BABY BOOMER'S MEMORY LANE

• Posted by Roger Overweg November 25, 2013 - #  #thoughts  #past  #baby boomer  - 896 views

  
  DOWN THE BABY BOOMER'S MEMORY LANE
  
  ~ 45 rpm spindles
  
  ~ Metal ice cubes trays with levers
  
  ~ Beanie and Cecil
  
  ~ Roller-skate keys
  
  ~ Cork pop guns
  
  ~ Marlin Perkins
  
  ~ Drive-in movies
  
  ~ Drive in restaurants (LONG before Sonic)
  
  ~ Car hops
  
  ~ Studebakers
  
  ~ Topo Gigio
  
  ~ Washtub wringers
  
  ~ The Fuller Brush Man
  
  ~ Sky King
  
  ~ Reel-to-reel tape recorders
  
  ~ Tinkertoys
  
  ~ Erector sets
  
  ~ Lincoln Logs
  
  ~ 15 cent McDonalds hamburgers
  
  ~ 5 cent packs of baseball cards
  
  ~ Penny candy
  
  ~ 25 cents a gallon gasoline
  
  ~ Jiffy Pop popcorn
  
  ~ 5 cent postage stamps
  
  ~ Green stamps
  
  ~ Gum wrapper chains
  
  ~ Chatty Cathy dolls
  
  ~ 5 cent Cokes
  
  ~ Speedy Alka-Seltzer (Plop-Plop Fizz-Fizz oh what a relief it is)
  
  ~ Burma Shave signs
  
  ~ Brownie camera
  
  ~ Flash bulbs
  
  ~ TV test patterns
  
  ~ Old Yeller
  
  ~ Chef Boy-Ar-Dee
  
  ~ Fire escape tubes
  
  ~ Timmy and Lassie
  
  ~ Ding Dong! Avon calling
  
  ~ Brylcreem
  
  ~ Aluminum Christmas trees