I just guess i'm older than dirt!
My Dad was cleaning out my grandma's house and he brought me an old
Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch
of holes
in
it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She
thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew
it
as
the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to "sprinkle"
clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am
old!!
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How Many Do You Remember??
. Head lights dimmer switches on the floor
. Ignition switches on the dashboard
. Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall
. Real ice boxes [Ask your Mom about that].
. Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
. Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
. Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
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Older Than Dirt Quiz
Count all the ones that you remember- not the ones you were told
about! Ratings at the bottom.
1. Blackjack chewing gum
2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottle
5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines
8. Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Olive - 6933)
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records
15. S&H Green Stamps
16. Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19. Blue flashbulb
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!
Don't forget to pass this along!! Especially to all your really OLD
friends.
--Author unknown; found circulating the Net via email.
"The Trouble Tree"
The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a
rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his
electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start. While I
drove him home, he sat in stony silence.
On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the
front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the
branches with both hands. When opening the door he underwent an amazing
transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two
small children and gave his wife a kiss. Afterward he walked me to the car. We
passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what
I had seen him do earlier.
"Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having troubles
on the job, but one thing's for sure, troubles don't belong in the house with
my wife and the children. So I just hang them on the tree every night when I
come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again."
He paused. "Funny thing is," he smiled, "When I come out in the morning to
pick 'em up, there ain't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night
before."
--Author unknown; selected from Mikey's Funnies.
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