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92. Wow, What a list. Thank you very much for your selection, DURHAM D.

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Growing up, what are some things that could be found in your house, that are not in your house today. Me, black and [View all] debm55 May 11 OP

Sears Roebuck catalogs UpInArms May 11 #1

Thank you very much, UpinArms. I did that too. debm55 May 11 #3

Montgomery wards catalog too BlueWaveNeverEnd May 12 #79

You are right about Sear's and Montgomery Ward's. We used to get J C Penney"s too. TY, BlueWaveNeverEnd. debm55 May 12 #86

First thing to mind... buzzycrumbhunger May 11 #2

Thank you very much,buzzycrumbhunger. I remember that stuff and totally agree it hurt a heck of a lot worse then the debm55 May 11 #5

B&W TV PJMcK May 11 #4

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHH. Love your list, PJMcK debm55 May 11 #7

Flashback Fathers day I get to pick recliner.. she hated it..oldest son goes to college with my recliner..LOL IA8IT May 11 #37

Thank you IA8IT debm55 May 12 #105

Rotary desk phones or rotary wall phones Niagara May 11 #6

Yes to both, Niagara. I so remember the heavy console televisions. debm55 May 11 #8

A phonograph, a wall phone with a long coiled cord, a bathtub with feet, Ocelot II May 11 #9

Oh wow. I remember all of those. Especially the phone with the long coiled cord. Thank you, Ocelot II debm55 May 11 #13

Radiator pipes that went floor to floor. woodsprite May 11 #10

What a great idea. Thank you very much for sharing, woodsprite. debm55 May 11 #14

We installed a door bell in the 1st floor coat closet Nittersing May 12 #99

Ashtrays! Diamond_Dog May 11 #11

On yes, ashtrays. Thank you Diamond_Dog debm55 May 11 #15

Racist. Not in my house! Lochloosa May 11 #12

Oh that is so wondertful. Thank you very much, Lochloosa. debm55 May 11 #16

Those horrible clear plastic covers on the living room furniture. Talitha May 11 #17

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHA. I remember them and I so disliked them Thank you, Talitha. debm55 May 11 #19

My aunt had those!! Awful BlueWaveNeverEnd May 12 #83

a pressure cooker DBoon May 11 #18

Thank you, very much for sharing, DBoon. I never had a pressure cooker. There were many horror stories about them. I'll debm55 May 11 #21

my mom used to make stews in a pressure cooker without incident DBoon May 11 #22

It 'rained' Chili in Mom's kitchen once. Talitha May 11 #26

Thank you for sharing. Yes, you have to be careful. Something that I am not. debm55 May 11 #29

Oh my, I hope she wasn't hurt. debm55 May 11 #27

I have a pressure cooker (and an Insta-pot, incidentally). Morbius May 12 #43

HAHAHAHAHHAHHAH. I remember all of your other choices. TY. Morbius. debm55 May 12 #108

I have radiators in my apartment and I love them. applegrove May 11 #20

Thank you very much, applegrove. When I was living in the family house, we had them, Actually, I liked them. However, my debm55 May 11 #24

Do they click and clank? BlueWaveNeverEnd May 12 #85

Nope. They are very quiet. With the temperatures going up and down in Ottawa applegrove May 12 #87

Slide rules and calculators. sinkingfeeling May 11 #23

HAHAHAHHAHAHA. Yes, thank you sinkingfeeling. debm55 May 11 #25

My husband still has the slide rule he used at the Air Force Academy... 3catwoman3 May 12 #42

Eviction notices True Dough May 11 #28

Oh you. Thank you True Dough. debm55 May 11 #30

Thank you True Dough May 11 #31

A rug beater. dem4decades May 11 #32

Wow, Thank you for sharing with us, dem4decades. debm55 May 11 #33

Sisters, mice, fuel oil stoves, party line phones. Sisters still a treasure. IA8IT May 11 #34

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Thank you very much for sharing with us, IA8IT debm55 May 11 #35

Dial telephones, console TV's and radio's, manual meat grinders that clamped to a table. patphil May 11 #36

Thank you very much for sharing your selection with us, patphil debm55 May 12 #80

Fuses vs circuit breakers Bavorskoami May 11 #38

My mother used to sprinkle clothes and then roll them up... 3catwoman3 May 12 #41

Same here! I hated ironing, but got stuck with that job pretty often. Ocelot II May 12 #60

I actually don't mind ironing - I like the aroma that wafts up from steam ironing a cotton shirt. 3catwoman3 May 12 #64

My late mom once said behind my sister's back Tanuki May 12 #127

Great list, Bavorskoami. The House I grew up in , had a coal cellar and this metal window to the outside. debm55 May 12 #89

A Transistor radio, USAF Brat May 11 #39

Great list of selections. USAF Brat. I remember them . Thank you for the memories. debm55 May 12 #90

A typewriter - big, heavy sucker. 3catwoman3 May 12 #40

Great list , 3catwoman3. I remember all except for the partyline. debm55 May 12 #91

Player piano. DURHAM D May 12 #44

Wow, What a list. Thank you very much for your selection, DURHAM D. debm55 May 12 #92

Ice cube trays mobeau69 May 12 #45

The metal ones with a handle to pull that released the cubes BlueWaveNeverEnd May 12 #84

Yep. Under the faucet to free them up when really frozen. mobeau69 May 12 #103

I don;t have the metal ones, but I do have the plastic ones now.Thank you, mobeau69 debm55 May 12 #93

