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trof

(54,274 posts) Sun Aug 2, 2020, 06:46 PM Aug 2020

Remember when you got a free 'church key' with every 6 pack? [View all]

And EVERY restaurant had a box of advertising paper matchbooks at the cashier's counter?

Airlines put a complimentary 4 pack of Winston cigarettes on your meal tray.
And you got a meal in coach too.

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Remember when you got a free 'church key' with every 6 pack? [View all] trof Aug 2020 OP

I remember the matches. Laelth Aug 2020 #1

As a 12yo, played Crazy Ball at the County Fair. I won 15 cartons of cigarettes. Midnight Writer Aug 2020 #2

Or walking over the tarmac to ascend the stairs to the plane angstlessk Aug 2020 #3

I still have an empty matchbook from a restaurant Jamastiene Aug 2020 #4

Visiting a Travel Agent who types something on a computer machine to plan your trip. Marcuse Aug 2020 #5

some of that goes back even further than i do. barbtries Aug 2020 #6

Party lines unless your family could splurge on a private line. You pick up the phone mobeau69 Aug 2020 #7

But you DID listen in. trof Aug 2020 #8

As a kid I pitied the folks on our party line Lord Ludd Aug 2020 #32

Had to dial 0 and talk to an operator to make a long distance call. You could mobeau69 Aug 2020 #9

And everyone in the house had to be sooo quiet during a long distance call so you could tblue37 Aug 2020 #10

LOL. Yep, and it was such a big deal. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #13

YUUUUGE! And you could game the system. trof Aug 2020 #22

And expensive. Remember waiting until 7:00 p.m. to get the reduced rates? nt tblue37 Aug 2020 #23

Oh yeah! Forgot about that. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #26

Cigarettes used to be sold in vending machines Ohiogal Aug 2020 #11

25 cents a pack. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #15

23 cents and 2 pennies in the bottom of the pack cellophane. trof Aug 2020 #24

You got your milk delivered and had a galvanized, supposedly insulated milkbox sitting on your front mobeau69 Aug 2020 #12

Remember the printed line on the glass bottles- OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2020 #19

Or call collect and ask for Mickey Mouse Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #14

Yep. We use to call Grandma and Grandpa and let it ring twice to signal we were home from their mobeau69 Aug 2020 #16

Yup!! Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #17

You're older than you think. bluedigger Aug 2020 #18

Cloth diapers that eventually made great rags to wash the car with. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #20

Oh HELL no. DISHCLOTHS! trof Aug 2020 #25

The matches lasted a very long time. Into the 80s at least PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #21

You knew all of your friend's phone numbers by heart. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #27

Your family doctor made house calls. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #28

I remember a free tie when you bought a suit packman Aug 2020 #29

I collected match covers, well, at first it was the moonscape Aug 2020 #30

I liked the little rectangular boxes that held small wooden matches. No Vested Interest Aug 2020 #31

Ohio Blue Tip! We called them kitchen matches. mobeau69 Aug 2020 #33