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markodochartaigh

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7. One of the greatest advances in modern times

Sat Oct 25, 2025, 08:11 PM

Oct 2025

was the transition from woolen blankets to microfiber blankets.
And we learned not to complain about the woolen blankets or we would hear about the old days when people would have to trample the wool in urine to get the oil off of the wool.

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Wanna join me in feeling really old? I just stumbled on this list, [View all] Ocelot II Oct 2025 OP

Every single one. LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #1

Roger that!!! ultralite001 Oct 2025 #2

LOL! I guess you didn't have a dog who lurked under the table, hoping for a handout. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #3

The poor dog had to stay outside... ultralite001 Oct 2025 #5

I hated mom's succotash vapor2 Oct 2025 #29

I hated to eat when I was a little kid Bayard Oct 2025 #49

The food I didn't like I stuck under the refrigerator womanofthehills Oct 2025 #67

Good stuff, but hip folk of all ages use clotheslines more these days than last couple of decades. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #4

I loved my clothesline! I had one until I moved into this community..still have the wooden clothespins Deuxcents Oct 2025 #9

For me, getting milk delivered was when someone else milked the cows..... lastlib Oct 2025 #15

Didn't milk cows, but we had milk and other grocery items delivered. Habibi Oct 2025 #35

Well, that was fun. Biophilic Oct 2025 #6

One of the greatest advances in modern times markodochartaigh Oct 2025 #7

Remember them all, but think a few were more 50s than 60s. sinkingfeeling Oct 2025 #8

50's into the mid '60s, IIRC. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #11

In some offices Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #30

Not where I come from genxlib Oct 2025 #61

100% remember all, even though my memory is questionable nowadays. Silent Type Oct 2025 #10

I remember every single one of those things. But instead of the nostalgia niyad Oct 2025 #12

Those things, too. "Duck and cover," which even we kids knew meant, Ocelot II Oct 2025 #14

'Duck and cover' wasn't meant to protect students Oeditpus Rex Oct 2025 #33

"being told not to seem too smart at school because boys don't like smart girls" Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #34

In those days of girls having to wear dresses or skirts, we girls often worried more... 3catwoman3 Oct 2025 #40

Um, #2 is bogus - A Mimeograph Smelled, like, well, ink. Brother Buzz Oct 2025 #13

The x-ray machine is the only one I wasn't familiar with. johnp3907 Oct 2025 #16

I typed this the same time you did. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #19

I don't remember the X-ray shoe fitting machines. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #17

They were in some shoe stores, also called shoe-fitting fluoroscopes. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #21

Thanks, what an odd contraption. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #22

My mother was a nurse, so maybe she didn't approve of this thing. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #23

I remember every single one except the shoe store machine. Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #18

The ice trays were a bone of contention in my house Ocelot II Oct 2025 #24

If you ran water over the ice trays first, Seinan Sensei Oct 2025 #53

Yes, but it wasn't as much fun that way. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #54

It's a wonder I don't have six toes on each foot. chowmama Oct 2025 #20

Omg! 😄 Yikes! electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #25

Ohioan here. I thought *everybody* had a blanket like that in their car trunk. Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #26

In Minnesota you not only had a blanket, you had (and still have) a winter kit Ocelot II Oct 2025 #31

The traditional Christmas gift for my kids... ultralite001 Oct 2025 #63

Not all of them. House of Roberts Oct 2025 #27

thanks for the walk down memory lane vapor2 Oct 2025 #28

No on the X-Ray foot shoe store box... electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #32

There's a post office in the city near me Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #36

Woah! Yikes! electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #44

I remember most of them. Born in 1951. 3catwoman3 Oct 2025 #37

Flav-R Straws! I'd forgotten about those. They were terrible but we loved them. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #62

And a baby's arm holding an apple! The Tubes BidenRocks Oct 2025 #38

All but... 2naSalit Oct 2025 #39

The only list I need to make me feel old Oeditpus Rex Oct 2025 #41

The pneumatic mail tube system, to the umpteenth degree. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2025 #42

The pneumatic tubes also make an amusing appearance in the movie Paddington EverHopeful Oct 2025 #59

Thank you Ocelot II , I remember every single one. debm55 Oct 2025 #43

I used to feel old when I realized that my doctors were younger than me Wicked Blue Oct 2025 #45

You bet! MuseRider Oct 2025 #46

Is Item #11 Just in case JD came to visit? /nt aka-chmeee Oct 2025 #47

My mother let me use her Green Stamps to get my first stereo dflprincess Oct 2025 #48

We never had plastic covers either - Mom thought they were tacky - but we had neigbors who did. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #50

There was a pretty famous rumor about S&H stamps in Saigon dsvajda Oct 2025 #52

No thanx! Living it is making making me feel old enough already! marble falls Oct 2025 #51

I still have books of green stamps & metal ice trays ,which I still use. Alwaysna Oct 2025 #55

The Fuller Brush Man rickford66 Oct 2025 #56

Funny Green Stamp story. boonecreek Oct 2025 #57

I also remember each of the items in that article LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #58

Sending this post to my cousin EverHopeful Oct 2025 #60

Yes, I remember all of them! Sogo Oct 2025 #64

It's a very funny movie. I wish I could see it again but not on youtube. CTyankee Oct 2025 #65

I remember all those items LogDog75 Oct 2025 #66