Remember when? I remember (in some cases just barely), do you remember when:
most folks bathed only once a week?
("5 day deodorant pads" were apparently a couple of days short)
most families did not have an automobile?
virtually no family had more than one?
many families did not have a telephone?
of those which did, many had a "party line"?
closets in the "master bedroom" were 2.5 to 3 foot wide?
many houses and apartments had no bedroom closets?
there were no "master" bedrooms?
there were no walk in closets?
the array of door to door service?
the bread man?
the milk man?
the egg man?
the fuller brush man?
the tinker?
the ash man?
the rag man?
the ice man?
(yep, "man", always!)
families would sit around at night and "watch the radio"?
the shadow
the lone ranger
gun smoke
it cost a penny to buy and mail a penny postcard?
the "operator" would place a phone call?
long distance phone calls were "reserved" several days in advance?
(and were rarely made)?
"sneakers" were inexpensive?
most kids had at most one pair of shoes and one pair of sneakers?
everyone wore rubbers and galoshes when it rained or snowed?
there were no supermarkets?
department stores were just that?
payments were sent to a central cashier by pneumatic tube or by "rope and pulley" tram?
the button counter at the "5 & 10"?
when you could actually buy many things for 5 and 10 cents?
when a keyboard had a cent symbol?
cash registers were manual?
drug stores primarily sold drugs (and perhaps had a soda fountain)?
nurses wore white?
and caps?
doctors were always older than you?
regularly made house calls?
delivered most babies in their homes?
restaurant dinners were for special occasions (only)?
fast-food was a diner?
eggs were good for you?
school children went home for lunch?
so, there's a bunch off the top of me head … what do you remember?
most folks bathed only once a week?
("5 day deodorant pads" were apparently a couple of days short)
most families did not have an automobile?
virtually no family had more than one?
many families did not have a telephone?
of those which did, many had a "party line"?
closets in the "master bedroom" were 2.5 to 3 foot wide?
many houses and apartments had no bedroom closets?
there were no "master" bedrooms?
there were no walk in closets?
the array of door to door service?
the bread man?
the milk man?
the egg man?
the fuller brush man?
the tinker?
the ash man?
the rag man?
the ice man?
(yep, "man", always!)
families would sit around at night and "watch the radio"?
the shadow
the lone ranger
gun smoke
it cost a penny to buy and mail a penny postcard?
the "operator" would place a phone call?
long distance phone calls were "reserved" several days in advance?
(and were rarely made)?
"sneakers" were inexpensive?
most kids had at most one pair of shoes and one pair of sneakers?
everyone wore rubbers and galoshes when it rained or snowed?
there were no supermarkets?
department stores were just that?
payments were sent to a central cashier by pneumatic tube or by "rope and pulley" tram?
the button counter at the "5 & 10"?
when you could actually buy many things for 5 and 10 cents?
when a keyboard had a cent symbol?
cash registers were manual?
drug stores primarily sold drugs (and perhaps had a soda fountain)?
nurses wore white?
and caps?
doctors were always older than you?
regularly made house calls?
delivered most babies in their homes?
restaurant dinners were for special occasions (only)?
fast-food was a diner?
eggs were good for you?
school children went home for lunch?
so, there's a bunch off the top of me head … what do you remember?