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Originally Posted by humfrz
Older Than Dirt Quiz :
18 for me
2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water 2 for a penny
3. Candy cigarettes tasted like crap
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles 15 cents with 2 cents back for the bottle
5. Coffee shops or diners with table side jukeboxes 3 songs for a dime
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers He killed one of our pet ducks
7. Party lines on the telephone My grandma had one until 1984
9. P.F. Flyers Couldn't afford them
11.. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were only 3 channels...[if you were fortunate) BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
12. Peashooters Had several
14. 45 RPM records Broke all my sister's Fifth Edition (Kenny Rogers) ones
16. Hi-fi's With a glued on fuzzy cover in the turntable
17. Metal ice trays with lever That just bet when you tried to pop the cubes
18. Mimeograph paper Gestentner
19. Blue flashbulb Found some in a box in the basement just a few weeks ago
21. Roller skate keys Hid my sister's when she pissed me off
22.Cork popguns First step before I got the BB gun at six years old
23. Drive-ins Actually still have these here
25. Wash tub wringers "Hey you kids don't play with that"
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–––
Fess up now ......... 
humfrz |
Bonus questions:
AM only radio
Two editions of the newspaper everyday but Sunday (Sunday only had a morning one)
Being able to tell a cop you forgot your wallet and your name really was Bill Smith
5 cents an hour parking meters
Having no clue what a "mall" or "McDonalds" were
10 cent telephone booths (or for that matter. Telephone booths)