Do you remember these?

Time for another round of things long forgotten or put away... oddities, funny or just long gone...
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I do remember them. I never understood the purpose, besides to make kids dizzy!

I remember them, but fortunately, never had to live in a house without indoor plumbing.

How about these?

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Breezey Breezey wrote:Time for another round of things long forgotten or put away... oddities, funny or just long gone...
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There is a park here with a couple of these and I still love them. I just don't love falling off! lol

Tater Salad wrote:How about these?

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Ummm... a washing machine or that particular kind? Or the ad? I am so lost!

The children's playground in our local gardens still has this equipment for the kids to play on. It is very popular. Even with the big kids.. lol (-:
The outdoor dunny.. It was all W's Nana ever had. It was W's job to empty it when he was a lad still living with his parents. He has such "fond" memories of that particular "job".

Many cities are removing the older things as safety hazards and replacing with things I'd never
want to use.
Outhouse... we lived in one house that only had that for about a year. Then, new house and indoor plumbing! lol

I remember 35 mm cameras; in fact, I still have one. Haven't used it since I bought a digital camera, but I still have it.

I don't know what happened to my washing machine pic; when I posted it, it was a wringer washer, I swear!

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The wringer washer...that makes more sense. lol
I remember them only because I still see them. I am told my mom used one when I was really little.
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Yep, and I often find myself wishing the library still had them!

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I never actually saw them and if I did, I don't remember. lol
But.. I'd like to have them NOW!

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You never actually saw milk jugs?
We got them delivered by milk men when I was a young kid, although most of ours were half gallon rectangularish bottles or even gallon bottles which were squarish. I say "ISH)", because the corners were rounded.

Yes, I remember phone booths, and the pay phones that largely replaced them before themselves being largely replaced by cell phones.

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I remember those bikes... not because I ever had one.. they are still around. lol
big wheels!

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Yep, I remember Gumby, although I can't say I really understood what was going on wih the characters...

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Pick up stix!I just bought a used set of wood ones! lol

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I remember address books. Great to have when your computer is down!

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view master... the newer ones are more updated and some have sound.

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I grew up with dial phones, and even in the 80's, I worked for an owner of a company who still hadn't updated to push button phones. I tried to explain how much more efficient they were, and how much he could save on labor just by upgrading to touch tone phones, to no avail. He went out of business in the 90's.

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Hahaha!! We had a television like that... and one with separate buttons to tune each channel...they had letters...abcdefg... something like that and a big pain in the butt!!

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I never had an electric typewriter, just a manual one.

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Tater Salad wrote:I never had an electric typewriter, just a manual one.

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I have two! One is exactly like your picture and the other is considered vintage! I use both! I love coffee perked instead of water just running over the grounds. The taste is SO much better!
This one is my favorite and used daily...
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My mom had a sewing machine ever since I can remember, but not a vintage model like that.

It was a little more like this one:

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As a teenager, I actually found a used model with an engine attached; basically it was a self propelled reel mower. Never saw anything like it before or since.

It was something like this one:

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I remember the one without an engine. I had one and miss it. lol Tried to buy a new one, but they are not cheap!
I believe the one with a motor is still able to be bought, but not sure....

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I remember them, but I'm not sure I remember what they're called...Tops? Spinning tops?

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I think that is a microphone? Never actually saw or used one like that, but saw in some old movies...
Okay... seeing a field with more?... for outdoor movies? If neither... I have no clue! lol

How about this? lol
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You were on the right track. It isn't a microphone; it's an outdoor speaker, for outdoor movies. Specifically, drive-in movies.

That is a floppy disk. The name is kind of ironic because it's not floppy, but the name originated when it's predecessor WAS floppy.

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I saw one almost like that about a week ago. I could have taken it, but didn't. lol

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What about this?

That's similar to the desks we had in grade school, except that the storage compartment was under the seat rather than under the top.

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Tater Salad wrote:That's similar to the desks we had in grade school, except that the storage compartment was under the seat rather than under the top.

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It took me a minute to figure out what made you post those! lol Even now, some gas pumps seem so different than the majority! There is a gas station that has been left empty for over ten years now...going to actually take notice of  those pumps!

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Sadly, most of the above. Does Lorry's password count?

How about "TINKERTOY"? Someone sent one over from America when I was  very small. It kept me quiet for hours! I still have a Viewmaster ..... somewhere.

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Are we talking something like this, P?

Thats the one! except my rods weren't coloured. It's probably the reason I'm so good at reading engineering drawings. A real educational toy! It came in a cardboard tube with a metal screw lid. They don't make them like that anymore, at least, not over here. My kids had Leggo (although I probably played with it as much as they did!).

P... My password counts.. lol.. I am just lucky that Breezey remembers it.. or I would have been locked out permantly...
How do you put up pics? I have tried and it won't allow me to????
Some very interesting memorabilia here.

Lorry, check this link. If you still have any problems or issues, either email or post.
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No, what are they? If it's video cassettes we have VHS over here, totally different!

We had VHS over here too, before they were supplanted by DVDs. the items in the picture are 8 track tapes, which were popular in the 70's, before being replaced by cassette tapes.

I remember those 8 track tapes. They were pretty much a gone deal before I really understood what they were. lol I do remember people saying they didn't like it when the tape had a spot that left a blank space? No music and parts missed? Something like that!
As for VHS... I have tons and love them... much better than DVDs that are not child friendly!
Before you try to post the televisions that are now becoming "old"... I still have them! lol
Don't want the newest that are so touchy they are not family friendly!

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Thanks (((Breezey))) I will try that

8 tracks had advantages as well as disadvantages when compared to cassette tapes and records.

One positive was that since the tape was continuous, you didn't have to flip them over, which was a big plus while driving.

The continuous loop also led to the disadvantage that you mentioned; because of the unrecordable section of tape at the end/beginning of each track, if a song carried over from one track to the next, there was a bit of dead space in between tracks.

Another downside was due to the fact that there were 4 tracks (it was called an 8 track because there were 4 tracks recorded in stereo, so there were actually 4 tracks on the left channel and 4 on the right), it was more difficult to divide an album up so that each song was played in it's entirety on one track and not carried over to the next track, at least without leaving significant dead space between tracks.

Poleroid instants! Great. Those were the days!