Middle Aged Memories
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eli - I still have my 45 records from 1950/60, as well as these 45 adapters so I can play them on my regular record player. How about an original "Hound Dog"??
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Eli, It would make an awesome album cover for a band as well as a t-shirt emblem. My siblings made off with all my 45 records (and adapters) when I moved abroad.
Minus, Some of your 45s might be worth something.
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Maggie - yes, and the vintage record store is also dying to have some of my original Beatles albums. And Rolling Stones & Beach Boys. I should probably turn them in and not leave them for my son to deal with. But I may wake up in the middle of one night and want to listen to them again.
Same problem I have with books. WAY too many that I've saved should I want to re-read.BTW - I love the saying "It's not hoarding if it's books".
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Minus, The reason we keep the records and books is so we can enjoy them. We are collectors, not hoarders, lol.
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Just saw the old picture of the Fisher Price Little People and house. I'm way too old for it to have been my generation (boomer), but I had one for my daughters and it was a lot of fun for all of us.
Minus - I too have all sorts of old Beatles and Rolling Stones records and simply cannot part with them, but I can't imagine anyone wanting them when I'm gone. They're very ragged and worn, but they are "part of me".
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Coty Sweet Earth Perfume Compacts
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The solid meant it was easier to take with you. I remember wearing English Leather men’s cologne since they didn’t have women’s fragrances with that musky smell.
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Interesting. I loved my compact back then…I wish they would bring it back.
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moongazer, The Vermont Country Store sells their own solid perfumes in tins. I saw it when I stopped to buy some old fashioned candies on the way home from the hospital up north. They have an online catalog. I don’t know how close the scents are to the original Coty.
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Thanx-I have seen that before-I'll check again.
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Maggie - you are so lucky to have a Vermont Country Store you can visit in person. I have been buying things from them for years, but only through the catalog.
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Minus, I agree. When you go in person you can find things on sale, too. The original store is more charming but it’s a half hour further west.
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I love Vermont Country Store. I once found a dress for a wedding there very cheap as it was on clearance.
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Country stores are fun…never bought for anything from there.
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I love the stuff they have in them!
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I like country stores in old buildings since they transport you back in time.
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Me too!
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Those mats have been replaced by optical beams and motion sensors but the newer methods have their drawbacks. When I was exiting the local hospital the other day I stopped to pick up something I had dropped. The door then refused to open. The security guard told me I had to go back and approach the door without such a long interruption. One of those mats would have just opened the door.
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Plus it stopped the doors from just opening as you walked by if you weren't going into that particular store
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Two things I cannot get at any of my local grocery chains anymore:
- A roll of life savers
- A pack of gum…where you gets actual sticks of wrapped gum.
After seeing those things forever, they just quietly disappeared leaving some sugar-free nastiness in their place.
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I miss the candy of my childhood
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I paid airport prices for a roll of life savers at LaGuardia last year so I wouldn’t cough the whole flight long. Amazon sells rolls of life savers and packs of stick gum in bulk, probably so airports can sell them for a large profit.
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One thing I sure do not miss is the hair cuts my mom used to give me until I grew my hair out for 5th grade. She used to plop a small mixing bowl on my head and use it as a guide to cut my hair. Made me look like I was a boy🤮
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I remember those bowl haircuts. I became the family barber when my brothers no longer wanted the buzz cuts my dad did with clippers.They got me a pair of barber scissors and were OK with the short learning curve. Thankfully all three of them had the same slightly wavy hair so one style worked for all. I then ended up cutting my mom and sister's hair (straight) as well as my dad’s (curly.) My parents paid for my haircuts.
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My first and only perm in my senior year of high school. It was so bad I looked like Bozo the Clown's baby sister. I was so unhappy with it, i let it grow out and never got another perm. It was supposed to be wavy, but ended up too curly.
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Toni Home Perms —- gave you waves that lasted for months; actual retail product was around for years; the smell of the perm solution will linger in your memory forever. Something like chemical brimstone, I believe.
—————————————————————————-Moving on from the stinky to the tasty… Who didn't beg mom to buy the mini cereal assortment? Yes, it was a rip off but the little boxes were so charming and remember they had perforations so you could turn the box into your bowl and pour the milk right in.
Remember Sugar Bear? He was the crooning cartoon spokes-animal for Post Sugar Crisp. So unhealthy, so delicious!
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You know who else loved variety in their meals? Dogs! And look what they used to get: Not "T-Bone" flavor, not "Prime Rib" flavor. They got Horsemeat Chunks. Back then, all dogs weren't Doodle-anything breeds. They were Rin Tin Tin and Lassie and they ate Horsemeat Chunks.
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Blasts from the past!
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We used to get the small cereal boxes for breakfast at Girl Scout camp. There was always a rush for the sugary varieties but even then I liked the plain ones better.
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