If You Recognize What's In These Pics, You're Old!

[Charlie]

More to come!

 

[Bozz10mm]

I have actually used 4 out of 5 of those. Not sure what all those drawers are about.

 

[Charlie]

I have actually used 4 out of 5 of those. Not sure what all those drawers are about.

 

[striker55]

I have actually used 4 out of 5 of those. Not sure what all those drawers are about.

Library cards, dewey decimal system?

 

[Charlie]

I have actually used 4 out of 5 of those. Not sure what all those drawers are about.

Card files, before computers!

 

[Texasjack]

Ahh, yes, drive-in movies. I even watched a movie once.

 

[Dawico]

I'm old.

 

[Frank59]

Ahh, yes, drive-in movies. I even watched a movie once.

Got my first piece of ass at the Viking drive in theater in Corpus Christi

 

[Bozz10mm]

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I remember Dapper Dan and Wooly Willy.

 

[Charlie]

I think a "wooly willy" was after my youth! 'Never heard of it! Looks like some sort of "dildo"!

 

[Bozz10mm]

I think a "wooly willy" was after my youth! 'Never heard of it! Looks like some sort of "dildo"!

Circa 1958-1959 I think.

 

[Charlie]

Ahhh! Pinball! We used to sneak away from high school at lunch and go to the bowling alley (Lake Air Lanes) and play pinball!

 

[Bozz10mm]

Ahhh! Pinball! We used to sneak away from high school at lunch and go to the bowling alley (Lake Air Lanes) and play pinball!

If you remember this, you are old.

 

[Texasjack]

A lot of things have changed, but I think we've added more stuff than what was deleted. When I was young, Dad worked, Mom stayed home and kept house. Chances were pretty good a family only had one car. Not everybody had a TV, but if you did, you probably only had one. If someone got a color TV, friends would go there to see the Thanksgiving Day parades or some special TV show that might be on. Fast food places were not common at all and were a huge treat if Dad did decide to take you there. We've added so many expectations - cell phones, computers, cable, cars, etc. - that now most family members have to work.

Ash trays were EVERYWHERE. Every living room had several ash trays. Every office had at least one. There was one outside every elevator. 10 minutes after a meeting started at work, you couldn't see across the room for the smoke. Cigarette machines were in every restaurant lobby and every gas station. All gas stations were full-service and the guys working there wore a changer so people could get change for the cigarette machine. A lot of older people smoked pipes, and so they had all sorts of little tools to clean them or pack tobacco in them. (When was the last time you saw someone smoking a pipe - with tobacco, I mean.) Phone booths were common; a call was 10 cents, but it didn't take much distance to turn a call into a long-distance call, and they were expensive - maybe a dollar or two for a couple of minutes. You had to have a lot of change for long-distance, because the phone company didn't take credit cards. In fact, most places didn't take credit cards, and most people didn't have one. Most pickup trucks had a rifle or shotgun in the back window, and almost all had a bench seat. (Your honey could sit close to you while you drove.) Seat belts were optional equipment. Air conditioning was in luxury cars, not in most people's cars and certainly not in pickups. Boys and men all carried a pocket knife or had a folder on their belt. Sailors and marines got tattoos; women did not. Women wore dresses almost always. Kids got a new pair of shoes before school started - and usually they were a size too big so you wouldn't grow out of them.

Some things have improved a lot, some things have gotten worse. I think people are more spoiled today. Too many expect everything in life to be handed to them. Like your birth certificate entitles you to every new cell phone that comes out, or a free ticket to college. Religion has definitely faded away from most people, although the more fanatic types remain. Smoking and drinking (esp. drunk driving) have been greatly reduced, but now smoking dope is becoming legal and acceptable. Doctors have quit handing out "diet pills" (amphetamines) and "sleeping pills" (barbituates), but mood altering drugs are handed out like candy - esp. to kids. The percentage of people that are complete assholes has remained about the same, even while the way they screw life up for everyone else has evolved into different concepts.

 

[msharley]

I have actually used 4 out of 5 of those. Not sure what all those drawers are about.

In the library.....index of books, and whether they were "In" or "Out"...

 

[Charlie]

A lot of things have changed, but I think we've added more stuff than what was deleted. When I was young, Dad worked, Mom stayed home and kept house. Chances were pretty good a family only had one car. Not everybody had a TV, but if you did, you probably only had one. If someone got a color TV, friends would go there to see the Thanksgiving Day parades or some special TV show that might be on. Fast food places were not common at all and were a huge treat if Dad did decide to take you there. We've added so many expectations - cell phones, computers, cable, cars, etc. - that now most family members have to work.

Ash trays were EVERYWHERE. Every living room had several ash trays. Every office had at least one. There was one outside every elevator. 10 minutes after a meeting started at work, you couldn't see across the room for the smoke. Cigarette machines were in every restaurant lobby and every gas station. All gas stations were full-service and the guys working there wore a changer so people could get change for the cigarette machine. A lot of older people smoked pipes, and so they had all sorts of little tools to clean them or pack tobacco in them. (When was the last time you saw someone smoking a pipe - with tobacco, I mean.) Phone booths were common; a call was 10 cents, but it didn't take much distance to turn a call into a long-distance call, and they were expensive - maybe a dollar or two for a couple of minutes. You had to have a lot of change for long-distance, because the phone company didn't take credit cards. In fact, most places didn't take credit cards, and most people didn't have one. Most pickup trucks had a rifle or shotgun in the back window, and almost all had a bench seat. (Your honey could sit close to you while you drove.) Seat belts were optional equipment. Air conditioning was in luxury cars, not in most people's cars and certainly not in pickups. Boys and men all carried a pocket knife or had a folder on their belt. Sailors and marines got tattoos; women did not. Women wore dresses almost always. Kids got a new pair of shoes before school started - and usually they were a size too big so you wouldn't grow out of them.

Some things have improved a lot, some things have gotten worse. I think people are more spoiled today. Too many expect everything in life to be handed to them. Like your birth certificate entitles you to every new cell phone that comes out, or a free ticket to college. Religion has definitely faded away from most people, although the more fanatic types remain. Smoking and drinking (esp. drunk driving) have been greatly reduced, but now smoking dope is becoming legal and acceptable. Doctors have quit handing out "diet pills" (amphetamines) and "sleeping pills" (barbituates), but mood altering drugs are handed out like candy - esp. to kids. The percentage of people that are complete assholes has remained about the same, even while the way they screw life up for everyone else has evolved into different concepts.

Epic!

 

[msharley]

Butcher had the butcher paper on a rack, just like that!

Drive-ins were great!

Where I grew up...

Gentleman had a Drive-In, Batting Cages/Driving Range, water slide, Hot Dog Stand..........and.........

a Go-Kart Track...(think it was $5 for a couple laps?, been a bit) LOL

Place was busy!

 

[Lonesome Dove]

The good ol life. Nothing cheap
or Fake.

 

[Geezer]

 

[benenglish]

Ash trays were EVERYWHERE.

Somewhere around here I have a set of partitioned party plates with built-in ashtrays.