I guess I must have stood on the deck and watched the mud dry because I remember every one of them. When I read "mimeograph paper" I could actually smell that toxic fluid. Loved the smell of that stuff. Anyone else able to "smell" it just now? I remember the very first McDonalds in our area. It was the only place you could get fast food and there was no seating. You went in, got your order, and ate in your car. Every few month dad would sell a hog or a cow, have a little money left over and take us to McDonalds where the only things on the menu were hamburgers (the kind that come in the Happy Meals now), fries, coke, orange drink, and coffee. All 8 of us had room to eat in the car without making a mess. It was such a treat!

I'm only 42 and I remembered 17 of these things. I thought the metal ice trays were so cool. I remember most things from my childhood.

I'm so old I remember that gas was 19 cents a gallon when I was a senior in high school, and the cute guy at the gas station (you weren't allowed to pump your own gas back then) would wink when I'd check him out in the rearview mirror!

I SO enjoyed reading this thread - thanks for posting, CarolTee. It seems sometimes there isn't one person left that has the same memories. My daughter is dating someone who is 41 years old. He was born in 1969--wasn't that just last week??It is amazing to hear of adults (?) that were BORN in the '80's. Did I blink - did I sleep and wake up old?? what the ------- is going on? DH and I do not understand all the electronics - we still don't get the blueberry, blackberry, or any other berry. Why do they call it that anyway?
A phone that takes pictures? texting. etc?? WHY?? I remember the Brownie cameras. Do we need all that?
The news? Do we live in a foreign land now? The tv programs?? How in the world do they allow that on tv?? Clothing? boys pants down to their knees, girls boobs hanging out? Tradition?? When did THAT go out the window? Family values?? remember those?..barely..
When was it that when I looked in the mirror and saw my mother? Exactly when was it that I grew old?? I must have missed something along the way - I just don't remember getting here.

I only remembered 3!

When was it that when I looked in the mirror and saw my mother? Exactly when was it that I grew old?? I must have missed something along the way - I just don't remember getting here.[/quote]

I know what you mean. I posted a pix on here that had me in it and when I looked at it Momma was looking back at me.

Well, I am older than dirt.

We had a wringer washer till I was in high school. Popped a lot of buttons off my dad's shirts. My parents still have my old Brownie camera somewhere. Getting up early on Saturday to watch cartoons because that was the only time they were on. Oh, the good old days.

Well, I never considered myself older then dirt but I guess I am getting there. I remember a lot of these things too, especially milk delivery. I remember my mom putting the note in the top of an empty milk bottle with what she wanted delivered and licking the heavy cream from the bottom of the bottle stopper.

Our fast food treat was A&W drive in. I remember they had the burgers named Papa burger (a double patty with the works) Mama burger, brother burger and sister burger. We ate in the car with that little tray thingy the carhop stuck on the window. Wow.

That was fun, and I remember the "good old days". I have children that remember some of those things! I am older than dirt, and have been married since the beginning of recorded history. Just ask my kids, ages 46, 51, and 53!

Anyone remember the drinking water sitting in a bucket on the cabinet with a dipper hanging on the side? A dipper that EVERYONE drank out of? My grandma and grandpa had that. Our milk came in a bucket---straight from Grandpa's cow. And cream so thick it would heap up on the spoon!