Beautiful wooden floors oberle May 12 #46

That sounds beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us, oberle. debm55 May 12 #94

An afternoon newspaper tossed on the front porch. LastDemocratInSC May 12 #47

Yes, those were memories of the morning and late afternoon newspapers. Thank you, LastDemocratinSC. debm55 May 12 #104

Ungrounded electrical outlets Doc_Technical May 12 #48

I agree. Thank you for sharing with us. Doc_Technical debm55 May 12 #107

Cod liver oil and Fletcher's Castoria MIButterfly May 12 #49

No but my grandparents had the same ideas. I never had any of the three. But I remember a time that I had strep throught debm55 May 12 #116

Paregoric ahnakneemoose May 12 #50

OMG I had forgotten all about that. Katinfl May 12 #58

I remember going to the Drug Store and buy a bottle for my sick brother. I remember it because when I got sick they gave debm55 May 12 #121

Kodak camera WestMichRad May 12 #51

Thank you WestMichRad. And the flash bulbs or cubes. and taking it to the Drug Store so they could send the film away to debm55 May 12 #122

Doilies under lamps. Endlessmike56 May 12 #52

My Wife Still Does That! ProfessorGAC May 12 #112

You are right. about the doilies. Thank you very much for sharing, Endlessmike56 debm55 May 12 #123

I looked and didn't see an item we had... mtairyguy May 12 #53

HAHAHAHHAHAHA. It took forever to save them We had plaid stamps from another food store.TY mtairyguy debm55 May 12 #124

A percolator. Morbius May 12 #54

Yes, I remember them. It is a Corning Ware (from the blue flowers) Thank you very much Morbius for sharing. debm55 May 12 #76

Hmm... OldBaldy1701E May 12 #55

What a wonderful selection. Thank you so much for sharing all of them and telling us what they are for, OldBaldy1701E debm55 May 12 #73

Paper grocery bags samplegirl May 12 #56

I agree with your selections. Thank you, samplegirl for sharing. debm55 May 12 #72

A Racoon (Flack) Who Ran Around a Brick Ledge on the House and Jumped on the Backs of Visitors (did not bite). waterwatcher123 May 12 #57

HAAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHA. Thank you, waterwatcher, for sharing, That is funny. debm55 May 12 #71

An enormous plug in calculator that did the 4 basic math functions. Phoenix61 May 12 #59

Great selections, Thank you so much for sharing with us. Phoenix61. debm55 May 12 #70

A black and white TV Bristlecone May 12 #61

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Bristlecone. debm55 May 12 #69

Kitchen taffy hook, milk box on porch, mangle, room steamer, electric fry pan, clip on sunglasses, barometer on wall. Nanuke May 12 #62

HAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Nanuke. I was always afraid of the mangle. Thought I would get my debm55 May 12 #68

B & W TV and a radio with tubes, wringer washer, party line dial phone and radiators. TommieMommy May 12 #63

Yes, I remember. Thank you, TommieMommy. debm55 May 12 #67

Rabbit ears on the tv, rotary phones lark May 12 #65

HAHAHAHAH. Yes, the rabbit ears. Thank you so much for sharing., lark debm55 May 12 #66

A mangle Iron thingy Brother Buzz May 12 #74

thank you, Brother Buzz. I hated the mangle. In fact was afraid of it. At three year old, I was helping my mother doing debm55 May 12 #75

Antisceptics enid602 May 12 #77

Thank you very much, enid602. I hated them. debm55 May 12 #102

An Ice delivery door on the back porch CanonRay May 12 #78

Wow, Thank you very much for sharing with us. CanonRay. That is so unique. debm55 May 12 #101

Magnavox Keepthesoulalive May 12 #81

HAHHAHAHAHAHHAH. If you had them at your parents house and don't have now, it counts. TY, Keepthesoulalive. debm55 May 12 #100

Lived in the south with granny Keepthesoulalive May 12 #109

That is funny. debm55 May 12 #125

Bottles of ink for fountain pens northoftheborder May 12 #82

Thank you very much, northoftheborder. , I remember all except for the ink for the fountain pens. debm55 May 12 #98

Most of the stuff mentioned. But my Dad also made his own beer and wine rurallib May 12 #88

Thank you very much for sharing with us, rurallib. Sounds great. debm55 May 12 #97

An 8-track tape player (and tapes) and a blue shag rug choie May 12 #95

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA. Thank you very much, choie. debm55 May 12 #96

It seemed we always had dlilafae May 12 #106

I love tapioca pudding I_UndergroundPanther May 12 #113

Thank you I_UndergroundPanther. I enjoy Cozy Shack's tapioca and their rice pudding. Ate as a kid and still as an adult. debm55 May 12 #119

Thank you dlilafae. I still love bread pudding. debm55 May 12 #120

incandescent light bulbs. GP6971 May 12 #110

Thank you very much, GP6971 debm55 May 12 #118

Asbestos Bluestocking May 12 #111

Thank you , Bluestocking, that your parent's home was not destroyed. But isn't asbestos a cancer agent? debm55 May 12 #114

The coal chute and bin in cellar next to furnace Submariner May 12 #115

Oh you. we had the coal chute and bin. under the front porch. Thank you, Submariner. debm55 May 12 #117

The Polaroid Swinger. You got instant photos debm55 May 12 #126

A Suzie-bake oven. Jalousie windows. Underwood typewriter. Nt lostnfound May 12 #128

Thank you very much, lostnfound. I had a Royal typewriter. debm55 May 12 #129