You may have heard about Mike Tyson Virus....

[sandbox]

Yup, remember them all, we even had a ragman driving a horse and wagon who would ride up and down the streets yellin, R A G S..... HUP....Hup.....hup, R A G S....... HUP....Hup..hup. We had coke (coal byproduct) delivered to the house through the cellar window. The furnace was fed three times a day, shaken and stirred, carefully removing any Klickers, and balancing the pressure to the steam radiators, that had valves on them which could be adjusted to sing a melody. Which reminds me, the first radio I ever had connected to the radiator, which served as an antenna somehow?

[Bobun]

It seems like yesterday. In the roaring twenties, living in
Chicago was a very exciting life. One of the things that was unique was the alleys that were laid out between your
house and your back door neighbors. Garbage was collected back there, garage doors opened onto it and all
manner of peddlers hawked their wares as they passed through;"onion, dry onion, apple-apple" or "rags, old iron"
are two I can recall. I didn't know such a thing as a
driveway existed till we moved to NJ in 1930. I always say
" If you worry about loss of memory; forget it!!!!"

[sandbox]

Hey Bobun, isn’t that forgetaboutit, in Jersey speak?

[MamaMoose]

Oh my God! Oh my God! I remember all 25. When did I get old??

Brought back great memories, Here's some more:

Captain Midnite

Terry and the Pirates

Jack Armstrong, the all American boy

cod liver oil (Yuck!!)

Shoveling coal into the furnace early in the morning

Your Hit Parade

Lucky Strike Green has gone to war

Collecting ice cream cups whose liods containe pictures of movie stars

25 cent movies on Saturday - 1 feature, 1 Western, 3 serials,
3 cartoons, etc,, etc.

I Love a Mystery

Suspense

Gabriael Heater

Walter Winchel (What was his opening line?)

Shoveling snow (no snowblowers)

Newspaper routes to earn a few bucks

The aging MamaMoose

[snuffysbluff]

How 'bout the old, non motorized, push lawn mowers?...

And the old one armed man who offered you twenty cents when you were eight to mow his four corner lots that had a month's growth with a dull old rusty mower of his that squeeked and when you finished after two wasted summer days says it wasn't good enough and to do it over or you wouldn't get paid and you do it over and he still won't pay you so you call him a crazy old man and he chases you and from then on you're afraid to walk by his house cause he said he was going to cut your ears off and...well...those were the days, alright.

[RNKIII]

Snuffy.... That guy must have been the brother to the ol' gal that had the brush/fence encircled back yard right behing the baseball/softball diamond in our neighborhood.    
If you hit a foul ball into that place there was no one going in there to retrieve it... cause you could hear the big old dog she had just a growling and chewing on that ball by the time it hit the ground.  Even the 'big guys' from the local college that praticed there wouldn't go in to retrieve a ball...  Think that dog survived the summers by chewing the horse hide off foul balls.      

Bob K.

[LR827]

I am NOT responding to any of the responses to my response.  

So there (raspberries!)

[RNKIII]

Sounds like someone needs a timeout or a nap....                

Bob K

[weldiger]

quote:25 cent movies on Saturday - 1 feature, 1 Western, 3 serials,
3 cartoons, etc,, etc  

12 cent movies, [double feature] 5 cent popcorn, cokes, hot dogs, and 10 cent icecream sodas!
[and getting friendly with the girl whose dad had a grocery store - Free candy, ice cream, cokes, ect, but I had to eat mustard sandwiches with her too - rough life!]

[dolphin]

quote:Originally posted by LR827:
Blackjack chewing gum.  Butch wax.  Those were the only two I don't remember!!  And I'm only 35!!  (Either that, or I don't remember how old I am.)  (Don't anybody respond to this response.)  (Thank you.)

OK LORRAINE

[Paddy]

I'm with Lorraine - though being a Canuck, maybe we just didn't have Blackjack chewing gum in Canada?

I mowed the lawn with a push mower all my adolescent life...and until 10 years or so ago, I think my Dad (now 81) was still using a push mower in Toronto, but with a lawn the size of a large postage stamp, that isn't too hard!  

...and I HAD some of those metal ice cube trays until our last move 7 years ago (new fridge - ice & water through the door)!

How about wax lips?
Sharing candy necklaces? (ick!)
DoubleBubble - 2 for 1¢?
Bread for 19¢ a loaf (remember my Mom complaining when it went to 22¢!)
Milk boxes and home milk delivery?
Cream on the top of the milk - and when it got really cold and you left it in the milkbox too long, it froze and rose up out of the top of the bottle with the cardboard cap perched on top?
Sandwiches wrapped in waxed paper - no such thing as Saran Wrap
NOTHING open on Sunday (except church)
Kids winter boots that you put on over your shoes
Saddle shoes
Wearing sensible Oxfords to primary school - heaven forbid that anyone wore sneakers - those were for gym only!
Junket...did anyone else's mother make them eat the vile stuff?
The guy who went door to door sharpening knives, wringing his bell as he went (this might be a Toronto thing...)

[weldiger]

quote:Junket...did anyone else's mother make them eat the vile stuff?
 

Uuuuuuggggggghh! yes

 

quote:The guy who went door to door sharpening knives,
 

Lorraine   isn’t that the way Chicago Cutlery got their start?  Sharpening knives for the meat packers?

[RNKIII]

OK, I'll bite....    

What is junket???

Must be a local delicacy..    

But if it's got anything to do with ground up bologna, pickles, and mayo       don't tell me.

BobK.

[weldiger]

Nahh  it is dried cows stomachs, mixed with milk and a little flavoring.
 

Rennet, the main ingredient, is used to curdle milk to make cheese.
You just live down the road from Faribault.  There used to be a good cheese factory there, go check it out!

[krissel]

junket