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Ocelot II

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14. Those things, too. "Duck and cover," which even we kids knew meant,

Sat Oct 25, 2025, 08:42 PM

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"Put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye." Being told that because I was a girl there were certain things I couldn't be when I grew up (fortunately I ignored that warning); being told not to seem too smart at school because boys don't like smart girls; during a car trip to Florida being shocked to see "White" and "Colored" signs on water fountains and not understanding why. The good old days aren't ever really the good old days.

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Wanna join me in feeling really old? I just stumbled on this list, [View all] Ocelot II Saturday OP

Every single one. LuckyCharms Saturday #1

Roger that!!! ultralite001 Saturday #2

LOL! I guess you didn't have a dog who lurked under the table, hoping for a handout. Ocelot II Saturday #3

The poor dog had to stay outside... ultralite001 Saturday #5

I hated mom's succotash vapor2 Saturday #29

I hated to eat when I was a little kid Bayard Saturday #49

The food I didn't like I stuck under the refrigerator womanofthehills Monday #67

Good stuff, but hip folk of all ages use clotheslines more these days than last couple of decades. Bernardo de La Paz Saturday #4

I loved my clothesline! I had one until I moved into this community..still have the wooden clothespins Deuxcents Saturday #9

For me, getting milk delivered was when someone else milked the cows..... lastlib Saturday #15

Didn't milk cows, but we had milk and other grocery items delivered. Habibi Saturday #35

Well, that was fun. Biophilic Saturday #6

One of the greatest advances in modern times markodochartaigh Saturday #7

Remember them all, but think a few were more 50s than 60s. sinkingfeeling Saturday #8

50's into the mid '60s, IIRC. Ocelot II Saturday #11

In some offices Diamond_Dog Saturday #30

Not where I come from genxlib Sunday #61

100% remember all, even though my memory is questionable nowadays. Silent Type Saturday #10

I remember every single one of those things. But instead of the nostalgia niyad Saturday #12

Those things, too. "Duck and cover," which even we kids knew meant, Ocelot II Saturday #14

'Duck and cover' wasn't meant to protect students Oeditpus Rex Saturday #33

"being told not to seem too smart at school because boys don't like smart girls" Diamond_Dog Saturday #34

In those days of girls having to wear dresses or skirts, we girls often worried more... 3catwoman3 Saturday #40

Um, #2 is bogus - A Mimeograph Smelled, like, well, ink. Brother Buzz Saturday #13

The x-ray machine is the only one I wasn't familiar with. johnp3907 Saturday #16

I typed this the same time you did. Irish_Dem Saturday #19

I don't remember the X-ray shoe fitting machines. Irish_Dem Saturday #17

They were in some shoe stores, also called shoe-fitting fluoroscopes. Ocelot II Saturday #21

Thanks, what an odd contraption. Irish_Dem Saturday #22

My mother was a nurse, so maybe she didn't approve of this thing. Irish_Dem Saturday #23

I remember every single one except the shoe store machine. Diamond_Dog Saturday #18

The ice trays were a bone of contention in my house Ocelot II Saturday #24

If you ran water over the ice trays first, Seinan Sensei Saturday #53

Yes, but it wasn't as much fun that way. Ocelot II Saturday #54

It's a wonder I don't have six toes on each foot. chowmama Saturday #20

Omg! 😄 Yikes! electric_blue68 Saturday #25

Ohioan here. I thought *everybody* had a blanket like that in their car trunk. Diamond_Dog Saturday #26

In Minnesota you not only had a blanket, you had (and still have) a winter kit Ocelot II Saturday #31

The traditional Christmas gift for my kids... ultralite001 Sunday #63

Not all of them. House of Roberts Saturday #27

thanks for the walk down memory lane vapor2 Saturday #28

No on the X-Ray foot shoe store box... electric_blue68 Saturday #32

There's a post office in the city near me Diamond_Dog Saturday #36

Woah! Yikes! electric_blue68 Saturday #44

I remember most of them. Born in 1951. 3catwoman3 Saturday #37

Flav-R Straws! I'd forgotten about those. They were terrible but we loved them. Ocelot II Sunday #62

And a baby's arm holding an apple! The Tubes BidenRocks Saturday #38

All but... 2naSalit Saturday #39

The only list I need to make me feel old Oeditpus Rex Saturday #41

The pneumatic mail tube system, to the umpteenth degree. . . DinahMoeHum Saturday #42

The pneumatic tubes also make an amusing appearance in the movie Paddington EverHopeful Sunday #59

Thank you Ocelot II , I remember every single one. debm55 Saturday #43

I used to feel old when I realized that my doctors were younger than me Wicked Blue Saturday #45

You bet! MuseRider Saturday #46

Is Item #11 Just in case JD came to visit? /nt aka-chmeee Saturday #47

My mother let me use her Green Stamps to get my first stereo dflprincess Saturday #48

We never had plastic covers either - Mom thought they were tacky - but we had neigbors who did. Ocelot II Saturday #50

There was a pretty famous rumor about S&H stamps in Saigon dsvajda Saturday #52

No thanx! Living it is making making me feel old enough already! marble falls Saturday #51

I still have books of green stamps & metal ice trays ,which I still use. Alwaysna Saturday #55

The Fuller Brush Man rickford66 Saturday #56

Funny Green Stamp story. boonecreek Sunday #57

I also remember each of the items in that article LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #58

Sending this post to my cousin EverHopeful Sunday #60

Yes, I remember all of them! Sogo Sunday #64

It's a very funny movie. I wish I could see it again but not on youtube. CTyankee Sunday #65

I remember all those items LogDog75 Monday #66