of the road but rather in the courtroom.

I'm so old, when we had guests coming over my parents would remind me, "children are to be seen and not heard."

I'm so old, seeing hunting rifles and/or shotguns in gun racks in back window of vehicles in the school parking lot was common, yet we didn't have school shootings or even have security officers in the school.

Sounds very similar to my upbringing.

[deepsea5]

Originally Posted by Tunce the traveler

Ride in the back of a station wagon with the tailgate down and sitting on it while going down the road

It's even more fun doing that on the lift gate of a Lockheed C-130 flying at low altitude.